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Jacques Piccard

1922 - 2008

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Jacques Piccard (28 July 1922 – 1 November 2008) was a Swiss oceanographer and engineer, known for having developed submarines for studying ocean currents. In the Challenger Deep, he and Lieutenant Don Walsh of the United States Navy were the first people to explore the deepest known part of the world's ocean, and the deepest known location on the surface of Earth's crust, the Mariana Trench, located in the western North Pacific Ocean. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jacques Piccard is the 76th most popular inventor (down from 68th in 2019), the 95th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 88th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Belgian Inventor.

Jacques Piccard is most famous for his deep-sea exploration in the bathyscaphe Trieste.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Jacques Piccard ranks 76 out of 426. Before him are Josephine Cochrane, Les Paul, Ruth Handler, Claude Chappe, George Eastman, and Léon Theremin. After him are James Naismith, John Browning, Alois Senefelder, Rowland Hill, Charles K. Kao, and Jacques de Vaucanson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Jacques Piccard ranks 46. Before him are Nándor Hidegkuti, Julius Nyerere, Nikolay Basov, Miguel Muñoz, Liliane Bettencourt, and Arthur Ashkin. After him are Nils Liedholm, Leon M. Lederman, Ademir de Menezes, Seymour Martin Lipset, Roger Etchegaray, and Renata Tebaldi. Among people deceased in 2008, Jacques Piccard ranks 35. Before him are Roy Scheider, Jules Dassin, Yma Sumac, Mel Ferrer, Gary Gygax, and Jean-Marie Balestre. After him are Heath Ledger, Lansana Conté, John Archibald Wheeler, George Habash, Jörg Haider, and Janez Drnovšek.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Jacques Piccard ranks 95 out of 1,190. Before him are Henry V, Count of Luxembourg (1217), Ernest Solvay (1838), Morris (1923), Hubert van Eyck (1366), Matilda of Flanders (1031), and Princess Louise of Belgium (1858). After him are Philippe de Champaigne (1602), Rik Van Looy (1933), Margaret III, Countess of Flanders (1350), Marie José of Belgium (1906), Henry VI, Count of Luxembourg (1240), and Paul Delvaux (1897).

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Among INVENTORS In Belgium

Among inventors born in Belgium, Jacques Piccard ranks 3. Before him are Adolphe Sax (1814), and Étienne Lenoir (1822). After him are Paul Otlet (1868), Zénobe Gramme (1826), Robert Cailliau (1947), and George Washington (1871).

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