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Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume

1798 - 1875

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Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ batist vɥijom]; 7 October 1798 – 19 March 1875) was a French luthier, businessman, inventor and winner of many awards. He was one of the finest French luthiers of the 19th century and a key figure in the world of violin making. His workshop made more than 3,000 instruments. His vision was the ethics and beauty of the Cremona school. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume is the 338th most popular businessperson (down from 329th in 2019), the 3,065th most popular biography from France (up from 3,117th in 2019) and the 20th most popular French Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume ranks 338 out of 847Before him are George Averoff, Frits Philips, Félicien Kabuga, Martin Winterkorn, Joseph Oller, and Pavel Durov. After him are Linda Yaccarino, Friedrich Bayer, Lamine Diack, Karl Wittgenstein, Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, and Beate Uhse-Rotermund.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1798, Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume ranks 28Before him are Jules Armand Dufaure, Christian August II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Andries Pretorius, Massimo d'Azeglio, Thomas Henderson, and Jacques Leroy de Saint-Arnaud. After him are Macedonio Melloni, Charles Wilkes, Abigail Fillmore, Alexei Lvov, Carl Blechen, and Paolo Savi. Among people deceased in 1875, Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume ranks 44Before him are January Suchodolski, Henri Labrouste, Infante Sebastian of Portugal and Spain, Edgar Quinet, Marc Seguin, and Eugène Schneider. After him are Richard Christopher Carrington, Prosper Guéranger, Georg Herwegh, Princess Alexandra of Bavaria, Charles Kingsley, and Charles Elliot.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume ranks 3,065 out of 6,770Before him are Pierre Vernier (1580), Raymond Sommer (1906), Louis Buffet (1818), Charles Tournemire (1870), Mathieu Amalric (1965), and Félix Bracquemond (1833). After him are Salomon de Brosse (1571), Charles-François Brisseau de Mirbel (1776), Jules Vallès (1832), Catulle Mendès (1841), Henri Callot (1875), and Adrien Proust (1834).

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In France

Among businesspeople born in France, Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume ranks 20Before him are Françoise Bettencourt Meyers (1953), Eugène Schueller (1881), Serge Dassault (1925), Ghislaine Maxwell (1961), Guy de Rothschild (1909), and François Coty (1874). After him are Louis Réard (1897), Albert Kahn (1860), Charles Pathé (1863), Thierry Breton (1955), Elisabeth Abegg (1882), and Christophe de Margerie (1951).