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Léon Charles Thévenin

1857 - 1926

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Léon Charles Thévenin (French: [tev(ə)nɛ̃]; 30 March 1857, Meaux, Seine-et-Marne – 21 September 1926, Paris) was a French telegraph engineer who extended Ohm's law to the analysis of complex electrical circuits. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Léon Charles Thévenin is the 130th most popular engineer (up from 155th in 2019), the 2,694th most popular biography from France (up from 2,858th in 2019) and the 14th most popular French Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Léon Charles Thévenin ranks 130 out of 389Before him are Rory Byrne, Guenther Steiner, Nikolai Polikarpov, Alexander Lippisch, Henryk Dembiński, and W. Ross Ashby. After him are Flaminio Bertoni, Li Kui, Georgy Shpagin, Christian Otto Mohr, Claude Dornier, and Eliyahu M. Goldratt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1857, Léon Charles Thévenin ranks 67Before him are Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg, Herman Bang, Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje, Princess Marie of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Henry Fairfield Osborn, and Simon Hollósy. After him are Auguste Serrurier, Wilhelm Kienzl, Oskar von Hutier, Gotō Shinpei, George Hendrik Breitner, and Julius Popper. Among people deceased in 1926, Léon Charles Thévenin ranks 49Before him are Émile Coué, Nikolay Chkheidze, Leonid Krasin, Francis Ysidro Edgeworth, Désiré-Joseph Mercier, and Victor Babeș. After him are Albert Robida, Krste Misirkov, Annie Oakley, Bertha Wegmann, Ye Wanyong, and Katō Takaaki.

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In France

Among people born in France, Léon Charles Thévenin ranks 2,694 out of 6,770Before him are Pierre Séguier (1588), Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine (1740), Jacques Loussier (1934), Michel Constantin (1924), Charles de Bourbon (1523), and Michel Petrucciani (1962). After him are Jean-Jacques Barthélemy (1716), Claude Zidi (1934), Felice Pasquale Baciocchi (1762), Armand de Bourbon, Prince of Conti (1629), Auguste Chevalier (1873), and Blanche of France, Duchess of Orléans (1328).

Among ENGINEERS In France

Among engineers born in France, Léon Charles Thévenin ranks 14Before him are Henri Farman (1874), Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt (1240), Paul Cornu (1881), André Courrèges (1923), François Laurent d'Arlandes (1742), and Henry Darcy (1803). After him are Alexandre Darracq (1855), Pierre-Émile Martin (1824), Georges Leclanché (1836), Marc Seguin (1786), Gabriel Voisin (1880), and Pierre Berthier (1782).