ENGINEER

Louis Armand

1905 - 1971

Louis Armand

Louis François Armand (French: [lwi aʁmɑ̃]; 17 January 1905 – 30 August 1971) was a French engineer and senior civil servant who managed several public companies, as well as had a significant role in World War II as an officer in the Resistance. He became the first president of the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) as chair of the Armand Commission from 1958 to 1959 before he was elected to the Académie Française in 1963. A station on Marseille Metro Line 1 opened in 2010 under Boulevard Louis-Armand bears his name. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Louis Armand is the 325th most popular engineer (down from 315th in 2019), the 4,869th most popular biography from France (down from 4,733rd in 2019) and the 59th most popular French Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Louis Armand ranks 325 out of 389. Before him are Preston Tucker, Yuri Artsutanov, Gordon Bell, Arthur E. Kennelly, Pavel Solovyov, and Mario Theissen. After him are Leon O. Chua, Franciszek Rychnowski, Othmar Ammann, Beatrice Hicks, Aldo Costa, and Ove Arup.

Most Popular Engineers in Wikipedia

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Preston Tucker
1903 - 1956
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 319
Yuri Artsutanov
1929 - 2019
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 320
Gordon Bell
1934 - 2024
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 321
Arthur E. Kennelly
1861 - 1939
HPI: 54.09
Rank: 322
Pavel Solovyov
1917 - 1996
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 323
Mario Theissen
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.96
Rank: 324
Louis Armand
1905 - 1971
HPI: 53.93
Rank: 325
Leon O. Chua
1936 - Present
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 326
Franciszek Rychnowski
1850 - 1929
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 327
Othmar Ammann
1879 - 1965
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 328
Beatrice Hicks
1919 - 1979
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 329
Aldo Costa
1961 - Present
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 330
Ove Arup
1895 - 1988
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 331

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Louis Armand ranks 329. Before him are Jacques Mairesse, Augusto Hamann Rademaker Grünewald, Irawati Karve, Maksimilijan Mihelčič, Juan Alfonso Valle, and Richard Haydn. After him are Anna Chandy, Maria Vierdag, Erich Borchmeyer, Henry Wilcoxon, Iosif Kheifits, and Jack Teagarden. Among people deceased in 1971, Louis Armand ranks 207. Before him are Charles Pahud de Mortanges, Basil Dearden, Fernando Quiroga Palacios, Ángel Médici, Wolfgang Krull, and Frederick Sheffield. After him are Dick Tiger, Leo Burnett, Betty Bronson, Diana Lynn, Jimmy Gallagher, and Lil Hardin Armstrong.

Others Born in 1905

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Jacques Mairesse
SOCCER PLAYER
1905 - 1940
HPI: 54.09
Rank: 323
Augusto Hamann Rademaker Grünewald
POLITICIAN
1905 - 1985
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 324
Irawati Karve
WRITER
1905 - 1970
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 325
Maksimilijan Mihelčič
SOCCER PLAYER
1905 - 1958
HPI: 53.98
Rank: 326
Juan Alfonso Valle
SOCCER PLAYER
1905 - Present
HPI: 53.98
Rank: 327
Richard Haydn
ACTOR
1905 - 1985
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 328
Louis Armand
ENGINEER
1905 - 1971
HPI: 53.93
Rank: 329
Anna Chandy
JUDGE
1905 - 1996
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 330
Maria Vierdag
SWIMMER
1905 - 2005
HPI: 53.78
Rank: 331
Erich Borchmeyer
ATHLETE
1905 - 2000
HPI: 53.73
Rank: 332
Henry Wilcoxon
ACTOR
1905 - 1984
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 333
Iosif Kheifits
FILM DIRECTOR
1905 - 1995
HPI: 53.65
Rank: 334
Jack Teagarden
SINGER
1905 - 1964
HPI: 53.64
Rank: 335