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Louis Pouzin

1931 - Today

Louis Pouzin

Louis Pouzin (born 20 April 1931) is a French computer scientist and Internet pioneer. He directed the development of the CYCLADES computer network in France the early 1970s, which implemented a novel design for packet communication. He was the first to implement the end-to-end principle in a wide-area network, which became fundamental to the design of the Internet. This network was the first implementation of the pure datagram model, initially conceived and described by Donald Davies, subsequently named by Halvor Bothner-By, and seen by Louis Pouzin as his personal invention. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Louis Pouzin is the 253rd most popular engineer (up from 273rd in 2019), the 4,092nd most popular biography from France (up from 4,293rd in 2019) and the 47th most popular French Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Louis Pouzin ranks 253 out of 389. Before him are Fredrik Henrik af Chapman, Sergey Chaplygin, Hans Moravec, Léon Serpollet, Brian McGuire, and Waloddi Weibull. After him are Antoine Nicolas Duchesne, Mikhail Simonov, Marcel Deprez, Walter Thiel, Ransom E. Olds, and Gioacchino Colombo.

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Fredrik Henrik af Chapman
1721 - 1808
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 247
Sergey Chaplygin
1869 - 1942
HPI: 57.67
Rank: 248
Hans Moravec
1948 - Present
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 249
Léon Serpollet
1858 - 1907
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 250
Brian McGuire
1945 - 1977
HPI: 57.44
Rank: 251
Waloddi Weibull
1887 - 1979
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 252
Louis Pouzin
1931 - Present
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 253
Antoine Nicolas Duchesne
1747 - 1827
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 254
Mikhail Simonov
1929 - 2011
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 255
Marcel Deprez
1843 - 1918
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 256
Walter Thiel
1910 - 1943
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 257
Ransom E. Olds
1864 - 1950
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 258
Gioacchino Colombo
1903 - 1987
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 259

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Louis Pouzin ranks 324. Before him are Tullio Regge, Ángel Berni, Jorge Edwards, Agustín García-Gasco Vicente, Dorothy Stang, and Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. After him are Anton Tus, Tom Adams, Vasily Rudenkov, Imrich Stacho, Dorian Gray, and Jean Philippe.

Others Born in 1931

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Tullio Regge
PHYSICIST
1931 - 2014
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 318
Ángel Berni
SOCCER PLAYER
1931 - 2017
HPI: 57.48
Rank: 319
Jorge Edwards
WRITER
1931 - 2023
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 320
Agustín García-Gasco Vicente
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1931 - 2011
HPI: 57.44
Rank: 321
Dorothy Stang
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1931 - 2005
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 322
Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
POLITICIAN
1931 - 2018
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 323
Louis Pouzin
ENGINEER
1931 - Present
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 324
Anton Tus
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1931 - 2023
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 325
Tom Adams
POLITICIAN
1931 - 1985
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 326
Vasily Rudenkov
ATHLETE
1931 - 1982
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 327
Imrich Stacho
SOCCER PLAYER
1931 - 2006
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 328
Dorian Gray
ACTOR
1931 - 2011
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 329
Jean Philippe
SINGER
1931 - 2022
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 330