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Louis Réard

1897 - 1984

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Louis Réard (French pronunciation: [lwi ʁeaʁ]; 10 October 1896 – 16 September 1984) was a French automobile engineer and clothing designer who introduced the modern two-piece bikini in July 1946. He opened a bikini shop and ran it for the next 40 years. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Louis Réard is the 350th most popular businessperson (down from 208th in 2019), the 3,135th most popular biography from France (down from 2,107th in 2019) and the 21st most popular French Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Louis Réard ranks 350 out of 847. Before him are Beate Uhse-Rotermund, Siegfried Bing, Arkady Rotenberg, Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, Lei Jun, and Bertha Krupp. After him are J. C. Jacobsen, Bob Iger, Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, Albert Kahn, and Edward Colston.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Louis Réard ranks 147. Before him are Tan Malaka, Nikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg, John Bagot Glubb, Xu Zhimo, August Heissmeyer, and Traicho Kostov. After him are Gaspar Cassadó, Emil Leon Post, Štefan Tiso, Prince Andrei Alexandrovich of Russia, Hansa Jivraj Mehta, and Mikhail Kovalyov. Among people deceased in 1984, Louis Réard ranks 110. Before him are Manuel Fleitas Solich, Uladzimir Karatkievich, Alexis Korner, Baba Sali, Knut Nordahl, and Lola Anglada. After him are Sergei Salnikov, El Santo, Helge Løvland, Titus Burckhardt, Matías González, and Tim.

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In France

Among people born in France, Louis Réard ranks 3,135 out of 6,770. Before him are Fernand Crommelynck (1886), Marcel Boulenger (1873), Hervé Faye (1814), Bernard Desclot (1201), François Joseph Westermann (1751), and André Maschinot (1903). After him are Pierre Bec (1921), Louis Charles Breguet (1880), Alexandre-Théodore-Victor, comte de Lameth (1760), Raphaël Varane (1993), Mary of Burgundy, Duchess of Savoy (1386), and Jean-François Raffaëlli (1850).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In France

Among businesspeople born in France, Louis Réard ranks 21. Before him are Eugène Schueller (1881), Serge Dassault (1925), Ghislaine Maxwell (1961), Guy de Rothschild (1909), François Coty (1874), and Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume (1798). After him are Albert Kahn (1860), Charles Pathé (1863), Thierry Breton (1955), Elisabeth Abegg (1882), Christophe de Margerie (1951), and Frédéric Vasseur (1968).

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