INVENTOR

Lucien Olivier

1838 - 1883

Photo of Lucien Olivier

Icon of person Lucien Olivier

Lucien Olivier (Russian: Люсьен Оливье, romanized: Lyusyen Olivye; 1838 – 26 November [O.S. 14 November] 1883) was a Russian chef of Belgian and French descent. He was the owner of the Hermitage Restaurant in the center of Moscow. The creation of Olivier salad is usually attributed to him. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lucien Olivier is the 190th most popular inventor (down from 165th in 2019), the 747th most popular biography from Russia (down from 687th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Russian Inventor.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Lucien Olivier by language

Loading...

Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Lucien Olivier ranks 190 out of 426. Before him are William Murdoch, Johann Nicolaus von Dreyse, Fausto Veranzio, Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff, Johann Jacob Schweppe, and Arnold Orville Beckman. After him are Larry Sanger, Sequoyah, Johann Christoph Denner, George de Mestral, Viktor Schauberger, and Ottaviano Petrucci.

Most Popular Inventors in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1838, Lucien Olivier ranks 42. Before him are Ludwig Gumplowicz, Gustav von Schmoller, Edwin Abbott Abbott, George William Hill, Clemens Winkler, and Henry Sidgwick. After him are Paolo Boselli, Vatroslav Jagić, Joel Asaph Allen, Süleyman Hüsnü Pasha, Nicolae Grigorescu, and John Muir. Among people deceased in 1883, Lucien Olivier ranks 31. Before him are Friedrich von Flotow, Hendrik Conscience, Franz Doppler, Wilhelm Peters, Tự Đức, and Édouard René de Laboulaye. After him are Edward FitzGerald, Jenny Longuet, Abdülkerim Nadir Pasha, Juliette Drouet, Iwakura Tomomi, and Cyprian Norwid.

Others Born in 1838

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1883

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Lucien Olivier ranks 747 out of 3,761. Before him are Ludwika Karolina Radziwiłł (1667), Faina Ranevskaya (1896), Sergey Biryuzov (1904), Nikolai Andrianov (1952), Konstantin Korovin (1861), and Andrey Kurkov (1961). After him are Vasily Polenov (1844), Vasily Tatishchev (1686), Aleksey Khomyakov (1804), Yevgeni Preobrazhensky (1886), Georgy Flyorov (1913), and Nikolai Fyodorovich Fyodorov (1829).

Others born in Russia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among INVENTORS In Russia

Among inventors born in Russia, Lucien Olivier ranks 7. Before him are Léon Theremin (1896), Oleg Antonov (1906), Alexander Stepanovich Popov (1859), Vladimir K. Zworykin (1888), Nikolai Kardashev (1932), and Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky (1862). After him are Pavel Yablochkov (1847), Alexandre Alexeieff (1901), Oleg Losev (1903), Ivan Kulibin (1735), Rostislav Alexeyev (1916), and Ivan Polzunov (1728).

Russian born Inventors

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous