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Léon Gaumont

1864 - 1946

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Léon Ernest Gaumont (French: [leɔ̃ ɡomɔ̃]; 10 May 1864 – 10 August 1946) was a French inventor, engineer, and industrialist who was a pioneer of the motion picture industry. He founded the world's oldest operating film studio, Gaumont, and worked in partnership with Solax Studios. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Léon Gaumont is the 272nd most popular inventor (down from 252nd in 2019), the 3,716th most popular biography from France (down from 3,277th in 2019) and the 36th most popular French Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Léon Gaumont ranks 272 out of 426. Before him are Ray Dolby, Henri Fabre, Louis Lumière, Alexandre Alexeieff, John Barnard, and Colin Archer. After him are Franz Xaver Gabelsberger, Jacob W. Davis, Sidney Gilchrist Thomas, Alexander Bain, James Nasmyth, and Frederick Scott Archer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1864, Léon Gaumont ranks 115. Before him are Vladimir Steklov, Alexander Dutov, Vera Komissarzhevskaya, Nathan Birnbaum, Louis Lumière, and Sándor Simonyi-Semadam. After him are Miina Härma, Israel Zangwill, Jens Ferdinand Willumsen, Salim Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah, George Nichols, and Stanley Maude. Among people deceased in 1946, Léon Gaumont ranks 136. Before him are Ioannis Rallis, Dorothy Gibson, I Gusti Ngurah Rai, Maximilian Steinberg, Georg, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen, and Sándor Simonyi-Semadam. After him are Gerda Steinhoff, Danuta Siedzikówna, Karl Groos, Gualberto Villarroel, Victor Loret, and Alfred Stock.

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In France

Among people born in France, Léon Gaumont ranks 3,716 out of 6,770. Before him are Dominique Perrault (1953), Theo Hernandez (1997), Jean Nicolas (1913), Alfred Grandidier (1836), Gaspard Ulliel (1984), and Georges Marchal (1920). After him are Georges Speicher (1907), Marc-Antoine Parseval (1755), Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet (1723), Charb (1967), René Llense (1913), and Samir Nasri (1987).

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Among INVENTORS In France

Among inventors born in France, Léon Gaumont ranks 36. Before him are Wan Hu (1510), Georges Hébert (1875), François Isaac de Rivaz (1752), Alphonse Beau de Rochas (1815), Henri Fabre (1882), and Louis Lumière (1864). After him are Georges Beuchat (1910), André Blondel (1863), and Franky Zapata (1978).

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