INVENTOR

Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot

1725 - 1804

Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot

Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot (26 February 1725 – 2 October 1804) was a French inventor who built the world's first full-size and working self-propelled mechanical land-vehicle, the "Fardier à vapeur" – effectively the world's first automobile. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot is the 55th most popular inventor, the 637th most popular biography from France (down from 622nd in 2019) and the 8th most popular French Inventor.

Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot was a French inventor who is most famous for being the inventor of the first self-propelled vehicle.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot ranks 55 out of 426. Before him are George Westinghouse, Douglas Engelbart, Konrad Zuse, Hiram Maxim, Samuel Pierpont Langley, and Richard Trevithick. After him are Adam Opel, Charles Goodyear, William G. Morgan, John Boyd Dunlop, Louis Blériot, and Emile Berliner.

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George Westinghouse
1846 - 1914
HPI: 72.92
Rank: 49
Douglas Engelbart
1925 - 2013
HPI: 72.65
Rank: 50
Konrad Zuse
1910 - 1995
HPI: 72.62
Rank: 51
Hiram Maxim
1840 - 1916
HPI: 72.58
Rank: 52
Samuel Pierpont Langley
1834 - 1906
HPI: 72.40
Rank: 53
Richard Trevithick
1771 - 1833
HPI: 72.40
Rank: 54
Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot
1725 - 1804
HPI: 72.27
Rank: 55
Adam Opel
1837 - 1895
HPI: 71.80
Rank: 56
Charles Goodyear
1800 - 1860
HPI: 71.72
Rank: 57
William G. Morgan
1870 - 1942
HPI: 71.70
Rank: 58
John Boyd Dunlop
1840 - 1921
HPI: 71.68
Rank: 59
Louis Blériot
1872 - 1936
HPI: 71.46
Rank: 60
Emile Berliner
1851 - 1929
HPI: 71.45
Rank: 61

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1725, Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot ranks 4. Before him are Giacomo Casanova, Abdul Hamid I, and Robert Clive. After him are Jean-Baptiste Greuze, Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, Ahilyabai Holkar, Suzuki Harunobu, Ludovico Manin, Henry Benedict Stuart, Pyotr Rumyantsev, and Duke Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Among people deceased in 1804, Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot ranks 6. Before him are Immanuel Kant, Joseph Priestley, Alexander Hamilton, Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria, and Jacques Necker. After him are Pierre Méchain, Louis Antoine, Duke of Enghien, Johann Friedrich Gmelin, Wolfgang von Kempelen, Jean-Charles Pichegru, and Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo.

Others Born in 1725

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Giacomo Casanova
WRITER
1725 - 1798
HPI: 83.07
Rank: 1
Abdul Hamid I
POLITICIAN
1725 - 1789
HPI: 78.74
Rank: 2
Robert Clive
POLITICIAN
1725 - 1774
HPI: 78.15
Rank: 3
Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot
INVENTOR
1725 - 1804
HPI: 72.27
Rank: 4
Jean-Baptiste Greuze
PAINTER
1725 - 1805
HPI: 70.16
Rank: 5
Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans
POLITICIAN
1725 - 1785
HPI: 69.12
Rank: 6
Ahilyabai Holkar
POLITICIAN
1725 - 1795
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 7
Suzuki Harunobu
PAINTER
1725 - 1770
HPI: 66.78
Rank: 8
Ludovico Manin
POLITICIAN
1725 - 1802
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 9
Henry Benedict Stuart
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1725 - 1807
HPI: 65.79
Rank: 10
Pyotr Rumyantsev
POLITICIAN
1725 - 1796
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 11
Duke Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
NOBLEMAN
1725 - 1778
HPI: 64.67
Rank: 12

Others Deceased in 1804

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Immanuel Kant
PHILOSOPHER
1724 - 1804
HPI: 92.35
Rank: 1
Joseph Priestley
PHILOSOPHER
1733 - 1804
HPI: 76.90
Rank: 2
Alexander Hamilton
ECONOMIST
1755 - 1804
HPI: 73.83
Rank: 3
Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria
POLITICIAN
1746 - 1804
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 4
Jacques Necker
POLITICIAN
1732 - 1804
HPI: 73.38
Rank: 5
Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot
INVENTOR
1725 - 1804
HPI: 72.27
Rank: 6
Pierre Méchain
ASTRONOMER
1744 - 1804
HPI: 70.29
Rank: 7
Louis Antoine, Duke of Enghien
POLITICIAN
1772 - 1804
HPI: 69.31
Rank: 8
Johann Friedrich Gmelin
BIOLOGIST
1748 - 1804
HPI: 69.08
Rank: 9
Wolfgang von Kempelen
INVENTOR
1734 - 1804
HPI: 68.23
Rank: 10
Jean-Charles Pichegru
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1761 - 1804
HPI: 68.06
Rank: 11
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
PAINTER
1727 - 1804
HPI: 66.96
Rank: 12