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Octave Chanute

1832 - 1910

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Octave Chanute (February 18, 1832 – November 23, 1910) was a French-American civil engineer and aviation pioneer. He advised and publicized many aviation enthusiasts, including the Wright brothers. At his death, he was hailed as the father of aviation and the initial concepts of the heavier-than-air flying machine. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Octave Chanute is the 338th most popular engineer (down from 330th in 2019), the 5,028th most popular biography from France (down from 4,929th in 2019) and the 60th most popular French Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Octave Chanute ranks 338 out of 389. Before him are Jesse Ramsden, Verghese Kurien, John Monash, Da-Wen Sun, Isaac Roberts, and Hugh Latimer Dryden. After him are Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford, T. Keith Glennan, Julius Kühn, R. J. Mitchell, Harry Ricardo, and Anatoly Blagonravov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1832, Octave Chanute ranks 102. Before him are Nikiforos Lytras, Samuel Colman, Louise Rayner, José Ruperto Monagas, Henry Seebohm, and José María Campo Serrano. After him are Edward Wilmot Blyden, Rebecca Solomon, and Herbert Vaughan. Among people deceased in 1910, Octave Chanute ranks 102. Before him are Léon Delagrange, Boyd Alexander, Melville Fuller, Adolf Schwarz, Nikolaos Deligiannis, and Johan Vaaler. After him are Julius Kühn, Antonín Slavíček, Emīls Dārziņš, Emily Blackwell, Granville Woods, and George Henry Williams.

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In France

Among people born in France, Octave Chanute ranks 5,028 out of 6,770. Before him are Elizabeth F. Neufeld (1928), Mohamed Sissoko (1985), Corentin Tolisso (1994), Patrice Rio (1948), Marcel Pinel (1908), and Dieudonné M'bala M'bala (1966). After him are Jeanne Balibar (1968), Franck Sauzée (1965), Marc Minkowski (1962), Denis Ménochet (1976), Laurent Garnier (1966), and Florian Zeller (1979).

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Among ENGINEERS In France

Among engineers born in France, Octave Chanute ranks 60. Before him are Pierre-François Bouchard (1771), Charles Joseph Minard (1781), Fulgence Bienvenüe (1852), Marc René, marquis de Montalembert (1714), Charles Combes (1801), and Louis Armand (1905). After him are Julien Simon-Chautemps (1978).

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