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Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban

1633 - 1707

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Sébastien Le Prestre, Marquis of Vauban (May 1633 – 30 March 1707), commonly referred to as Vauban (French: [vobɑ̃]), was a French Royal Army officer and engineer who served under Louis XIV. He is generally considered the greatest military engineer of his time, and one of the most important in European military history. His principles for fortifications remained in use for nearly 100 years after his death, while aspects of his offensive tactics were employed into the twentieth century. Viewing civilian infrastructure as closely connected to military effectiveness, Vauban upgraded many of France's major ports, as well as new projects like the Canal de la Bruche, which is still in use today. He founded the Corps royal des ingénieurs militaires, whose curriculum was based on his own principles of design, strategy and training. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban is the 12th most popular engineer (down from 10th in 2019), the 489th most popular biography from France (down from 350th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular French Engineer.

Sébastien le Prestre de Vauban was a French military engineer who is most famous for his work on fortifications. He wrote a book called "The Art of War" which is still used by military engineers today.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban ranks 12 out of 389. Before him are Wernher von Braun, Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, William John Macquorn Rankine, Frederick Winslow Taylor, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, and Alexei Kosygin. After him are José Echegaray, Sergei Korolev, André Citroën, Otto Lilienthal, Umberto Nobile, and Fritz Todt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1633, Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban ranks 2. Before him is James II of England. After him are Ferdinand IV, King of the Romans, Abbas II of Persia, Emperor Go-Kōmyō, Kaya Sultan, Bernardino Ramazzini, Samuel Pepys, Willem van de Velde the Younger, Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Arsenije III Čarnojević, and Geminiano Montanari. Among people deceased in 1707, Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban ranks 3. Before him are Dieterich Buxtehude, and Aurangzeb. After him are Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart, Marquise de Montespan, Muhammad Azam Shah, Shitao, Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Ahmad Khani, Jean Mabillon, Christoph Cellarius, Johann Ernst III, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, and Willem van de Velde the Younger.

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In France

Among people born in France, Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban ranks 489 out of 6,770. Before him are Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636), Charles Nicolle (1866), Stephen, King of England (1095), André Masséna (1758), Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (1674), and Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881). After him are Arthur de Gobineau (1816), Genevieve (423), Childebert I (497), Jean-Baptiste Say (1767), Robert Delaunay (1885), and Philippe Pinel (1745).

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Among ENGINEERS In France

Among engineers born in France, Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban ranks 3. Before him are Gustave Eiffel (1832), and Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot (1796). After him are André Citroën (1878), Villard de Honnecourt (1200), Marcel Dassault (1892), Marcel Renault (1872), Henri Farman (1874), Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt (1240), Paul Cornu (1881), André Courrèges (1923), and François Laurent d'Arlandes (1742).

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