INVENTOR
Émile Baudot
1845 - 1903

Émile Baudot
Jean-Maurice-Émile Baudot (French: [eˈmil boˈdo]; 11 September 1845 – 28 March 1903), French telegraph engineer and inventor of the first means of digital communication Baudot code, was one of the pioneers of telecommunications. He invented a multiplexed printing telegraph system that used his code and allowed multiple transmissions over a single line. The baud unit was named after him. Read more on Wikipedia
His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Émile Baudot is the 178th most popular inventor (up from 199th in 2019), the 2,281st most popular biography from France (up from 2,604th in 2019) and the 26th most popular French Inventor.
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Among INVENTORS
Among inventors, Émile Baudot ranks 178 out of 426. Before him are Sandford Fleming, Heinrich Göbel, Charles Cros, Uziel Gal, Gaston Glock, and Henrich Focke. After him are Artur Fischer, Harold Eugene Edgerton, Matthew Boulton, Lagâri Hasan Çelebi, Gunther von Hagens, and William Murdoch.
Most Popular Inventors in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsSandford Fleming
1827 - 1915
HPI: 63.33
Rank: 172
Heinrich Göbel
1818 - 1893
HPI: 63.30
Rank: 173
Charles Cros
1842 - 1888
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 174
Uziel Gal
1923 - 2002
HPI: 63.24
Rank: 175
Gaston Glock
1929 - 2023
HPI: 63.24
Rank: 176
Henrich Focke
1890 - 1979
HPI: 63.20
Rank: 177
Émile Baudot
1845 - 1903
HPI: 63.18
Rank: 178
Artur Fischer
1919 - 2016
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 179
Harold Eugene Edgerton
1903 - 1990
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 180
Matthew Boulton
1728 - 1809
HPI: 63.06
Rank: 181
Lagâri Hasan Çelebi
1600 - 1700
HPI: 62.94
Rank: 182
Gunther von Hagens
1945 - Present
HPI: 62.91
Rank: 183
William Murdoch
1754 - 1839
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 184
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1845, Émile Baudot ranks 40. Before him are Isidor Straus, Tristan Corbière, Jacint Verdaguer, Félix Tisserand, Harriet Backer, and Ödön Lechner. After him are Émile Boutroux, Eugène Grasset, Elihu Root, Tina Blau, Friedrich Martens, and Francis Ysidro Edgeworth. Among people deceased in 1903, Émile Baudot ranks 29. Before him are Sabino Arana, Camillo Sitte, Richard Jordan Gatling, Sophie Gengembre Anderson, Práxedes Mateo Sagasta, and Karl Gegenbaur. After him are Charles Renouvier, Nikolai Fyodorovich Fyodorov, Hans Gude, Gaston Paris, Rudolf Lipschitz, and Paul Du Chaillu.
Others Born in 1845
Go to all RankingsIsidor Straus
POLITICIAN
1845 - 1912
HPI: 63.84
Rank: 34
Tristan Corbière
WRITER
1845 - 1875
HPI: 63.62
Rank: 35
Jacint Verdaguer
WRITER
1845 - 1902
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 36
Félix Tisserand
ASTRONOMER
1845 - 1896
HPI: 63.45
Rank: 37
Harriet Backer
PAINTER
1845 - 1932
HPI: 63.41
Rank: 38
Ödön Lechner
ARCHITECT
1845 - 1914
HPI: 63.24
Rank: 39
Émile Baudot
INVENTOR
1845 - 1903
HPI: 63.18
Rank: 40
Émile Boutroux
PHILOSOPHER
1845 - 1921
HPI: 62.91
Rank: 41
Eugène Grasset
PAINTER
1845 - 1917
HPI: 62.76
Rank: 42
Elihu Root
POLITICIAN
1845 - 1937
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 43
Tina Blau
PAINTER
1845 - 1916
HPI: 62.71
Rank: 44
Friedrich Martens
DIPLOMAT
1845 - 1909
HPI: 62.65
Rank: 45
Francis Ysidro Edgeworth
ECONOMIST
1845 - 1926
HPI: 62.60
Rank: 46
Others Deceased in 1903
Go to all RankingsSabino Arana
WRITER
1865 - 1903
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 23
Camillo Sitte
ARCHITECT
1843 - 1903
HPI: 65.00
Rank: 24
Richard Jordan Gatling
INVENTOR
1818 - 1903
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 25
Sophie Gengembre Anderson
PAINTER
1823 - 1903
HPI: 64.46
Rank: 26
Práxedes Mateo Sagasta
POLITICIAN
1825 - 1903
HPI: 63.76
Rank: 27
Karl Gegenbaur
BIOLOGIST
1826 - 1903
HPI: 63.48
Rank: 28
Émile Baudot
INVENTOR
1845 - 1903
HPI: 63.18
Rank: 29
Charles Renouvier
PHILOSOPHER
1815 - 1903
HPI: 63.11
Rank: 30
Nikolai Fyodorovich Fyodorov
PHILOSOPHER
1829 - 1903
HPI: 62.65
Rank: 31
Hans Gude
PAINTER
1825 - 1903
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 32
Gaston Paris
WRITER
1839 - 1903
HPI: 62.56
Rank: 33
Rudolf Lipschitz
MATHEMATICIAN
1832 - 1903
HPI: 62.50
Rank: 34
Paul Du Chaillu
WRITER
1835 - 1903
HPI: 62.33
Rank: 35
In France
Among people born in France, Émile Baudot ranks 2,281 out of 6,770. Before him are Marcellin Marbot (1782), Elizabeth of the Trinity (1880), Peter the Venerable (1092), Michel-Gabriel Paccard (1757), Anne Golon (1921), and René Pottier (1879). After him are Maurice Papon (1910), Jean Metzinger (1883), Jérôme Lejeune (1926), Robert de Boron (1110), Paul Émile Appell (1855), and Françoise Bettencourt Meyers (1953).
Others born in France
Go to all RankingsMarcellin Marbot
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1782 - 1854
HPI: 63.21
Rank: 2,275
Elizabeth of the Trinity
WRITER
1880 - 1906
HPI: 63.21
Rank: 2,276
Peter the Venerable
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1092 - 1156
HPI: 63.20
Rank: 2,277
Michel-Gabriel Paccard
PHYSICIAN
1757 - 1827
HPI: 63.20
Rank: 2,278
Anne Golon
WRITER
1921 - 2017
HPI: 63.19
Rank: 2,279
René Pottier
CYCLIST
1879 - 1907
HPI: 63.19
Rank: 2,280
Émile Baudot
INVENTOR
1845 - 1903
HPI: 63.18
Rank: 2,281
Maurice Papon
POLITICIAN
1910 - 2007
HPI: 63.18
Rank: 2,282
Jean Metzinger
PAINTER
1883 - 1956
HPI: 63.18
Rank: 2,283
Jérôme Lejeune
BIOLOGIST
1926 - 1994
HPI: 63.18
Rank: 2,284
Robert de Boron
WRITER
1110 - 1300
HPI: 63.17
Rank: 2,285
Paul Émile Appell
MATHEMATICIAN
1855 - 1930
HPI: 63.17
Rank: 2,286
Françoise Bettencourt Meyers
BUSINESSPERSON
1953 - Present
HPI: 63.17
Rank: 2,287
Among INVENTORS In France
Among inventors born in France, Émile Baudot ranks 26. Before him are Jean-Pierre Blanchard (1753), Louis Le Prince (1841), Henri Giffard (1825), Joseph Monier (1823), Guillaume Amontons (1663), and Charles Cros (1842). After him are Georges Claude (1870), Édouard Branly (1844), Charles Xavier Thomas (1785), Wan Hu (1510), Georges Hébert (1875), and François Isaac de Rivaz (1752).
Jean-Pierre Blanchard
1753 - 1809
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 20
Louis Le Prince
1841 - 1890
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 21
Henri Giffard
1825 - 1882
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 22
Joseph Monier
1823 - 1906
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 23
Guillaume Amontons
1663 - 1705
HPI: 63.60
Rank: 24
Charles Cros
1842 - 1888
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 25
Émile Baudot
1845 - 1903
HPI: 63.18
Rank: 26
Georges Claude
1870 - 1960
HPI: 62.37
Rank: 27
Édouard Branly
1844 - 1940
HPI: 61.68
Rank: 28
Charles Xavier Thomas
1785 - 1870
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 29
Wan Hu
1510 - 1500
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 30
Georges Hébert
1875 - 1957
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 31
François Isaac de Rivaz
1752 - 1828
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 32