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Étienne Lenoir

1822 - 1900

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Jean Joseph Étienne Lenoir, also known as Jean J. Lenoir (12 January 1822 – 4 August 1900), was a Belgian-French engineer who invented the internal combustion engine in 1858. Prior designs for such engines were patented as early as 1807 (De Rivaz engine) and 1854 (Barsanti–Matteucci engine). He was born in Mussy-la-Ville (then in Luxembourg, part of the Belgian Province of Luxembourg since 1839). In 1838, he immigrated to France, taking up residence in Paris, where he developed an interest in electroplating. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Étienne Lenoir is the 63rd most popular inventor (up from 66th in 2019), the 84th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 85th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Belgian Inventor.

Étienne Lenoir was most famous for being the inventor of the first commercially successful internal combustion engine.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Étienne Lenoir ranks 63 out of 426. Before him are Charles Goodyear, William G. Morgan, John Boyd Dunlop, Louis Blériot, Emile Berliner, and Willis Carrier. After him are Theodore Maiman, Louis Renault, Isaac Singer, Alberto Santos-Dumont, John Deere, and Henry Fox Talbot.

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Among people born in 1822, Étienne Lenoir ranks 13. Before him are César Franck, Heinrich Louis d'Arrest, Francis Galton, Rutherford B. Hayes, Alexander Mackenzie, and Prince Napoléon Bonaparte. After him are Charles Hermite, Edmond de Goncourt, Sa'id of Egypt, Rosa Bonheur, Adelaide of Austria, and Midhat Pasha. Among people deceased in 1900, Étienne Lenoir ranks 10. Before him are Wilhelm Steinitz, Max Müller, Umberto I of Italy, Ivan Aivazovsky, John Ruskin, and Vladimir Solovyov. After him are Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, John Sherman, Wilhelm Liebknecht, Emil Škoda, Joseph Bertrand, and Nicolas Chauvin.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Étienne Lenoir ranks 84 out of 1,190. Before him are Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly (1559), Agnès Varda (1928), Corneille Heymans (1892), Father Damien (1840), Adolphe Quetelet (1796), and Sigfried, Count of the Ardennes (919). After him are Jacky Ickx (1945), Adrian Willaert (1490), Émile Verhaeren (1855), Henri Vieuxtemps (1820), Henry V, Count of Luxembourg (1217), and Ernest Solvay (1838).

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Among INVENTORS In Belgium

Among inventors born in Belgium, Étienne Lenoir ranks 2. Before him are Adolphe Sax (1814). After him are Jacques Piccard (1922), Paul Otlet (1868), Zénobe Gramme (1826), Robert Cailliau (1947), and George Washington (1871).

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