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Wright Brothers (Orville & Wilbur Wright)

Orville and Wilbur Wright were American aviation pioneers and bicycle manufacturers who developed the first successful s...

American Mechanical Aviation Transportation

9.72 Brilliant

2

Nicolas Carnot

Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot (1796–1832) was a French physicist and military engineer whose 1824 treatise Réflexions sur...

French Physics 19TH Century Energy

9.48 Excellent

3

George Méliès

Georges Méliès was a French illusionist, filmmaker, and theatre owner who applied stage magic techniques to early cinema...

French 19TH Century Cinema Imaging

9.38 Excellent

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Lumière brothers

Auguste and Louis Lumière were French inventors and filmmaking pioneers who patented the Cinématographe, a device that f...

French 19TH Century Film Projection

9.36 Excellent

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Nicéphore Niépce

Nicéphore Niépce (1765-1833) was a French inventor credited with creating the world's first permanent photographic image...

French Photography 19TH Century Imaging

9.28 Excellent

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Joseph Nicéphore Niépce

Joseph Nicéphore Niépce was a French inventor widely credited as a foundational pioneer in the field of photography. In...

18TH Century French Photography Heliography

9.26 Excellent

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Henry Ford

Henry Ford was an American inventor best known for revolutionizing automobile manufacturing. His development of the movi...

American Manufacturing 20TH Century Automobile

9.24 Excellent

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Augustin-Jean Fresnel

Augustin-Jean Fresnel was a French civil engineer and physicist whose research in the early 19th century provided founda...

18TH Century French Lighthouse Optics

9.17 Excellent

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Léon Foucault

Léon Foucault was a French physicist renowned for his experimental contributions to the measurement of the speed of ligh...

French Physics 19TH Century Gyroscope

9.05 Excellent

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Eugène Freyssinet

Eugène Freyssinet was a prominent French civil and structural engineer recognized for his foundational contributions to...

French Civil Engineering 20TH Century Construction

9.02 Excellent

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Nicolas Appert

Nicolas Appert (1749–1841) was a French confectioner who developed the method of preserving food by sealing it in airtig...

Food French 19TH Century Food Preservation

9.02 Excellent

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John Starley

John Kemp Starley was an English inventor and industrialist who fundamentally changed personal transportation with his b...

19TH Century Cycling British Transportation

8.93 Great

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Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre

Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre was a French artist, printmaker, and inventor who played a foundational role in the history...

French Photography 19TH Century Imaging

8.86 Great

14

Michelin Brothers (André & Édouard Michelin)

André and Édouard Michelin were French industrialist brothers who founded the Michelin tire manufacturing company in Cle...

Automotive French 19TH Century Transportation

8.81 Great

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Kiichiro Toyoda

Kiichiro Toyoda was a Japanese industrialist instrumental in developing modern automobile manufacturing. His innovations...

Manufacturing Japanese 20TH Century Automobile

8.51 Great

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Ratan Tata

Ratan Tata is a prominent Indian industrialist recognized for his leadership of the Tata Group. Notably, he spearheaded...

Manufacturing Indian 21ST Century Automobile

8.10 Great

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Barthélemy Thimonnier

Barthélemy Thimonnier (1793-1857) was a French tailor and inventor who patented the first practical sewing machine in 18...

French Manufacturing 19TH Century Sewing Machine

7.61 Good

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André Michelin

André Michelin (1853–1931) was a French industrialist who co-founded the Michelin tire company alongside his brother Édo...

Automotive French 19TH Century Transportation

7.61 Good

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Gustave Trouve

Gustave Trouvé (1839–1902) was a French electrical engineer and inventor known for his pioneering work with portable ele...

Automotive French 19TH Century Transportation

7.38 Good

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Walter Percy Chrysler

Walter Percy Chrysler was an American automotive industry executive who founded the Chrysler Corporation in 1925. Before...

Automotive American Transportation Automobile

7.18 Good