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Carnot Posey Carnot Posey (August 5, 1818 – November 13, 1863) was a Mississippi planter and lawyer, and a Confederate general in the American Civil War. He was mortally wounded at the Battle of Bristoe Station. He was transported for care to the Universi ...

(1818–1863), American lawyer and military officer

People with the surname

Lazare Carnot Lazare Nicolas Marguerite, Comte Carnot (; 13 May 1753 – 2 August 1823) was a French mathematician, physicist, military officer, politician and a leading member of the Committee of Public Safety during the French Revolution. His military refor ...

(1753-1823), French mathematician and politician of the French Revolution *

Louis Carnot Louis Carnot (born 25 February 2001) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Championnat National 2 club Andrézieux on loan from Nancy. Club career On 8 March 2019, Carnot signed his first professional contract with ...

(born 2001), French French footballer *

Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot (; 1 June 1796 – 24 August 1832) was a French people, French military engineering, military engineer and physicist. A graduate of the École polytechnique, Carnot served as an officer in the Engineering Arm (''le ...

(1796-1832), French military scientist and physicist; son of Lazare Carnot, namesake of Carnot Cycle. *

Hippolyte Carnot Lazare Hippolyte Carnot (6 October 1801, Saint-Omer – 16 March 1888) was a French politician. He was the younger brother of the founder of thermodynamics Sadi Carnot and the second son of the revolutionary politician and general Lazare Nico ...

(1801-1888), French politician; son of Lazare Carnot *

Marie François Sadi Carnot Marie François Sadi Carnot (; 11 August 1837 – 25 June 1894) was a French statesman who served as President of France from 1887 until his assassination in 1894. His presidency was marked by a series of poorly handled crises. General Boula ...

(1837-1894), French politician; President of France from 1887 to 1894 and son of Hippolyte Carnot * Marie-Adolphe Carnot (1839-1920), French mining engineer and chemist; son of Hippolyte Carnot *

Paul Carnot Paul Carnot (16 January 1869, in Limoges – 1 April 1957, in Paris) was a French physician. He served as ''médecin des hôpitaux'' in Paris, becoming a professor of therapeutic medicine in 1918 to the Paris medical faculty. In 1922 he was elect ...

(1869-1957), French physician; son of Marie-Adolphe Carnot * Stéphane Carnot (born 1972), former French footballer

Places

Carnot, Central African Republic Carnot is a city located in the south west of the Central African Republic (CAR), in the prefecture of Mambéré. It has a population of 54,551 (2012 census), making it the fourth largest city in CAR by population. The city takes its name as a ...

, a city * Carnot, Wisconsin, United States * Carnot-Moon, Pennsylvania, United States

Other uses

Carnot cycle A Carnot cycle is an ideal thermodynamic cycle proposed by French physicist Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, Sadi Carnot in 1824 and expanded upon by others in the 1830s and 1840s. By Carnot's theorem (thermodynamics), Carnot's theorem, it provides ...

, in thermodynamics *

Carnot heat engine A Carnot heat engine is a theoretical heat engine that operates on the Carnot cycle. The basic model for this engine was developed by Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot in 1824. The Carnot engine model was graphically expanded by Benoît Paul Émile ...

, an idealised thermodynamic engine based on the Carnot cycle *

Carnot (crater) Carnot is a large crater in the northern part of the Moon's far side. It was named after Nicolas L. S. Carnot by the IAU in 1970. The outer rim of Carnot has a somewhat hexagonal form, particularly in the southern half. The northern rim has ...

, a crater on the far side of the Moon * French battleship ''Carnot''

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