Carnot may refer to:
People
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Carnot Posey (1818–1863), American lawyer and military officer
People with the surname
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Lazare Carnot
Lazare Nicolas Marguerite, Count Carnot (; 13 May 1753 – 2 August 1823) was a French mathematician, physicist and politician. He was known as the "Organizer of Victory" in the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars.
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(1753-1823), French mathematician and politician of the French Revolution
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Louis Carnot (born 2001), French French footballer
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Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot
''Sous-lieutenant'' Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot (; 1 June 1796 – 24 August 1832) was a French mechanical engineer in the French Army, military scientist and physicist, and often described as the "father of thermodynamics". He published onl ...
(1796-1832), French military scientist and physicist; son of Lazare Carnot
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Hippolyte Carnot (1801-1888), French politician; son of Lazare Carnot
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Marie François Sadi Carnot (1837-1894), French politician; President of France from 1887 to 1894 and son of Hippolyte Carnot
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Marie-Adolphe Carnot
Marie Adolphe Carnot (27 January 1839 – 20 June 1920) was a French chemist, mining engineer and politician. He came from a distinguished family: his father, Hippolyte Carnot, and brother, Marie François Sadi Carnot, were politicians, the lat ...
(1839-1920), French mining engineer and chemist; son of Hippolyte Carnot
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Paul Carnot (1869-1957), French physician; son of Marie-Adolphe Carnot
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Stéphane Carnot (born 1972), former French footballer
Places
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Carnot, Central African Republic, a city
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Carnot, Wisconsin, United States
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Carnot-Moon, Pennsylvania, United States
Other uses
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Carnot cycle, in thermodynamics
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Carnot heat engine, an idealised thermodynamic engine based on the Carnot cycle
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Carnot (crater), a crater on the far side of the moon
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French battleship ''Carnot''
See also
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Carnot's theorem (disambiguation)
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Carnotite, a mineral
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Lycée Carnot, a school in Paris
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Karnaugh Karnaugh is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Maurice Karnaugh (1924–2022), American physicist, mathematician, and inventor
* Ron Karnaugh (born 1966), American retired swimmer
See also
* Karnaugh map
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