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Lucien Lévy

French physicist and engineer (1892-1965)

  • Fame39.3
  • Momentum1.9
  • Wikipedia175
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Lived 1892–1965, aged 73France
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  • Era
    1892–1965
    Aged 73
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Updated 2026-06-25

Lucien Lévy was a French radio engineer and radio receiver manufacturer. He invented the superheterodyne method of amplifying radio signals, used in almost all AM radio receivers. His patent claim was at first disallowed in the United States in favour of the American Edwin Howard Armstrong, but on appeal Lévy's claim as inventor was accepted in the US.

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