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In particular, he formulated the Bienaymé–Chebyshev inequality concerning the law of large numbers and the Bienaymé formula for the variance of a sum of uncorrelated random variables.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"28 August 1796","date":"1796-08-28"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q738295#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"former 2nd arrondissement of Paris","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2845753"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q738295#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"19 October 1878","date":"1878-10-19"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q738295#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Paris","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q90"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q738295#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"France","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q142"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q738295#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"statistician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2732142"},{"text":"university teacher","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1622272"},{"text":"mathematician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170790"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q738295#P106"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"École polytechnique","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q273626","start":"1815","end":"1816"},{"text":"Lycée Louis-le-Grand","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1059546","start":"1811","end":"1814"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q738295#P69"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"president (1875–1875)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30461","start":"1875","end":"1875"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q738295#P39"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"Officer of the Legion of Honour","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10855195","date":"1844"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q738295#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ir%C3%A9n%C3%A9e-Jules_Bienaym%C3%A9","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q738295"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Irénée-Jules Bienaymé born?","a":"Irénée-Jules Bienaymé was born on 28 August 1796 in former 2nd arrondissement of Paris."},{"q":"What positions has Irénée-Jules Bienaymé held?","a":"Positions held by Irénée-Jules Bienaymé include: president (1875–1875)."},{"q":"Where did Irénée-Jules Bienaymé study?","a":"Irénée-Jules Bienaymé was educated at École polytechnique, Lycée Louis-le-Grand."}],"related":[{"name":"Hosni Mubarak","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/hosni-mubarak"},{"name":"Gamal Abdel Nasser","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/gamal-abdel-nasser"},{"name":"Mohamed Morsi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mohamed-morsi"},{"name":"Mohamed Naguib","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mohamed-naguib"},{"name":"Abdul Rahman Arif","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abdul-rahman-arif"},{"name":"Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/muhammad-najib-ar-ruba-i"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/irenee-jules-bienayme-0341793a46.jpg","width":268,"height":326,"license":"Public domain","credit":"Unknown author Unknown author","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ir%C3%A9n%C3%A9e-Jules_Bienaym%C3%A9.jpeg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Irénée-Jules Bienaymé","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ir%C3%A9n%C3%A9e-Jules_Bienaym%C3%A9","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q738295","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q738295","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Irénée-Jules Bienaymé.jpeg by Unknown author Unknown author (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ir%C3%A9n%C3%A9e-Jules_Bienaym%C3%A9.jpeg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Irénée-Jules Bienaymé, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Irénée-Jules Bienaymé.jpeg — Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain.","cite":"\"Irénée-Jules Bienaymé\". DigiNepal. Last updated 1 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/irenee-jules-bienayme. Retrieved 11 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-01T06:59:19Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-11","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/irenee-jules-bienayme","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/irenee-jules-bienayme","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/irenee-jules-bienayme?lang=ne"}}