Carnot

Carnot is the name of a celebrated French family in politics and science with the following members:

• Lazare Nicolas Marguerite Carnot (1753–1823), French mathematician and politician of the French Revolution
• Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot (1796–1832), one of the pioneers of thermodynamics, mathematician and eldest son of Lazare.
• Hippolyte Carnot (1801–1888), politician and second son of Lazare.
• Marie François Sadi Carnot (1837–1894), son of Hippolyte, President of France, 1887–1894.
• Marie Adolphe Carnot (1839–1920), son of Hippolyte, mining engineer and chemist.
• Paul Carnot (1869–1957), physician

A number of lycées, streets etc. are named after this family throughout France.

Given name

• Carnot Posey, an American lawyer and Confederate States Army general

Places

• Carnot, Central African Republic, a city in the Central African Republic
• Carnot-Moon, Pennsylvania, USA
• Carnot, Wisconsin, USA

It may also refer to:

• French battleship Carnot.
• Carnot heat engine, the idealised thermodynamic engine based on the Carnot cycle, as studied by Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot.
• Carnotite, a mineral
• Carnot (crater), a crater on the far side of the moon.
• Carnot's rule, an early formulation of the second law of thermodynamics.
• Carnot's theorem in geometry.