Famous Offspring
- His son Sadi Carnot was a founder of the field of thermodynamics and the theory of heat engines (see Carnot cycle).
- His second son Lazare Hippolyte Carnot was a French statesman.
- His grandson Marie François Sadi Carnot (son of Hippolyte) was President of the French Republic from 1887 until his assassination in 1894 .
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