Architect

Michael Ventris

British architect who deciphered Linear B

1922 - 1956

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His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2024). Michael Ventris is the 187th most popular architect (down from 164th in 2024), the 1,753rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,295th in 2019) and the 13th most popular British Architect.

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Michael Ventris is the most memorable of the 2 notable people born in Wheathampstead, United Kingdom.

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Despite a life of just 34 years, Michael Ventris ranks #187 among all Architects in history.

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Michael Ventris's biography appears in 35 language editions of Wikipedia — more than 80% of all Architects.

Jul 12

Michael Ventris shares a July 12 birthday with Amedeo Modigliani, Pablo Neruda, and Henry David Thoreau.

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Among Architects

Among architects, Michael Ventris ranks 187 out of 518. Before him are Günter Behnisch, David Chipperfield, John Vanbrugh, Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, Jacobus Oud, and Robert Koldewey. After him are Hans Poelzig, Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, Bernard Tschumi, Ödön Lechner, Alexander Tamanian, and Nora Stanton Barney.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Michael Ventris ranks 126. Before him are Jenny-Wanda Barkmann, Yuri Averbakh, John Christopher, Günter Behnisch, Juan Antonio Bardem, and Jonas Mekas. After him are Francisco Aramburu, Paul Scofield, Shigeru Mizuki, Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, Albert Lamorisse, and Stephen Toulmin. Among people deceased in 1956, Michael Ventris ranks 74. Before him are Felix Bernstein, Elmer Drew Merrill, Charles Joughin, Gerrit Smith Miller, Mir Jafar Baghirov, and Otto Schmidt. After him are Jean Metzinger, Erhard Raus, Reşat Nuri Güntekin, Infante Alfonso of Spain, Lev Rudnev, and Malik Ghulam Muhammad.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Michael Ventris ranks 1,753 out of 8,785. Before him are James Herriot (1916), Neil Tennant (1954), Colin Davis (1927), Paul Scholes (1974), Ken Russell (1927), and Elsa Lanchester (1902). After him are Robert Southey (1774), Elizabeth Hurley (1965), George Meredith (1828), P. F. Strawson (1919), John Edensor Littlewood (1885), and Vidal Sassoon (1928).

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Among Architects In United Kingdom

Among architects born in United Kingdom, Michael Ventris ranks 13. Before him are James Stirling (1926), Ebenezer Howard (1850), Robert Adam (1728), William Burges (1827), David Chipperfield (1953), and John Vanbrugh (1664). After him are Nora Stanton Barney (1883), John Nash (1752), Joseph Paxton (1803), Archibald Leitch (1865), Glenn Murcutt (1936), and William Kent (1685).

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