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Albert Speer

1934 - 2017

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Albert Speer (German pronunciation: [ˈʃpeːɐ̯]; 29 July 1934 – 15 September 2017) was a German architect and urban planner. He was the son of Albert Speer (1905–1981), Adolf Hitler's chief architect before assuming the office of Minister of Armaments and War Production for Germany during World War II. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Albert Speer has received more than 7,566,899 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Albert Speer is the 110th most popular architect (up from 122nd in 2019), the 1,086th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,248th in 2019) and the 10th most popular German Architect.

Memorability Metrics

  • 7.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.03

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.19

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Albert Speers by language

Over the past year Albert Speer has had the most page views in the with 967,915 views, followed by German (24,650), and Spanish (18,899). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Korean (535.43%), Arabic (177.27%), and Simple English (105.40%)

Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Albert Speer ranks 110 out of 518. Before him are Hannes Meyer, Luis Barragán, Aino Aalto, Auguste Perret, Ricardo Bofill, and Lúcio Costa. After him are Hans Hollein, Philip Johnson, Francesco di Giorgio Martini, Baldassare Longhena, Eileen Gray, and Theophil Hansen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Albert Speer ranks 72. Before him are Lansana Conté, Eduard Khil, Diana Wynne Jones, Abimael Guzmán, Fujiko Fujio, and Udo Jürgens. After him are Richard, 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, Hans Hollein, Henri Konan Bédié, Norman Schwarzkopf Jr., Valentin Ivanov, and Bingu wa Mutharika. Among people deceased in 2017, Albert Speer ranks 68. Before him are Sam Shepard, Piet Keizer, Jake LaMotta, Giovanni Sartori, Jacque Fresco, and John Berger. After him are Richard, 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, Adam West, John G. Avildsen, Carmen Franco, 1st Duchess of Franco, Georges Prêtre, and Abdul Halim of Kedah.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Albert Speer ranks 1,086 out of 7,253. Before him are Joseph Pilates (1883), Erich Auerbach (1892), Pierre Littbarski (1960), Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1886), Johann Philipp Reis (1834), and Arthur Scherbius (1878). After him are William V, Duke of Bavaria (1548), Carl Reinecke (1824), Joseph Süß Oppenheimer (1698), William, Duke of Nassau (1792), Richard, 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1934), and Carl Stamitz (1745).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Germany

Among architects born in Germany, Albert Speer ranks 10. Before him are Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781), Peter Behrens (1868), Arno Breker (1900), Peter Parler (1330), Frei Otto (1925), and Gottfried Semper (1803). After him are Leo von Klenze (1784), Robert Koldewey (1855), Gottfried Böhm (1920), Hans Scharoun (1893), Ludwig Borchardt (1863), and Carl Ludvig Engel (1778).

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