1858 - 1905
Alois Riegl (14 January 1858, Linz – 17 June 1905, Vienna) was an Austrian art historian, and is considered a member of the Vienna School of Art History. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alois Riegl has received more than 162,549 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Alois Riegl is the 90th most popular historian (down from 83rd in 2019), the 323rd most popular biography from Austria (down from 291st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Austrian Historian.
Alois Riegl is most famous for his theory of art history, which is called the "periods of style." He believed that styles change over time and that they can be divided into three periods: Byzantine, Romanesque, and Gothic.
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Among historians, Alois Riegl ranks 90 out of 339. Before him are Flavio Biondo, George Ostrogorsky, Shoqan Walikhanov, Al-Maqrizi, Sozomen, and Lev Gumilyov. After him are Tyrannius Rufinus, Andrea Alciato, Sextus Julius Africanus, Al-Waqidi, Hieronymus Wolf, and Arthur Moeller van den Bruck.
1388 - 1463
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 84
1902 - 1976
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 85
1835 - 1865
HPI: 59.88
Rank: 86
1364 - 1442
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 87
400 - 450
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 88
1912 - 1992
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 89
1858 - 1905
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 90
345 - 411
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 91
1492 - 1550
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 92
160 - 240
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 93
747 - 823
HPI: 58.93
Rank: 94
1516 - 1580
HPI: 58.79
Rank: 95
1876 - 1925
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 96
Among people born in 1858, Alois Riegl ranks 36. Before him are André Antoine, Fernand Khnopff, Prince Henry of Battenberg, Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia, Giovanni Segantini, and Princess Louise of Belgium. After him are Michael Hainisch, Keke Geladze, Ludwig Quidde, Gaetano Mosca, Carl Auer von Welsbach, and Saad Zaghloul. Among people deceased in 1905, Alois Riegl ranks 18. Before him are Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern, Élisée Reclus, Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Walther Flemming, Albert Edelfelt, and Josip Juraj Strossmayer. After him are Constantin Meunier, Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria, Hudson Taylor, Ivan Sechenov, Alphonse Allais, and Oswald Achenbach.
1858 - 1943
HPI: 60.46
Rank: 30
1858 - 1921
HPI: 60.25
Rank: 31
1858 - 1896
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 32
1858 - 1915
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 33
1858 - 1899
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 34
1858 - 1924
HPI: 59.31
Rank: 35
1858 - 1905
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 36
1858 - 1940
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 37
1858 - 1937
HPI: 59.09
Rank: 38
1858 - 1941
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 39
1858 - 1941
HPI: 58.88
Rank: 40
1858 - 1929
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 41
1858 - 1927
HPI: 58.14
Rank: 42
1835 - 1905
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 12
1830 - 1905
HPI: 61.05
Rank: 13
1852 - 1905
HPI: 60.92
Rank: 14
1843 - 1905
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 15
1854 - 1905
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 16
1815 - 1905
HPI: 59.39
Rank: 17
1858 - 1905
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 18
1831 - 1905
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 19
1833 - 1905
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 20
1832 - 1905
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 21
1829 - 1905
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 22
1854 - 1905
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 23
1827 - 1905
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 24
Among people born in Austria, Alois Riegl ranks 323 out of 1,237. Before him are Maximilian, Duke of Hohenberg (1902), Georg von Peuerbach (1423), Fritjof Capra (1939), Walter Kohn (1923), Baron Alexander von Bach (1813), and Rudolf Hilferding (1877). After him are Michael Hainisch (1858), Senta Berger (1941), Franz Jonas (1899), Ettore Sottsass (1917), Alois Hudal (1885), and Anton Florian, Prince of Liechtenstein (1656).
1902 - 1962
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 317
1423 - 1461
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 318
1939 - Present
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 319
1923 - 2016
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 320
1813 - 1893
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 321
1877 - 1941
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 322
1858 - 1905
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 323
1858 - 1940
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 324
1941 - Present
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 325
1899 - 1974
HPI: 59.10
Rank: 326
1917 - 2007
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 327
1885 - 1963
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 328
1656 - 1721
HPI: 59.03
Rank: 329
Among historians born in Austria, Alois Riegl ranks 2. Before him are Ernst Gombrich (1909). After him are Shlomo Sand (1946), Egon Friedell (1878), Gerda Lerner (1920), İlber Ortaylı (1947), Riane Eisler (1931), and Andreas Maislinger (1955).
1909 - 2001
HPI: 65.66
Rank: 1
1858 - 1905
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 2
1946 - Present
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 3
1878 - 1938
HPI: 51.13
Rank: 4
1920 - 2013
HPI: 49.48
Rank: 5
1947 - Present
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 6
1931 - Present
HPI: 46.98
Rank: 7
1955 - Present
HPI: 39.83
Rank: 8