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Arne Jacobsen

1902 - 1971

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Arne Emil Jacobsen, Hon. FAIA (Danish pronunciation: [ˈɑːnə e̝ˈmiˀl ˈjɑkʰʌpsn̩]; 11 February 1902 – 24 March 1971) was a Danish architect and furniture designer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arne Jacobsen has received more than 512,834 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Arne Jacobsen is the 46th most popular architect, the 63rd most popular biography from Denmark (down from 62nd in 2019) and the most popular Danish Architect.

Arne Jacobsen is most famous for designing the Egg chair, which is considered to be one of the most iconic chairs in the world.

Memorability Metrics

  • 510k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Arne Jacobsen ranks 46 out of 518. Before him are I. M. Pei, Kenzō Tange, Callicrates, Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Michelozzo, and Vladimir Tatlin. After him are Ferdinand Cheval, Arnolfo di Cambio, Jean Nouvel, Jørn Utzon, Christopher Wren, and Álvaro Siza Vieira.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Arne Jacobsen ranks 25. Before him are Barbara McClintock, Walter Houser Brattain, Arne Tiselius, Ray Kroc, William Wyler, and Josemaría Escrivá. After him are Meyer Lansky, Mikhail Suslov, Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, Fritz Strassmann, André Michel Lwoff, and Alva Myrdal. Among people deceased in 1971, Arne Jacobsen ranks 18. Before him are Arne Tiselius, Theodor Svedberg, Mátyás Rákosi, Lin Biao, Giorgos Seferis, and Harold Lloyd. After him are Donald Winnicott, Wilhelm List, Franz Stangl, Gotthard Heinrici, François Duvalier, and D. B. Cooper.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Arne Jacobsen ranks 63 out of 1,032. Before him are Mads Mikkelsen (1965), Anders Fogh Rasmussen (1953), Tollund Man (-400), Johannes Fibiger (1867), Anna Karina (1940), and Canute IV of Denmark (1043). After him are Eric VI of Denmark (1274), August Krogh (1874), Jørn Utzon (1918), Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark (1900), Eric V of Denmark (1249), and Carl Theodor Dreyer (1889).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Denmark

Among architects born in Denmark, Arne Jacobsen ranks 1. After him are Jørn Utzon (1918), Theophil Hansen (1813), Verner Panton (1926), Jan Gehl (1936), Henning Larsen (1925), Christian Frederik Hansen (1756), Johan Otto von Spreckelsen (1929), Kaare Klint (1888), and Bjarke Ingels (1974).

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