1874 - 1954
Auguste Perret (12 February 1874 – 25 February 1954) was a French architect and a pioneer of the architectural use of reinforced concrete. His major works include the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, the first Art Deco building in Paris; the Church of Notre-Dame du Raincy (1922–23); the Mobilier National in Paris (1937); and the French Economic, Social and Environmental Council building in Paris (1937–39). After World War II he designed a group of buildings in the centre of the port city of Le Havre, including St. Joseph's Church, Le Havre, to replace buildings destroyed by bombing during World War II. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Auguste Perret has received more than 225,070 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Auguste Perret is the 103rd most popular architect (down from 99th in 2019), the 126th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 118th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Belgian Architect.
Auguste Perret is most famous for his use of reinforced concrete in architecture.
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Among architects, Auguste Perret ranks 103 out of 424. Before him are Arata Isozaki, Toyo Ito, Giuliano da Sangallo, Claude Perrault, Pierre Lescot, and Pier Luigi Nervi. After him are Eileen Gray, César Pelli, Étienne-Louis Boullée, Lúcio Costa, Bartolomeo Ammannati, and Ange-Jacques Gabriel.
1931 - 2022
HPI: 61.59
Rank: 97
1941 - Present
HPI: 61.47
Rank: 98
1445 - 1516
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 99
1613 - 1688
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 100
1515 - 1578
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 101
1891 - 1979
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 102
1874 - 1954
HPI: 61.09
Rank: 103
1878 - 1976
HPI: 61.07
Rank: 104
1926 - 2019
HPI: 60.97
Rank: 105
1728 - 1799
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 106
1902 - 1998
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 107
1511 - 1592
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 108
1698 - 1782
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 109
Among people born in 1874, Auguste Perret ranks 36. Before him are Antanas Smetona, Inessa Armand, Reinhold Glière, Vsevolod Meyerhold, Josef Suk, and Abbas II of Egypt. After him are Joseph Erlanger, Prince Jean, Duke of Guise, John D. Rockefeller Jr., Charles Ives, Luigi Einaudi, and Henri Guisan. Among people deceased in 1954, Auguste Perret ranks 23. Before him are Andrey Vyshinsky, Machine Gun Kelly, The French Angel, Jacinto Benavente, Claude Cahun, and Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. After him are Hannes Meyer, Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Martin Andersen Nexø, Charles Ives, Léon Jouhaux, and Thea von Harbou.
1874 - 1944
HPI: 64.51
Rank: 30
1874 - 1920
HPI: 62.97
Rank: 31
1874 - 1956
HPI: 62.80
Rank: 32
1874 - 1940
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 33
1874 - 1935
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 34
1874 - 1944
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 35
1874 - 1954
HPI: 61.09
Rank: 36
1874 - 1965
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 37
1874 - 1940
HPI: 60.52
Rank: 38
1874 - 1960
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 39
1874 - 1954
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 40
1874 - 1961
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 41
1874 - 1960
HPI: 59.70
Rank: 42
1883 - 1954
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 17
1895 - 1954
HPI: 65.66
Rank: 18
1903 - 1954
HPI: 64.83
Rank: 19
1866 - 1954
HPI: 63.77
Rank: 20
1894 - 1954
HPI: 62.21
Rank: 21
1886 - 1954
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 22
1874 - 1954
HPI: 61.09
Rank: 23
1889 - 1954
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 24
1884 - 1954
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 25
1869 - 1954
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 26
1874 - 1954
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 27
1879 - 1954
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 28
1888 - 1954
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 29
Among people born in Belgium, Auguste Perret ranks 126 out of 1,019. Before him are Paul Deschanel (1855), Siger of Brabant (1240), Henri de Baillet-Latour (1876), Ermengarde of Hesbaye (778), Morris (1923), and Marguerite Porete (1250). After him are Luce Irigaray (1930), Adriaen Brouwer (1605), Pierre Louÿs (1870), Prince Charles, Count of Flanders (1903), David Teniers the Younger (1610), and Joseph Plateau (1801).
1855 - 1922
HPI: 61.36
Rank: 120
1240 - 1284
HPI: 61.36
Rank: 121
1876 - 1942
HPI: 61.35
Rank: 122
778 - 818
HPI: 61.25
Rank: 123
1923 - 2001
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 124
1250 - 1310
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 125
1874 - 1954
HPI: 61.09
Rank: 126
1930 - Present
HPI: 61.01
Rank: 127
1605 - 1638
HPI: 61.01
Rank: 128
1870 - 1925
HPI: 60.97
Rank: 129
1903 - 1983
HPI: 60.90
Rank: 130
1610 - 1690
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 131
1801 - 1883
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 132
Among architects born in Belgium, Auguste Perret ranks 3. Before him are Victor Horta (1861) and Henry van de Velde (1863). After him are Cornelis Floris de Vriendt (1514), Lambert Lombard (1505), François de Cuvilliés (1695), Joseph Poelaert (1817), and Fernand de Montigny (1885).
1861 - 1947
HPI: 69.73
Rank: 1
1863 - 1957
HPI: 68.48
Rank: 2
1874 - 1954
HPI: 61.09
Rank: 3
1514 - 1575
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 4
1505 - 1566
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 5
1695 - 1768
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 6
1817 - 1879
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 7
1885 - 1974
HPI: 45.79
Rank: 8