1812 - 1852
Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin ( PEW-jin; 1 March 1812 – 14 September 1852) was an English architect, designer, artist and critic with French and Swiss origins. He is principally remembered for his pioneering role in the Gothic Revival style of architecture. His work culminated in designing the interior of the Palace of Westminster in Westminster, London, and its renowned clock tower, the Elizabeth Tower (formerly St Stephen's Tower), which houses the bell known as Big Ben. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Augustus Pugin has received more than 794,738 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Augustus Pugin is the 231st most popular architect (up from 243rd in 2019), the 1,773rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,784th in 2019) and the 12th most popular British Architect.
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Among architects, Augustus Pugin ranks 231 out of 424. Before him are Shigeru Ban, Charles Percier, Nicola Salvi, Luciano Laurana, Aldo van Eyck, and Josep Lluís Sert. After him are Giovanni Antonio Amadeo, Adolf Meyer, Antonio da Sangallo the Elder, Robert de Cotte, Kazuyo Sejima, and Nicodemus Tessin the Elder.
1957 - Present
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 225
1764 - 1838
HPI: 54.13
Rank: 226
1697 - 1751
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 227
1420 - 1479
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 228
1918 - 1999
HPI: 54.08
Rank: 229
1902 - 1983
HPI: 54.08
Rank: 230
1812 - 1852
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 231
1447 - 1522
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 232
1881 - 1929
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 233
1455 - 1534
HPI: 53.93
Rank: 234
1656 - 1735
HPI: 53.92
Rank: 235
1956 - Present
HPI: 53.92
Rank: 236
1615 - 1681
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 237
Among people born in 1812, Augustus Pugin ranks 31. Before him are Édouard Séguin, Georges-Charles de Heeckeren d'Anthès, Countess Claudine Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde, Ilija Garašanin, Henry Wilson, and Zygmunt Krasiński. After him are Berthold Auerbach, Józef Ignacy Kraszewski, Hendrik Conscience, Filippo Pacini, Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, and Robert Fortune. Among people deceased in 1852, Augustus Pugin ranks 29. Before him are Gotthold Eisenstein, Prince Paul of Württemberg, Prince Gustaf, Duke of Uppland, Mirza Shafi Vazeh, Salvadore Cammarano, and Amir Kabir. After him are Matthias Castrén, Étienne Maurice Gérard, Vincenzo Gioberti, Edward Bransfield, Louisa Adams, and Bernardino Drovetti.
1812 - 1880
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 25
1812 - 1895
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 26
1812 - 1841
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 27
1812 - 1874
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 28
1812 - 1875
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 29
1812 - 1859
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 30
1812 - 1852
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 31
1812 - 1882
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 32
1812 - 1887
HPI: 53.93
Rank: 33
1812 - 1883
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 34
1812 - 1883
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 35
1812 - 1865
HPI: 53.49
Rank: 36
1812 - 1880
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 37
1823 - 1852
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 23
1785 - 1852
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 24
1827 - 1852
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 25
1794 - 1852
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 26
1801 - 1852
HPI: 54.21
Rank: 27
1807 - 1852
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 28
1812 - 1852
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 29
1813 - 1852
HPI: 53.93
Rank: 30
1773 - 1852
HPI: 53.81
Rank: 31
1801 - 1852
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 32
1785 - 1852
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 33
1775 - 1852
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 34
1776 - 1852
HPI: 52.87
Rank: 35
Among people born in United Kingdom, Augustus Pugin ranks 1,773 out of 7,765. Before him are Peter Capaldi (1958), Jack W. Szostak (1952), Naomie Harris (1976), John Adams (1767), James Gillray (1756), and Edward Balliol (1283). After him are Bill Foulkes (1932), Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington (1673), Keith Flint (1969), Orderic Vitalis (1075), Tom Felton (1987), and Paul W. S. Anderson (1965).
1958 - Present
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 1,767
1952 - Present
HPI: 54.09
Rank: 1,768
1976 - Present
HPI: 54.08
Rank: 1,769
1767 - 1829
HPI: 54.08
Rank: 1,770
1756 - 1815
HPI: 54.08
Rank: 1,771
1283 - 1364
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 1,772
1812 - 1852
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 1,773
1932 - 2013
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 1,774
1673 - 1743
HPI: 54.05
Rank: 1,775
1969 - 2019
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 1,776
1075 - 1142
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 1,777
1987 - Present
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 1,778
1965 - Present
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 1,779
Among architects born in United Kingdom, Augustus Pugin ranks 12. Before him are Joseph Paxton (1803), Michael Ventris (1922), John Nash (1752), Ebenezer Howard (1850), Glenn Murcutt (1936), and Archibald Leitch (1865). After him are Charles Barry (1795), William Kent (1685), John Vanbrugh (1664), John Soane (1753), David Chipperfield (1953), and Thomas Telford (1757).
1803 - 1865
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 6
1922 - 1956
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 7
1752 - 1835
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 8
1850 - 1928
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 9
1936 - Present
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 10
1865 - 1939
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 11
1812 - 1852
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 12
1795 - 1860
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 13
1685 - 1748
HPI: 52.39
Rank: 14
1664 - 1726
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 15
1753 - 1837
HPI: 50.61
Rank: 16
1953 - Present
HPI: 50.44
Rank: 17
1757 - 1834
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 18