1927 - 2023
Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi OAL (Gujarati: બાલકૃષ્ણ વિઠ્ઠલદાસ દોશી; 26 August 1927 – 24 January 2023) was an Indian architect. He is an important figure in Indian architecture and noted for his contributions to the evolution of architectural discourse in India. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of B. V. Doshi has received more than 877,556 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). B. V. Doshi is the 433rd most popular architect (down from 372nd in 2019), the 612th most popular biography from India (down from 477th in 2019) and the most popular Indian Architect.
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Among architects, B. V. Doshi ranks 433 out of 424. Before him are Nicholas Hawksmoor, Benjamin Henry Latrobe, Harry Vardon, Enric Miralles, Gunnar Birkerts, and James Gibbs. After him are Mikhail Zemtsov, Otto Bartning, Ivan Fomin, Ryue Nishizawa, Richard Knill Freeman, and Alexander Kokorinov.
1661 - 1736
HPI: 44.78
Rank: 427
1764 - 1820
HPI: 44.61
Rank: 428
1870 - 1937
HPI: 44.49
Rank: 429
1955 - 2000
HPI: 44.40
Rank: 430
1925 - 2017
HPI: 44.36
Rank: 431
1682 - 1754
HPI: 44.33
Rank: 432
1927 - 2023
HPI: 44.28
Rank: 433
1688 - 1743
HPI: 44.18
Rank: 434
1883 - 1959
HPI: 44.15
Rank: 435
1872 - 1936
HPI: 44.00
Rank: 436
1966 - Present
HPI: 43.65
Rank: 437
1840 - 1904
HPI: 43.61
Rank: 438
1726 - 1772
HPI: 43.45
Rank: 439
Among people born in 1927, B. V. Doshi ranks 338. Before him are Andy Stanfield, Mose Allison, József Sákovics, Barbara Rush, Robert Alt, and Charles Jarrott. After him are John Kander, Emil Pažický, John Buscema, Rita Gam, Harvey Korman, and Frank Sedgman. Among people deceased in 2023, B. V. Doshi ranks 309. Before him are Mary L. Cleave, Marinho Peres, Pat McCormick, C. R. Rao, Bill Richardson, and Michael Bishop. After him are Anita Thallaug, Danilo Astori, Yaakov Ziv, Ernesto Castano, Francis Lee, and Trevor Francis.
1927 - 1985
HPI: 44.85
Rank: 332
1927 - 2016
HPI: 44.74
Rank: 333
1927 - 2009
HPI: 44.68
Rank: 334
1927 - Present
HPI: 44.58
Rank: 335
1927 - 2017
HPI: 44.46
Rank: 336
1927 - 2011
HPI: 44.45
Rank: 337
1927 - 2023
HPI: 44.28
Rank: 338
1927 - Present
HPI: 44.25
Rank: 339
1927 - 2003
HPI: 44.23
Rank: 340
1927 - 2002
HPI: 44.19
Rank: 341
1927 - 2016
HPI: 44.11
Rank: 342
1927 - 2008
HPI: 44.01
Rank: 343
1927 - Present
HPI: 43.99
Rank: 344
1947 - 2023
HPI: 44.49
Rank: 303
1947 - 2023
HPI: 44.48
Rank: 304
1930 - 2023
HPI: 44.46
Rank: 305
1920 - 2023
HPI: 44.40
Rank: 306
1947 - 2023
HPI: 44.36
Rank: 307
1945 - 2023
HPI: 44.31
Rank: 308
1927 - 2023
HPI: 44.28
Rank: 309
1938 - 2023
HPI: 44.28
Rank: 310
1940 - 2023
HPI: 44.27
Rank: 311
1931 - 2023
HPI: 44.24
Rank: 312
1939 - 2023
HPI: 44.01
Rank: 313
1944 - 2023
HPI: 43.93
Rank: 314
1954 - 2023
HPI: 43.92
Rank: 315
Among people born in India, B. V. Doshi ranks 612 out of 1,493. Before him are Ismat Chughtai (1915), Vijay Amritraj (1953), Lalu Prasad Yadav (1948), C. R. Rao (1920), Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati (1874), and Nirmala Joshi (1934). After him are Jeannette Altwegg (1930), Saeed Jaffrey (1929), Uttam Kumar (1926), Shabana Azmi (1950), Dimple Kapadia (1957), and Ashok Kumar (1911).
1915 - 1991
HPI: 44.44
Rank: 606
1953 - Present
HPI: 44.42
Rank: 607
1948 - Present
HPI: 44.42
Rank: 608
1920 - 2023
HPI: 44.40
Rank: 609
1874 - 1937
HPI: 44.37
Rank: 610
1934 - 2015
HPI: 44.33
Rank: 611
1927 - 2023
HPI: 44.28
Rank: 612
1930 - 2021
HPI: 44.27
Rank: 613
1929 - 2015
HPI: 44.24
Rank: 614
1926 - 1980
HPI: 44.22
Rank: 615
1950 - Present
HPI: 44.20
Rank: 616
1957 - Present
HPI: 44.18
Rank: 617
1911 - 2001
HPI: 44.14
Rank: 618
Among architects born in India, B. V. Doshi ranks 1. After him are Charles Correa (1930).