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Claude Perrault

1613 - 1688

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Claude Perrault (French pronunciation: [klod pɛʁo]; 25 September 1613 – 9 October 1688) was a French physician and amateur architect, best known for his participation in the design of the east façade of the Louvre in Paris. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Claude Perrault has received more than 136,580 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Claude Perrault is the 84th most popular architect (up from 99th in 2019), the 973rd most popular biography from France (up from 1,118th in 2019) and the 12th most popular French Architect.

Claude Perrault was a French architect and author of the first book on architecture in the vernacular language. He is most famous for the design of the east facade of the Louvre in Paris.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Claude Perrault ranks 84 out of 518. Before him are Peter Parler, Daniel Libeskind, Louis Kahn, Hector Guimard, Richard Neutra, and Balthasar Neumann. After him are Mario Botta, Frei Otto, Gottfried Semper, Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, Sostratus of Cnidus, and Bartolomeo Ammannati.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1613, Claude Perrault ranks 4. Before him are François de La Rochefoucauld, Gerrit Dou, and André Le Nôtre. After him are John George II, Elector of Saxony, Mattia Preti, Carl Gustaf Wrangel, Giovanni Pietro Bellori, Jean François Paul de Gondi, Bartholomeus van der Helst, Khushal Khattak, and Luisa de Guzmán. Among people deceased in 1688, Claude Perrault ranks 5. Before him are Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg, Henry Morgan, Ferdinand Verbiest, and John Bunyan. After him are Joachim von Sandrart, Narai, Philippe Quinault, François Bernier, Constantine Phaulkon, Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange, and Maximilian Henry of Bavaria.

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In France

Among people born in France, Claude Perrault ranks 973 out of 6,770. Before him are Thierry Henry (1977), Jules de Polignac (1780), Jacques Demy (1931), Philip II, Duke of Savoy (1438), Christina of Lorraine (1565), and Sophie of France (1734). After him are Pierre Janet (1859), Gaston Maspero (1846), Juliette Récamier (1777), Alain Touraine (1925), Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813), and Catherine of Valois (1401).

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Among ARCHITECTS In France

Among architects born in France, Claude Perrault ranks 12. Before him are Louis Le Vau (1612), François Mansart (1598), Jules Hardouin-Mansart (1646), Charles Garnier (1825), Pierre Lescot (1515), and Hector Guimard (1867). After him are Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli (1700), Claude Nicolas Ledoux (1736), Ange-Jacques Gabriel (1698), Étienne-Louis Boullée (1728), Lúcio Costa (1902), and Jacques-Germain Soufflot (1713).

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