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Eliel Saarinen

1873 - 1950

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Gottlieb Eliel Saarinen (, Finnish: [ˈelie̯l ˈsɑːrinen]; August 20, 1873 – July 1, 1950) was a Finnish and American architect known for his work with Art Nouveau buildings in the early years of the 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eliel Saarinen has received more than 477,514 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Eliel Saarinen is the 124th most popular architect (up from 141st in 2019), the 44th most popular biography from Finland (up from 50th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Finnish Architect.

Eliel Saarinen is most famous for his design of the St. Louis Arch.

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  • 65.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Eliel Saarinen ranks 124 out of 518. Before him are Carl Gotthard Langhans, Toyo Ito, Peter Eisenman, Leo von Klenze, Robert Koldewey, and Jacques-Germain Soufflot. After him are Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Dinocrates, Eero Saarinen, Gunnar Asplund, Camillo Sitte, and Gottfried Böhm.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1873, Eliel Saarinen ranks 42. Before him are Radoje Domanović, Tullio Levi-Civita, Robert Wiene, Hayim Nahman Bialik, Constantin Carathéodory, and Jakob Wassermann. After him are Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi, Hugo Simberg, Ma Barker, Thorvald Stauning, Melitta Bentz, and Liang Qichao. Among people deceased in 1950, Eliel Saarinen ranks 39. Before him are Dinu Lipatti, Nikolai Myaskovsky, Milada Horáková, Werner Haase, Francesco Cilea, and Constantin Carathéodory. After him are John Rabe, Henry L. Stimson, Emil Abderhalden, Melitta Bentz, Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, and Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Eliel Saarinen ranks 44 out of 751. Before him are Aino Aalto (1894), Tom of Finland (1920), Ari Vatanen (1952), Aleksis Kivi (1834), Hannes Kolehmainen (1889), and Matti Nykänen (1963). After him are Hugo Simberg (1873), Hannu Mikkola (1942), Zachris Topelius (1818), Jari Litmanen (1971), Eero Saarinen (1910), and Kimi Räikkönen (1979).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Finland

Among architects born in Finland, Eliel Saarinen ranks 3. Before him are Alvar Aalto (1898), and Aino Aalto (1894). After him are Eero Saarinen (1910), Eero Aarnio (1932), Elissa Aalto (1922), Lars Sonck (1870), Wivi Lönn (1872), Johan Sigfrid Sirén (1889), and Marco Casagrande (1971).

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