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Ernst May

1886 - 1970

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Ernst Georg May (27 July 1886 – 11 September 1970) was a German architect and city planner. May successfully applied urban design techniques to the city of Frankfurt am Main during the Weimar Republic period, and in 1930 less successfully exported those ideas to Soviet Union cities, newly created under Stalinist rule. It is said May's "brigade" of German architects and planners established twenty cities in three years, including Magnitogorsk. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ernst May has received more than 105,803 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Ernst May is the 279th most popular architect (down from 245th in 2019), the 2,907th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,370th in 2019) and the 31st most popular German Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Ernst May ranks 279 out of 424. Before him are Moshe Safdie, William Kent, Pierre Cuypers, Werner March, Trdat, and John Vanbrugh. After him are Salomon de Bray, Augustin Ehrensvärd, Salomon de Brosse, Johan Otto von Spreckelsen, Mauro Codussi, and Thom Mayne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Ernst May ranks 134. Before him are José Linhares, Itzhak Katzenelson, Pierre Benoit, Al Jolson, Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke, and H.D.. After him are John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, Aloïse Corbaz, Anandyn Amar, Felix Timmermans, Rebecca Clarke, and Stanisław Leśniewski. Among people deceased in 1970, Ernst May ranks 121. Before him are Bjarni Benediktsson, Hugh Dowding, Terry Sawchuk, René Schneider, Paul Schmidt, and Nikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg. After him are Isdal Woman, Leah Goldberg, Aimo Lahti, Gyula Cseszneky, Félix Gaillard, and Heino Eller.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ernst May ranks 2,907 out of 6,142. Before him are Werner Egk (1901), Sonja Ziemann (1926), Wilhelm von Biela (1782), Johann Ernst Glück (1652), Anne Buydens (1919), and Werner March (1894). After him are Adolf Erman (1854), Louis VII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1658), Ralf Moeller (1959), Paul Levi (1883), Christian Gottlob Heyne (1729), and Joachim Lemelsen (1888).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Germany

Among architects born in Germany, Ernst May ranks 31. Before him are Friedrich von Schmidt (1825), Helmut Jahn (1940), Friedrich August Stüler (1800), Günter Behnisch (1922), Paul Wallot (1841), and Werner March (1894). After him are Friedrich von Gärtner (1791), Dominikus Zimmermann (1685), Heinrich Tessenow (1876), Rudolf Wolters (1903), Albert Kahn (1869), and Dankmar Adler (1844).

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