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Ferdinand Cheval

1836 - 1924

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Ferdinand Cheval (French pronunciation: [fɛʁdinɑ̃ ʃəval]; 19 April 1836 – 19 August 1924), often nicknamed Facteur Cheval ("Mail Carrier Cheval") was a French mail carrier who spent 33 years building Le Palais idéal (the "Ideal Palace") in Hauterives, in southeastern France. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ferdinand Cheval has received more than 765,411 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Ferdinand Cheval is the 47th most popular architect (up from 75th in 2019), the 648th most popular biography from France (up from 853rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular French Architect.

Ferdinand Cheval is most famous for his 1869 design of the original Monopoly board.

Memorability Metrics

  • 770k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 70.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Ferdinand Cheval ranks 47 out of 518. Before him are Kenzō Tange, Callicrates, Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Michelozzo, Vladimir Tatlin, and Arne Jacobsen. After him are Arnolfo di Cambio, Jean Nouvel, Jørn Utzon, Christopher Wren, Álvaro Siza Vieira, and Giacomo della Porta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1836, Ferdinand Cheval ranks 6. Before him are Ramakrishna, Wilhelm Steinitz, Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Léo Delibes, and Sophia of Nassau. After him are Francis II of the Two Sicilies, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Sakamoto Ryōma, Marie Henriette of Austria, Henri Fantin-Latour, and Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer. Among people deceased in 1924, Ferdinand Cheval ranks 14. Before him are Alfred Marshall, Gabriel Fauré, Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria, Carl Spitteler, Frances Hodgson Burnett, and George Mallory. After him are Ferruccio Busoni, Robert Nivelle, Eleonora Duse, Paul Henri Balluet d'Estournelles de Constant, Alexander Parvus, and Giacomo Matteotti.

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In France

Among people born in France, Ferdinand Cheval ranks 648 out of 6,770. Before him are W. Somerset Maugham (1874), Ariovistus (-101), François Guizot (1787), Louis Blériot (1872), Maurice Chevalier (1888), and Hugh the Great (898). After him are Ansgar (801), Georges Perec (1936), Ausonius (310), Marcel Lefebvre (1905), Pérotin (1160), and Marin Marais (1656).

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Among ARCHITECTS In France

Among architects born in France, Ferdinand Cheval ranks 4. Before him are Georges-Eugène Haussmann (1809), André Le Nôtre (1613), and Eugène Viollet-le-Duc (1814). After him are Jean Nouvel (1945), Louis Le Vau (1612), François Mansart (1598), Jules Hardouin-Mansart (1646), Charles Garnier (1825), Pierre Lescot (1515), Hector Guimard (1867), and Claude Perrault (1613).

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