Architect

Francesco Borromini

1599 - 1667

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His biography is available in 60 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 59 in 2024). Francesco Borromini is the 20th most popular architect (down from 17th in 2024), the 20th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 17th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Swiss Architect.

Francesco Borromini is most famous for his work in architecture. He designed the Church of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, which is considered to be a masterpiece.

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Among Architects

Among architects, Francesco Borromini ranks 20 out of 518. Before him are Louis Sullivan, Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, Zaha Hadid, Walter Gropius, Oscar Niemeyer, and Frank Lloyd Wright. After him are Apollodorus of Damascus, Georges-Eugène Haussmann, Renzo Piano, Otto Wagner, Frank Gehry, and Karl Friedrich Schinkel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1599, Francesco Borromini ranks 5. Before him are Diego Velázquez, Pope Alexander VII, Oliver Cromwell, and Anthony van Dyck. After him are Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg, Stefan Czarniecki, Pieter van Laer, Ottavio Piccolomini, Christian the Younger of Brunswick, John Berchmans, and Andrea Sacchi. Among people deceased in 1667, Francesco Borromini ranks 2. Before him is Pope Alexander VII. After him are Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur, Fatma Sultan, Gabriël Metsu, Marie Louise Gonzaga, Johann Jakob Froberger, Fasilides, Nicolas Sanson, Alonzo Cano, Peter Snayers, and Countess Louise Henriette of Nassau.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Francesco Borromini ranks 20 out of NaN. Before him are Charles Édouard Guillaume (1861), Charles Albert Gobat (1843), Jean-Paul Marat (1743), K. Alex Müller (1927), Élie Ducommun (1833), and Johann Bernoulli (1667). After him are Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1945), Albert I of Germany (1255), Johanna Spyri (1827), Alberto Giacometti (1901), Heinrich Rohrer (1933), and Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921).

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Among Architects In Switzerland

Among architects born in Switzerland, Francesco Borromini ranks 2. Before him are Le Corbusier (1887). After him are Carlo Maderno (1556), Domenico Fontana (1543), Peter Zumthor (1943), Mario Botta (1943), Hannes Meyer (1889), Max Bill (1908), Carlo Fontana (1638), Pietro Lombardo (1435), Bernard Tschumi (1944), and Pierre Jeanneret (1896).

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