1699 - 1753
(Hans) Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff (17 February 1699 – 16 September 1753) was a painter and architect in Prussia. Knobelsdorff was born in Kuckädel, now in Krosno Odrzańskie County. A soldier in the service of Prussia, he resigned his commission in 1729 as captain so that he could pursue his interest in architecture. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff has received more than 67,452 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff is the 166th most popular architect (down from 157th in 2019), the 360th most popular biography from Poland (down from 323rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Polish Architect.
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Among architects, Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff ranks 166 out of 424. Before him are Juan de Herrera, Jacobus Oud, Jean Chalgrin, Fumihiko Maki, Charlotte Perriand, and Kevin A. Lynch. After him are Gio Ponti, Michele Sanmicheli, Tony Garnier, Konstantin Melnikov, Carl Ritter von Ghega, and Kisho Kurokawa.
1530 - 1593
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 160
1890 - 1963
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 161
1739 - 1811
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 162
1928 - Present
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 163
1903 - 1999
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 164
1918 - 1984
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 165
1699 - 1753
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 166
1891 - 1979
HPI: 56.55
Rank: 167
1484 - 1559
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 168
1869 - 1948
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 169
1890 - 1974
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 170
1802 - 1860
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 171
1934 - 2007
HPI: 56.31
Rank: 172
Among people born in 1699, Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff ranks 9. Before him are Christian VI of Denmark, Maria Josepha of Austria, Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal, Johann Adolph Hasse, Marie Thérèse Rodet Geoffrin, and Anna Leszczyńska. After him are Mastani, Alamgir II, Bernard de Jussieu, Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Rafi ud-Darajat, and John Bartram. Among people deceased in 1753, Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff ranks 4. Before him are George Berkeley, Balthasar Neumann, and Hans Sloane. After him are Georg Wilhelm Richmann, Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon, Gottfried Silbermann, Charles August, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg, Johann Nicolaus Bach, Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, and Nicolas Fatio de Duillier.
1699 - 1746
HPI: 67.24
Rank: 3
1699 - 1757
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 4
1699 - 1782
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 5
1699 - 1783
HPI: 62.38
Rank: 6
1699 - 1777
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 7
1699 - 1717
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 8
1699 - 1753
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 9
1699 - 1740
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 10
1699 - 1759
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 11
1699 - 1777
HPI: 51.15
Rank: 12
1699 - 1772
HPI: 50.69
Rank: 13
1699 - 1719
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 14
1699 - 1777
HPI: 40.36
Rank: 15
1685 - 1753
HPI: 76.98
Rank: 1
1687 - 1753
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 2
1660 - 1753
HPI: 59.10
Rank: 3
1699 - 1753
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 4
1711 - 1753
HPI: 56.07
Rank: 5
1676 - 1753
HPI: 56.00
Rank: 6
1683 - 1753
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 7
1685 - 1753
HPI: 50.02
Rank: 8
1669 - 1753
HPI: 48.46
Rank: 9
1694 - 1753
HPI: 47.69
Rank: 10
1664 - 1753
HPI: 46.58
Rank: 11
Among people born in Poland, Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff ranks 360 out of 1,454. Before him are Wilhelm Kube (1887), Andreas Gryphius (1616), Roman Ingarden (1893), Daniel Olbrychski (1945), Tadeusz Kantor (1915), and Ivan Vyhovsky (1608). After him are Samuel Goldwyn (1879), Walerian Borowczyk (1923), Joachim Kroll (1933), Mateusz Morawiecki (1968), Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz (1885), and Hermann von Eichhorn (1848).
1887 - 1943
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 354
1616 - 1664
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 355
1893 - 1970
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 356
1945 - Present
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 357
1915 - 1990
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 358
1608 - 1664
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 359
1699 - 1753
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 360
1879 - 1974
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 361
1923 - 2006
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 362
1933 - 1991
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 363
1968 - Present
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 364
1885 - 1939
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 365
1848 - 1918
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 366
Among architects born in Poland, Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff ranks 4. Before him are Erich Mendelsohn (1887), Daniel Libeskind (1946), and Carl Gotthard Langhans (1732). After him are Marian Spychalski (1906), Friedrich Gilly (1772), Max Berg (1870), and Wojciech Zabłocki (1930).
1887 - 1953
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 1
1946 - Present
HPI: 63.43
Rank: 2
1732 - 1808
HPI: 58.90
Rank: 3
1699 - 1753
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 4
1906 - 1980
HPI: 50.30
Rank: 5
1772 - 1800
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 6
1870 - 1947
HPI: 47.49
Rank: 7
1930 - 2020
HPI: 42.51
Rank: 8