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Georges-Eugène Haussmann

1809 - 1891

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Georges-Eugène Haussmann, commonly known as Baron Haussmann (French: [ʒɔʁʒ(ə) øʒɛn (baʁɔ̃) osman]; 27 March 1809 – 11 January 1891), was a French official who served as prefect of Seine (1853–1870), chosen by Emperor Napoleon III to carry out a massive urban renewal programme of new boulevards, parks and public works in Paris commonly referred to as Haussmann's renovation of Paris. Critics forced his resignation for extravagance. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Georges-Eugène Haussmann has received more than 982,729 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Georges-Eugène Haussmann is the 20th most popular architect (up from 21st in 2019), the 314th most popular biography from France (up from 331st in 2019) and the most popular French Architect.

Haussmann is most famous for his work as the Prefect of the Seine under Napoleon III. He is responsible for the transformation of Paris into the modern city we know today.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Georges-Eugène Haussmann ranks 20 out of 518. Before him are Oscar Niemeyer, Zaha Hadid, Frank Lloyd Wright, Louis Sullivan, Francesco Borromini, and Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank. After him are Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Apollodorus of Damascus, Otto Wagner, Renzo Piano, Frank Gehry, and Victor Horta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1809, Georges-Eugène Haussmann ranks 8. Before him are Edgar Allan Poe, Abraham Lincoln, Felix Mendelssohn, Nikolai Gogol, Louis Braille, and Pierre-Joseph Proudhon. After him are Albert Pike, Bruno Bauer, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Joseph Liouville, William Ewart Gladstone, and Ljudevit Gaj. Among people deceased in 1891, Georges-Eugène Haussmann ranks 8. Before him are Nikolaus Otto, Georges Seurat, Helena Blavatsky, Herman Melville, Pedro II of Brazil, and Helmuth von Moltke the Elder. After him are Sofia Kovalevskaya, P. T. Barnum, Léo Delibes, Wilhelm Eduard Weber, Theo van Gogh, and Leopold Kronecker.

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In France

Among people born in France, Georges-Eugène Haussmann ranks 314 out of 6,770. Before him are Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès (1748), William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825), Constantine II (316), Chlothar I (498), Raymond Poincaré (1860), and Claude Lorrain (1600). After him are Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis (1792), Georges Clemenceau (1841), Jean Gabin (1904), Alphonse Daudet (1840), Diane de Poitiers (1499), and Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France (1781).

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Among ARCHITECTS In France

Among architects born in France, Georges-Eugène Haussmann ranks 1. After him are André Le Nôtre (1613), Eugène Viollet-le-Duc (1814), Ferdinand Cheval (1836), 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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