Architect

Giacomo della Porta

1533 - 1602

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His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia. Giacomo della Porta is the 45th most popular architect (up from 52nd in 2024), the 743rd most popular biography from Italy (down from 717th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Italian Architect.

Giacomo della Porta is most famous for being a Renaissance architect. He was born in 1533 and died in 1602. He is most famous for being the architect of St. Peter's Basilica.

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Among Architects

Among architects, Giacomo della Porta ranks 45 out of 518Before him are Hippodamus of Miletus, Tadao Ando, Vladimir Tatlin, Kenzō Tange, Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, and Callicrates. After him are Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Marcel Breuer, Arnolfo di Cambio, Jean Nouvel, Christopher Wren, and Louis Le Vau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1533, Giacomo della Porta ranks 6Before him are Elizabeth I, Michel de Montaigne, William the Silent, Stephen Báthory, and Eric XIV of Sweden. After him are Ismail II, Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Andrea Gabrieli, Catherine of Austria, Queen of Poland, Francesco III Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, and Abdullah Khan II. Among people deceased in 1602, Giacomo della Porta ranks 2Before him is Agostino Carracci. After him are Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak, Renata of Lorraine, Friedrich Wilhelm I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Emilio de' Cavalieri, Kobayakawa Hideaki, Ii Naomasa, Li Zhi, Catherine of Brandenburg-Küstrin, Thomas Morley, and Hedwig of Brandenburg, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giacomo della Porta ranks 743 out of NaNBefore him are Fausto Coppi (1919), Desiderius (710), Bernardino of Siena (1380), Odilo Globočnik (1904), Giovanni da Verrazzano (1485), and Rudolph Valentino (1895). After him are Romano Prodi (1939), Jacopo Sansovino (1486), Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1642), Charles Albert of Sardinia (1798), Britannicus (41), and Elisabeth Farnese (1692).

Among Architects In Italy

Among architects born in Italy, Giacomo della Porta ranks 8Before him are Vitruvius (-75), Donato Bramante (1443), Andrea Palladio (1508), Leon Battista Alberti (1404), Renzo Piano (1937), and Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola (1507). After him are Arnolfo di Cambio (1240), Aldo Rossi (1931), Michelozzo (1396), Guarino Guarini (1624), Sebastiano Serlio (1475), and Vincenzo Scamozzi (1548).

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