Designer

Giambattista Bodoni

Italian typographer, type-designer, compositor, printer and publisher in Parma

1740 - 1813

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His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Giambattista Bodoni is the 40th most popular designer (down from 34th in 2024), the 2,025th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,781st in 2019) and the 11th most popular Italian Designer.

Giambattista Bodoni is most famous for being a printer and type designer. He was born in 1740 and died in 1813. He is most famous for his work with the letter type, which is used to this day.

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Among Designers

Among designers, Giambattista Bodoni ranks 40 out of 104. Before him are Dieter Rams, Claude Garamond, Beau Brummell, Jeanne Lanvin, Andokides painter, and Salvatore Ferragamo. After him are Mariano Fortuny, Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr., Alexander McQueen, Margarete Steiff, Luigi Colani, and Otl Aicher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1740, Giambattista Bodoni ranks 14. Before him are Johann van Beethoven, Carl Michael Bellman, Franz-Joseph Müller von Reichenstein, Bernard-René Jourdan de Launay, Louis-Sébastien Mercier, and John Sullivan. After him are John Latham, Johann Jacob Schweppe, Princess Ernestine of Saxe-Weimar, Anders Johan Lexell, James Boswell, and Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine. Among people deceased in 1813, Giambattista Bodoni ranks 22. Before him are Johann Baptist Wanhal, Tecumseh, Anders Gustaf Ekeberg, Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia, Anton Graff, and Rose Bertin. After him are Princess Augusta of Great Britain, Anton Bernolák, Géraud Duroc, Johann Christian Reil, Alexander Wilson, and Robert Kerr.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giambattista Bodoni ranks 2,025 out of NaN. Before him are Ira von Fürstenberg (1940), Riccardo Chailly (1953), Francesco Maurolico (1494), Valerio Zurlini (1926), Peter Krešimir IV of Croatia (null), and Titus Flavius Sabinus (8). After him are Domenico Fetti (1589), Senesino (1686), Antipope Sylvester IV (1100), Sidney Sonnino (1847), Ranuccio Farnese (1530), and Domenico Tardini (1888).

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Among Designers In Italy

Among designers born in Italy, Giambattista Bodoni ranks 11. Before him are Giorgetto Giugiaro (1938), Valentino (1932), Miuccia Prada (1949), Nina Ricci (1883), Battista Farina (1893), and Salvatore Ferragamo (1898). After him are Milena Canonero (1946), Enzo Mari (1932), Laura Biagiotti (1943), Piero Tosi (1927), Stefano Gabbana (1962), and Chiara Ferragni (1987).

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