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Günter Behnisch

1922 - 2010

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Günter Behnisch (12 June 1922 – 12 July 2010) was a German architect, born in Lockwitz, near Dresden. During the Second World War he became one of Germany's youngest submarine commanders. Subsequently, Behnisch became one of the most prominent architects representing deconstructivism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Günter Behnisch has received more than 46,374 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Günter Behnisch is the 171st most popular architect (up from 256th in 2019), the 1,854th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,636th in 2019) and the 18th most popular German Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Günter Behnisch ranks 171 out of 518. Before him are Michael Ventris, Bernard Tschumi, Kisho Kurokawa, Jacques-François Blondel, Carl Ritter von Ghega, and Ernst Neufert. After him are William Le Baron Jenney, Joseph Paxton, Hassan Fathy, Charles Eames, Jan Gehl, and Aristobulus of Cassandreia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Günter Behnisch ranks 113. Before him are Eleanor Parker, Veronica Lake, Michael Ventris, Clair Cameron Patterson, Serge Reggiani, and Yuri Knorozov. After him are Paul Marcinkus, Kim Hunter, Eileen Essell, Saad el-Shazly, Hussein Onn, and Bernardin Gantin. Among people deceased in 2010, Günter Behnisch ranks 74. Before him are Satoshi Kon, Solomon Burke, Martin Gardner, Iskandar of Johor, Fess Parker, and Malcolm McLaren. After him are Alexander McQueen, Teddy Scholten, Laurent Fignon, Johan Ferrier, Peter Graves, and Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Günter Behnisch ranks 1,854 out of 7,253. Before him are Dietrich, Count of Oldenburg (1390), Julius Dorpmüller (1869), Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Crown Princess of Prussia (1746), Hugo Schuchardt (1842), Joanna Sophia of Bavaria (1373), and Charles II, Elector Palatine (1651). After him are Johannes R. Becher (1891), Oswald Boelcke (1891), Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse (1906), Johann Christoph Pepusch (1667), Max Pechstein (1881), and Edmund Conen (1914).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Germany

Among architects born in Germany, Günter Behnisch ranks 18. Before him are Robert Koldewey (1855), Gottfried Böhm (1920), Hans Scharoun (1893), Ludwig Borchardt (1863), Carl Ludvig Engel (1778), and Ernst Neufert (1900). After him are Paul Troost (1878), Hans Poelzig (1869), Lilly Reich (1885), Friedrich von Gärtner (1791), Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann (1662), and Friedrich von Schmidt (1825).

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