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Hans Scharoun

1893 - 1972

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Bernhard Hans Henry Scharoun (German: [hans ʃaˈʁuːn] ; 20 September 1893 – 25 November 1972) was a German architect best known for designing the Berliner Philharmonie (home to the Berlin Philharmonic) and the Schminke House in Löbau, Saxony. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hans Scharoun has received more than 150,633 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Hans Scharoun is the 135th most popular architect (down from 134th in 2019), the 1,455th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,347th in 2019) and the 14th most popular German Architect.

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  • 3.18

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Hans Scharoun ranks 135 out of 518. Before him are Camillo Sitte, Gottfried Böhm, Rafael Moneo, James Stirling, Inigo Jones, and Lina Bo Bardi. After him are Alonzo Cano, Ettore Sottsass, Filippo Juvarra, Charlotte Perriand, Sverre Fehn, and Verner Panton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Hans Scharoun ranks 60. Before him are Battista Farina, Erwin Piscator, Nicholas J. Spykman, Walter Christaller, Pierre Drieu La Rochelle, and Ernst Öpik. After him are Raymond Loewy, Conrad Veidt, Dragiša Cvetković, Matthias Kleinheisterkamp, Bai Chongxi, and Kurt Huber. Among people deceased in 1972, Hans Scharoun ranks 48. Before him are Louis Leakey, Lester B. Pearson, Ásgeir Ásgeirsson, Josep Samitier, Karl Silberbauer, and S. R. Ranganathan. After him are Bronislava Nijinska, Henry de Montherlant, Erwin Bowien, Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, Martiros Saryan, and George, Crown Prince of Serbia.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hans Scharoun ranks 1,455 out of 7,253. Before him are Marie of Hesse-Kassel (1767), Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1654), Hans Blumenberg (1920), John B. Goodenough (1922), Robert Prosinečki (1969), and John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1575). After him are Prince Charles of Prussia (1801), Arnold Gehlen (1904), Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1676), Princess Feodora of Leiningen (1807), Aenne Burda (1909), and Günther Blumentritt (1892).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Germany

Among architects born in Germany, Hans Scharoun ranks 14. Before him are Frei Otto (1925), Gottfried Semper (1803), Albert Speer (1934), Leo von Klenze (1784), Robert Koldewey (1855), and Gottfried Böhm (1920). After him are Ludwig Borchardt (1863), Carl Ludvig Engel (1778), Ernst Neufert (1900), Günter Behnisch (1922), Paul Troost (1878), and Hans Poelzig (1869).

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