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Ildefons Cerdà

1815 - 1876

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Ildefons Cerdà Sunyer (Catalan pronunciation: [ildəˈfons səɾˈða i suˈɲe]; Spanish: Ildefonso Cerdá Suñer; 23 December 1815, Centelles – 21 August 1876, Caldas de Besaya) was a Spanish urban planner and civil engineer who designed the 19th-century "extension" of Barcelona called the Eixample. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ildefons Cerdà has received more than 370,975 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Ildefons Cerdà is the 41st most popular engineer (up from 46th in 2019), the 307th most popular biography from Spain (down from 294th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Spanish Engineer.

Ildefons Cerdà is most famous for his work on the Eixample, a grid-like expansion of Barcelona.

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  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Ildefons Cerdà ranks 41 out of 323. Before him are Pavel Sukhoi, Howard H. Aiken, Godfrey Hounsfield, Anthony Fokker, John Ambrose Fleming, and Alexander Wienerberger. After him are Edward A. Murphy Jr., Sergey Ilyushin, Ernst Heinkel, Emil Škoda, Banū Mūsā, and Henry Gantt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1815, Ildefons Cerdà ranks 12. Before him are Otto of Greece, Adolph Menzel, Thomas Couture, Johann Jakob Bachofen, Louis-Jules Trochu, and Julia Margaret Cameron. After him are Ľudovít Štúr, Ernest Meissonier, Josip Juraj Strossmayer, Lorenz von Stein, Princess Elisabeth of Prussia, and Giuseppina Strepponi. Among people deceased in 1876, Ildefons Cerdà ranks 11. Before him are George Armstrong Custer, Karl Ernst von Baer, Catherine Labouré, Antonio López de Santa Anna, Truganini, and Marie d'Agoult. After him are Antoine Jérôme Balard, Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia, Francesco Maria Piave, Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo, Hristo Botev, and František Palacký.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Ildefons Cerdà ranks 307 out of 2,932. Before him are Francisco Álvarez Martínez (1925), Wittiza (687), Eusebi Güell (1846), Hisham II (965), Prudentius (348), and Niceto Alcalá-Zamora (1877). After him are Iker Casillas (1981), Sancho VII of Navarre (1154), Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī (1029), Eduardo Martínez Somalo (1927), Ferdinand II of León (1137), and Blanche II of Navarre (1424).

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Among ENGINEERS In Spain

Among engineers born in Spain, Ildefons Cerdà ranks 2. Before him are José Echegaray (1832). After him are Álvaro del Portillo (1914) and Agustín de Betancourt (1758).

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