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Imhotep

2800 BC - 2700 BC

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Imhotep (; Ancient Egyptian: ỉỉ-m-ḥtp "(the one who) comes in peace"; fl. c. 2625 BC) was an Egyptian chancellor to the King Djoser, possible architect of Djoser's step pyramid, and high priest of the sun god Ra at Heliopolis. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Imhotep has received more than 3,321,453 page views. His biography is available in 70 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 69 in 2019). Imhotep is the 6th most popular architect (down from 4th in 2019), the 20th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 16th in 2019) and the most popular Egyptian Architect.

Imhotep is most famous for being the architect of the Step Pyramid at Saqqara.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Imhotep ranks 6 out of 518Before him are Antoni Gaudí, Le Corbusier, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Vitruvius, and Alvar Aalto. After him are Mimar Sinan, Donato Bramante, Andrea Palladio, Leon Battista Alberti, Khufu, and Albert Speer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 2800 BC, Imhotep ranks 1After him are Djoser, Khasekhemwy, Sekhemkhet, Senedj, Sekhemib-Perenmaat, Neferkasokar, Sneferka, Hudjefa I, and Nimaathap. Among people deceased in 2700 BC, Imhotep ranks 1After him are Djoser, Sekhemkhet, Khaba, Seth-Peribsen, Hetepheres I, Prince Rahotep, Meresankh I, Horus Sa, and Hetephernebti.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Imhotep ranks 20 out of 642Before him are Hatshepsut (-1507), Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918), Plotinus (203), Anwar Sadat (1918), Hosni Mubarak (1928), and Amenhotep III (-1403). After him are Hagar (-1800), Rudolf Hess (1894), Hero of Alexandria (10), Dalida (1933), Nefertari (-1290), and Moses in Islam (-1392).

Among ARCHITECTS In Egypt

Among architects born in Egypt, Imhotep ranks 1After him are Khufu (-2700), Senenmut (-1600), Amenhotep, son of Hapu (-1420), Hemiunu (-2500), Nefermaat (-2500), and Hassan Fathy (1900).