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James Hoban

1762 - 1831

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James Hoban (1755 – December 8, 1831) was an Irish-American architect, best known for designing the White House. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Hoban has received more than 583,378 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). James Hoban is the 186th most popular architect (up from 206th in 2019), the 80th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 85th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Irish Architect.

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  • 55.47

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, James Hoban ranks 186 out of 424. Before him are Roberto Burle Marx, Paul Troost, Jacob van Campen, François Blondel, John Nash, and Bernard Tschumi. After him are Aristobulus of Cassandreia, Lev Rudnev, William Le Baron Jenney, Jean Prouvé, Adolphe Appia, and Carl Ludvig Engel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1762, James Hoban ranks 13. Before him are Gia Long, Theroigne de Mericourt, Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, María Cayetana de Silva, 13th Duchess of Alba, Jacques Balmat, and Pierre André Latreille. After him are Giovanni Aldini, Jean-Étienne Championnet, Spencer Perceval, Juan O'Donojú, Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine, and Herman Willem Daendels. Among people deceased in 1831, James Hoban ranks 29. Before him are Maria Szymanowska, Hans Karl von Diebitsch, Princess Louise of Denmark, Henri Grégoire, Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot, and Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein. After him are Princess Maria Amalia of Saxony, Jedediah Smith, Jean-Louis Pons, Henry Maudslay, Ryōkan, and Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, James Hoban ranks 80 out of 501. Before him are J. D. Bernal (1901), Vergilius of Salzburg (700), Charles Maturin (1780), Oliver Goldsmith (1728), Francis Ysidro Edgeworth (1845), and Maureen O'Sullivan (1911). After him are Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh (1769), Neil Jordan (1950), Kevin Roche (1922), Fionnula Flanagan (1941), Peter Lacy (1678), and Saint Kilian (640).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Ireland

Among architects born in Ireland, James Hoban ranks 2. Before him are Eileen Gray (1878). After him are Kevin Roche (1922), Shelley McNamara (1952), and Yvonne Farrell (1951).

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