ARCHITECT

James Hoban

1762 - 1831

Photo of James Hoban

Icon of person James Hoban

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 578,420 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. James Hoban is the 187th most popular architect (down from 185th in 2019), the 79th most popular biography from Ireland and the 2nd most popular Irish Architect.

Memorability Metrics

  • 580k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of James Hobans by language

Over the past year James Hoban has had the most page views in the with 52,729 views, followed by Persian (7,360), and Spanish (6,609). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Irish (50.75%), Czech (44.42%), and Spanish (44.11%)

Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, James Hoban ranks 187 out of 518. Before him are François Blondel, John Nash, Paul Troost, Paul Andreu, Pietro Lombardo, and Michele Sanmicheli. After him are Roberto Burle Marx, Cornelis Floris de Vriendt, Baysunghur, Carlo Fontana, Hans Poelzig, and Lev Rudnev.

Most Popular Architects in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1762, James Hoban ranks 15. Before him are Jacques Balmat, Pierre André Latreille, Theroigne de Mericourt, María Cayetana de Silva, 13th Duchess of Alba, Spencer Perceval, and Felice Pasquale Baciocchi. After him are Karl Ludwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Jean-Étienne Championnet, Anton Bernolák, Herman Willem Daendels, Giovanni Aldini, and Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine. Among people deceased in 1831, James Hoban ranks 29. Before him are Maria Szymanowska, Henri Grégoire, Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein, Princess Louise of Denmark, and Sébastien Érard. After him are Henry Maudslay, Jedediah Smith, Ryōkan, Vasily Golovnin, Franz Krommer, and Princess Maria Amalia of Saxony.

Others Born in 1762

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1831

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, James Hoban ranks 79 out of 549. Before him are Brenda Fricker (1945), James Barry (1795), Saint Fiacre (607), Vergilius of Salzburg (700), Brigid of Kildare (451), and Neil Jordan (1950). After him are Fionnula Flanagan (1941), Conor McGregor (1988), George Johnstone Stoney (1826), Maureen O'Sullivan (1911), Eliza Lynch (1833), and Andrew Graham (1815).

Others born in Ireland

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

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), Yvonne Farrell (1951), and Shelley McNamara (1952).

Irish born Architects

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous