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Jean Chalgrin

1739 - 1811

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Jean-François-Thérèse Chalgrin (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ fʁɑ̃swa teʁɛz ʃalɡʁɛ̃]; 1739 – 21 January 1811) was a French architect, best known for his design for the Arc de Triomphe, Paris. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean Chalgrin has received more than 100,510 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Jean Chalgrin is the 156th most popular architect (up from 162nd in 2019), the 1,875th most popular biography from France (down from 1,859th in 2019) and the 21st most popular French Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Jean Chalgrin ranks 156 out of 518. Before him are Ludwig Borchardt, Juan de Herrera, Nefermaat, Josep Puig i Cadafalch, Hendrik Petrus Berlage, and Ebenezer Howard. After him are Jacob van Campen, Robert Adam, Ur-Nanshe, Paul Abadie, Fumihiko Maki, and David Chipperfield.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1739, Jean Chalgrin ranks 11. Before him are Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber, George Clinton, Charles-François Lebrun, Johann Baptist Wanhal, and Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. After him are François Claude Amour, marquis de Bouillé, Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart, Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, Jean-François de La Harpe, Frei Galvão, and Infanta Maria Doroteia of Portugal. Among people deceased in 1811, Jean Chalgrin ranks 7. Before him are Heinrich von Kleist, Peter Simon Pallas, Louis Antoine de Bougainville, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden, and Dositej Obradović. After him are Eliza Poe, Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos, Ignacio Allende, William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire, Nevil Maskelyne, and Marie-Joseph Chénier.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean Chalgrin ranks 1,875 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean-Paul Laurens (1838), Philip I, Count of Savoy (1207), Jean Borotra (1898), Pierre Guillaume Frédéric le Play (1806), Marie de Gournay (1565), and Florestan I, Prince of Monaco (1785). After him are Michelle of Valois (1395), Maurice André (1933), Francis II, Duke of Lorraine (1572), Princess Louise of Orléans (1882), Rudi Garcia (1964), and Michel Polnareff (1944).

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Among ARCHITECTS In France

Among architects born in France, Jean Chalgrin ranks 21. Before him are Ange-Jacques Gabriel (1698), Étienne-Louis Boullée (1728), Lúcio Costa (1902), Jacques-Germain Soufflot (1713), Charlotte Perriand (1903), and Philibert de l'Orme (1514). After him are Paul Abadie (1812), Jacques-François Blondel (1705), François Blondel (1618), Paul Andreu (1938), Henri Labrouste (1801), and Jacques Lemercier (1585).

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