Architect

Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach

sculptor and architect from Austria

1656 - 1723

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His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2024). Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach is the 61st most popular architect (up from 91st in 2024), the 188th most popular biography from Austria (up from 237th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Austrian Architect.

Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach is most famous for being an architect and designer of the Karlskirche in Vienna.

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Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach climbed 1,892 places in Pantheon's global HPI ranking, from #10,542 to #8,657.

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Among Architects

Among architects, Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach ranks 61 out of 533. Before him are Arne Jacobsen, Jože Plečnik, Isidore of Miletus, Arno Breker, Domenico Fontana, and Augustus Pugin. After him are Sostratus of Cnidus, Capability Brown, Ferdinand Cheval, Peter Zumthor, Bruno Taut, and Michelozzo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1656, Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach ranks 5. Before him are Edmond Halley, Marin Marais, Kateri Tekakwitha, and Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark. After him are Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, Anton Florian, Prince of Liechtenstein, Nicolas de Largillière, Guillaume Dubois, Robert de Cotte, Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer, and Ferdinand de Marsin. Among people deceased in 1723, Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach ranks 6. Before him are Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Dimitrie Cantemir, and Christopher Wren. After him are Godfrey Kneller, Anne Christine of Sulzbach, Princess of Piedmont, Anne Henriette of Bavaria, Zanabazar, Guillaume Dubois, and Antonio Maria Valsalva.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach ranks 188 out of 1,589. Before him are Michael Haydn (1737), Georg Joachim Rheticus (1514), Aribert Heim (1914), Archduchess Maria Johanna Gabriela of Austria (1750), Angela Hitler (1883), and Albert IV, Duke of Austria (1377). After him are Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (1610), Hans Selye (1907), Hermann Oberth (1894), Karl Thomas Mozart (1784), Karl Seitz (1869), and Anton Zeilinger (1945).

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Among Architects In Austria

Among architects born in Austria, Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach ranks 3. Before him are Otto Wagner (1841), and Friedensreich Hundertwasser (1928). After him are Hans Hollein (1934), Ettore Sottsass (1917), Camillo Sitte (1843), Richard Neutra (1892), Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky (1897), Ferdinand Fellner (1847), Josef Frank (1885), Jakob Prandtauer (1660), and Heinrich von Ferstel (1828).

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