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John Vanbrugh

1664 - 1726

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Sir John Vanbrugh (; 24 January 1664 (baptised) – 26 March 1726) was an English architect, dramatist and herald, perhaps best known as the designer of Blenheim Palace and Castle Howard. He wrote two argumentative and outspoken Restoration comedies, The Relapse (1696) and The Provoked Wife (1697), which have become enduring stage favourites but originally occasioned much controversy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Vanbrugh has received more than 374,021 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). John Vanbrugh is the 278th most popular architect (down from 265th in 2019), the 2,133rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,952nd in 2019) and the 15th most popular British Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, John Vanbrugh ranks 278 out of 424. Before him are Louis Visconti, Moshe Safdie, William Kent, Pierre Cuypers, Werner March, and Trdat. After him are Ernst May, Salomon de Bray, Augustin Ehrensvärd, Salomon de Brosse, Johan Otto von Spreckelsen, and Mauro Codussi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1664, John Vanbrugh ranks 14. Before him are Count Palatine Francis Louis of Neuburg, Arvid Horn, Magnus Stenbock, Johann Ernst III, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, János Pálffy, and Alvise Pisani. After him are Margherita Maria Farnese, Torii Kiyonobu I, and Nicolas Fatio de Duillier. Among people deceased in 1726, John Vanbrugh ranks 12. Before him are Domenico Zipoli, Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince of Eutin, Margravine Johanna of Baden-Baden, Princess Henriëtte Amalia of Anhalt-Dessau, and Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg. After him are Antonio Palomino, Jakob Prandtauer, Guillaume Delisle, and Magdalena Sibylla of Saxe-Weissenfels.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Vanbrugh ranks 2,133 out of 7,765. Before him are George Arliss (1868), Hugh Despenser the younger (1287), Ephraim Chambers (1680), Joseph Whitworth (1803), Stephen Dillane (1957), and Thomas Kyd (1558). After him are Lottie Dod (1871), Maurice Evans (1901), John Bull (1562), Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany (1182), William of Malmesbury (1080), and Damien Hirst (1965).

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Among ARCHITECTS In United Kingdom

Among architects born in United Kingdom, John Vanbrugh ranks 15. Before him are Ebenezer Howard (1850), Glenn Murcutt (1936), Archibald Leitch (1865), Augustus Pugin (1812), Charles Barry (1795), and William Kent (1685). After him are John Soane (1753), David Chipperfield (1953), Thomas Telford (1757), Edwin Lutyens (1869), Ralph Erskine (1914), and Charles Cameron (1746).

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