ARCHITECT

Josef Hoffmann

1870 - 1956

Photo of Josef Hoffmann

Icon of person Josef Hoffmann

Josef Hoffmann (15 December 1870 – 7 May 1956) was an Austrian-Moravian architect and designer. He was among the founders of Vienna Secession and co-establisher of the Wiener Werkstätte. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Josef Hoffmann has received more than 375,660 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Josef Hoffmann is the 64th most popular architect (up from 77th in 2019), the 78th most popular biography from Czechia (up from 85th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Czech Architect.

Josef Hoffmann is most famous for being a furniture designer and architect. He was born in Vienna, Austria in 1876 and died in 1957. He is most famous for the Vienna Secession movement and for designing the Wiener Werkstätte.

Memorability Metrics

  • 380k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 69.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.99

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Josef Hoffmann ranks 64 out of 518. Before him are Jules Hardouin-Mansart, Jože Plečnik, Arno Breker, Giuliano da Sangallo, Aldo Rossi, and Buckminster Fuller. After him are Charles Garnier, Bruno Taut, Peter Zumthor, Domenico Fontana, Pierre Lescot, and Isidore of Miletus.

Most Popular Architects in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1870, Josef Hoffmann ranks 19. Before him are Juho Kusti Paasikivi, Karl Renner, Lavr Kornilov, Ivan Bunin, Louis II, Prince of Monaco, and Gustav Bauer. After him are Maurice Denis, Clara Immerwahr, Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, Princess Marie Louise of Bourbon-Parma, Sophia of Prussia, and Georgy Gapon. Among people deceased in 1956, Josef Hoffmann ranks 22. Before him are Alfred Kinsey, Konstantin Päts, Alexander Rodchenko, Bela Lugosi, Reinhold Glière, and H. L. Mencken. After him are Kenji Mizoguchi, Bolesław Bierut, Anastasio Somoza García, Wilhelm Miklas, Joseph Wirth, and Alexander Dovzhenko.

Others Born in 1870

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1956

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Josef Hoffmann ranks 78 out of 1,200. Before him are Max Wertheimer (1880), Karl Hermann Frank (1898), Karel Schwarzenberg (1937), Matthias Sindelar (1903), František Kupka (1871), and Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679). After him are Bonne of Luxembourg (1315), Wenceslaus I of Bohemia (1205), Věra Čáslavská (1942), Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644), Ottokar I of Bohemia (1155), and Maria Christina of Austria (1858).

Others born in Czechia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among ARCHITECTS In Czechia

Among architects born in Czechia, Josef Hoffmann ranks 2. Before him are Adolf Loos (1870). After him are Balthasar Neumann (1687), Joseph Maria Olbrich (1867), Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer (1689), Jan Santini Aichel (1677), Adolf Lang (1848), Jan Kaplický (1937), Jan Kotěra (1871), and Josef Gočár (1880).

Czech born Architects

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous