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Josef Hoffmann

1870 - 1956

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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 315,119 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Josef Hoffmann is the 78th most popular architect (up from 79th in 2019), the 85th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 84th 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.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Josef Hoffmann ranks 78 out of 424. Before him are Daniel Libeskind, Louis Kahn, Bruno Taut, Domenico Fontana, Ferdinand Cheval, and Robert Venturi. After him are Hemiunu, Gottfried Semper, Sostratus of Cnidus, Jože Plečnik, Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli, and Mnesikles.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1870, Josef Hoffmann ranks 20. Before him are Lavr Kornilov, Karl Renner, Juho Kusti Paasikivi, Ivan Bunin, Clara Immerwahr, and Gustav Bauer. After him are Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, Princess Marie Louise of Bourbon-Parma, Maurice Denis, Sigfrid Edström, Georgy Gapon, and Pierre Louÿs. Among people deceased in 1956, Josef Hoffmann ranks 23. Before him are Kenji Mizoguchi, Konstantin Päts, Bela Lugosi, Risto Ryti, H. L. Mencken, and Émile Borel. After him are Reinhold Glière, Wilhelm Miklas, Bolesław Bierut, Joseph Wirth, Anastasio Somoza García, and Daniel Swarovski.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Josef Hoffmann ranks 85 out of 973. Before him are Ludmila of Bohemia (860), Bohuslav Martinů (1890), Johann Palisa (1848), Jiří Menzel (1938), Julius Fučík (1903), and Maria Christina of Austria (1858). After him are Eugen Böhm von Bawerk (1851), Ottokar I of Bohemia (1155), Archduchess Anna of Austria (1528), Antonín Novotný (1904), Wenceslaus I of Bohemia (1205), and Henry of Bohemia (1265).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Czechia

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

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