1803 - 1865
Sir Joseph Paxton (3 August 1803 – 8 June 1865) was an English gardener, architect, engineer and Member of Parliament, best known for designing the Crystal Palace and for cultivating the Cavendish banana, the most consumed banana in the Western world. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Paxton has received more than 458,003 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Paxton is the 157th most popular architect (up from 166th in 2019), the 1,271st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,283rd in 2019) and the 6th most popular British Architect.
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Among architects, Joseph Paxton ranks 157 out of 424. Before him are Robert Adam, Filippo Juvarra, Gottfried Böhm, Philibert de l'Orme, Hendrik Petrus Berlage, and Ernst Neufert. After him are Michael Ventris, Hermann Tilke, Juan de Herrera, Ur-Nanshe, Jacobus Oud, and Jean Chalgrin.
1728 - 1792
HPI: 57.52
Rank: 151
1678 - 1736
HPI: 57.52
Rank: 152
1920 - 2021
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 153
1514 - 1570
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 154
1856 - 1934
HPI: 57.25
Rank: 155
1900 - 1986
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 156
1803 - 1865
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 157
1922 - 1956
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 158
1954 - Present
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 159
1530 - 1593
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 160
2500 BC - 2500 BC
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 161
1890 - 1963
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 162
1739 - 1811
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 163
Among people born in 1803, Joseph Paxton ranks 22. Before him are Ferenc Deák, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald, Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Grandville, Princess Alexandrine of Prussia, and John Ericsson. After him are Henry Darcy, John Sutter, Friedrich von Amerling, Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff, and Robert Stephenson. Among people deceased in 1865, Joseph Paxton ranks 21. Before him are Shoqan Walikhanov, Infante Francisco de Paula, Duke of Cádiz, Princess Sophie of Sweden, Shigechiyo Izumi, Kunisada, and Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller. After him are Johann Franz Encke, Alexandros Mavrokordatos, Sebastián Iradier, Princess Maria Ferdinanda of Saxony, Antoine Wiertz, and Constant Troyon.
1803 - 1876
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 16
1803 - 1873
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 17
1803 - 1882
HPI: 58.05
Rank: 18
1803 - 1847
HPI: 57.99
Rank: 19
1803 - 1892
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 20
1803 - 1889
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 21
1803 - 1865
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 22
1803 - 1858
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 23
1803 - 1880
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 24
1803 - 1887
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 25
1803 - 1879
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 26
1803 - 1877
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 27
1803 - 1859
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 28
1835 - 1865
HPI: 59.88
Rank: 15
1794 - 1865
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 16
1801 - 1865
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 17
1865 - 1865
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 18
1786 - 1865
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 19
1793 - 1865
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 20
1803 - 1865
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 21
1791 - 1865
HPI: 57.01
Rank: 22
1791 - 1865
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 23
1809 - 1865
HPI: 56.75
Rank: 24
1796 - 1865
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 25
1806 - 1865
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 26
1810 - 1865
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 27
Among people born in United Kingdom, Joseph Paxton ranks 1,271 out of 7,765. Before him are George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon (1827), Alexander Mackenzie (1764), William Stuart-Houston (1911), Thomas Simpson (1710), Robert Fludd (1574), and Dusty Springfield (1939). After him are Michael Ventris (1922), Roger Williamson (1948), Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (1565), Adrian Smith (1957), Alexander McQueen (1969), and William Walton (1902).
1827 - 1909
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 1,265
1764 - 1820
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 1,266
1911 - 1987
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 1,267
1710 - 1761
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 1,268
1574 - 1637
HPI: 57.11
Rank: 1,269
1939 - 1999
HPI: 57.10
Rank: 1,270
1803 - 1865
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 1,271
1922 - 1956
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 1,272
1948 - 1973
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 1,273
1565 - 1601
HPI: 57.05
Rank: 1,274
1957 - Present
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 1,275
1969 - 2010
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 1,276
1902 - 1983
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 1,277
Among architects born in United Kingdom, Joseph Paxton ranks 6. Before him are Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank (1935), Christopher Wren (1632), James Stirling (1926), Inigo Jones (1573), and Robert Adam (1728). After him are Michael Ventris (1922), John Nash (1752), Ebenezer Howard (1850), Glenn Murcutt (1936), Archibald Leitch (1865), and Augustus Pugin (1812).
1935 - Present
HPI: 71.54
Rank: 1
1632 - 1723
HPI: 65.88
Rank: 2
1926 - 1992
HPI: 59.19
Rank: 3
1573 - 1652
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 4
1728 - 1792
HPI: 57.52
Rank: 5
1803 - 1865
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 6
1922 - 1956
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 7
1752 - 1835
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 8
1850 - 1928
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 9
1936 - Present
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 10
1865 - 1939
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 11
1812 - 1852
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 12