1665 - 1725
José Benito de Churriguera (21 March 1665, in Madrid – 2 March 1725, in Madrid) was a Spanish architect, sculptor and urbanist of the late-Baroque or Rococo style. He was born in Madrid to a Catalan cabinetmaker, gilder and altarpiece joiner, Josep Simó Xoriguera i Elies and to doña Maria de Ocaña, and studied under his father along with two of his brothers. His excessively decorated style, which can be described as an obsessively over-wrought horror vacui on any surface or facade, led to the adjective churrigueresque. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of José Benito de Churriguera has received more than 25,898 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). José Benito de Churriguera is the 307th most popular architect (down from 301st in 2019), the 1,055th most popular biography from Spain (down from 964th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Spanish Architect.
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Among architects, José Benito de Churriguera ranks 307 out of 424. Before him are Rudolf Wolters, Sixto Durán Ballén, Ustad Ahmad Lahori, Ineni, Galeazzo Alessi, and Ernst Ziller. After him are John Soane, Georges Candilis, Juan Bautista de Toledo, Henri Dupuy de Lôme, Benedetto Antelami, and David Chipperfield.
1903 - 1983
HPI: 50.85
Rank: 301
1921 - 2016
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 302
1580 - 1649
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 303
1550 BC - Present
HPI: 50.72
Rank: 304
1512 - 1572
HPI: 50.69
Rank: 305
1837 - 1923
HPI: 50.66
Rank: 306
1665 - 1725
HPI: 50.63
Rank: 307
1753 - 1837
HPI: 50.61
Rank: 308
1913 - 1995
HPI: 50.60
Rank: 309
1515 - 1567
HPI: 50.57
Rank: 310
1816 - 1885
HPI: 50.48
Rank: 311
1150 - 1230
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 312
1953 - Present
HPI: 50.44
Rank: 313
Among people born in 1665, José Benito de Churriguera ranks 7. Before him are Anne, Queen of Great Britain, Nicolaus Bruhns, Giuseppe Crespi, Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, Rudolf Jakob Camerarius, and John George II, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach. After him is James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde. Among people deceased in 1725, José Benito de Churriguera ranks 9. Before him are Mahmud Hotak, Chikamatsu Monzaemon, Arai Hakuseki, Christian August of Saxe-Zeitz, René de Froulay de Tessé, and Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani. After him is Jonathan Wild.
1665 - 1714
HPI: 72.38
Rank: 1
1665 - 1697
HPI: 60.08
Rank: 2
1665 - 1747
HPI: 58.39
Rank: 3
1665 - 1729
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 4
1665 - 1721
HPI: 52.81
Rank: 5
1665 - 1698
HPI: 50.72
Rank: 6
1665 - 1725
HPI: 50.63
Rank: 7
1665 - 1745
HPI: 44.70
Rank: 8
1697 - 1725
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 3
1653 - 1725
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 4
1657 - 1725
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 5
1666 - 1725
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 6
1648 - 1725
HPI: 50.75
Rank: 7
1658 - 1725
HPI: 50.66
Rank: 8
1665 - 1725
HPI: 50.63
Rank: 9
1683 - 1725
HPI: 48.72
Rank: 10
Among people born in Spain, José Benito de Churriguera ranks 1,055 out of 2,932. Before him are Antonio Saura (1930), Josep Maria Subirachs (1927), Bernardo Atxaga (1951), Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao (1886), Diego Durán (1537), and Josep Seguer (1923). After him are Concepción Arenal (1820), Santiago Casares Quiroga (1884), Ignacio Eizaguirre (1920), Juan Bautista de Toledo (1515), Juan Bautista Aznar-Cabañas (1860), and Alba Flores (1986).
1930 - 1998
HPI: 50.69
Rank: 1,049
1927 - 2014
HPI: 50.68
Rank: 1,050
1951 - Present
HPI: 50.68
Rank: 1,051
1886 - 1950
HPI: 50.67
Rank: 1,052
1537 - 1588
HPI: 50.66
Rank: 1,053
1923 - 2014
HPI: 50.65
Rank: 1,054
1665 - 1725
HPI: 50.63
Rank: 1,055
1820 - 1893
HPI: 50.62
Rank: 1,056
1884 - 1950
HPI: 50.61
Rank: 1,057
1920 - 2013
HPI: 50.60
Rank: 1,058
1515 - 1567
HPI: 50.57
Rank: 1,059
1860 - 1933
HPI: 50.57
Rank: 1,060
1986 - Present
HPI: 50.56
Rank: 1,061
Among architects born in Spain, José Benito de Churriguera ranks 13. Before him are Josep Puig i Cadafalch (1867), Juan de Herrera (1530), Muhammad V of Granada (1339), Félix Candela (1910), Josep Lluís Sert (1902), and Josep Maria Jujol (1879). After him are Juan Bautista de Toledo (1515), Juan de Villanueva (1739), Juan Gómez de Mora (1586), Ventura Rodríguez (1717), Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza (1918), and Patricia Urquiola (1961).
1867 - 1956
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 7
1530 - 1593
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 8
1339 - 1391
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 9
1910 - 1997
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 10
1902 - 1983
HPI: 54.08
Rank: 11
1879 - 1949
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 12
1665 - 1725
HPI: 50.63
Rank: 13
1515 - 1567
HPI: 50.57
Rank: 14
1739 - 1811
HPI: 48.32
Rank: 15
1586 - 1648
HPI: 46.89
Rank: 16
1717 - 1785
HPI: 46.40
Rank: 17
1918 - 2000
HPI: 45.04
Rank: 18
1961 - Present
HPI: 44.85
Rank: 19