Architect

Jože Plečnik

1872 - 1957

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Jože Plečnik

His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2024). Jože Plečnik is the 56th most popular architect (up from 58th in 2024), the 9th most popular biography from Slovenia (down from 5th in 2019) and the most popular Slovene Architect.

Jože Plečnik is most famous for his work on the National and University Library of Slovenia, the Ljubljana Town Hall, and the Church of the Holy Spirit.

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Among Architects

Among architects, Jože Plečnik ranks 56 out of 518. Before him are Christopher Wren, Louis Le Vau, Aldo Rossi, Richard Meier, Álvaro Siza Vieira, and Arne Jacobsen. After him are Isidore of Miletus, Arno Breker, Domenico Fontana, Augustus Pugin, Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, and Sostratus of Cnidus.

Most Popular Architects in Wikipedia

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Christopher Wren
1632 - 1723
HPI: 71.26
Rank: 50
Louis Le Vau
1612 - 1670
HPI: 71.19
Rank: 51
Aldo Rossi
1931 - 1997
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 52
Richard Meier
1934 - Present
HPI: 70.87
Rank: 53
Álvaro Siza Vieira
1933 - Present
HPI: 70.83
Rank: 54
Arne Jacobsen
1902 - 1971
HPI: 70.71
Rank: 55
Jože Plečnik
1872 - 1957
HPI: 70.65
Rank: 56
Isidore of Miletus
442 - 537
HPI: 70.63
Rank: 57
Arno Breker
1900 - 1991
HPI: 70.57
Rank: 58
Domenico Fontana
1543 - 1607
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 59
Augustus Pugin
1812 - 1852
HPI: 70.32
Rank: 60
Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach
1656 - 1723
HPI: 70.27
Rank: 61
Sostratus of Cnidus
290 BC - 260 BC
HPI: 70.20
Rank: 62

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1872, Jože Plečnik ranks 22. Before him are Marcel Mauss, Djemal Pasha, Maurice Gamelin, Sergei Diaghilev, Louis Blériot, and Sri Aurobindo. After him are Norman Angell, Aubrey Beardsley, Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein, Wilhelm Miklas, Helena Rubinstein, and Georgy Chicherin. Among people deceased in 1957, Jože Plečnik ranks 27. Before him are Gabriela Mistral, Irving Langmuir, Alfred Döblin, Heinrich Hoffmann, José Leandro Andrade, and Curzio Malaparte. After him are Richard E. Byrd, Joseph McCarthy, Alfonso de Portago, Maurice Garin, František Kupka, and Laura Ingalls Wilder.

Others Born in 1872

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Marcel Mauss
SOCIOLOGIST
1872 - 1950
HPI: 72.56
Rank: 16
Djemal Pasha
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1872 - 1922
HPI: 72.26
Rank: 17
Maurice Gamelin
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1872 - 1958
HPI: 71.75
Rank: 18
Sergei Diaghilev
BUSINESSPERSON
1872 - 1929
HPI: 71.68
Rank: 19
Louis Blériot
INVENTOR
1872 - 1936
HPI: 71.46
Rank: 20
Sri Aurobindo
PHILOSOPHER
1872 - 1950
HPI: 71.21
Rank: 21
Jože Plečnik
ARCHITECT
1872 - 1957
HPI: 70.65
Rank: 22
Norman Angell
POLITICIAN
1872 - 1967
HPI: 70.11
Rank: 23
Aubrey Beardsley
WRITER
1872 - 1898
HPI: 69.84
Rank: 24
Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein
POLITICIAN
1872 - 1956
HPI: 69.47
Rank: 25
Wilhelm Miklas
POLITICIAN
1872 - 1956
HPI: 69.35
Rank: 26
Helena Rubinstein
BUSINESSPERSON
1872 - 1965
HPI: 68.92
Rank: 27
Georgy Chicherin
POLITICIAN
1872 - 1936
HPI: 68.90
Rank: 28