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Jørn Utzon

1918 - 2008

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Jørn Oberg Utzon (Danish: [ˈjɶɐ̯ˀn ˈutsʌn]; 9 April 1918 – 29 November 2008) was a Danish architect. In 1957, he won an international design competition for his design of the Sydney Opera House in Australia. Utzon's revised design, which he completed in 1961, was the basis for the landmark, although it was not completed until 1973.When it was declared a World Heritage Site on 28 June 2007, Utzon became only the second person to have received such recognition for one of his works during his lifetime, after Oscar Niemeyer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jørn Utzon has received more than 1,020,667 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Jørn Utzon is the 50th most popular architect (down from 38th in 2019), the 66th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 53rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Danish Architect.

Jørn Utzon is most famous for his design of the Sydney Opera House.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 65.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 51

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Jørn Utzon has had the most page views in the with 145,447 views, followed by German (25,095), and Spanish (21,596). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Belarusian (164.52%), Persian (84.55%), and Norwegian (Nynorsk) (53.28%)

Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Jørn Utzon ranks 50 out of 518. Before him are Michelozzo, Vladimir Tatlin, Arne Jacobsen, Ferdinand Cheval, Arnolfo di Cambio, and Jean Nouvel. After him are Christopher Wren, Álvaro Siza Vieira, Giacomo della Porta, Richard Meier, Guarino Guarini, and Louis Le Vau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Jørn Utzon ranks 23. Before him are Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Frederick Sanger, Chaim Herzog, Katherine Johnson, William Holden, and Martin Ryle. After him are Kai Siegbahn, Billy Graham, Muriel Spark, Ernst Otto Fischer, Jens Christian Skou, and Rosalia Lombardo. Among people deceased in 2008, Jørn Utzon ranks 22. Before him are Willis Lamb, Richard Widmark, Richard Wright, Sydney Pollack, Harold Pinter, and George Habash. After him are Alain Robbe-Grillet, Yma Sumac, Michael Crichton, Jacques Piccard, Roy Scheider, and Jules Dassin.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Jørn Utzon ranks 66 out of 1,032. Before him are Johannes Fibiger (1867), Anna Karina (1940), Canute IV of Denmark (1043), Arne Jacobsen (1902), Eric VI of Denmark (1274), and August Krogh (1874). After him are Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark (1900), Eric V of Denmark (1249), Carl Theodor Dreyer (1889), Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye (850), Peter Schmeichel (1963), and Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark (1656).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Denmark

Among architects born in Denmark, Jørn Utzon ranks 2. Before him are Arne Jacobsen (1902). After him are Theophil Hansen (1813), Verner Panton (1926), Jan Gehl (1936), Henning Larsen (1925), Christian Frederik Hansen (1756), Johan Otto von Spreckelsen (1929), Kaare Klint (1888), and Bjarke Ingels (1974).

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