1870 - 1956
Lars Eliel Sonck (10 August 1870 – 14 March 1956) was a Finnish architect. He graduated from Helsinki Polytechnic Institute in 1894 and immediately won a major design competition for a church in Turku, St Michael's Church, ahead of many established architects. The church was designed in the prevailing neo-Gothic style. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lars Sonck has received more than 34,932 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Lars Sonck is the 342nd most popular architect (down from 321st in 2019), the 170th most popular biography from Finland (down from 157th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Finnish Architect.
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Among architects, Lars Sonck ranks 342 out of 424. Before him are Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis, Auguste de Montferrand, Charles Cameron, Heinrich von Ferstel, Francesco Sabatini, and László Hudec. After him are Joseph Bové, Theodor Fischer, Anca Petrescu, Frederick Catherwood, Vannoccio Biringuccio, and Ron Arad.
1913 - 1975
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 336
1786 - 1858
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 337
1746 - 1812
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 338
1828 - 1883
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 339
1721 - 1797
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 340
1893 - 1958
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 341
1870 - 1956
HPI: 49.15
Rank: 342
1784 - 1834
HPI: 49.14
Rank: 343
1862 - 1938
HPI: 49.13
Rank: 344
1949 - 2013
HPI: 49.10
Rank: 345
1799 - 1854
HPI: 49.09
Rank: 346
1480 - 1539
HPI: 49.04
Rank: 347
1951 - Present
HPI: 49.03
Rank: 348
Among people born in 1870, Lars Sonck ranks 108. Before him are Dirk Jan de Geer, Erik Adolf von Willebrand, Amado Nervo, Hans Baluschek, Štefan Banič, and Sascha Schneider. After him are Emil Młynarski, Henri Jaspar, Jędrzej Moraczewski, Grigory Gershuni, John Isaac Briquet, and Jan Šrámek. Among people deceased in 1956, Lars Sonck ranks 124. Before him are Johann Radon, Lorenzo Perosi, Nikolaos Trikoupis, Corrado Alvaro, Tommy Johnson, and Touria Chaoui. After him are Marie Doro, Henri Callot, Nikolai Panin, Louis Calhern, Aino Kallas, and Emmanouil Tsouderos.
1870 - 1960
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 102
1870 - 1949
HPI: 49.71
Rank: 103
1870 - 1919
HPI: 49.67
Rank: 104
1870 - 1935
HPI: 49.57
Rank: 105
1870 - 1941
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 106
1870 - 1927
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 107
1870 - 1956
HPI: 49.15
Rank: 108
1870 - 1935
HPI: 48.61
Rank: 109
1870 - 1939
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 110
1870 - 1944
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 111
1870 - Present
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 112
1870 - 1931
HPI: 48.18
Rank: 113
1870 - 1956
HPI: 48.02
Rank: 114
1887 - 1956
HPI: 49.71
Rank: 118
1872 - 1956
HPI: 49.67
Rank: 119
1868 - 1956
HPI: 49.67
Rank: 120
1895 - 1956
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 121
1896 - 1956
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 122
1936 - 1956
HPI: 49.61
Rank: 123
1870 - 1956
HPI: 49.15
Rank: 124
1882 - 1956
HPI: 48.78
Rank: 125
1875 - 1956
HPI: 48.72
Rank: 126
1872 - 1956
HPI: 48.72
Rank: 127
1895 - 1956
HPI: 48.69
Rank: 128
1878 - 1956
HPI: 48.63
Rank: 129
1882 - 1956
HPI: 48.61
Rank: 130
Among people born in Finland, Lars Sonck ranks 170 out of 642. Before him are Erkki Aaltonen (1910), Alexi Laiho (1979), Aarre Merikanto (1893), Julius Skutnabb (1889), Kaarlo Castrén (1860), and Jari Kurri (1960). After him are Robert Kajanus (1856), Juho Vennola (1872), Frans Michael Franzén (1772), Johan Ehrnrooth (1833), Pekka Halonen (1865), and Christian von Steven (1781).
1910 - 1990
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 164
1979 - 2020
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 165
1893 - 1958
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 166
1889 - 1965
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 167
1860 - 1938
HPI: 49.23
Rank: 168
1960 - Present
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 169
1870 - 1956
HPI: 49.15
Rank: 170
1856 - 1933
HPI: 49.11
Rank: 171
1872 - 1938
HPI: 49.10
Rank: 172
1772 - 1847
HPI: 49.07
Rank: 173
1833 - Present
HPI: 49.03
Rank: 174
1865 - 1933
HPI: 49.01
Rank: 175
1781 - 1863
HPI: 48.96
Rank: 176
Among architects born in Finland, Lars Sonck ranks 7. Before him are Alvar Aalto (1898), Aino Aalto (1894), Eero Saarinen (1910), Eliel Saarinen (1873), Eero Aarnio (1932), and Elissa Aalto (1922). After him are Marco Casagrande (1971).
1898 - 1976
HPI: 77.09
Rank: 1
1894 - 1949
HPI: 60.29
Rank: 2
1910 - 1961
HPI: 60.22
Rank: 3
1873 - 1950
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 4
1932 - Present
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 5
1922 - 1994
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 6
1870 - 1956
HPI: 49.15
Rank: 7
1971 - Present
HPI: 37.19
Rank: 8