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Leo von Klenze

1784 - 1864

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Leo von Klenze (born Franz Karl Leopold von Klenze; 29 February 1784 – 26 January 1864) was a German architect and painter. He was the court architect of Ludwig I of Bavaria. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leo von Klenze has received more than 126,595 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Leo von Klenze is the 117th most popular architect (down from 104th in 2019), the 1,124th most popular biography from Germany (down from 921st in 2019) and the 10th most popular German Architect.

Leo von Klenze was a German architect who is most famous for designing the Glyptothek in Munich, which is a museum of ancient Greek and Roman sculptures.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Leo von Klenze ranks 117 out of 424Before him are Francesco di Giorgio Martini, Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Amenhotep, son of Hapu, Aino Aalto, Eero Saarinen, and Hans Hollein. After him are Lluís Domènech i Montaner, Filarete, Camillo Sitte, Gunnar Asplund, Balthasar Neumann, and Albert Speer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1784, Leo von Klenze ranks 12Before him are Karl Thomas Mozart, Marie-Antoine Carême, Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, Louis Spohr, and Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia. After him are François Rude, Rafael del Riego, Friedrich Kalkbrenner, Princess Maria Antonia of Naples and Sicily, Johann Karl Ehrenfried Kegel, and Peter von Cornelius. Among people deceased in 1864, Leo von Klenze ranks 14Before him are Hong Xiuquan, Vuk Karadžić, Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve, William I of Württemberg, Louise Marie Thérèse of Artois, and John Hanning Speke. After him are Princess Charlotte of Denmark, Princess Hildegard of Bavaria, Jean-Jacques Ampère, Hong Tianguifu, Aimable Pélissier, and Antoinette de Mérode.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Leo von Klenze ranks 1,124 out of 6,142Before him are Rudolf von Sebottendorf (1875), Petrus Apianus (1495), Günther Korten (1898), Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1851), Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse (1753), and Princess Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt (1765). After him are Countess Palatine Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg (1670), Franz Josef Strauss (1915), Hrotsvitha (935), Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752), Nicolaus Bruhns (1665), and Walther Flemming (1843).

Among ARCHITECTS In Germany

Among architects born in Germany, Leo von Klenze ranks 10Before him are Peter Behrens (1868), Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781), Gottfried Semper (1803), Arno Breker (1900), Peter Parler (1330), and Frei Otto (1925). After him are Albert Speer (1934), Robert Koldewey (1855), Hans Scharoun (1893), Ludwig Borchardt (1863), Gottfried Böhm (1920), and Ernst Neufert (1900).