ARCHITECT

Lluís Domènech i Montaner

1850 - 1923

Photo of Lluís Domènech i Montaner

Icon of person Lluís Domènech i Montaner

Lluís Domènech i Montaner (Catalan pronunciation: [ʎuˈiz ðuˈmɛnək i muntəˈne]; 21 December 1850 – 27 December 1923) was a Catalan architect who was very much involved in and influential for the Catalan Modernisme català, the Art Nouveau/Jugendstil movement. He was also a Catalan politician. Born in Barcelona, he initially studied physics and natural sciences, but soon switched to architecture. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lluís Domènech i Montaner has received more than 231,475 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Lluís Domènech i Montaner is the 98th most popular architect (up from 117th in 2019), the 307th most popular biography from Spain (up from 359th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Spanish Architect.

Lluís Domènech i Montaner was a Catalan architect who is most famous for designing the Sagrada Família, a Roman Catholic church in Barcelona.

Memorability Metrics

  • 230k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.07

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Lluís Domènech i Montaner ranks 98 out of 518. Before him are Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, Mnesikles, Minoru Yamasaki, Arata Isozaki, Joseph Maria Olbrich, and Claude Nicolas Ledoux. After him are Ange-Jacques Gabriel, Étienne-Louis Boullée, Amenhotep, son of Hapu, César Pelli, Filarete, and Hannes Meyer.

Most Popular Architects in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1850, Lluís Domènech i Montaner ranks 18. Before him are Mihai Eminescu, Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Oliver Heaviside, Ignác Goldziher, Luigi Cadorna, and Lafcadio Hearn. After him are Henry Louis Le Chatelier, Besarion Jughashvili, Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton, Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, César Ritz, and Sami Frashëri. Among people deceased in 1923, Lluís Domènech i Montaner ranks 21. Before him are Julius Martov, Damdin Sükhbaatar, Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy, Katherine Mansfield, James Dewar, and George Hendrik Breitner. After him are Princess Louise of Prussia, Edward Emerson Barnard, Milena Vukotić, George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, Aleksandar Stamboliyski, and Max Nordau.

Others Born in 1850

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1923

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Lluís Domènech i Montaner ranks 307 out of 3,355. Before him are Niceto Alcalá-Zamora (1877), Manolete (1917), Maria Antonia Ferdinanda of Spain (1729), Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī (1029), Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia (1908), and Thérésa Tallien (1773). After him are Pedro Cea (1900), Isidore the Laborer (1080), George Santayana (1863), Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836), Gérard Encausse (1865), and César Manrique (1919).

Others born in Spain

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among ARCHITECTS In Spain

Among architects born in Spain, Lluís Domènech i Montaner ranks 3. Before him are Antoni Gaudí (1852), and Santiago Calatrava (1951). After him are Ricardo Bofill (1939), Rafael Moneo (1937), Alonzo Cano (1601), Juan de Herrera (1530), Josep Puig i Cadafalch (1867), Josep Lluís Sert (1902), Félix Candela (1910), Muhammad V of Granada (1339), and Josep Maria Jujol (1879).

Spanish born Architects

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous