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Louis Le Vau

1612 - 1670

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Louis Le Vau (French pronunciation: [lwi lə vo]; 1612 – 11 October 1670) was a French Baroque architect, who worked for Louis XIV of France. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louis Le Vau has received more than 194,071 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Louis Le Vau is the 58th most popular architect (up from 63rd in 2019), the 721st most popular biography from France (up from 762nd in 2019) and the 6th most popular French Architect.

Louis Le Vau is most famous for designing the Palace of Versailles. He also designed the Chateau of Vaux-le-Vicomte, and the Chateau of Saint-Cloud.

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  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Louis Le Vau ranks 58 out of 424. Before him are Kenzō Tange, Isidore of Miletus, Álvaro Siza Vieira, Jules Hardouin-Mansart, Marcel Breuer, and Giacomo della Porta. After him are Aldo Rossi, Arnolfo di Cambio, Philip Johnson, Ricardo Bofill, Jean Nouvel, and Senenmut.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1612, Louis Le Vau ranks 4. Before him are Murad IV, Saskia van Uylenburgh, and Dorgon. After him are Wu Sangui, Antoine Arnauld, Pierre Mignard, Jeremi Wiśniowiecki, Odoardo Farnese, Duke of Parma, Samuel Butler, Peter Stuyvesant, and Claude Françoise de Lorraine. Among people deceased in 1670, Louis Le Vau ranks 6. Before him are John Amos Comenius, Henrietta of England, Frederick III of Denmark, Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and Johann Rudolf Glauber. After him are Nicholas Francis, Duke of Lorraine, Salomon van Ruysdael, Bartholomeus van der Helst, George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, Giovanna Garzoni, and Niccolò Zucchi.

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In France

Among people born in France, Louis Le Vau ranks 721 out of 6,011. Before him are Georges Sorel (1847), Raoul Dufy (1877), Jean Sylvain Bailly (1736), Marin Marais (1656), Jean Giraud (1938), and Robert Doisneau (1912). After him are Gabrielle d'Estrées (1573), Raymond Aron (1905), Pope Stephen IX (1020), Charles III, Duke of Bourbon (1490), Prince Philippe, Count of Paris (1838), and Charles-François Daubigny (1817).

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Among ARCHITECTS In France

Among architects born in France, Louis Le Vau ranks 6. Before him are Georges-Eugène Haussmann (1809), Eugène Viollet-le-Duc (1814), André Le Nôtre (1613), François Mansart (1598), and Jules Hardouin-Mansart (1646). After him are Jean Nouvel (1945), Charles Garnier (1825), Hector Guimard (1867), Ferdinand Cheval (1836), Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli (1700), and Claude Nicolas Ledoux (1736).

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