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Louis Le Vau

1612 - 1670

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Louis Le Vau (French pronunciation: [lwi lə vo]; c. 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 202,600 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia. Louis Le Vau is the 56th most popular architect (up from 57th in 2019), the 727th most popular biography from France (down from 720th 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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 65.27

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Louis Le Vau ranks 56 out of 518. Before him are Jørn Utzon, Christopher Wren, Álvaro Siza Vieira, Giacomo della Porta, Richard Meier, and Guarino Guarini. After him are François Mansart, Jules Hardouin-Mansart, Jože Plečnik, Arno Breker, Giuliano da Sangallo, and Aldo Rossi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1612, Louis Le Vau ranks 4. Before him are Murad IV, Dorgon, and Wu Sangui. After him are Saskia van Uylenburgh, Antoine Arnauld, Pierre Mignard, Şehzade Bayezid, Samuel Butler, Jeremi Wiśniowiecki, Peter Stuyvesant, and Claude Françoise de Lorraine. Among people deceased in 1670, Louis Le Vau ranks 5. Before him are John Amos Comenius, Frederick III of Denmark, Henrietta of England, and Johann Rudolf Glauber. After him are Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Nicholas Francis, Duke of Lorraine, Salomon van Ruysdael, Bartholomeus van der Helst, Giovanna Garzoni, George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, and William VII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel.

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In France

Among people born in France, Louis Le Vau ranks 727 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean Meslier (1664), Michèle Mercier (1939), Charlotte of Savoy (1441), René Clair (1898), Jacques Pierre Brissot (1754), and Jean Sylvain Bailly (1736). After him are François Darlan (1881), Charles Nicolle (1866), Raymond Queneau (1903), Claude of France (1499), Peter Waldo (1140), and François Fénelon (1651).

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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), André Le Nôtre (1613), Eugène Viollet-le-Duc (1814), Ferdinand Cheval (1836), and Jean Nouvel (1945). After him are François Mansart (1598), Jules Hardouin-Mansart (1646), Charles Garnier (1825), Pierre Lescot (1515), Hector Guimard (1867), and Claude Perrault (1613).

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