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Paul Andreu

1938 - 2018

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Paul Andreu (10 July 1938 – 11 October 2018) was a French architect, known for his designs of multiple airports such as Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, and multiple prestigious projects in China, including the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Andreu has received more than 158,043 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Paul Andreu is the 184th most popular architect (up from 223rd in 2019), the 2,153rd most popular biography from France (up from 2,469th in 2019) and the 25th most popular French Architect.

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  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Paul Andreu ranks 184 out of 518. Before him are Gio Ponti, Eduardo Souto de Moura, Eero Aarnio, François Blondel, John Nash, and Paul Troost. After him are Pietro Lombardo, Michele Sanmicheli, James Hoban, Roberto Burle Marx, Cornelis Floris de Vriendt, and Baysunghur.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Paul Andreu ranks 139. Before him are Shotaro Ishinomori, Karel Svoboda, Patrick Bauchau, Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, Jan Assmann, and Nayef Hawatmeh. After him are Jesús María Pereda, Wu Yi, Bernadette Lafont, Philippe Nahon, David Lane, and Paul Martin. Among people deceased in 2018, Paul Andreu ranks 103. Before him are Paul Virilio, Jozef Adamec, Margot Kidder, Joseph Kobzon, Alan Baker, and Gennady Rozhdestvensky. After him are Nicanor Parra, Bruno Sammartino, Dennis Nilsen, Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, Raymond Chow, and Josep Lluís Núñez.

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In France

Among people born in France, Paul Andreu ranks 2,153 out of 6,770. Before him are Adelaide of Paris (850), Isabella, Countess of Vertus (1348), Louis Massignon (1883), Bernard de Montfaucon (1655), Henri Cochet (1901), and Augustin Barruel (1741). After him are Georges-Charles de Heeckeren d'Anthès (1812), François-Joseph Talma (1763), Raymonde de Laroche (1882), Prince Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1844), Louis Poinsot (1777), and Jean-Baptiste van Loo (1684).

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Among ARCHITECTS In France

Among architects born in France, Paul Andreu ranks 25. Before him are Charlotte Perriand (1903), Philibert de l'Orme (1514), Jean Chalgrin (1739), Paul Abadie (1812), Jacques-François Blondel (1705), and François Blondel (1618). After him are Henri Labrouste (1801), Jacques Lemercier (1585), Quatremère de Quincy (1755), Matthias of Arras (1290), Jean Prouvé (1901), and Robert de Cotte (1656).

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