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Pierre Lescot

1515 - 1578

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Pierre Lescot (c. 1515 – 10 September 1578) was a French architect of the French Renaissance period. He is known for designing the Fontaine des Innocents and the Lescot wing of the Louvre in Paris. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pierre Lescot has received more than 83,400 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Pierre Lescot is the 69th most popular architect (up from 100th in 2019), the 846th most popular biography from France (up from 1,126th in 2019) and the 10th most popular French Architect.

Pierre Lescot was a French architect who is most famous for designing the Louvre, which was built in 1546.

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  • 1.89

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Pierre Lescot ranks 69 out of 518. Before him are Buckminster Fuller, Josef Hoffmann, Charles Garnier, Bruno Taut, Peter Zumthor, and Domenico Fontana. After him are Isidore of Miletus, Senenmut, Marcel Breuer, Erich Mendelsohn, Richard Rogers, and Vincenzo Scamozzi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1515, Pierre Lescot ranks 8. Before him are Teresa of Ávila, Anne of Cleves, Philip Neri, Lucas Cranach the Younger, Injong of Joseon, and Mary of Guise. After him are Piali Pasha, Petrus Ramus, Sebastian Castellio, Cipriano de Rore, Felix of Cantalice, and Mikołaj "the Black" Radziwiłł. Among people deceased in 1578, Pierre Lescot ranks 6. Before him are Mihrimah Sultan, Sebastian of Portugal, John of Austria, Catherine of Austria, Queen of Portugal, and Uesugi Kenshin. After him are Piali Pasha, Sebastiano Venier, James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, Joanna of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, Giulio Clovio, and Ferdinand, Prince of Asturias.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Lescot ranks 846 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean-Pierre Léaud (1944), Alain Aspect (1947), Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné (1626), Henri Fantin-Latour (1836), Lorin Maazel (1930), and Georges Couthon (1755). After him are Paul Reynaud (1878), Jacques Anquetil (1934), Dora Maar (1907), Bertrada of Laon (720), Arnaut Daniel (1150), and Pierre Janssen (1824).

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Among ARCHITECTS In France

Among architects born in France, Pierre Lescot ranks 10. Before him are Ferdinand Cheval (1836), Jean Nouvel (1945), Louis Le Vau (1612), François Mansart (1598), Jules Hardouin-Mansart (1646), and Charles Garnier (1825). After him are Hector Guimard (1867), Claude Perrault (1613), Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli (1700), Claude Nicolas Ledoux (1736), Ange-Jacques Gabriel (1698), and Étienne-Louis Boullée (1728).

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