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Renzo Piano

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Renzo Piano (Italian: [ˈrɛntso ˈpjaːno]; born 14 September 1937) is an Italian architect. His notable buildings include the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris (with Richard Rogers, 1977), The Shard in London (2012), Kansai International Airport in Osaka (1994), the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City (2015), İstanbul Modern in Istanbul (2022) and Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in Athens (2016). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Renzo Piano has received more than 1,540,332 page views. His biography is available in 65 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 63 in 2019). Renzo Piano is the 24th most popular architect (down from 22nd in 2019), the 439th most popular biography from Italy (down from 368th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Italian Architect.

Renzo Piano is most famous for designing the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, France.

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  • 74.10

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 65

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Renzo Piano ranks 24 out of 518. Before him are Francesco Borromini, Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, Georges-Eugène Haussmann, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Apollodorus of Damascus, and Otto Wagner. After him are Frank Gehry, Victor Horta, Santiago Calatrava, Henry van de Velde, André Le Nôtre, and Adolf Loos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Renzo Piano ranks 15. Before him are Dustin Hoffman, Bobby Charlton, Jane Fonda, Queen Sonja of Norway, Martti Ahtisaari, and Boris Spassky. After him are Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Queen Paola of Belgium, Madeleine Albright, Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, and Vanessa Redgrave.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Renzo Piano ranks 439 out of 5,161. Before him are Cesare Beccaria (1738), Matteo Ricci (1552), Gaius Cassius Longinus (-87), Pope Zachary (679), Pope Hormisdas (450), and Pope Boniface VI (800). After him are Pope Benedict II (635), Lucky Luciano (1897), Pope Nicholas III (1215), Pope Benedict VI (900), Andrea Bocelli (1958), and Pope Lando (900).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Italy

Among architects born in Italy, Renzo Piano ranks 6. Before him are Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598), Vitruvius (-75), Donato Bramante (1443), Andrea Palladio (1508), and Leon Battista Alberti (1404). After him are Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola (1507), Michelozzo (1396), Arnolfo di Cambio (1240), Giacomo della Porta (1533), Guarino Guarini (1624), and Giuliano da Sangallo (1445).

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