Architect

Renzo Piano

1937 - today

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Renzo Piano

His biography is available in 66 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 65 in 2024). Renzo Piano is the 23rd most popular architect, the 507th most popular biography from Italy (down from 439th 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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Among Architects

Among architects, Renzo Piano ranks 23 out of 518. Before him are Walter Gropius, Oscar Niemeyer, Frank Lloyd Wright, Francesco Borromini, Apollodorus of Damascus, and Georges-Eugène Haussmann. After him are Otto Wagner, Frank Gehry, Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Victor Horta, André Le Nôtre, and Adolf Loos.

Most Popular Architects in Wikipedia

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Walter Gropius
1883 - 1969
HPI: 78.26
Rank: 17
Oscar Niemeyer
1907 - 2012
HPI: 78.24
Rank: 18
Frank Lloyd Wright
1867 - 1959
HPI: 77.46
Rank: 19
Francesco Borromini
1599 - 1667
HPI: 77.11
Rank: 20
Apollodorus of Damascus
50 - 130
HPI: 76.33
Rank: 21
Georges-Eugène Haussmann
1809 - 1891
HPI: 75.89
Rank: 22
Renzo Piano
1937 - Present
HPI: 74.89
Rank: 23
Otto Wagner
1841 - 1918
HPI: 74.75
Rank: 24
Frank Gehry
1929 - 2025
HPI: 74.75
Rank: 25
Karl Friedrich Schinkel
1781 - 1841
HPI: 74.55
Rank: 26
Victor Horta
1861 - 1947
HPI: 74.39
Rank: 27
André Le Nôtre
1613 - 1700
HPI: 74.36
Rank: 28
Adolf Loos
1870 - 1933
HPI: 74.17
Rank: 29

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Renzo Piano ranks 19. Before him are Bobby Charlton, Jane Fonda, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, Queen Sonja of Norway, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, and Princess Birgitta of Sweden. After him are Robert Coleman Richardson, Robert Lucas Jr., Madeleine Albright, Vanessa Redgrave, Queen Paola of Belgium, and Avram Hershko.

Others Born in 1937

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Bobby Charlton
SOCCER PLAYER
1937 - 2023
HPI: 76.54
Rank: 13
Jane Fonda
ACTOR
1937 - Present
HPI: 76.25
Rank: 14
Maumoon Abdul Gayoom
POLITICIAN
1937 - Present
HPI: 75.99
Rank: 15
Queen Sonja of Norway
COMPANION
1937 - Present
HPI: 75.72
Rank: 16
Abdelaziz Bouteflika
POLITICIAN
1937 - 2021
HPI: 75.61
Rank: 17
Princess Birgitta of Sweden
POLITICIAN
1937 - 2024
HPI: 74.97
Rank: 18
Renzo Piano
ARCHITECT
1937 - Present
HPI: 74.89
Rank: 19
Robert Coleman Richardson
PHYSICIST
1937 - 2013
HPI: 74.47
Rank: 20
Robert Lucas Jr.
ECONOMIST
1937 - 2023
HPI: 74.05
Rank: 21
Madeleine Albright
DIPLOMAT
1937 - 2022
HPI: 73.77
Rank: 22
Vanessa Redgrave
ACTOR
1937 - Present
HPI: 73.21
Rank: 23
Queen Paola of Belgium
POLITICIAN
1937 - Present
HPI: 73.09
Rank: 24
Avram Hershko
CHEMIST
1937 - Present
HPI: 73.09
Rank: 25

In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Renzo Piano ranks 507 out of NaN. Before him are Pietro Badoglio (1871), Giuseppe Piazzi (1746), Piero di Cosimo de' Medici (1416), Marcello Malpighi (1628), Tiberius Claudius Nero (-85), and Pope John III (520). After him are Rita Levi-Montalcini (1909), Cesare Beccaria (1738), Maria Anna of Savoy (1803), Tinto Brass (1933), Pope Hilarius (415), and Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (1666).

Others born in Italy

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Pietro Badoglio
POLITICIAN
1871 - 1956
HPI: 75.01
Rank: 501
Giuseppe Piazzi
ASTRONOMER
1746 - 1826
HPI: 74.97
Rank: 502
Piero di Cosimo de' Medici
POLITICIAN
1416 - 1469
HPI: 74.95
Rank: 503
Marcello Malpighi
PHYSICIAN
1628 - 1694
HPI: 74.93
Rank: 504
Tiberius Claudius Nero
POLITICIAN
85 BC - 33 BC
HPI: 74.93
Rank: 505
Pope John III
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
520 - 574
HPI: 74.93
Rank: 506
Renzo Piano
ARCHITECT
1937 - Present
HPI: 74.89
Rank: 507
Rita Levi-Montalcini
PHYSICIAN
1909 - 2012
HPI: 74.89
Rank: 508
Cesare Beccaria
PHILOSOPHER
1738 - 1794
HPI: 74.89
Rank: 509
Maria Anna of Savoy
POLITICIAN
1803 - 1884
HPI: 74.82
Rank: 510
Tinto Brass
FILM DIRECTOR
1933 - Present
HPI: 74.81
Rank: 511
Pope Hilarius
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
415 - 468
HPI: 74.81
Rank: 512
Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia
POLITICIAN
1666 - 1732
HPI: 74.80
Rank: 513