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Ricardo Bofill

1939 - 2022

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Ricardo Bofill Leví (Catalan: [riˈkaɾðu buˈfiʎ ləˈβi]; 5 December 1939 – 14 January 2022) was a Spanish architect from Barcelona, Spain. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ricardo Bofill has received more than 401,757 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Ricardo Bofill is the 108th most popular architect (down from 61st in 2019), the 352nd most popular biography from Spain (down from 201st in 2019) and the 4th most popular Spanish Architect.

Memorability Metrics

  • 400k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Ricardo Bofill ranks 108 out of 518. Before him are César Pelli, Filarete, Hannes Meyer, Luis Barragán, Aino Aalto, and Auguste Perret. After him are Lúcio Costa, Albert Speer, Hans Hollein, Philip Johnson, Francesco di Giorgio Martini, and Baldassare Longhena.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Ricardo Bofill ranks 62. Before him are Carlo Ginzburg, Ruud Lubbers, Beate Klarsfeld, Carolina Herrera, Princess Irene of the Netherlands, and Emil Constantinescu. After him are Scott Glenn, Karl-Heinz Schnellinger, Dale T. Mortensen, Fikret Abdić, Marco Bellocchio, and Gangubai Kothewali. Among people deceased in 2022, Ricardo Bofill ranks 61. Before him are James Lovelock, Hardy Krüger, Stanislav Shushkevich, Issei Sagawa, Robert Curl, and Siniša Mihajlović. After him are Jean-Jacques Sempé, Kirstie Alley, Claes Oldenburg, Ivana Trump, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, and Teresa Berganza.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Ricardo Bofill ranks 352 out of 3,355. Before him are Severo Ochoa (1905), Miguel López de Legazpi (1502), Martín Alonso Pinzón (1441), Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba (1926), Andoni Zubizarreta (1961), and Sancho III of Castile (1134). After him are Al-Bakri (1014), Alfonso, Prince of Asturias (1907), Queen Letizia of Spain (1972), Garcilaso de la Vega (1501), Ruy González de Clavijo (1400), and José Sanjurjo (1872).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Spain

Among architects born in Spain, Ricardo Bofill ranks 4. Before him are Antoni Gaudí (1852), Santiago Calatrava (1951), and Lluís Domènech i Montaner (1850). After him are Rafael Moneo (1937), Alonzo Cano (1601), Juan de Herrera (1530), Josep Puig i Cadafalch (1867), Josep Lluís Sert (1902), Félix Candela (1910), Muhammad V of Granada (1339), and Josep Maria Jujol (1879).

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