1656 - 1735
Robert de Cotte (French pronunciation: [ʁɔbɛʁ də kɔt]; 1656 – 15 July 1735) was a French architect-administrator, under whose design control of the royal buildings of France from 1699, the earliest notes presaging the Rococo style were introduced. First a pupil of Jules Hardouin-Mansart, he later became his brother-in-law and his collaborator. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert de Cotte has received more than 46,511 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Robert de Cotte is the 235th most popular architect (down from 199th in 2019), the 2,567th most popular biography from France (down from 2,144th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular French Architect.
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Among architects, Robert de Cotte ranks 235 out of 424. Before him are Aldo van Eyck, Josep Lluís Sert, Augustus Pugin, Giovanni Antonio Amadeo, Adolf Meyer, and Antonio da Sangallo the Elder. After him are Kazuyo Sejima, Nicodemus Tessin the Elder, Giacomo Quarenghi, Elissa Aalto, Charles Barry, and Luigi Vanvitelli.
1918 - 1999
HPI: 54.08
Rank: 229
1902 - 1983
HPI: 54.08
Rank: 230
1812 - 1852
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 231
1447 - 1522
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 232
1881 - 1929
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 233
1455 - 1534
HPI: 53.93
Rank: 234
1656 - 1735
HPI: 53.92
Rank: 235
1956 - Present
HPI: 53.92
Rank: 236
1615 - 1681
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 237
1744 - 1817
HPI: 53.85
Rank: 238
1922 - 1994
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 239
1795 - 1860
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 240
1700 - 1773
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 241
Among people born in 1656, Robert de Cotte ranks 8. Before him are Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark, Marin Marais, Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, Anton Florian, Prince of Liechtenstein, and Nicolas de Largillière. After him are Guillaume Dubois, Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer, Kateri Tekakwitha, Ferdinand de Marsin, François Le Fort, and Guru Har Krishan. Among people deceased in 1735, Robert de Cotte ranks 9. Before him are Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Maria Clementina Sobieska, Polyxena of Hesse-Rotenburg, and Danilo I, Metropolitan of Cetinje. After him are Sophia Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Carlo Ruzzini, Johann Krieger, Peter Artedi, Petr Brandl, and George Frederick Charles, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth.
1656 - 1693
HPI: 64.96
Rank: 2
1656 - 1728
HPI: 64.84
Rank: 3
1656 - 1723
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 4
1656 - 1708
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 5
1656 - 1721
HPI: 59.03
Rank: 6
1656 - 1746
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 7
1656 - 1735
HPI: 53.92
Rank: 8
1656 - 1723
HPI: 53.61
Rank: 9
1656 - 1746
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 10
1656 - 1680
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 11
1656 - 1706
HPI: 51.61
Rank: 12
1656 - 1699
HPI: 51.01
Rank: 13
1656 - 1664
HPI: 49.71
Rank: 14
1680 - 1735
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 3
1674 - 1735
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 4
1671 - 1735
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 5
1702 - 1735
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 6
1706 - 1735
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 7
1670 - 1735
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 8
1656 - 1735
HPI: 53.92
Rank: 9
1685 - 1735
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 10
1653 - 1735
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 11
1651 - 1735
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 12
1705 - 1735
HPI: 51.36
Rank: 13
1668 - 1735
HPI: 49.64
Rank: 14
1688 - 1735
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 15
Among people born in France, Robert de Cotte ranks 2,567 out of 6,011. Before him are Theobald I, Count of Blois (910), Antoine III de Gramont (1604), André Beauneveu (1330), Jean-Hippolyte Flandrin (1809), Dany Boon (1966), and Charles Friedel (1822). After him are Théophile de Viau (1590), Bernard Plantapilosa (841), Armand Trousseau (1801), René Caillié (1799), Abraham Duquesne (1610), and Alain Connes (1947).
910 - 975
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 2,561
1604 - 1678
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 2,562
1330 - 1400
HPI: 53.93
Rank: 2,563
1809 - 1864
HPI: 53.93
Rank: 2,564
1966 - Present
HPI: 53.92
Rank: 2,565
1822 - 1899
HPI: 53.92
Rank: 2,566
1656 - 1735
HPI: 53.92
Rank: 2,567
1590 - 1626
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 2,568
841 - 886
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 2,569
1801 - 1867
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 2,570
1799 - 1838
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 2,571
1610 - 1688
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 2,572
1947 - Present
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 2,573
Among architects born in France, Robert de Cotte ranks 33. Before him are François Blondel (1618), Jean Prouvé (1901), Matthias of Arras (1290), Quatremère de Quincy (1755), Paul Andreu (1938), and Charles Percier (1764). After him are Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine (1762), Édouard André (1840), Salomon de Brosse (1571), Henri Dupuy de Lôme (1816), Dominique Perrault (1953), and Victor Laloux (1850).
1618 - 1686
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 27
1901 - 1984
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 28
1290 - 1352
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 29
1755 - 1849
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 30
1938 - 2018
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 31
1764 - 1838
HPI: 54.13
Rank: 32
1656 - 1735
HPI: 53.92
Rank: 33
1762 - 1853
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 34
1840 - 1911
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 35
1571 - 1626
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 36
1816 - 1885
HPI: 50.48
Rank: 37
1953 - Present
HPI: 50.43
Rank: 38
1850 - 1937
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 39