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Roberto Burle Marx

1909 - 1994

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Roberto Burle Marx (August 4, 1909 – June 4, 1994) was a Brazilian landscape architect (as well as a painter, print maker, ecologist, naturalist, artist and musician) whose designs of parks and gardens made him world-famous. He is accredited with having introduced modernist landscape architecture to Brazil. He was known as a modern nature artist and a public urban space designer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roberto Burle Marx has received more than 353,023 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Roberto Burle Marx is the 188th most popular architect (down from 179th in 2019), the 147th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 130th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Brazilian Architect.

Memorability Metrics

  • 350k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Roberto Burle Marx has had the most page views in the with 55,176 views, followed by English (37,320), and Spanish (12,769). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Azerbaijani (101.14%), Ido (59.76%), and Italian (27.15%)

Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Roberto Burle Marx ranks 188 out of 518. Before him are John Nash, Paul Troost, Paul Andreu, Pietro Lombardo, Michele Sanmicheli, and James Hoban. After him are Cornelis Floris de Vriendt, Baysunghur, Carlo Fontana, Hans Poelzig, Lev Rudnev, and Jacobus Oud.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Roberto Burle Marx ranks 90. Before him are Juan Carlos Onetti, Malcolm Lowry, Nathan Rosen, Tokizo Ichihashi, Isa Miranda, and Adolfo López Mateos. After him are André Abegglen, Wolfgang Reitherman, Bernd Rosemeyer, Atsushi Nakajima, Adib Shishakli, and Guy de Rothschild. Among people deceased in 1994, Roberto Burle Marx ranks 99. Before him are Howard Martin Temin, Baruch Goldstein, Juan Carlos Onetti, Wilma Rudolph, Marcel Bich, and Manos Hatzidakis. After him are Donald Judd, Jérôme Lejeune, Álvaro del Portillo, Christian-Jaque, Elissa Aalto, and Vazgen I.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Roberto Burle Marx ranks 147 out of 2,236. Before him are Zózimo (1932), Dino Sani (1932), Lúcio (1978), Carlos Kaiser (1963), Floriano Peixoto (1839), and Washington Luís (1869). After him are Pierre Clostermann (1921), Dondinho (1917), Milton Nascimento (1942), Félix Miélli Venerando (1937), Princess Januária of Brazil (1822), and Oscar Schmidt (1958).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Brazil

Among architects born in Brazil, Roberto Burle Marx ranks 3. Before him are Oscar Niemeyer (1907), and Paulo Mendes da Rocha (1928).

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