1728 - 1799
Étienne-Louis Boullée (12 February 1728 – 4 February 1799) was a visionary French neoclassical architect whose work greatly influenced contemporary architects. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Étienne-Louis Boullée has received more than 383,289 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Étienne-Louis Boullée is the 106th most popular architect (down from 92nd in 2019), the 1,178th most popular biography from France (down from 993rd in 2019) and the 15th most popular French Architect.
Étienne-Louis Boullée is most famous for his design for a cenotaph in the form of an Egyptian pyramid.
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Among architects, Étienne-Louis Boullée ranks 106 out of 424. Before him are Claude Perrault, Pierre Lescot, Pier Luigi Nervi, Auguste Perret, Eileen Gray, and César Pelli. After him are Lúcio Costa, Bartolomeo Ammannati, Ange-Jacques Gabriel, Hannes Meyer, Francesco di Giorgio Martini, and Antonio da Sangallo the Younger.
1613 - 1688
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 100
1515 - 1578
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 101
1891 - 1979
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 102
1874 - 1954
HPI: 61.09
Rank: 103
1878 - 1976
HPI: 61.07
Rank: 104
1926 - 2019
HPI: 60.97
Rank: 105
1728 - 1799
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 106
1902 - 1998
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 107
1511 - 1592
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 108
1698 - 1782
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 109
1889 - 1954
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 110
1439 - 1502
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 111
1484 - 1546
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 112
Among people born in 1728, Étienne-Louis Boullée ranks 9. Before him are Joseph Black, Johann Heinrich Lambert, Anton Raphael Mengs, Chevalier d'Éon, Niccolò Piccinni, and Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden. After him are Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony, Robert Adam, Antoine Baumé, Samuel Wallis, Shah Alam II, and Ali Bey al-Kabir. Among people deceased in 1799, Étienne-Louis Boullée ranks 14. Before him are Lazzaro Spallanzani, Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Heshen, Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria, Horace Bénédict de Saussure, and Victoire of France. After him are Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Jan Ingenhousz, Jean-Charles de Borda, Barthélemy Catherine Joubert, Jean-François Marmontel, and Chevalier de Saint-Georges.
1728 - 1799
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 3
1728 - 1777
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 4
1728 - 1779
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 5
1728 - 1810
HPI: 63.69
Rank: 6
1728 - 1800
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 7
1728 - 1811
HPI: 61.06
Rank: 8
1728 - 1799
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 9
1728 - 1797
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 10
1728 - 1792
HPI: 57.52
Rank: 11
1728 - 1804
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 12
1728 - 1795
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 13
1728 - 1806
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 14
1728 - 1773
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 15
1729 - 1799
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 8
1742 - 1799
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 9
1750 - 1799
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 10
1724 - 1799
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 11
1740 - 1799
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 12
1733 - 1799
HPI: 61.05
Rank: 13
1728 - 1799
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 14
1739 - 1799
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 15
1730 - 1799
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 16
1733 - 1799
HPI: 58.38
Rank: 17
1769 - 1799
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 18
1723 - 1799
HPI: 57.10
Rank: 19
1745 - 1799
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 20
Among people born in France, Étienne-Louis Boullée ranks 1,178 out of 6,011. Before him are Pierre-Jean de Béranger (1780), Jean Mabillon (1632), James II of Majorca (1243), Hugues Felicité Robert de Lamennais (1782), Antipope Gregory VIII (1100), and Desireless (1952). After him are Nicolas Chamfort (1741), Christophe Plantin (1520), Louis Alexandre, Count of Toulouse (1678), Charles I, Duke of Bourbon (1401), Johannes Tauler (1300), and Comtessa de Dia (1175).
1780 - 1857
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 1,172
1632 - 1707
HPI: 60.96
Rank: 1,173
1243 - 1311
HPI: 60.96
Rank: 1,174
1782 - 1854
HPI: 60.96
Rank: 1,175
1100 - 1137
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 1,176
1952 - Present
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 1,177
1728 - 1799
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 1,178
1741 - 1794
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 1,179
1520 - 1589
HPI: 60.93
Rank: 1,180
1678 - 1737
HPI: 60.93
Rank: 1,181
1401 - 1456
HPI: 60.92
Rank: 1,182
1300 - 1361
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 1,183
1175 - 1225
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 1,184
Among architects born in France, Étienne-Louis Boullée ranks 15. Before him are Hector Guimard (1867), Ferdinand Cheval (1836), Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli (1700), Claude Nicolas Ledoux (1736), Claude Perrault (1613), and Pierre Lescot (1515). After him are Lúcio Costa (1902), Ange-Jacques Gabriel (1698), Jacques-Germain Soufflot (1713), Paul Abadie (1812), Philibert de l'Orme (1514), and Jean Chalgrin (1739).
1867 - 1942
HPI: 63.73
Rank: 9
1836 - 1924
HPI: 63.34
Rank: 10
1700 - 1771
HPI: 62.94
Rank: 11
1736 - 1806
HPI: 61.78
Rank: 12
1613 - 1688
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 13
1515 - 1578
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 14
1728 - 1799
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 15
1902 - 1998
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 16
1698 - 1782
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 17
1713 - 1780
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 18
1812 - 1884
HPI: 57.81
Rank: 19
1514 - 1570
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 20
1739 - 1811
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 21