The Most Famous
ARCHITECTS from Lebanon
This page contains a list of the greatest Lebanese Architects. The pantheon dataset contains 518 Architects, 1 of which were born in Lebanon. This makes Lebanon the birth place of the 47th most number of Architects behind Morocco, and Moldova.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Lebanese Architects of all time. This list of famous Lebanese Architects is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Callinicus of Heliopolis (700 - 700)
With an HPI of 62.09, Callinicus of Heliopolis is the most famous Lebanese Architect. His biography has been translated into 18 different languages on wikipedia.
Callinicus of Heliopolis (Medieval Greek: Καλλίνικος fl. 620 AD) was a Byzantine architect and alchemist of Jewish or Egyptian origin. He is credited with the invention of Greek fire, the premodern precedent of the flamethrower. According to Constantine Porphyrogenitus, he arrived in Byzantium in the time of Constantine IV and shared his knowledge of liquid fire with the Byzantines. Callinicus’ exact formula was a carefully guarded secret, and remains unknown today. Possible ingredients include resin, asphalt, sulfur, naphtha, fine quicklime, and calcium phosphide.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Lebanese architects born between 700 and 700. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Lebanese architects include Callinicus of Heliopolis.
