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André Le Nôtre

1613 - 1700

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André Le Nôtre (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃dʁe lə notʁ]; 12 March 1613 – 15 September 1700), originally rendered as André Le Nostre, was a French landscape architect and the principal gardener of King Louis XIV of France. He was the landscape architect who designed the gardens of the Palace of Versailles; his work represents the height of the French formal garden style, or jardin à la française. Prior to working on Versailles, Le Nôtre collaborated with Louis Le Vau and Charles Le Brun on the park at Vaux-le-Vicomte. His other works include the design of gardens and parks at Bicton Park Botanical Gardens, Chantilly, Fontainebleau, Saint-Cloud and Saint-Germain. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. André Le Nôtre is the 29th most popular architect, the 458th most popular biography from France (down from 432nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular French Architect.

André le nôtre is most famous for being the architect of the gardens of Versailles.

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Among architects, André Le Nôtre ranks 29 out of 518. Before him are Georges-Eugène Haussmann, Renzo Piano, Otto Wagner, Frank Gehry, Karl Friedrich Schinkel, and Victor Horta. After him are Adolf Loos, Santiago Calatrava, Carlo Maderno, Henry van de Velde, Rem Koolhaas, and I. M. Pei.

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Among people born in 1613, André Le Nôtre ranks 2. Before him is François de La Rochefoucauld. After him are Gerrit Dou, Claude Perrault, Khushal Khattak, Luisa de Guzmán, John George II, Elector of Saxony, Carl Gustaf Wrangel, Jean François Paul de Gondi, Mattia Preti, Giovanni Pietro Bellori, and Bartholomeus van der Helst. Among people deceased in 1700, André Le Nôtre ranks 3. Before him are Pope Innocent XII, and Charles II of Spain. After him are Do-Aklin, John Dryden, Rajaram I, Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe, Prince William, Duke of Gloucester, Lagâri Hasan Çelebi, Louis Jolliet, Marguerite Bourgeoys, and Silvestro Valier.

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In France

Among people born in France, André Le Nôtre ranks 458 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824), Robert I of France (860), Paul Barras (1755), Émile Bernard (1868), Theodor Eicke (1892), and Leslie Caron (1931). After him are Joseph Marie Jacquard (1752), Alphonse de Lamartine (1790), Auguste Escoffier (1847), Livilla (-13), Jean Monnet (1888), and Alexis Carrel (1873).

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Among ARCHITECTS In France

Among architects born in France, André Le Nôtre ranks 2. Before him are Georges-Eugène Haussmann (1809). After him are Eugène Viollet-le-Duc (1814), Jean Nouvel (1945), Louis Le Vau (1612), Ferdinand Cheval (1836), François Mansart (1598), Jules Hardouin-Mansart (1646), Charles Garnier (1825), Claude Perrault (1613), Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli (1700), and Hector Guimard (1867).

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