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Antoni Gaudí

1852 - 1926

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Antoni Gaudí i Cornet ( gow-DEE, GOW-dee; Catalan: [ənˈtɔni ɣəwˈði]; 25 June 1852 – 10 June 1926) was a Catalan architect and designer from Spain, widely known as the greatest exponent of Catalan Modernisme. Gaudí's works have a sui generis style, with most located in Barcelona, including his main work, the Sagrada Família church. Gaudí's work was influenced by his passions in life: architecture, nature, and religion. He considered every detail of his creations and combined crafts such as ceramics, stained glass, wrought ironwork forging, and carpentry. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Antoni Gaudí is the most popular architect, the 6th most popular biography from Spain (down from 4th in 2019) and the most popular Spanish Architect.

Antoni Gaudí is most famous for his architectural works. His most famous work is the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, which is a Roman Catholic church that he designed and built.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Antoni Gaudí ranks 1 out of 518. After him are Le Corbusier, Khufu, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Vitruvius, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Mimar Sinan, Alvar Aalto, Donato Bramante, Imhotep, Andrea Palladio, and Albert Speer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1852, Antoni Gaudí ranks 1. After him are Albert A. Michelson, Henri Becquerel, Emperor Meiji, Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Emil Fischer, William Ramsay, Henri Moissan, Charles Taze Russell, Gojong of Korea, Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, and Francisco Tárrega. Among people deceased in 1926, Antoni Gaudí ranks 2. Before him is Claude Monet. After him are Rainer Maria Rilke, Mehmed VI, Rudolf Christoph Eucken, Emperor Taishō, Harry Houdini, Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Felix Dzerzhinsky, Olga Constantinovna of Russia, Camillo Golgi, and Sunjong of Korea.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Antoni Gaudí ranks 6 out of 3,355. Before him are Pablo Picasso (1881), Salvador Dalí (1904), Miguel de Cervantes (1547), Francisco Goya (1746), and Diego Velázquez (1599). After him are Seneca the Younger (-4), Averroes (1126), Trajan (53), Francisco Franco (1892), Hernán Cortés (1485), and Pope Alexander VI (1431).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Spain

Among architects born in Spain, Antoni Gaudí ranks 1. After him are Santiago Calatrava (1951), Lluís Domènech i Montaner (1850), Ricardo Bofill (1939), Rafael Moneo (1937), Juan de Herrera (1530), Alonzo Cano (1601), Josep Puig i Cadafalch (1867), Muhammad V of Granada (1339), Josep Lluís Sert (1902), Félix Candela (1910), and José Benito de Churriguera (1665).

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