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Georges-Eugène Haussmann

1809 - 1891

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Georges-Eugène Haussmann (French: [ʒɔʁʒøʒɛn osman]; 27 March 1809 – 11 January 1891), known as Baron Haussmann ([baʁɔ̃ osman]), was a French official who supervised a radical urban renewal programme of new boulevards, parks, and public works in Paris, referred to as Haussmann's renovation of Paris, aimed at introducing grandeur in the city. First a prefect in Var (1849–1850), Yonne (1850–1851), and Gironde (1851–1853), his skills as an administrator led to his appointment in Paris by Emperor Napoleon III in 1853. The signature architectural landmark of his works was the Paris Opera, the largest theatre in the world, designed by Charles Garnier, crowning the centre of Napoleon III's new Paris. Haussmann completely rebuilt Paris above and below ground; by 1870 on his own estimation one in five streets in central Paris were his creation, while the revamped sewers now ran alongside miles of pipes to distribute gas for thousands of new streetlights. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Georges-Eugène Haussmann is the 23rd most popular architect (down from 20th in 2019), the 328th most popular biography from France (down from 314th in 2019) and the most popular French Architect.

Haussmann is most famous for his work as the Prefect of the Seine under Napoleon III. He is responsible for the transformation of Paris into the modern city we know today.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Georges-Eugène Haussmann ranks 23 out of 518. Before him are Zaha Hadid, Walter Gropius, Oscar Niemeyer, Frank Lloyd Wright, Francesco Borromini, and Apollodorus of Damascus. After him are Renzo Piano, Otto Wagner, Frank Gehry, Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Victor Horta, and André Le Nôtre.

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Among people born in 1809, Georges-Eugène Haussmann ranks 9. Before him are Abraham Lincoln, Felix Mendelssohn, Nikolai Gogol, William Ewart Gladstone, Louis Braille, and Pierre-Joseph Proudhon. After him are Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., Bruno Bauer, Joseph Liouville, Albert Pike, Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust, and Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Among people deceased in 1891, Georges-Eugène Haussmann ranks 7. Before him are Arthur Rimbaud, Nikolaus Otto, Helena Blavatsky, Georges Seurat, Pedro II of Brazil, and John A. Macdonald. After him are Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, P. T. Barnum, Herman Melville, Wilhelm Eduard Weber, Sofia Kovalevskaya, and Léo Delibes.

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In France

Among people born in France, Georges-Eugène Haussmann ranks 328 out of 6,770. Before him are Jacques de Molay (1243), Richard I of Normandy (933), Abraham de Moivre (1667), Emmanuel Macron (1977), Pope Nicholas II (990), and Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot (1748). After him are Charlotte Corday (1768), John the Fearless (1371), John I of France (1316), Alphonse Daudet (1840), François de La Rochefoucauld (1613), and William Longsword (893).

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Among ARCHITECTS In France

Among architects born in France, Georges-Eugène Haussmann ranks 1. After him are André Le Nôtre (1613), 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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