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Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach

1656 - 1723

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Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach (20 July 1656 – 5 April 1723) was an Austrian architect, sculptor, engraver, and architectural historian whose Baroque architecture profoundly influenced and shaped the tastes of the Habsburg Empire. His influential book A Plan of Civil and Historical Architecture (1721) was one of the first and most popular comparative studies of world architecture. His major works include Schönbrunn Palace, Karlskirche, and the Austrian National Library in Vienna, and Schloss Klessheim, Holy Trinity Church, and the Kollegienkirche in Salzburg. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach is the 62nd most popular architect (up from 92nd in 2019), the 188th most popular biography from Austria (up from 237th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Austrian Architect.

Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach is most famous for being an architect and designer of the Karlskirche in Vienna.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach ranks 62 out of 518. Before him are Arne Jacobsen, Jože Plečnik, Isidore of Miletus, Arno Breker, Domenico Fontana, and Augustus Pugin. After him are Sostratus of Cnidus, Capability Brown, Ferdinand Cheval, Peter Zumthor, Bruno Taut, and Michelozzo.

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Among people born in 1656, Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach ranks 5. Before him are Edmond Halley, Marin Marais, Kateri Tekakwitha, and Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark. After him are Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, Anton Florian, Prince of Liechtenstein, Nicolas de Largillière, Guillaume Dubois, Robert de Cotte, Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer, and Ferdinand de Marsin. Among people deceased in 1723, Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach ranks 6. Before him are Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Dimitrie Cantemir, and Christopher Wren. After him are Godfrey Kneller, Anne Christine of Sulzbach, Princess of Piedmont, Anne Henriette of Bavaria, Zanabazar, Guillaume Dubois, and Antonio Maria Valsalva.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach ranks 188 out of 1,424. Before him are Michael Haydn (1737), Georg Joachim Rheticus (1514), Aribert Heim (1914), Archduchess Maria Johanna Gabriela of Austria (1750), Angela Hitler (1883), and Albert IV, Duke of Austria (1377). After him are Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (1610), Hans Selye (1907), Hermann Oberth (1894), Karl Thomas Mozart (1784), Karl Seitz (1869), and Anton Zeilinger (1945).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Austria

Among architects born in Austria, Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach ranks 3. Before him are Otto Wagner (1841), and Friedensreich Hundertwasser (1928). After him are Hans Hollein (1934), Ettore Sottsass (1917), Camillo Sitte (1843), Richard Neutra (1892), Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky (1897), Ferdinand Fellner (1847), Josef Frank (1885), Jakob Prandtauer (1660), and Heinrich von Ferstel (1828).

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