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Josef Gočár

1880 - 1945

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Josef Gočár (13 March 1880 in Semín – 10 September 1945 in Jičín) was a Czech architect. He was one of the founders of modern architecture in Czech Republic. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Josef Gočár is the 433rd most popular architect (up from 435th in 2019), the 632nd most popular biography from Czechia (up from 635th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Czech Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Josef Gočár ranks 433 out of 518Before him are Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah, Ernő Goldfinger, Toros Toramanian, Massimiliano Fuksas, James of Saint George, and Wivi Lönn. After him are Friedrich Ludwig Persius, Theodor Fischer, Sven Markelius, Franco Albini, Elias Holl, and Matvey Kazakov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Josef Gočár ranks 180Before him are Kullervo Manner, Geoffrey Lawrence, 1st Baron Oaksey, Lawrence Oates, Samuel Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood, William Joseph Simmons, and Wilhelm Anderson. After him are Albert Champoudry, Frederick Lane, William Varley, Vlastimil Tusar, Earle Page, and Yordan Yovkov. Among people deceased in 1945, Josef Gočár ranks 299Before him are Petar Gabrovski, José María Moncada, Harry Liedtke, Walter Frederick Gale, William Joseph Simmons, and Adolf Brand. After him are Walter Weiler, Alexey Favorsky, Kārlis Skalbe, Sarala Devi Chaudhurani, Aris Velouchiotis, and Paolo Salvi.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Josef Gočár ranks 632 out of 1,200Before him are Roderich Menzel (1907), Eva Bosáková (1931), Zdeněk Mlynář (1930), Karel Domin (1882), František Drtikol (1883), and Anton Heinrich Springer (1825). After him are Oldřich Machač (1946), Miloslava Rezková (1950), Karel Halíř (1859), Vladimír Martinec (1949), Čestmír Vycpálek (1921), and Jan Lála (1938).

Among ARCHITECTS In Czechia

Among architects born in Czechia, Josef Gočár ranks 8Before him are Josef Hoffmann (1870), Joseph Maria Olbrich (1867), Balthasar Neumann (1687), Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer (1689), Jan Santini Aichel (1677), and Adolf Lang (1848). After him are Jan Kotěra (1871), and Jan Kaplický (1937).