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Juan de Villanueva

1739 - 1811

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Juan de Villanueva (September 15, 1739 in Madrid – August 22, 1811) was a Spanish architect. Alongside Ventura Rodríguez, Villanueva is the best known architect of Spanish Neoclassicism. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Juan de Villanueva is the 382nd most popular architect (down from 359th in 2019), the 1,356th most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,295th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Spanish Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Juan de Villanueva ranks 382 out of 518. Before him are John Douglas, Lars Sonck, Kunio Maekawa, Rudolf Wolters, Herman Sörgel, and Martin Gropius. After him are Walter Burley Griffin, Arturo Soria y Mata, Georges Candilis, Mihály Pollack, Mario Bellini, and Kadir Topbaş.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1739, Juan de Villanueva ranks 22. Before him are Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, Frei Galvão, John Robison, Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany, Henrik Gabriel Porthan, and Johann Beckmann. After him are John Rutledge, Sophronius of Vratsa, George Clymer, Paine Wingate, William Hewson, and William Bartram. Among people deceased in 1811, Juan de Villanueva ranks 20. Before him are William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire, Ignacio Allende, Sir John Acton, 6th Baronet, Marie-Joseph Chénier, Johann Beckmann, and Princess Louise of Brandenburg-Schwedt. After him are Christian Gotthilf Salzmann, Mariano Moreno, Ivan Osterman, Juan Aldama, Benjamin Vulliamy, and György Bessenyei.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Juan de Villanueva ranks 1,356 out of 3,355. Before him are Valeriano Weyler (1838), Louis Alphonse, Duke of Anjou (1974), Manuel Curros Enríquez (1851), Antonio Puerta (1984), Conchita Bautista (1936), and Aritz Aduriz (1981). After him are Javier Mariscal (1950), Álvaro Morte (1975), Marcos Alonso (1959), Beatrice of Navarre, Countess of La Marche (1392), Manuel García (1805), and Arturo Pomar (1931).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Spain

Among architects born in Spain, Juan de Villanueva ranks 15. Before him are Muhammad V of Granada (1339), Josep Lluís Sert (1902), Félix Candela (1910), José Benito de Churriguera (1665), Josep Maria Jujol (1879), and Juan Bautista de Toledo (1515). After him are Arturo Soria y Mata (1844), Juan Gómez de Mora (1586), Enric Miralles (1955), Ventura Rodríguez (1717), Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza (1918), and Patricia Urquiola (1961).

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