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Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer

1689 - 1751

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Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer (Czech: Kilián Ignác Dientzenhofer; 1 September 1689 – 18 December 1751) was a German Bohemian architect of the Baroque era. He is among the most prolific and renowned architects of his era in Bohemia. He was born into the well known Dientzenhofer family of architects and is considered its most talented and productive member. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer is the 268th most popular architect (up from 274th in 2019), the 353rd most popular biography from Czechia (down from 348th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Czech Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer ranks 268 out of 518Before him are Bogdan Bogdanović, Édouard André, Kazuyo Sejima, Josef Frank, Aldo van Eyck, and Tony Garnier. After him are William Kent, László Hudec, Miklós Ybl, Pieter Post, Domenico Trezzini, and Friedrich August Stüler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1689, Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer ranks 11Before him are Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Zahir al-Umar, Samuel Bellamy, Prince William, Duke of Gloucester, and Blas de Lezo. After him are Alexis Piron, Jan Klemens Branicki, Szymon Czechowicz, and William Adam. Among people deceased in 1751, Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer ranks 16Before him are Leonard of Port Maurice, Christopher Polhem, Nicola Salvi, Peter Lacy, Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, and Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai. After him are Robert Maynard, Louise Julie de Mailly-Nesle, Princess Gisela Agnes of Anhalt-Köthen, János Pálffy, John Machin, and Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer ranks 353 out of 1,200Before him are Otakar Ševčík (1852), Antonio Rosetti (1746), Karel Poborský (1972), Dominik Hašek (1965), Jan Mukařovský (1891), and Ladislav Novák (1931). After him are Artur London (1915), Saul Friedländer (1932), Anne of Bohemia, Duchess of Silesia (1204), Jaromír Jágr (1972), Jiří Holeček (1944), and Josef Škvorecký (1924).

Among ARCHITECTS In Czechia

Among architects born in Czechia, Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer ranks 5Before him are Adolf Loos (1870), Josef Hoffmann (1870), Joseph Maria Olbrich (1867), and Balthasar Neumann (1687). After him are Jan Santini Aichel (1677), Adolf Lang (1848), Josef Gočár (1880), Jan Kotěra (1871), and Jan Kaplický (1937).