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Louis Le Vau

1612 - 1670

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Louis Le Vau (French pronunciation: [lwi lə vo]; c. 1612 – 11 October 1670) was a French Baroque architect, who worked for Louis XIV of France. He was an architect that helped develop the French Classical style in the 17th century. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Louis Le Vau is the 52nd most popular architect (up from 56th in 2019), the 763rd most popular biography from France (down from 727th in 2019) and the 5th most popular French Architect.

Louis Le Vau is most famous for designing the Palace of Versailles. He also designed the Chateau of Vaux-le-Vicomte, and the Chateau of Saint-Cloud.

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Among architects, Louis Le Vau ranks 52 out of 518. Before him are Giacomo della Porta, Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Marcel Breuer, Arnolfo di Cambio, Jean Nouvel, and Christopher Wren. After him are Aldo Rossi, Richard Meier, Álvaro Siza Vieira, Arne Jacobsen, Jože Plečnik, and Isidore of Miletus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1612, Louis Le Vau ranks 4. Before him are Murad IV, Dorgon, and Wu Sangui. After him are Saskia van Uylenburgh, Thomas Fairfax, Pierre Mignard, Antoine Arnauld, Samuel Butler, Peter Stuyvesant, Jeremi Wiśniowiecki, and Odoardo Farnese, Duke of Parma. Among people deceased in 1670, Louis Le Vau ranks 6. Before him are John Amos Comenius, Henrietta of England, Frederick III of Denmark, Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and Johann Rudolf Glauber. After him are Nicholas Francis, Duke of Lorraine, Salomon van Ruysdael, Bartholomeus van der Helst, Giovanna Garzoni, George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, and William VII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel.

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In France

Among people born in France, Louis Le Vau ranks 763 out of 6,770. Before him are Gaston Doumergue (1863), Alaric II (458), Emmanuel de Grouchy, marquis de Grouchy (1766), Émile Loubet (1838), Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy (1528), and Maurice Chevalier (1888). After him are Gilbert Bécaud (1927), Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824), David Guetta (1967), Pierre Louis Maupertuis (1698), Bruno Latour (1947), and Charles Lucien Bonaparte (1803).

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Among ARCHITECTS In France

Among architects born in France, Louis Le Vau ranks 5. Before him are Georges-Eugène Haussmann (1809), André Le Nôtre (1613), Eugène Viollet-le-Duc (1814), and Jean Nouvel (1945). After him are 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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