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Lúcio Costa

1902 - 1998

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Lúcio Marçal Ferreira Ribeiro Lima Costa (27 February 1902 – 13 June 1998) was a Brazilian architect and urban planner, best known for his plan for Brasília. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lúcio Costa is the 106th most popular architect (up from 109th in 2019), the 1,290th most popular biography from France (down from 1,247th in 2019) and the 15th most popular French Architect.

Lúcio Costa was a Brazilian architect and urban planner. He is most famous for designing Brasília, the capital of Brazil.

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Among architects, Lúcio Costa ranks 106 out of 518. Before him are Hans Hollein, Arata Isozaki, Claude Nicolas Ledoux, Filarete, Toyo Ito, and Ange-Jacques Gabriel. After him are Hemiunu, Baldassare Longhena, Theophil Hansen, Pierre Lescot, Leo von Klenze, and Eileen Gray.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Lúcio Costa ranks 53. Before him are Felix Wankel, Ryuzo Shimizu, George Ostrogorsky, Luis Barragán, Mohammad Hatta, and Gianpiero Combi. After him are Fritz Strassmann, Carlo Levi, Nordahl Grieg, Carlo Gambino, Mitsuo Fuchida, and David O. Selznick. Among people deceased in 1998, Lúcio Costa ranks 40. Before him are Alfred Schnittke, Stokely Carmichael, Otto Kretschmer, Agostino Casaroli, Alan J. Pakula, and Linda McCartney. After him are André Weil, Martin Rodbell, Maria Reiche, Antonio Quarracino, Bob Kane, and Hans von Ohain.

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In France

Among people born in France, Lúcio Costa ranks 1,290 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean-Louis Barrault (1910), Marie Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans (1695), Charles Boyer (1899), Jean Mabillon (1632), François Cluzet (1955), and Ange-Jacques Gabriel (1698). After him are Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (1393), Didier Pironi (1952), Jean-Marie Leclair (1697), Catherine de Bourbon (1559), Louis, Duke of Guyenne (1397), and André Maginot (1877).

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Among ARCHITECTS In France

Among architects born in France, Lúcio Costa ranks 15. Before him are Charles Garnier (1825), Claude Perrault (1613), Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli (1700), Hector Guimard (1867), Claude Nicolas Ledoux (1736), and Ange-Jacques Gabriel (1698). After him are Pierre Lescot (1515), Philibert de l'Orme (1514), Paul Abadie (1812), Jacques-François Blondel (1705), Étienne-Louis Boullée (1728), and Jacques-Germain Soufflot (1713).

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