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Oscar Niemeyer

1907 - 2012

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Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho (15 December 1907 – 5 December 2012), known as Oscar Niemeyer (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈoskaʁ ni.eˈmajeʁ]), was a Brazilian architect considered to be one of the key figures in the development of modern architecture. Niemeyer was best known for his design of civic buildings for Brasília, a planned city that became Brazil's capital in 1960, as well as his collaboration with other architects on the headquarters of the United Nations in New York. His exploration of the aesthetic possibilities of reinforced concrete was highly influential in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Both lauded and criticized for being a "sculptor of monuments", Niemeyer was hailed as a great artist and one of the greatest architects of his generation by his supporters. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Oscar Niemeyer is the 19th most popular architect (down from 14th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 7th in 2019) and the most popular Brazilian Architect.

Oscar Niemeyer is most famous for his design of the Brasilia, Brazil capital building.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Oscar Niemeyer ranks 19 out of 518. Before him are Leon Battista Alberti, Buckminster Fuller, Louis Sullivan, Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, Zaha Hadid, and Walter Gropius. After him are Frank Lloyd Wright, Francesco Borromini, Apollodorus of Damascus, Georges-Eugène Haussmann, Renzo Piano, and Otto Wagner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Oscar Niemeyer ranks 8. Before him are Astrid Lindgren, Edwin McMillan, Claus von Stauffenberg, John Wayne, Ayub Khan, and Katharine Hepburn. After him are Alexander R. Todd, W. H. Auden, Mircea Eliade, J. Hans D. Jensen, Alberto Moravia, and Hergé. Among people deceased in 2012, Oscar Niemeyer ranks 3. Before him are Neil Armstrong, and Wisława Szymborska. After him are Whitney Houston, Norodom Sihanouk, Ray Bradbury, F. Sherwood Rowland, Norman Schwarzkopf Jr., I. K. Gujral, Rita Levi-Montalcini, Joseph Murray, and Yitzhak Shamir.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Oscar Niemeyer ranks 6 out of 2,236. Before him are Pelé (1940), Ayrton Senna (1960), Paulo Coelho (1947), Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (1945), and Garrincha (1933). After him are Zico (1953), Ronaldo (1976), Dilma Rousseff (1947), Pedro II of Brazil (1825), Mário Zagallo (1931), and Jair Bolsonaro (1955).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Brazil

Among architects born in Brazil, Oscar Niemeyer ranks 1. After him are Paulo Mendes da Rocha (1928), and Roberto Burle Marx (1909).

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