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Otto Wagner

1841 - 1918

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Otto Koloman Wagner (German: [ˈɔto ˈkoːloman ˈvaːɡnɐ] ; 13 July 1841 – 11 April 1918) was an Austrian architect, furniture designer and urban planner. He was a leading member of the Vienna Secession movement of architecture, founded in 1897, and the broader Art Nouveau movement. Many of his works are found in his native city of Vienna, and illustrate the rapid evolution of architecture during the period. His early works were inspired by classical architecture. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Otto Wagner is the 25th most popular architect (down from 23rd in 2019), the 93rd most popular biography from Austria (down from 77th in 2019) and the most popular Austrian Architect.

Otto Wagner was an Austrian architect who is most famous for his design of the Vienna State Opera House.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Otto Wagner ranks 25 out of 518. Before him are Oscar Niemeyer, Frank Lloyd Wright, Francesco Borromini, Apollodorus of Damascus, Georges-Eugène Haussmann, and Renzo Piano. After him are Frank Gehry, Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Victor Horta, André Le Nôtre, Adolf Loos, and Santiago Calatrava.

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Among people born in 1841, Otto Wagner ranks 10. Before him are Gustave Le Bon, Berthe Morisot, Nicholas I of Montenegro, Georges Clemenceau, Maria Sophie of Bavaria, and Itō Hirobumi. After him are Emil Theodor Kocher, Frédéric Bazille, Henri Fayol, Henry Morton Stanley, Félix Faure, and Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.. Among people deceased in 1918, Otto Wagner ranks 21. Before him are Manfred von Richthofen, Frederick Trump, Georg Simmel, Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia, Roland Garros, and Louis Renault. After him are Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia, Georgi Plekhanov, Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine, Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia, Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, and George Reid.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Otto Wagner ranks 93 out of 1,424. Before him are Carl Czerny (1791), Ferdinand I of Bulgaria (1861), Josef Bican (1913), Christoph Waltz (1956), Maria Anna Mozart (1751), and Peter Drucker (1909). After him are Melanie Klein (1882), Arthur Schnitzler (1862), Alma Mahler (1879), Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf (1852), Saint Florian (250), and Charles II, Archduke of Austria (1540).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Austria

Among architects born in Austria, Otto Wagner ranks 1. After him are Friedensreich Hundertwasser (1928), Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach (1656), Hans Hollein (1934), Ettore Sottsass (1917), Camillo Sitte (1843), Richard Neutra (1892), Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky (1897), Ferdinand Fellner (1847), Josef Frank (1885), Jakob Prandtauer (1660), and Heinrich von Ferstel (1828).

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