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Victor Louis

1731 - 1800

Victor Louis

Victor Louis (French pronunciation: [viktɔʁ lwi]; 10 May 1731, Paris – 2 July 1800, Paris) was a French architect, disqualified on a technicality from winning the Prix de Rome in architecture in 1755. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Victor Louis is the 406th most popular architect (down from 404th in 2019), the 4,339th most popular biography from France (down from 4,275th in 2019) and the 45th most popular French Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Victor Louis ranks 406 out of 518. Before him are Jaap Bakema, Vasily Stasov, Daniel Marot, John Soane, Juan Gómez de Mora, and Denise Scott Brown. After him are Martin Wagner, Paolo Soleri, Wilhelm Kreis, Aurelio Galfetti, Léon Krier, and Ragnar Östberg.

Most Popular Architects in Wikipedia

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Jaap Bakema
1914 - 1981
HPI: 56.72
Rank: 400
Vasily Stasov
1769 - 1848
HPI: 56.72
Rank: 401
Daniel Marot
1661 - 1752
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 402
John Soane
1753 - 1837
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 403
Juan Gómez de Mora
1586 - 1648
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 404
Denise Scott Brown
1931 - Present
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 405
Victor Louis
1731 - 1800
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 406
Martin Wagner
1885 - 1957
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 407
Paolo Soleri
1919 - 2013
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 408
Wilhelm Kreis
1873 - 1955
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 409
Aurelio Galfetti
1936 - 2021
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 410
Léon Krier
1946 - 2025
HPI: 56.36
Rank: 411
Ragnar Östberg
1866 - 1945
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 412

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1731, Victor Louis ranks 18. Before him are Dirk van der Aa, William Cowper, Princess Charlotte Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and Charles Lee. After him are Louis Claude Cadet de Gassicourt, Benjamin Banneker, Catharine Macaulay, Johann August Ephraim Goeze, Samuel Huntington, and Robert Treat Paine. Among people deceased in 1800, Victor Louis ranks 30. Before him are Abraham Gotthelf Kästner, William Cowper, Michael Denis, Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton, and Margravine Philippine of Brandenburg-Schwedt. After him are John Rutledge, Jean-Baptiste Vallin de la Mothe, Marc René, marquis de Montalembert, Thomas Mifflin, Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney, and Elizabeth Montagu.

Others Born in 1731

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Dirk van der Aa
PAINTER
1731 - 1809
HPI: 58.53
Rank: 14
William Cowper
WRITER
1731 - 1800
HPI: 58.16
Rank: 15
Princess Charlotte Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
POLITICIAN
1731 - 1810
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 16
Charles Lee
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1731 - 1782
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 17
Victor Louis
ARCHITECT
1731 - 1800
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 18
Louis Claude Cadet de Gassicourt
CHEMIST
1731 - 1799
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 19
Benjamin Banneker
ASTRONOMER
1731 - 1806
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 20
Catharine Macaulay
HISTORIAN
1731 - 1791
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 21
Johann August Ephraim Goeze
BIOLOGIST
1731 - 1793
HPI: 53.03
Rank: 22
Samuel Huntington
POLITICIAN
1731 - 1796
HPI: 50.90
Rank: 23
Robert Treat Paine
LAWYER
1731 - 1814
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 24

Others Deceased in 1800

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Abraham Gotthelf Kästner
MATHEMATICIAN
1719 - 1800
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 24
William Cowper
WRITER
1731 - 1800
HPI: 59.01
Rank: 25
Michael Denis
WRITER
1729 - 1800
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 26
Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch
COMPOSER
1736 - 1800
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 27
Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton
BIOLOGIST
1716 - 1800
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 28
Margravine Philippine of Brandenburg-Schwedt
NOBLEMAN
1745 - 1800
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 29
Victor Louis
ARCHITECT
1731 - 1800
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 30
John Rutledge
POLITICIAN
1739 - 1800
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 31
Jean-Baptiste Vallin de la Mothe
ARCHITECT
1729 - 1800
HPI: 56.01
Rank: 32
Marc René, marquis de Montalembert
ENGINEER
1714 - 1800
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 33
Thomas Mifflin
POLITICIAN
1744 - 1800
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 34
Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney
POLITICIAN
1733 - 1800
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 35
Elizabeth Montagu
WRITER
1718 - 1800
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 36