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Étienne-Louis Boullée

1728 - 1799

Étienne-Louis Boullée

Étienne-Louis Boullée (French pronunciation: [etjɛn lwi bule]; 12 February 1728 – 4 February 1799) was a visionary French neoclassical architect whose work greatly influenced contemporary architects. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Étienne-Louis Boullée is the 150th most popular architect (down from 100th in 2019), the 1,834th most popular biography from France (down from 1,121st in 2019) and the 20th most popular French Architect.

Étienne-Louis Boullée is most famous for his design for a cenotaph in the form of an Egyptian pyramid.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Étienne-Louis Boullée ranks 150 out of 518. Before him are Fumihiko Maki, Ludwig Borchardt, Camillo Sitte, Dinocrates, Jacques-François Blondel, and Hans Vredeman de Vries. After him are Gottfried Böhm, Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, Mikhail Eisenstein, Jacques-Germain Soufflot, Lina Bo Bardi, and Alonzo Cano.

Most Popular Architects in Wikipedia

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Fumihiko Maki
1928 - 2024
HPI: 65.11
Rank: 144
Ludwig Borchardt
1863 - 1938
HPI: 65.09
Rank: 145
Camillo Sitte
1843 - 1903
HPI: 65.00
Rank: 146
Dinocrates
400 BC - 360 BC
HPI: 64.98
Rank: 147
Jacques-François Blondel
1705 - 1774
HPI: 64.93
Rank: 148
Hans Vredeman de Vries
1527 - 1607
HPI: 64.88
Rank: 149
Étienne-Louis Boullée
1728 - 1799
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 150
Gottfried Böhm
1920 - 2021
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 151
Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff
1699 - 1753
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 152
Mikhail Eisenstein
1867 - 1920
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 153
Jacques-Germain Soufflot
1713 - 1780
HPI: 64.69
Rank: 154
Lina Bo Bardi
1914 - 1992
HPI: 64.68
Rank: 155
Alonzo Cano
1601 - 1667
HPI: 64.67
Rank: 156

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1728, Étienne-Louis Boullée ranks 12. Before him are Niccolò Piccinni, Chevalier d'Éon, Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden, Antoine Baumé, Samuel Wallis, and Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony. After him are Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, Robert Adam, Ali Bey al-Kabir, Oliver Goldsmith, Hiraga Gennai, and Johann Adam Hiller. Among people deceased in 1799, Étienne-Louis Boullée ranks 19. Before him are Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria, Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Jean-François Marmontel, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Jan Ingenhousz, and Jean-Charles de Borda. After him are Barthélemy Catherine Joubert, Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz, Marcus Elieser Bloch, Claude Balbastre, Pierre Charles Le Monnier, and Patrick Henry.

Others Born in 1728

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Niccolò Piccinni
COMPOSER
1728 - 1800
HPI: 69.92
Rank: 6
Chevalier d'Éon
WRITER
1728 - 1810
HPI: 68.83
Rank: 7
Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden
POLITICIAN
1728 - 1811
HPI: 68.11
Rank: 8
Antoine Baumé
CHEMIST
1728 - 1804
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 9
Samuel Wallis
EXPLORER
1728 - 1795
HPI: 65.25
Rank: 10
Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony
POLITICIAN
1728 - 1797
HPI: 65.02
Rank: 11
Étienne-Louis Boullée
ARCHITECT
1728 - 1799
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 12
Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg
POLITICIAN
1728 - 1793
HPI: 64.36
Rank: 13
Robert Adam
ARCHITECT
1728 - 1792
HPI: 64.28
Rank: 14
Ali Bey al-Kabir
POLITICIAN
1728 - 1773
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 15
Oliver Goldsmith
WRITER
1728 - 1774
HPI: 63.85
Rank: 16
Hiraga Gennai
PHYSICIAN
1728 - 1780
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 17
Johann Adam Hiller
COMPOSER
1728 - 1804
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 18

Others Deceased in 1799

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Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria
POLITICIAN
1724 - 1799
HPI: 68.40
Rank: 13
Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf
COMPOSER
1739 - 1799
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 14
Jean-François Marmontel
WRITER
1723 - 1799
HPI: 67.22
Rank: 15
Chevalier de Saint-Georges
COMPOSER
1745 - 1799
HPI: 66.95
Rank: 16
Jan Ingenhousz
PHYSICIST
1730 - 1799
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 17
Jean-Charles de Borda
PHYSICIST
1733 - 1799
HPI: 65.31
Rank: 18
Étienne-Louis Boullée
ARCHITECT
1728 - 1799
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 19
Barthélemy Catherine Joubert
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1769 - 1799
HPI: 63.73
Rank: 20
Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz
BIOLOGIST
1722 - 1799
HPI: 63.20
Rank: 21
Marcus Elieser Bloch
PHYSICIAN
1723 - 1799
HPI: 62.70
Rank: 22
Claude Balbastre
COMPOSER
1724 - 1799
HPI: 61.58
Rank: 23
Pierre Charles Le Monnier
ASTRONOMER
1715 - 1799
HPI: 61.04
Rank: 24
Patrick Henry
POLITICIAN
1736 - 1799
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 25

In France

Among people born in France, Étienne-Louis Boullée ranks 1,834 out of 6,770. Before him are Adrienne Lecouvreur (1692), Remy de Gourmont (1858), Marisa Berenson (1947), Frédéric Cuvier (1773), Eugène Carrière (1849), and Miou-Miou (1950). After him are Charles Dupuy (1851), Isabelle of France (1225), Georges Canguilhem (1904), Pierre-Paul Prud'hon (1758), Blanche of Bourbon (1339), and Jean Maximilien Lamarque (1770).

Others born in France

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Adrienne Lecouvreur
ACTOR
1692 - 1730
HPI: 64.88
Rank: 1,828
Remy de Gourmont
WRITER
1858 - 1915
HPI: 64.88
Rank: 1,829
Marisa Berenson
ACTOR
1947 - Present
HPI: 64.88
Rank: 1,830
Frédéric Cuvier
BIOLOGIST
1773 - 1838
HPI: 64.88
Rank: 1,831
Eugène Carrière
PAINTER
1849 - 1906
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 1,832
Miou-Miou
ACTOR
1950 - Present
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 1,833
Étienne-Louis Boullée
ARCHITECT
1728 - 1799
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 1,834
Charles Dupuy
POLITICIAN
1851 - 1923
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 1,835
Isabelle of France
POLITICIAN
1225 - 1270
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 1,836
Georges Canguilhem
PHILOSOPHER
1904 - 1995
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 1,837
Pierre-Paul Prud'hon
PAINTER
1758 - 1823
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 1,838
Blanche of Bourbon
NOBLEMAN
1339 - 1361
HPI: 64.84
Rank: 1,839
Jean Maximilien Lamarque
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1770 - 1832
HPI: 64.83
Rank: 1,840