Updated at December 11, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Jean Nouvel |
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Birthdate | August 12, 1945 |
Birth Place | Fumel, France |
Age (in 2024) | 79 Years Old |
Zodiac | Leo |
Occupation | Architect |
Jean Nouvel is best known as Architect who has born on August 12, 1945 in Fumel, France. Currently, Jean Nouvel is 79 years, 3 months and 30 days old. Jean Nouvel will celebrate 80th birthday on Tuesday, 12th of August 2025. Below the countdown to Jean Nouvel upcoming birthday.
Awarded the Pritzker Prize in 2008 for his work on over 200 projects; co-founded Mars 1976 and Syndicat de l'Architecture. He was also given the Wolf Prize in Arts in 2005, and the Institut du Monde Arabe that he designed was awarded the Aga Khan Award for Architecture.
He studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris; his first prize was from the national competition, the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts. He was an assistant to architects Claude Parent and Paul Virilio from 1967 until 1970.
His most famous works included the Arab World Institute in Paris and the Guthrie Theater in Minnesota.
His parents, Renée and Roger Nouvel, were both teachers and were living in Fumel, Lot-et-Garonne, France, when he was born. They moved a great deal because of his father's position with the county as chief school superintendent. His decision to study architecture was a compromise with his parents, who were unsure of his desire to study art and wanted him to go into engineering or education.
He and Le Corbusier both became world-famous French architects.
Jean Nouvel is 79 years old today.
Jean Nouvel was born on August 12, 1945 in Fumel, France.
Jean Nouvel zodiac sign is Leo.
Jean Nouvel was best known as Architect.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Jean Nouvel's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1964 | South Africa is banned from the Olympic Games due to the country's racist policies. |
1969 | Violence erupts after the Apprentice Boys of Derry march in Derry, Northern Ireland, resulting in a three-day communal riot known as the Battle of the Bogside. |
1976 | Between 1,000 and 3,500 Palestinians are killed in the Tel al-Zaatar massacre, one of the bloodiest events of the Lebanese Civil War. |
1977 | The first free flight of the Space Shuttle Enterprise. |
1977 | The Sri Lanka Riots: Targeting the minority Sri Lankan Tamils, begin, less than a month after the United National Party came to power. Over 300 Tamils are killed. |
1981 | The IBM Personal Computer is released. |
1985 | Japan Airlines Flight 123 crashes into Osutaka ridge in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, killing 520, to become the worst single-plane air disaster. |
1990 | Sue, the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton found to date, is discovered by Sue Hendrickson in South Dakota. |
1992 | Canada, Mexico and the United States announce completion of negotiations for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). |
1994 | Major League Baseball players go on strike, eventually forcing the cancellation of the 1994 World Series. |
2000 | The Russian Navy submarine Kursk explodes and sinks in the Barents Sea during a military exercise, killing her entire 118-man crew. |
2015 | At least two massive explosions kill 173 people and injure nearly 800 more in Tianjin, China. |
2016 | Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) capture the city of Manbij from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). |
2018 | Thirty-nine civilians, including a dozen children, are killed in an explosion at a weapons depot in Sarmada, Syria. |
2021 | Six people,five victims and the perpetrator are killed in the worst mass shooting in the UK since 2010 in Keyham, Plymouth. |
1991 | The birth of Sam Hoare, Australian rugby league player |
1992 | The birth of Cara Delevingne, English model and actress |
1992 | The birth of Isabella Escobar, Guatemalan tennis player |
1992 | The birth of Jacob Loko, Australian rugby player |
1992 | The birth of Teo Gheorghiu, Swiss pianist and actor |
1993 | The birth of Ewa Farna, Czech singer-songwriter |
1993 | The birth of Luna, South Korean singer, actress and presenter |
1996 | The birth of Choi Yu-jin, South Korean singer and actress |
1996 | The birth of Julio Urías, Mexican baseball player |
1998 | The birth of Stefanos Tsitsipas, Greek tennis player |
1999 | The birth of Matthijs de Ligt, Dutch footballer |
1999 | The birth of Dream (YouTuber), American YouTuber and Minecraft speedrunner |
1999 | The birth of Jule Niemeier, German tennis player |
2000 | The birth of Tristan Charpentier, French racing driver |
2001 | The birth of Dixie D'Amelio, American social media personality and singer |
2013 | The death of Pauline Maier, American historian and academic (b. 1938) |
2013 | The death of David McLetchie, Scottish lawyer and politician (b. 1952) |
2013 | The death of Vasiliy Mihaylovich Peskov, Russian ecologist and journalist (b. 1930) |
2014 | The death of Lauren Bacall, American model, actress, and singer (b. 1924) |
2014 | The death of Futatsuryū Jun'ichi, Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1950) |
2014 | The death of Kongō Masahiro, Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1948) |
2015 | The death of Jaakko Hintikka, Finnish philosopher and academic (b. 1929) |
2015 | The death of Stephen Lewis, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1926) |
2015 | The death of Meshulim Feish Lowy, Hungarian-Canadian rabbi and author (b. 1921) |
2015 | The death of John Scott, English organist and conductor (b. 1956) |
2016 | The death of Juan Pedro de Miguel, Spanish handball player (b. 1958) |
2017 | The death of Bryan Murray, Canadian ice hockey coach (b. 1942) |
2019 | The death of DJ Arafat, Ivorian DJ and singer (b. 1986) |
2020 | The death of Bill Yeoman, American college football player and coach (b. 1927) |
2021 | The death of Una Stubbs, English actress, TV personality, and dancer (b. 1937) |
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