







Occupation
ARCHITECTS
With 518 biographies, Architects are the 34th most common occupation in Pantheon, behind Chemists, Historians, and Astronauts.
People
Pantheon has 521 people classified as architects born between 2800 BC and 1994. Of these 521, 63 (12.09%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living architects include Hana Elhebshi, Carme Pigem, and Elizabeth Diller. The most famous deceased architects include Ictinus, Ricardo Bofill, and B. V. Doshi.
Living Architects
Go to all RankingsNorman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank
1935 - Present
HPI: 78.70
Renzo Piano
1937 - Present
HPI: 74.89
Frank Gehry
1929 - Present
HPI: 74.75
Santiago Calatrava
1951 - Present
HPI: 74.12
Rem Koolhaas
1944 - Present
HPI: 73.19
Tadao Ando
1941 - Present
HPI: 72.31
Jean Nouvel
1945 - Present
HPI: 71.37
Richard Meier
1934 - Present
HPI: 70.87
Álvaro Siza Vieira
1933 - Present
HPI: 70.83
Peter Zumthor
1943 - Present
HPI: 70.10
Mario Botta
1943 - Present
HPI: 69.76
Daniel Libeskind
1946 - Present
HPI: 68.69
Deceased Architects
Go to all RankingsAntoni Gaudí
1852 - 1926
HPI: 86.92
Le Corbusier
1887 - 1965
HPI: 86.85
Khufu
2700 BC - 2570 BC
HPI: 86.57
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
1598 - 1680
HPI: 83.54
Vitruvius
75 BC - 15 BC
HPI: 82.46
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1886 - 1969
HPI: 81.84
Mimar Sinan
1490 - 1588
HPI: 81.67
Alvar Aalto
1898 - 1976
HPI: 81.52
Donato Bramante
1443 - 1514
HPI: 81.20
Imhotep
2800 BC - 2700 BC
HPI: 81.17
Andrea Palladio
1508 - 1580
HPI: 80.16
Albert Speer
1905 - 1981
HPI: 79.89
Places
Most architects were born in Italy (65), Germany (52), and United Kingdom (50). By city, the most common birth places were Paris (22), Rome (11), and Vienna (11).
Places Over Time
The earliest biographies classified as architects in Pantheon are Hemiunu, Khufu, and Imhotep. The concentration of architects was largest during the Newspaper Era, which lasted from 1700 to 1899. Some birth or death locations for earlier architects are unknown, which may account for timeline differences below.
Lifespans
Which Architects were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 25 most globally memorable Architects since 1700.