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Albert Speer

1934 - 2017

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Albert Speer Jr. (German pronunciation: [ˈʃpeːɐ̯]; 29 July 1934 – 15 September 2017) was a German architect and urban planner. He was the son of Albert Speer (1905–1981), Adolf Hitler's chief architect before assuming the office of Minister of Armaments and War Production for Germany during World War II. His grandfather, Albert Friedrich Speer, was also an architect. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Albert Speer is the 76th most popular architect (up from 110th in 2019), the 791st most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,086th in 2019) and the 7th most popular German Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Albert Speer ranks 76 out of 518. Before him are François Mansart, Mario Botta, Ustad Ahmad Lahori, Jules Hardouin-Mansart, Guarino Guarini, and Charles Garnier. After him are Peter Parler, Sebastiano Serlio, Claude Perrault, Vincenzo Scamozzi, Erich Mendelsohn, and Philip Johnson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Albert Speer ranks 52. Before him are Bill Bixby, Princess Margaretha, Mrs. Ambler, Niklaus Wirth, Alan Arkin, Lansana Conté, and John L. Hall. After him are Carlo Rubbia, Wole Soyinka, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Yasuo Takamori, John Surtees, and Masao Uchino. Among people deceased in 2017, Albert Speer ranks 46. Before him are Louise Hay, Liliane Bettencourt, Emmanuelle Riva, Powers Boothe, Chester Bennington, and Lotfi A. Zadeh. After him are Kenneth Arrow, George A. Romero, Derek Walcott, Ryke Geerd Hamer, Emma Morano, and Jonathan Demme.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Albert Speer ranks 791 out of 7,253. Before him are Hinrich Lichtenstein (1780), Frederick, Prince of Wales (1707), Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724), Erwin Bowien (1899), Marie of Hesse-Kassel (1767), and Hermann of Reichenau (1013). After him are Anthony of Saxony (1755), Christina of Holstein-Gottorp (1573), Johann Joachim Quantz (1697), Otto Ohlendorf (1907), Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia (1828), and Peter Parler (1330).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Germany

Among architects born in Germany, Albert Speer ranks 7. Before him are Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886), Albert Speer (1905), Walter Gropius (1883), Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781), Peter Behrens (1868), and Arno Breker (1900). After him are Peter Parler (1330), Frei Otto (1925), Gottfried Semper (1803), Leo von Klenze (1784), Hans Scharoun (1893), and Ludwig Borchardt (1863).

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