ARCHITECT

Daniel Burnham

1846 - 1912

Photo of Daniel Burnham

Icon of person Daniel Burnham

Daniel Hudson Burnham (September 4, 1846 – June 1, 1912) was an American architect and urban designer. A proponent of the Beaux-Arts movement, he may have been "the most successful power broker the American architectural profession has ever produced." A successful Chicago architect, he was selected as Director of Works for the 1892–93 World's Columbian Exposition, colloquially referred to as "The White City". He had prominent roles in the creation of master plans for the development of a number of cities, including the Plan of Chicago, and plans for Manila, Baguio and downtown Washington, D.C. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Daniel Burnham is the 375th most popular architect (up from 388th in 2019), the 6,298th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,978th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular American Architect.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Daniel Burnham by language

Loading...

Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Daniel Burnham ranks 375 out of 518. Before him are Victor Laloux, Ong Teng Cheong, B. V. Doshi, Charles Cameron, Fernand de Montigny, and Wang Shu. After him are John Douglas, Lars Sonck, Kunio Maekawa, Rudolf Wolters, Herman Sörgel, and Martin Gropius.

Most Popular Architects in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1846, Daniel Burnham ranks 89. Before him are Albert Chmielowski, Ottomar Anschütz, Max von Hausen, Giulio Bizzozero, Kate Greenaway, and Alexandre de Serpa Pinto. After him are Whitcomb L. Judson, Luc-Olivier Merson, Paul Déroulède, Karol Olszewski, Zygmunt Noskowski, and Svatopluk Čech. Among people deceased in 1912, Daniel Burnham ranks 98. Before him are Voltairine de Cleyre, José Canalejas, Antonio Pacinotti, Cesare Arzelà, James Allen, and Francis Davis Millet. After him are Walter Clopton Wingfield, Paul Gordan, José Paranhos, Baron of Rio Branco, Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak, Émile Lemoine, and Ferdinand Monoyer.

Others Born in 1846

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1912

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United States

Among people born in United States, Daniel Burnham ranks 6,299 out of 20,380. Before him are Ronnie Radke (1983), Don Bragg (1935), Michael Paré (1958), Roger Penske (1937), Billy Vaughn (1919), and Richard Simmons (1948). After him are Dana White (1969), Lou Gramm (1950), Dale Earnhardt Jr. (1974), Leon Russell (1942), Philip H. Dybvig (1955), and Mel Patton (1924).

Others born in United States

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among ARCHITECTS In United States

Among architects born in United States, Daniel Burnham ranks 22. Before him are Cedric Gibbons (1893), Steven Holl (1947), Thom Mayne (1944), Michael Graves (1934), Frederick Law Olmsted (1822), and Charles Jencks (1939). After him are Walter Burley Griffin (1876), John Hejduk (1929), Julia Morgan (1872), Cass Gilbert (1859), Robert Moses (1888), and Alfred Mosher Butts (1899).

American born Architects

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous