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Eliel Saarinen

1873 - 1950

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Gottlieb Eliel Saarinen (, Finnish: [ˈeliel ˈsɑːrinen]; August 20, 1873 – July 1, 1950) was a Finnish and American architect, designer, and urban planner. Saarinen worked in a diverse range of styles in his native Finland and, after emigrating in 1923, the United States. He was the father of architect Eero Saarinen and designer Pipsan Saarinen Swanson. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eliel Saarinen is the 123rd most popular architect (up from 124th in 2019), the 51st most popular biography from Finland (down from 44th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Finnish Architect.

Eliel Saarinen is most famous for his design of the St. Louis Arch.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Eliel Saarinen ranks 123 out of 518. Before him are Carl Gotthard Langhans, César Pelli, Minoru Yamasaki, Peter Eisenman, Hannes Meyer, and Amenhotep, son of Hapu. After him are Balthasar Neumann, Inigo Jones, Filippo Juvarra, Francesco di Giorgio Martini, James Stirling, and Paulo Mendes da Rocha.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1873, Eliel Saarinen ranks 46. Before him are Tullio Levi-Civita, Charles Péguy, Hayim Nahman Bialik, Constantin Carathéodory, Robert Wiene, and Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi. After him are Arnold van Gennep, Max Adler, Jakob Wassermann, Hugo Simberg, Margaret Bondfield, and Ray Ewry. Among people deceased in 1950, Eliel Saarinen ranks 42. Before him are John Rabe, Emmanuel Mounier, Werner Haase, Kim Kyu-sik, Axeman of New Orleans, and Constantin Carathéodory. After him are Milada Horáková, Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, Vasil Kolarov, Charles Koechlin, Jan Smuts, and Fevzi Çakmak.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Eliel Saarinen ranks 51 out of 751. Before him are Ari Vatanen (1952), Alexander Stubb (1968), Kimi Räikkönen (1979), Jari Litmanen (1971), Heikki Hasu (1926), and Liisi Oterma (1915). After him are Hugo Simberg (1873), Matti Nykänen (1963), Aino Aalto (1894), Armi Kuusela (1934), Peter Forsskål (1732), and Hannu Mikkola (1942).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Finland

Among architects born in Finland, Eliel Saarinen ranks 2. Before him are Alvar Aalto (1898). After him are Aino Aalto (1894), Eero Saarinen (1910), Eero Aarnio (1932), Elissa Aalto (1922), Lars Sonck (1870), Wivi Lönn (1872), Johan Sigfrid Sirén (1889), and Marco Casagrande (1971).

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