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Frank Lloyd Wright

1867 - 1959

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Frank Lloyd Wright Sr. (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was an American architect, designer, writer, and educator. He designed more than 1,000 structures over a creative period of 70 years. Wright played a key role in the architectural movements of the twentieth century, influencing architects worldwide through his works and mentoring hundreds of apprentices in his Taliesin Fellowship. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frank Lloyd Wright is the 20th most popular architect (down from 16th in 2019), the 222nd most popular biography from United States (down from 160th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular American Architect.

Frank Lloyd Wright is most famous for his prairie style architecture.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Frank Lloyd Wright ranks 20 out of 518. Before him are Buckminster Fuller, Louis Sullivan, Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, Zaha Hadid, Walter Gropius, and Oscar Niemeyer. After him are Francesco Borromini, Apollodorus of Damascus, Georges-Eugène Haussmann, Renzo Piano, Otto Wagner, and Frank Gehry.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1867, Frank Lloyd Wright ranks 7. Before him are Marie Curie, Mary of Teck, Edgar de Wahl, Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Józef Piłsudski, and Margaret Brown. After him are Emily Greene Balch, Luigi Pirandello, Louise, Princess Royal, Pierre Bonnard, Arturo Toscanini, and John Galsworthy. Among people deceased in 1959, Frank Lloyd Wright ranks 6. Before him are George Marshall, Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, Owen Willans Richardson, Stepan Bandera, and Adolf Windaus. After him are Cecil B. DeMille, Ante Pavelić, Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, Gérard Philipe, Bohuslav Martinů, and Billie Holiday.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frank Lloyd Wright ranks 222 out of 20,380. Before him are Amelia Earhart (1897), W. E. B. Du Bois (1868), George Beadle (1903), Buster Keaton (1895), Tom Cruise (1962), and Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr. (1941). After him are Cecil B. DeMille (1881), Grover Cleveland (1837), Milton Friedman (1912), Ray Bradbury (1920), Humphrey Bogart (1899), and George Lucas (1944).

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Among ARCHITECTS In United States

Among architects born in United States, Frank Lloyd Wright ranks 3. Before him are Buckminster Fuller (1895), and Louis Sullivan (1856). After him are Richard Meier (1934), Philip Johnson (1906), Robert Venturi (1925), Minoru Yamasaki (1912), Peter Eisenman (1932), William Le Baron Jenney (1832), Charles Eames (1907), Nicholas Negroponte (1943), and Adrian Smith (1944).

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