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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

1886 - 1969

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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ( MEESS-...-ROH; German: [ˈluːtvɪç ˈmiːs fan deːɐ̯ ˈʁoːə]; born Maria Ludwig Michael Mies; March 27, 1886 – August 17, 1969) was a German-American architect, academic, and interior designer. He was commonly referred to as Mies, his surname. He is regarded as one of the pioneers of modern architecture. In the 1930s, Mies was the last director of the Bauhaus, a ground-breaking school of modernist art, design and architecture. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe is the 6th most popular architect (up from 21st in 2019), the 68th most popular biography from Germany (up from 257th in 2019) and the most popular German Architect.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe is most famous for his minimalist style of architecture.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ranks 6 out of 518. Before him are Antoni Gaudí, Le Corbusier, Khufu, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, and Vitruvius. After him are Mimar Sinan, Alvar Aalto, Donato Bramante, Imhotep, Andrea Palladio, and Albert Speer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ranks 1. After him are David Ben-Gurion, Alfonso XIII of Spain, Diego Rivera, Robert Schuman, Robert Robinson, Manne Siegbahn, Oskar Kokoschka, Béla Kun, Jean Arp, Sergey Kirov, and Mir Osman Ali Khan. Among people deceased in 1969, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ranks 3. Before him are Ho Chi Minh, and Dwight D. Eisenhower. After him are Princess Alice of Battenberg, Karl Jaspers, Theodor W. Adorno, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., Otto Stern, Judy Garland, Walter Gropius, Franz von Papen, and Zakir Husain.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ranks 68 out of 7,253. Before him are Hannah Arendt (1906), Eva Braun (1912), Æthelwulf, King of Wessex (795), Heinrich Heine (1797), Erich Maria Remarque (1898), and Konrad Adenauer (1876). After him are Reinhard Heydrich (1904), Alexandra Feodorovna (1872), Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762), Erich Fromm (1900), Ambrose (340), and Albertus Magnus (1206).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Germany

Among architects born in Germany, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ranks 1. After him are Albert Speer (1905), Walter Gropius (1883), Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781), Peter Behrens (1868), Arno Breker (1900), Albert Speer (1934), Peter Parler (1330), Frei Otto (1925), Gottfried Semper (1803), Leo von Klenze (1784), and Hans Scharoun (1893).

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