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Maya Lin

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Maya Ying Lin (Chinese: 林瓔; born October 5, 1959) is an American architect, designer and sculptor. Born in Athens, Ohio to Chinese immigrants, she attended Yale University to study architecture. In 1981, while still an undergraduate at Yale she achieved national recognition when she won a national design competition for the planned Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. The memorial was designed in the minimalist architectural style, and it attracted controversy upon its release but went on to become influential. Lin has since designed numerous memorials, public and private buildings, landscapes, and sculptures. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maya Lin is the 498th most popular architect (down from 495th in 2019), the 11,743rd most popular biography from United States (down from 11,332nd in 2019) and the 33rd most popular American Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Maya Lin ranks 498 out of 518. Before her are Aston Webb, Benjamin Mountfort, Einari Teräsvirta, Robert A. M. Stern, Giles Gilbert Scott, and John Russell Pope. After her are Johan Sigfrid Sirén, Herbert Baker, Arnstein Arneberg, Carme Pigem, Luigi Negri, and Princess Rajwa Al Hussein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Maya Lin ranks 507. Before her are Lika Kavzharadze, Andreas Eschbach, Mike van Diem, Agustín, Steve Rothery, and Alexander Belostenny. After her are Dave Coulier, Perry Farrell, Mikael Niemi, Hari Kostov, Patxi López, and Alik Sakharov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Maya Lin ranks 11,745 out of 20,380. Before her are Michael W. Smith (1957), Chad Johnson (1978), Nicholle Tom (1978), Cleve Moler (1939), G Hannelius (1998), and Ken Page (1954). After her are Horace Grant (1965), Peyton Reed (1964), Helen Gurley Brown (1922), Marceline Day (1908), Jules Feiffer (1929), and Dave Coulier (1959).

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Among ARCHITECTS In United States

Among architects born in United States, Maya Lin ranks 33. Before her are Robert Moses (1888), Alfred Mosher Butts (1899), Henry Hobson Richardson (1838), Richard Morris Hunt (1827), Robert A. M. Stern (1939), and John Russell Pope (1874). After her are Andrew Jackson Downing (1815), Charles Bulfinch (1763), Marion Mahony Griffin (1871), Max Abramovitz (1908), Billy Casper (1931), and Alexis Sablone (1986).

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