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Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank

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Norman Robert Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank (born 1 June 1935) is an English architect. Closely associated with the development of high-tech architecture, Lord Foster is recognised as a key figure in British modernist architecture. His firm Foster + Partners, first founded in 1967 as Foster Associates is the largest in the United Kingdom, and operates internationally. He also serves as president of the Norman Foster Foundation, established to 'promote interdisciplinary thinking and research to help new generations of architects, designers and urbanists to anticipate the future'. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank is the 16th most popular architect (up from 19th in 2019), the 164th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 177th in 2019) and the most popular British Architect.

Norman Foster is most famous for being a British architect. He has designed many buildings around the world, including the Reichstag in Berlin, the Hearst Tower in New York City, and the Millau Viaduct in France.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank ranks 16 out of 518. Before him are Imhotep, Andrea Palladio, Albert Speer, Leon Battista Alberti, Buckminster Fuller, and Louis Sullivan. After him are Zaha Hadid, Walter Gropius, Oscar Niemeyer, Frank Lloyd Wright, Francesco Borromini, and Apollodorus of Damascus.

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Among people born in 1935, Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank ranks 10. Before him are Luciano Pavarotti, 14th Dalai Lama, José Mujica, Mahmoud Abbas, Hussein of Jordan, and Woody Allen. After him are Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, Luis Suárez, Donald Sutherland, Kenzaburō Ōe, Faisal II of Iraq, and Arvo Pärt.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank ranks 164 out of 8,785. Before him are Andrew Lloyd Webber (1948), John Milton (1608), Charlotte Brontë (1816), Arthur Henderson (1863), John Macleod (1876), and William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (1708). After him are Brian Johnson (1947), Ridley Scott (1937), Jane Seymour (1508), Roger Bacon (1220), Patrick Blackett (1897), and Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830).

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Among ARCHITECTS In United Kingdom

Among architects born in United Kingdom, Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank ranks 1. After him are Christopher Wren (1632), Augustus Pugin (1812), Capability Brown (1716), George Gilbert Scott (1811), Inigo Jones (1573), James Stirling (1926), Ebenezer Howard (1850), Robert Adam (1728), William Burges (1827), David Chipperfield (1953), and John Vanbrugh (1664).

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