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William Le Baron Jenney

1832 - 1907

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William Le Baron Jenney (September 25, 1832 – June 14, 1907) was an American architect and engineer known for building the first skyscraper in 1884. In 1998, Jenney was ranked number 89 in the book 1,000 Years, 1,000 People: Ranking the Men and Women Who Shaped the Millennium. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Le Baron Jenney is the 139th most popular architect (up from 172nd in 2019), the 2,162nd most popular biography from United States (up from 2,210th in 2019) and the 9th most popular American Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, William Le Baron Jenney ranks 139 out of 518. Before him are Pier Luigi Nervi, Philibert de l'Orme, Juan de Herrera, Carlo Scarpa, Max Bill, and Hans Scharoun. After him are Paul Abadie, Verner Panton, Antonio Sant'Elia, Ettore Sottsass, Fumihiko Maki, and Ludwig Borchardt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1832, William Le Baron Jenney ranks 29. Before him are Felice Beato, Alfred von Waldersee, Émile Gaboriau, Wilhelm Busch, Michel Bréal, and Louis Paul Cailletet. After him are Nikolay Pavlovich Ignatyev, Henry Steel Olcott, Infanta Luisa Fernanda, Duchess of Montpensier, Hudson Taylor, Miguel Miramón, and Adalbert Krueger. Among people deceased in 1907, William Le Baron Jenney ranks 29. Before him are Princess Clémentine of Orléans, Léo Taxil, Hermann Carl Vogel, Qiu Jin, Agathe Backer Grøndahl, and Charles W. Alcock. After him are Henry Steel Olcott, William Henry Perkin, Franz Sacher, Carola of Vasa, Mizzi Kaspar, and Stanisław Wyspiański.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Le Baron Jenney ranks 2,162 out of 20,380. Before him are Cissy Houston (1933), Adam West (1928), James Tiptree Jr. (1915), Gene Sharp (1928), Martin Gardner (1914), and Mary Steenburgen (1953). After him are Alvin Kraenzlein (1876), Walter Alvarez (1940), Paul L. Smith (1936), Oliver Otis Howard (1830), Stacy Keach (1941), and Robert Bloch (1917).

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Among ARCHITECTS In United States

Among architects born in United States, William Le Baron Jenney ranks 9. Before him are Frank Lloyd Wright (1867), Richard Meier (1934), Philip Johnson (1906), Robert Venturi (1925), Minoru Yamasaki (1912), and Peter Eisenman (1932). After him are Charles Eames (1907), Nicholas Negroponte (1943), Adrian Smith (1944), Sixto Durán Ballén (1921), Gordon Bunshaft (1909), and Kevin A. Lynch (1918).

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