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Architect Biographies
Every archived life recorded as architect, ordered by their place in the ledger.
Contemporary era
Antoni Martí
July 30, 1963 – November 6, 2023
6th Prime Minister of Andorra (1963–2023)
Contemporary era
Fayez al-Sarraj
b. February 20, 1960
Architect and former Prime Minister of Libya
Early Modern era
Thomas Jefferson
April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
Early Modern era
Robert Hooke
July 18, 1635 – March 3, 1703
English natural philosopher, architect and polymath (1635 — 1703)
Modern era
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
April 9, 1806 – September 15, 1859
British mechanical and civil engineer (1806-1859)
Early Modern era
Michelangelo
March 6, 1475 – February 18, 1564
Sculptor and painter of the Sistine Chapel and David
Early Modern era
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
December 7, 1598 – November 28, 1680
Italian sculptor and architect (1598–1680)
Medieval era
Jan van Eyck
1390 – July 9, 1441
Flemish painter (c.1390–1441)
Early Modern era
El Greco
October 1, 1541 – April 7, 1614
Greek artist, painter, sculptor and architect (1541–1614)
Medieval era
Filippo Brunelleschi
1377 – April 15, 1446
Italian architect, sculptor and engineer
Early Modern era
Christopher Wren
October 20, 1632 – March 8, 1723
English architect (1632–1723)
Modern era
Antoni Gaudi
June 25, 1852 – June 10, 1926
Catalan architect (1852–1926)
Modern era
Frank Lloyd Wright
June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959
American architect (1867-1959)
Contemporary era
Zaha Hadid
October 31, 1950 – March 31, 2016
Iraqi British architect, designer and painter (1950–2016)
Modern era
Raoul Wallenberg
August 4, 1912 – January 1, 1947
Swedish architect, businessman, diplomat and humanitarian (1912-1947)
Modern era
Simon Wiesenthal
December 31, 1908 – September 20, 2005
Jewish Austrian Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter (1908–2005)
Modern era
Arnold Palmer
September 10, 1929 – September 25, 2016
American golfer (1929–2016)
Modern era
Bhai Ram Singh
1858 – 1916
Indian architect
Medieval era
Lorenzo Ghiberti
1378 – December 1, 1455
Italian sculptor and architect (1378–1455)
Medieval era
Giovanni Bellini
1430 – November 29, 1516
15th- and 16th-century Italian Renaissance painter (1430–1516)
Medieval era
Suger of Saint-Denis
1080 – January 13, 1151
French abbot-statesmen, historian and the influential first patron of Gothic architecture (1080-1151)
Ancient era
Hemiunu
c. 2500 BCE – c. 2501 BCE
Ancient Egyptian prince and vizier
Ancient era
Senenmut
c. 1600 BCE – 1463 BCE
Egyptian architect (1600-1463)
Ancient era
Amenhotep III
1400 BCE – 1351 BCE
Ninth Pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt
Ancient era
Apollodorus of Damascus
50 CE – 125 CE
2nd century Syrian Roman architect and engineer
Modern era
Zahoor ul Akhlaq
February 4, 1941 – January 18, 1999
Artist (1941-1999)
Ancient era
Phidias
490 BCE – 430 BCE
Greek sculptor, painter and architect (c.480–430 BC)
Ancient era
Vitruvius
80 BCE – 15 BCE
Roman architect and engineer
Ancient era
Marcus Agrippa
63 BCE – 12 BCE
Ancient Roman statesman and general
Early Modern era
Panini
June 17, 1691 – October 21, 1765
Italian painter and architect (1691–1765)
Early Modern era
John Nash
January 18, 1752 – May 13, 1835
British architect (1752–1835)
Medieval era
Giotto
1267 – January 8, 1337
Italian painter and architect (c. 1267–1337)
Modern era
John Singer Sargent
January 12, 1856 – April 15, 1925
American painter (1856–1925)
Early Modern era
Antonio Canova
November 1, 1757 – October 13, 1822
Italian Neoclassical sculptor (1757–1822)
Early Modern era
Andrea Palladio
1508 – August 19, 1580
Italian architect (1508–1580)
Modern era
Gustave Eiffel
December 15, 1832 – December 27, 1923
French chemical engineer and architect (1832–1923)
Modern era
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
March 27, 1886 – August 17, 1969
German architect (1886–1969)
Modern era
Le Corbusier
October 6, 1887 – August 27, 1965
Swiss-French architect, designer, urbanist, and writer (1886–1965)
Modern era
Walter Gropius
May 18, 1883 – July 5, 1969
German-American architect (1883–1969)
Modern era
Oscar Niemeyer
December 15, 1907 – December 5, 2012
Brazilian architect (1907–2012)
Modern era
I. M. Pei
April 26, 1917 – May 16, 2019
Chinese-American architect (1917–2019)
Modern era
Frank Gehry
February 28, 1929 – December 5, 2025
Canadian and American architect (1929–2025)
Modern era
Buckminster Fuller
July 12, 1895 – July 1, 1983
American architect, systems theorist, author, designer, inventor and futurist (1895–1983)
Contemporary era
Ai Weiwei
b. August 28, 1957
Chinese Conceptual artist (born 1957)