Architect

Eero Saarinen

Finnish-American architect

1910 - 1961

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His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2024). Eero Saarinen is the 159th most popular architect (down from 126th in 2024), the 67th most popular biography from Finland (down from 49th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Finnish Architect.

Eero Saarinen is most famous for his design of the TWA terminal at JFK airport.

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Eero Saarinen is the most memorable of the 4 notable people born in Kirkkonummi, Finland, ahead of Thorvald Strömberg, Paradise Oskar, and Laura Österberg Kalmari.

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Eero Saarinen's biography appears in 45 language editions of Wikipedia — more than 90% of all Architects.

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Eero Saarinen shares a August 20 birthday with Slobodan Milošević, Jöns Jacob Berzelius, and H. P. Lovecraft.

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Among Architects

Among architects, Eero Saarinen ranks 159 out of 518. Before him are Jacques-Germain Soufflot, Lina Bo Bardi, Alonzo Cano, Carlo Fontana, Paul Troost, and Charlotte Perriand. After him are Ebenezer Howard, Carl Ludvig Engel, Josep Puig i Cadafalch, Robert Adam, Jean Chalgrin, and Fazlur Rahman Khan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Eero Saarinen ranks 86. Before him are Nouhak Phoumsavanh, Louis Slotin, Juan Velasco Alvarado, Hideo Shinojima, Viktors Arājs, and Rudolf Lange. After him are Paul Bowles, Chico Xavier, Masayoshi Ōhira, Nguyễn Hữu Thọ, Julien Gracq, and Ngô Đình Nhu. Among people deceased in 1961, Eero Saarinen ranks 40. Before him are Zoltán Tildy, Mukhtar Auezov, Joseph M. Schenck, Werner Jaeger, Maria Valtorta, and Margherita Sarfatti. After him are Hubert Van Innis, Mei Lanfang, Fyodor Kuznetsov, Milan Stojadinović, Princess Isabelle of Orléans, and Clark Ashton Smith.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Eero Saarinen ranks 67 out of 751. Before him are Tarja Turunen (1977), Fredrik Idestam (1838), Tom of Finland (1920), Lasse Virén (1949), Eino Leino (1878), and Ville Ritola (1896). After him are Leif Segerstam (1944), Väinö Linna (1920), Tapio Wirkkala (1915), Minna Canth (1844), Petteri Orpo (1969), and Jaakko Hintikka (1929).

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Among Architects In Finland

Among architects born in Finland, Eero Saarinen ranks 4. Before him are Alvar Aalto (1898), Eliel Saarinen (1873), and Aino Aalto (1894). After him are Eero Aarnio (1932), Elissa Aalto (1922), Lars Sonck (1870), Wivi Lönn (1872), Johan Sigfrid Sirén (1889), Marco Casagrande (1971), and Anders Adlercreutz (1970).

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