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Erich Mendelsohn
1887 - 1953
Erich Mendelsohn
Erich Mendelsohn (21 March 1887 – 15 September 1953) was a German-British architect, known for his expressionist architecture in the 1920s, as well as for developing a dynamic functionalism in his projects for department stores and cinemas. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Erich Mendelsohn has received more than 256,955 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Erich Mendelsohn is the 70th most popular architect (down from 64th in 2019), the 145th most popular biography from Poland (down from 127th in 2019) and the most popular Polish Architect.
Erich Mendelsohn was an architect who was most famous for his design of the Einstein Tower in Potsdam, Germany.
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Among ARCHITECTS
Among architects, Erich Mendelsohn ranks 70 out of 424. Before him are Senenmut, Buckminster Fuller, Charles Garnier, Hector Guimard, Minoru Yamasaki, and Peter Zumthor. After him are Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, Daniel Libeskind, Louis Kahn, Bruno Taut, Domenico Fontana, and Ferdinand Cheval.
Most Popular Architects in Wikipedia
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Senenmut
1600 BC - 1463 BC
HPI: 64.18
Rank: 64
Buckminster Fuller
1895 - 1983
HPI: 64.04
Rank: 65
Charles Garnier
1825 - 1898
HPI: 63.77
Rank: 66
Hector Guimard
1867 - 1942
HPI: 63.73
Rank: 67
Minoru Yamasaki
1912 - 1986
HPI: 63.53
Rank: 68
Peter Zumthor
1943 - Present
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 69
Erich Mendelsohn
1887 - 1953
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 70
Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach
1656 - 1723
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 71
Daniel Libeskind
1946 - Present
HPI: 63.43
Rank: 72
Louis Kahn
1901 - 1974
HPI: 63.39
Rank: 73
Bruno Taut
1880 - 1938
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 74
Domenico Fontana
1543 - 1607
HPI: 63.37
Rank: 75
Ferdinand Cheval
1836 - 1924
HPI: 63.34
Rank: 76
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1887, Erich Mendelsohn ranks 37. Before him are Wolfgang Köhler, James B. Sumner, Kurt Schwitters, August Macke, John Reed, and Leopold Ružička. After him are Julian Huxley, René Cassin, Luís Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal, Alexander Archipenko, Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick, and Georg-Hans Reinhardt. Among people deceased in 1953, Erich Mendelsohn ranks 20. Before him are Vladimir Tatlin, Emmerich Kálmán, Francis Picabia, Eugene O'Neill, Ivan Bunin, and Raoul Dufy. After him are Richard Walther Darré, Lionel Logue, Hugo Sperrle, Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick, Alice Prin, and Ernst Zermelo.
Others Born in 1887
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Wolfgang Köhler
1887 - 1967
HPI: 63.94
Rank: 31
James B. Sumner
1887 - 1955
HPI: 63.87
Rank: 32
Kurt Schwitters
1887 - 1948
HPI: 63.76
Rank: 33
August Macke
1887 - 1914
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 34
John Reed
1887 - 1920
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 35
Leopold Ružička
1887 - 1976
HPI: 63.52
Rank: 36
Erich Mendelsohn
1887 - 1953
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 37
Julian Huxley
1887 - 1975
HPI: 62.94
Rank: 38
René Cassin
1887 - 1976
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 39
Luís Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal
1887 - 1908
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 40
Alexander Archipenko
1887 - 1964
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 41
Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick
1887 - 1953
HPI: 61.73
Rank: 42
Georg-Hans Reinhardt
1887 - 1963
HPI: 61.70
Rank: 43
Others Deceased in 1953
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Vladimir Tatlin
1885 - 1953
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 14
Emmerich Kálmán
1882 - 1953
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 15
Francis Picabia
1879 - 1953
HPI: 66.09
Rank: 16
Eugene O'Neill
1888 - 1953
HPI: 65.84
Rank: 17
Ivan Bunin
1870 - 1953
HPI: 65.81
Rank: 18
Raoul Dufy
1877 - 1953
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 19
Erich Mendelsohn
1887 - 1953
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 20
Richard Walther Darré
1895 - 1953
HPI: 62.98
Rank: 21
Lionel Logue
1880 - 1953
HPI: 62.78
Rank: 22
Hugo Sperrle
1885 - 1953
HPI: 62.71
Rank: 23
Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick
1887 - 1953
HPI: 61.73
Rank: 24
Alice Prin
1901 - 1953
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 25
Ernst Zermelo
1871 - 1953
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 26
In Poland
Among people born in Poland, Erich Mendelsohn ranks 145 out of 1,454. Before him are Jerzy Grotowski (1933), Antoni Grabowski (1857), Samuel Reshevsky (1911), Isabella Jagiellon (1519), Maxim Litvinov (1876), and Władysław Gomułka (1905). After him are Casimir Funk (1884), Daniel Libeskind (1946), Klaus von Klitzing (1943), Johann Gustav Droysen (1808), Alexandre Colonna-Walewski (1810), and Georg Michaelis (1857).
Others born in Poland
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Jerzy Grotowski
1933 - 1999
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 139
Antoni Grabowski
1857 - 1921
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 140
Samuel Reshevsky
1911 - 1992
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 141
Isabella Jagiellon
1519 - 1559
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 142
Maxim Litvinov
1876 - 1951
HPI: 63.57
Rank: 143
Władysław Gomułka
1905 - 1982
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 144
Erich Mendelsohn
1887 - 1953
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 145
Casimir Funk
1884 - 1967
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 146
Daniel Libeskind
1946 - Present
HPI: 63.43
Rank: 147
Klaus von Klitzing
1943 - Present
HPI: 63.37
Rank: 148
Johann Gustav Droysen
1808 - 1884
HPI: 63.35
Rank: 149
Alexandre Colonna-Walewski
1810 - 1868
HPI: 63.33
Rank: 150
Georg Michaelis
1857 - 1936
HPI: 63.30
Rank: 151
Among ARCHITECTS In Poland
Among architects born in Poland, Erich Mendelsohn ranks 1. After him are Daniel Libeskind (1946), Carl Gotthard Langhans (1732), Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff (1699), Marian Spychalski (1906), Friedrich Gilly (1772), Max Berg (1870), and Wojciech Zabłocki (1930).
Erich Mendelsohn
1887 - 1953
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 1
Daniel Libeskind
1946 - Present
HPI: 63.43
Rank: 2
Carl Gotthard Langhans
1732 - 1808
HPI: 58.90
Rank: 3
Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff
1699 - 1753
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 4
Marian Spychalski
1906 - 1980
HPI: 50.30
Rank: 5
Friedrich Gilly
1772 - 1800
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 6
Max Berg
1870 - 1947
HPI: 47.49
Rank: 7
Wojciech Zabłocki
1930 - 2020
HPI: 42.51
Rank: 8
