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Fazlur Rahman Khan

1929 - 1982

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Fazlur Rahman Khan (Bengali: ফজলুর রহমান খান, Fazlur Rôhman Khan; 3 April 1929 – 27 March 1982) was a Bangladeshi-American structural engineer and architect, who initiated important structural systems for skyscrapers. Considered the "father of tubular designs" for high-rises, Khan was also a pioneer in computer-aided design (CAD). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fazlur Rahman Khan has received more than 1,796,619 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Fazlur Rahman Khan is the 360th most popular architect (up from 397th in 2019), the 35th most popular biography from Bangladesh (down from 33rd in 2019) and the most popular Bangladeshi Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Fazlur Rahman Khan ranks 360 out of 518. Before him are Mario Bellini, Charles Cameron, Joseph Bové, Lars Sonck, Peter Joseph Lenné, and Juan de Villanueva. After him are Francesco Laparelli, Wang Shu, John Soane, Moisei Ginzburg, Tylman van Gameren, and Christoph Dientzenhofer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Fazlur Rahman Khan ranks 295. Before him are Ulu Grosbard, Héctor Alterio, Hans Clarin, Ernesto Grillo, James Shigeta, and Hubert Dreyfus. After him are Dominique Fernandez, Terry Sawchuk, Karl-Erik Palmér, Bob Brookmeyer, Nicolas Bouvier, and Viguen. Among people deceased in 1982, Fazlur Rahman Khan ranks 165. Before him are Antonio Guzmán Fernández, Marietta Shaginyan, René Dubos, Ngaio Marsh, Seraphim Rose, and Alexandre Alexeieff. After him are Jimmy McGrory, Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, Juan O'Gorman, Stanisław Ostrowski, Ludwig Bieberbach, and Fernando Lamas.

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In Bangladesh

Among people born in Bangladesh, Fazlur Rahman Khan ranks 35 out of 74. Before him are A. K. Fazlul Huq (1873), Fakhruddin Ahmed (1940), Ritwik Ghatak (1925), Taslima Nasrin (1962), Kalpana Datta (1913), and Humayun Ahmed (1948). After him are Surya Sen (1894), Kamini Roy (1864), Zainul Abedin (1914), Abdur Rahman Biswas (1926), Motiur Rahman Nizami (1943), and Syed Nazrul Islam (1925).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Bangladesh

Among architects born in Bangladesh, Fazlur Rahman Khan ranks 1. 

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