1904 - 1955
Lin Huiyin (Chinese: 林徽因, born 林徽音; pinyin: Lín Huīyīn; known as Phyllis Whei Yin Lin when in the United States; 10 June 1904 – 1 April 1955) was a Chinese architect, writer, and poet. She is known to be the first female architect in modern China and her husband is the famed "Father of Modern Chinese Architecture" Liang Sicheng, both of whom worked as founders and faculty in the newly formed Architecture Department of Northeastern University in 1928 and, after 1949, as professors in Tsinghua University in Beijing. Liang and Lin began restoration work on cultural heritage sites of China in the post-imperial Republican Era of China, a passion which she would pursue to the end of her life. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lin Huiyin has received more than 199,187 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Lin Huiyin is the 293rd most popular architect (down from 266th in 2019), the 697th most popular biography from China (down from 591st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Chinese Architect.
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Among architects, Lin Huiyin ranks 293 out of 424. Before her are Jan Santini Aichel, Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, Konstantin Thon, Pieter Post, Vlado Milunić, and Christian Frederik Hansen. After her are Joseph Poelaert, Friedrich von Gärtner, Steven Holl, Christopher Alexander, Dominikus Zimmermann, and Marcello Piacentini.
1677 - 1723
HPI: 51.55
Rank: 287
1897 - 2000
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 288
1794 - 1881
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 289
1608 - 1669
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 290
1941 - 2022
HPI: 51.27
Rank: 291
1756 - 1845
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 292
1904 - 1955
HPI: 51.19
Rank: 293
1817 - 1879
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 294
1791 - 1847
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 295
1947 - Present
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 296
1936 - 2022
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 297
1685 - 1766
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 298
1881 - 1960
HPI: 50.87
Rank: 299
Among people born in 1904, Lin Huiyin ranks 157. Before her are Miguel Capuccini, Heinrich von Brentano, Juan José Arévalo, Cecil Day-Lewis, Subhadra Kumari Chauhan, and André Leducq. After her are Ellen Church, Georges Sadoul, Alexander Gerschenkron, József Takács, Terence Fisher, and Lippo Hertzka. Among people deceased in 1955, Lin Huiyin ranks 88. Before her are Prince Gabriel Constantinovich of Russia, Isaak Dunayevsky, Princess Elizabeth of Greece and Denmark, Ahmad Qavam, Guy Ropartz, and Otto Gessler. After her are Ona Munson, Wallace Stevens, Tribhuvan of Nepal, Hans Hedtoft, Theodor Plievier, and Karl Hofer.
1904 - 1980
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 151
1904 - 1964
HPI: 51.50
Rank: 152
1904 - 1990
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 153
1904 - 1972
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 154
1904 - 1948
HPI: 51.26
Rank: 155
1904 - 1980
HPI: 51.24
Rank: 156
1904 - 1955
HPI: 51.19
Rank: 157
1904 - 1965
HPI: 51.17
Rank: 158
1904 - 1967
HPI: 51.13
Rank: 159
1904 - 1978
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 160
1904 - 1983
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 161
1904 - 1980
HPI: 50.97
Rank: 162
1904 - 1951
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 163
1887 - 1955
HPI: 51.88
Rank: 82
1900 - 1955
HPI: 51.87
Rank: 83
1904 - 1955
HPI: 51.85
Rank: 84
1876 - 1955
HPI: 51.65
Rank: 85
1864 - 1955
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 86
1875 - 1955
HPI: 51.21
Rank: 87
1904 - 1955
HPI: 51.19
Rank: 88
1903 - 1955
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 89
1879 - 1955
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 90
1906 - 1955
HPI: 50.91
Rank: 91
1903 - 1955
HPI: 50.33
Rank: 92
1892 - 1955
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 93
1878 - 1955
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 94
Among people born in China, Lin Huiyin ranks 697 out of 1,392. Before her are Yao Ming (1980), Li Tang (1050), Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama (1938), Ann Hui (1947), Lee Shau-kee (1929), and Shi Lang (1621). After her are Guo Pu (276), Tsai Chin (1933), Feng Youlan (1895), Guan Daosheng (1262), Wang Yang (1955), and Nicholas Poppe (1897).
1980 - Present
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 691
1050 - 1130
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 692
1938 - 1989
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 693
1947 - Present
HPI: 51.27
Rank: 694
1929 - Present
HPI: 51.27
Rank: 695
1621 - 1696
HPI: 51.25
Rank: 696
1904 - 1955
HPI: 51.19
Rank: 697
276 - 324
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 698
1933 - Present
HPI: 51.16
Rank: 699
1895 - 1990
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 700
1262 - 1319
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 701
1955 - Present
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 702
1897 - 1991
HPI: 51.02
Rank: 703
Among architects born in China, Lin Huiyin ranks 3. Before her are I. M. Pei (1917) and Yan Liben (600). After her are Wang Shu (1963).
1917 - 2019
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 1
600 - 673
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 2
1904 - 1955
HPI: 51.19
Rank: 3
1963 - Present
HPI: 47.69
Rank: 4