1856 - 1924
Louis Henry Sullivan (September 3, 1856 – April 14, 1924) was an American architect, and has been called a "father of skyscrapers" and "father of modernism." He was an influential architect of the Chicago School, a mentor to Frank Lloyd Wright, and an inspiration to the Chicago group of architects who have come to be known as the Prairie School. Along with Wright and Henry Hobson Richardson, Sullivan is one of "the recognized trinity of American architecture." The phrase "form follows function" is attributed to him, although the idea was theorised by Viollet le Duc who considered that structure and function in architecture should be the sole determinants of form. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louis Sullivan has received more than 1,103,230 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Louis Sullivan is the 16th most popular architect (up from 20th in 2019), the 171st most popular biography from United States (up from 206th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular American Architect.
Louis Sullivan is most famous for his design of the Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building in Chicago, Illinois.
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Among architects, Louis Sullivan ranks 16 out of 424. Before him are Donato Bramante, Leon Battista Alberti, Andrea Palladio, Walter Gropius, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Oscar Niemeyer. After him are Zaha Hadid, Khufu, Francesco Borromini, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, and Georges-Eugène Haussmann.
1443 - 1514
HPI: 75.76
Rank: 10
1404 - 1472
HPI: 75.56
Rank: 11
1508 - 1580
HPI: 75.54
Rank: 12
1883 - 1969
HPI: 75.41
Rank: 13
1867 - 1959
HPI: 74.51
Rank: 14
1907 - 2012
HPI: 73.76
Rank: 15
1856 - 1924
HPI: 72.44
Rank: 16
1950 - 2016
HPI: 72.34
Rank: 17
2700 BC - 2570 BC
HPI: 72.14
Rank: 18
1599 - 1667
HPI: 71.58
Rank: 19
1886 - 1969
HPI: 71.57
Rank: 20
1935 - Present
HPI: 71.54
Rank: 21
1809 - 1891
HPI: 70.17
Rank: 22
Among people born in 1856, Louis Sullivan ranks 8. Before him are Sigmund Freud, George Bernard Shaw, Woodrow Wilson, Philippe Pétain, J. J. Thomson, and Frederick Winslow Taylor. After him are Archduchess Gisela of Austria, Robert Peary, Napoléon, Prince Imperial, Emil Kraepelin, Georgi Plekhanov, and Tongzhi Emperor. Among people deceased in 1924, Louis Sullivan ranks 8. Before him are Franz Kafka, Giacomo Puccini, Woodrow Wilson, Anatole France, Joseph Conrad, and Alfred Marshall. After him are Gabriel Fauré, Carl Spitteler, Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria, Frances Hodgson Burnett, George Mallory, and Ferruccio Busoni.
1856 - 1939
HPI: 89.62
Rank: 2
1856 - 1950
HPI: 77.10
Rank: 3
1856 - 1924
HPI: 77.07
Rank: 4
1856 - 1951
HPI: 76.59
Rank: 5
1856 - 1940
HPI: 73.01
Rank: 6
1856 - 1915
HPI: 72.61
Rank: 7
1856 - 1924
HPI: 72.44
Rank: 8
1856 - 1932
HPI: 71.75
Rank: 9
1856 - 1920
HPI: 69.94
Rank: 10
1856 - 1879
HPI: 68.49
Rank: 11
1856 - 1926
HPI: 68.47
Rank: 12
1856 - 1918
HPI: 68.32
Rank: 13
1856 - 1875
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 14
1883 - 1924
HPI: 86.23
Rank: 2
1858 - 1924
HPI: 81.74
Rank: 3
1856 - 1924
HPI: 77.07
Rank: 4
1844 - 1924
HPI: 76.31
Rank: 5
1857 - 1924
HPI: 73.91
Rank: 6
1842 - 1924
HPI: 72.50
Rank: 7
1856 - 1924
HPI: 72.44
Rank: 8
1845 - 1924
HPI: 71.31
Rank: 9
1845 - 1924
HPI: 70.39
Rank: 10
1868 - 1924
HPI: 69.77
Rank: 11
1849 - 1924
HPI: 67.12
Rank: 12
1886 - 1924
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 13
1866 - 1924
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 14
Among people born in United States, Louis Sullivan ranks 171 out of 18,182. Before him are Ava Gardner (1922), Buzz Aldrin (1930), Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856), John Williams (1932), Robert K. Merton (1910), and Emily Dickinson (1830). After him are Denzel Washington (1954), Herman Melville (1819), Herbert Hoover (1874), Harvey Weinstein (1952), Jane Fonda (1937), and William James Sidis (1898).
1922 - 1990
HPI: 72.66
Rank: 165
1930 - Present
HPI: 72.64
Rank: 166
1856 - 1915
HPI: 72.61
Rank: 167
1932 - Present
HPI: 72.49
Rank: 168
1910 - 2003
HPI: 72.48
Rank: 169
1830 - 1886
HPI: 72.45
Rank: 170
1856 - 1924
HPI: 72.44
Rank: 171
1954 - Present
HPI: 72.38
Rank: 172
1819 - 1891
HPI: 72.37
Rank: 173
1874 - 1964
HPI: 72.37
Rank: 174
1952 - Present
HPI: 72.30
Rank: 175
1937 - Present
HPI: 72.28
Rank: 176
1898 - 1944
HPI: 72.22
Rank: 177
Among architects born in United States, Louis Sullivan ranks 2. Before him are Frank Lloyd Wright (1867). After him are Richard Meier (1934), Philip Johnson (1906), Buckminster Fuller (1895), Minoru Yamasaki (1912), Robert Venturi (1925), Peter Eisenman (1932), Charles Eames (1907), Kevin A. Lynch (1918), William Le Baron Jenney (1832), and Adrian Smith (1944).
1867 - 1959
HPI: 74.51
Rank: 1
1856 - 1924
HPI: 72.44
Rank: 2
1934 - Present
HPI: 65.65
Rank: 3
1906 - 2005
HPI: 64.36
Rank: 4
1895 - 1983
HPI: 64.04
Rank: 5
1912 - 1986
HPI: 63.53
Rank: 6
1925 - 2018
HPI: 63.22
Rank: 7
1932 - Present
HPI: 61.67
Rank: 8
1907 - 1978
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 9
1918 - 1984
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 10
1832 - 1907
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 11
1944 - Present
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 12