1959 - Today
Maya Ying Lin (born October 5, 1959) is an American designer and sculptor. In 1981, while an undergraduate at Yale University, she achieved national recognition when she won a national design competition for the planned Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.Lin has designed numerous memorials, public and private buildings, landscapes, and sculptures. Although best known for historical memorials, she is also known for environmentally themed works, which often address environmental decline. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maya Lin has received more than 1,619,785 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Maya Lin is the 459th most popular architect (down from 418th in 2019), the 11,399th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,253rd in 2019) and the 32nd most popular American Architect.
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Among architects, Maya Lin ranks 459 out of 424. Before her are John Russell Pope, Bjarke Ingels, Andrew Jackson Downing, Gülsün Sağlamer, Einari Teräsvirta, and Nora Stanton Barney. After her are Herbert Baker, William Adam, John Douglas, Charles Correa, Marco Casagrande, and Luigi Negri.
1874 - 1937
HPI: 40.78
Rank: 453
1974 - Present
HPI: 40.76
Rank: 454
1815 - 1852
HPI: 40.61
Rank: 455
1945 - Present
HPI: 40.49
Rank: 456
1914 - 1995
HPI: 40.44
Rank: 457
1883 - 1971
HPI: 39.83
Rank: 458
1959 - Present
HPI: 39.21
Rank: 459
1862 - 1946
HPI: 39.20
Rank: 460
1689 - 1748
HPI: 38.40
Rank: 461
1830 - 1911
HPI: 38.38
Rank: 462
1930 - 2015
HPI: 37.65
Rank: 463
1971 - Present
HPI: 37.19
Rank: 464
1956 - Present
HPI: 36.55
Rank: 465
Among people born in 1959, Maya Lin ranks 486. Before her are Mark Romanek, Edwyn Collins, Arto Härkönen, Jon Oliva, Danny Ainge, and Alessandro Andrei. After her are Georgi Dimitrov, Tom Egeland, Mike Coughlan, Linda Emond, Fernando Álvez, and Eiríkur Hauksson.
1959 - Present
HPI: 39.29
Rank: 480
1959 - Present
HPI: 39.29
Rank: 481
1959 - Present
HPI: 39.27
Rank: 482
1959 - Present
HPI: 39.26
Rank: 483
1959 - Present
HPI: 39.26
Rank: 484
1959 - Present
HPI: 39.22
Rank: 485
1959 - Present
HPI: 39.21
Rank: 486
1959 - 2021
HPI: 39.20
Rank: 487
1959 - Present
HPI: 39.20
Rank: 488
1959 - Present
HPI: 39.18
Rank: 489
1959 - Present
HPI: 39.15
Rank: 490
1959 - Present
HPI: 39.12
Rank: 491
1959 - Present
HPI: 39.11
Rank: 492
Among people born in United States, Maya Lin ranks 11,399 out of 18,182. Before her are Ontronik Khachaturian (1975), James Gleick (1954), LaMarcus Aldridge (1985), Forrest J Ackerman (1916), Steven Strait (1986), and George Walsh (1889). After her are Alice White (1904), Christopher Cousins (1960), Lynn Whitfield (1953), Ted Demme (1963), Harry B. Gray (1935), and Twiggy Ramirez (1971).
1975 - Present
HPI: 39.22
Rank: 11,393
1954 - Present
HPI: 39.22
Rank: 11,394
1985 - Present
HPI: 39.22
Rank: 11,395
1916 - 2008
HPI: 39.22
Rank: 11,396
1986 - Present
HPI: 39.22
Rank: 11,397
1889 - 1981
HPI: 39.22
Rank: 11,398
1959 - Present
HPI: 39.21
Rank: 11,399
1904 - 1983
HPI: 39.21
Rank: 11,400
1960 - Present
HPI: 39.21
Rank: 11,401
1953 - Present
HPI: 39.21
Rank: 11,402
1963 - 2002
HPI: 39.21
Rank: 11,403
1935 - Present
HPI: 39.21
Rank: 11,404
1971 - Present
HPI: 39.20
Rank: 11,405
Among architects born in United States, Maya Lin ranks 32. Before her are Alfred Mosher Butts (1899), Henry Hobson Richardson (1838), Robert A. M. Stern (1939), Cass Gilbert (1859), John Russell Pope (1874), and Andrew Jackson Downing (1815). After her are Billy Casper (1931).
1899 - 1993
HPI: 45.72
Rank: 26
1838 - 1886
HPI: 45.05
Rank: 27
1939 - Present
HPI: 42.51
Rank: 28
1859 - 1934
HPI: 41.42
Rank: 29
1874 - 1937
HPI: 40.78
Rank: 30
1815 - 1852
HPI: 40.61
Rank: 31
1959 - Present
HPI: 39.21
Rank: 32
1931 - 2015
HPI: 34.70
Rank: 33