1935 - Today
Norman Robert Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, (born 1 June 1935) is an English architect and designer. Closely associated with the development of high-tech architecture, Foster is recognised as a key figure in British modernist architecture. His architectural practice Foster + Partners, first founded in 1967 as Foster Associates, is the largest in the United Kingdom, and maintains offices internationally. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank has received more than 1,646,353 page views. His biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 58 in 2019). Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank is the 21st most popular architect (down from 16th in 2019), the 178th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 153rd in 2019) and the most popular British Architect.
Norman Foster is most famous for being a British architect. He has designed many buildings around the world, including the Reichstag in Berlin, the Hearst Tower in New York City, and the Millau Viaduct in France.
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Among architects, Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank ranks 21 out of 424. Before him are Oscar Niemeyer, Louis Sullivan, Zaha Hadid, Khufu, Francesco Borromini, and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. After him are Georges-Eugène Haussmann, Renzo Piano, Frank Gehry, Otto Wagner, Victor Horta, and Adolf Loos.
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
1937 - Present
HPI: 70.14
Rank: 23
1929 - Present
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 24
1841 - 1918
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 25
1861 - 1947
HPI: 69.73
Rank: 26
1870 - 1933
HPI: 69.62
Rank: 27
Among people born in 1935, Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank ranks 9. Before him are 14th Dalai Lama, Luciano Pavarotti, Salman of Saudi Arabia, Woody Allen, José Mujica, and Mahmoud Abbas. After him are Hussein of Jordan, Donald Sutherland, Françoise Sagan, Luis Suárez, Julie Andrews, and Arvo Pärt.
1935 - Present
HPI: 79.98
Rank: 3
1935 - 2007
HPI: 78.84
Rank: 4
1935 - Present
HPI: 78.13
Rank: 5
1935 - Present
HPI: 76.92
Rank: 6
1935 - Present
HPI: 74.28
Rank: 7
1935 - Present
HPI: 72.79
Rank: 8
1935 - Present
HPI: 71.54
Rank: 9
1935 - 1999
HPI: 71.19
Rank: 10
1935 - Present
HPI: 70.99
Rank: 11
1935 - 2004
HPI: 70.41
Rank: 12
1935 - 2023
HPI: 70.22
Rank: 13
1935 - Present
HPI: 70.08
Rank: 14
1935 - Present
HPI: 69.35
Rank: 15
Among people born in United Kingdom, Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank ranks 178 out of 7,765. Before him are Edward the Elder (871), Keith Richards (1943), Francis Crick (1916), Arthur, Prince of Wales (1486), Bon Scott (1946), and Helen Mirren (1945). After him are Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830), Mary Wollstonecraft (1759), Anna Wintour (1949), Edward Smith (1850), Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900), and Humphry Davy (1778).
871 - 924
HPI: 71.75
Rank: 172
1943 - Present
HPI: 71.75
Rank: 173
1916 - 2004
HPI: 71.67
Rank: 174
1486 - 1502
HPI: 71.65
Rank: 175
1946 - 1980
HPI: 71.64
Rank: 176
1945 - Present
HPI: 71.59
Rank: 177
1935 - Present
HPI: 71.54
Rank: 178
1830 - 1903
HPI: 71.51
Rank: 179
1759 - 1797
HPI: 71.49
Rank: 180
1949 - Present
HPI: 71.47
Rank: 181
1850 - 1912
HPI: 71.44
Rank: 182
1900 - 1979
HPI: 71.43
Rank: 183
1778 - 1829
HPI: 71.43
Rank: 184
Among architects born in United Kingdom, Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank ranks 1. After him are Christopher Wren (1632), James Stirling (1926), Inigo Jones (1573), Robert Adam (1728), Joseph Paxton (1803), Michael Ventris (1922), John Nash (1752), Ebenezer Howard (1850), Glenn Murcutt (1936), Archibald Leitch (1865), and Augustus Pugin (1812).
1935 - Present
HPI: 71.54
Rank: 1
1632 - 1723
HPI: 65.88
Rank: 2
1926 - 1992
HPI: 59.19
Rank: 3
1573 - 1652
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 4
1728 - 1792
HPI: 57.52
Rank: 5
1803 - 1865
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 6
1922 - 1956
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 7
1752 - 1835
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 8
1850 - 1928
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 9
1936 - Present
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 10
1865 - 1939
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 11
1812 - 1852
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 12