Louis Sullivan

Louis Sullivan

male, deceased (1924)
Louis Henri Sullivan (September 3, 1856 - April 14, 1924) was an American architect, called the "father of modernism". He is considered by many as...
William Le Baron Jenney

William Le Baron Jenney

male, deceased (1907)
William Le Baron Jenney (25 September 1832-14 June 1907) was an American architect and engineer who became known as the Father of the American...
Dankmar Adler

Dankmar Adler

male, deceased (1900)
Dankmar Adler (born July 3, 1844 in Germany; died April 16, 1900 in Chicago, Illinois, USA) was an American architect. Adler was a civil engineer...
Walter Chrysler

Walter Chrysler

male, deceased (1940)
Walter Percy Chrysler was a German American automobile pioneer. He was born in Wamego, Kansas and grew up in Ellis, Kansas. He also lived in...
Julie Harris

Julie Harris

female, 83 years old
Julie Harris (born Julia Ann Harris on December 2, 1925) is a distinguished American stage, screen, and television actress. She has won five Tony...
Gregg Bissonette

Gregg Bissonette

male, 50 years old
Gregg Bissonette, (born June 9, 1959, Detroit, Michigan) is an American drummer. Gregg was born in a family of musicians. His father Bud Bissonette...
William Lescaze

William Lescaze

male, deceased (1969)
William Edmond Lescaze was a Swiss-born American architect, and is considered one of the pioneers of modernism in American architecture. He...
David Auburn

David Auburn

male, 40 years old
David Auburn (born 1969) is an American playwright. He was born in Chicago, and raised in Ohio and Arkansas. He attended the University of Chicago...
George B. Post

George B. Post

male, deceased (1913)
George Browne Post (December 15, 1837 - November 28, 1913) was an American architect trained in the Beaux-Arts tradition. Post was a student of...
Elisha Otis

Elisha Otis

male, deceased (1861)
Elisha Graves Otis invented a safety device in 1852 in Yonkers, New York that prevented elevators from falling if the hoisting cable broke. Otis...