# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/fazlur-khan
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:26:18.281Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/fazlur-khan"
name: "Fazlur Khan"
slug: "fazlur-khan"
description: "Fazlur Rahman Khan was a Bangladeshi-American structural engineer and architect who initiated important structural systems for skyscrapers. Considered the \"father of tubular designs\" for high-rises, Khan was also a pioneer in computer-aided design (CAD). He was the designer of the Sears Tower, since renamed Willis Tower, the tallest building in the world from 1973 until 1998, and the 100-story John Hancock Center."
tagline: "Bangladeshi architect (1929–1982)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fazlur_Khan_(14396319747).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "architects"
profileType:
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  slug: "architect"
birthDate: "1929-04-03"
deathDate: "1982-03-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 200
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump