# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hugh-ferriss
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:30:43.828Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hugh-ferriss"
name: "Hugh Ferriss"
slug: "hugh-ferriss"
description: "Hugh Macomber Ferriss was an American architect, illustrator, and poet. He was associated with exploring the psychological condition of modern urban life, a common cultural enquiry of the first decades of the twentieth century. After his death a colleague said he 'influenced my generation of architects' more than any other man.\" Ferriss also influenced popular culture, for example Gotham City, Kerry Conran's Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow and Rapture from BioShock."
tagline: "American architect (1889–1962)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/HughFerrissAtWork1925.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Architects"
  slug: "architects"
profileType:
  name: "Architect"
  slug: "architect"
birthDate: "1889-07-12"
deathDate: "1962-01-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.66
  momentum:             6.305496679383919
  historical:           5.503134666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Ferriss"
    title: "Hugh Ferriss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%88%D8%AC_%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "هوج فيريس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%8E_%D0%A4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81"
    title: "Хю Ферис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%92%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9"
    title: "ヒュー・フェリス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Ferriss"
    title: "Hugh Ferriss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Ferriss"
    title: "Hugh Ferriss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1634329"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump