# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/louis-kahn
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:40:01.098Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/louis-kahn"
name: "Louis Kahn"
slug: "louis-kahn"
description: "Louis Isadore Kahn was an Estonian-born American architect based in Philadelphia. After working in various capacities for several firms in Philadelphia, he founded his own atelier in 1935. While continuing his private practice, he served as a design critic and professor of architecture at Yale School of Architecture from 1947 to 1957. From 1957 until his death, he was a professor of architecture at the School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania."
tagline: "Estonian-American architect (1901–1974)"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1901-02-20"
deathDate: "1974-03-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  historical:           24.205
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: 68
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump