Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1886 – 1969
German

Architect. He was arguably the most influential leader of modernism. Johnson's "glass house" was modeled on one by his mentor Mies, as were everyone's spare office towers.

Contemporaries
1864–1920Max Weber
1875–1965Albert Schweitzer
1874–1928Max Scheler
1902–2003Leni Riefenstahl
1898–1979Herbert Marcuse
1885–1952Karen Horney
1820–1895Friedrich Engels
1874–1945Ernst Cassirer
1898–1956Bertolt Brecht
1906–1945Dietrich Bonhoeffer