What year was Frank Lloyd Wright born?

Frank Lloyd Wright was born in 1867, specifically on June 8, in Richland Center, Wisconsin. He became one of the most influential American architects of the twentieth century and worked professionally for more than seven decades.

Wright’s early career began in Chicago, where he joined the office of Adler & Sullivan in 1888 and worked under Louis Sullivan. He later developed the Prairie School approach, emphasizing horizontal lines, open plans, and a close relationship between buildings and their sites.

A frequent source of confusion is Wright’s own claim that he was born in 1869. Documentary evidence, including census and family records, supports 1867, the year used by standard biographies and reference works. His career eventually included Fallingwater, Taliesin, the Guggenheim Museum, and more than 1,000 designs, although many were never built.