Adolf Loos
Adolf Franz Karl Viktor Maria Loos was an Austrian and Czechoslovak architect, influential European theorist, and a polemicist of modern architecture. He was inspired by modernism and a widely-known critic of the Art Nouveau movement. His controversial views and literary contributions sparked the establishment of the Vienna Secession movement and postmodernism.
10 December 1870
Born on the same birth date (10 December 1870): Jadunath Sarkar • Pierre Louÿs
Born on the same birth day (10 December): Andris Bērziņš (Latvian President) • Bryant Stith • Carlos Rodón • Claudia Hoffmann • Clorindo Testa • Darren Berry • Eric Reid • Eugene O'Keefe • Fábio Rochemback • Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole • Giovanni Messe • Iain Brunnschweiler • Jahangir Khan • Jasuben Shilpi • Jules Ladoumègue • Louis Bolk • Michael Manley • Rasul Guliyev • Rob Blake • Shoya Tomizawa • Una Merkel
Born in the same month (December 1870): Charles Bennett (athlete) • Earl Gregg Swem • Edward LeSaint • Francisco S. Carvajal • Ida S. Scudder • Jadunath Sarkar • John Marin • Karl Renner • Pierre Louÿs • Saki • Vítězslav Novák • Walter Benona Sharp