William Pereira

William Leonard Pereira was an American architect from Chicago, Illinois, who was noted for his futuristic designs of landmark buildings such as the Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco. Remarkably prolific, he worked out of Los Angeles, and was known for his love of science fiction and expensive cars, but mostly for his unmistakable style of architecture, which helped define the look of mid-20th century America.

25 April 1909

Born on the same birth day (25 April): Abdalla Uba Adamu • Arapeta Awatere • Barbara Rittner • Bob Gutowski • Breyton Paulse • Dinesh D'Souza • Francis Graham-Smith • Fred Haney • Giedo van der Garde • Graham Payn • Gwen Jorgensen • Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller • Johnny Craig • Mark Bryant (basketball) • Martin Koolhoven • Sara Paxton • Steve Ferrone • Stu Cook

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