May 18, 1883
in Berlin, Germany
July 5, 1969
in Boston, USA
Walter Gropius is almost a synonym for the Bauhaus or modern architecture. He himself helped shape the myth about the Bauhaus. Already in 1938 he organized an exhibition in the United States about the Bauhaus and him as the first director of this school.
https://www.bauhauskooperation.com/the-bauhaus/people/directors/walter-gropius/