- Born
- Died
- Birth nameIeoh Ming Pei
- I.M. Pei was born on April 26, 1917 in Canton, China. He was an actor, known for Une nuit, le Louvre avec Lambert Wilson (2017), A Place to Be (1979) and Berlin Babylon (2001). He was married to Eileen Loo. He died on May 16, 2019 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- SpouseEileen Loo(1942 - June 20, 2014) (her death, 4 children)
- Children
- After interviewing a number of architects to design the Kennedy Library shortly after her husband's Dallas assassination, Jaqueline Kennedy chose I.M. Pei. She reportedly felt the man and his work were like poetry.
- Became a US citizen in 1954.
- Immigrated to the USA in 1935.
- Architect.
- He was awarded the American National Medal of the Arts in 1988 by the National Endowment of the Arts in Washington D.C.
- Great artists need great clients.
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