1741 - 1828
Jean-Antoine Houdon (French: [ʒɑ̃ ɑ̃twan udɔ̃]; 25 March 1741 – 15 July 1828) was a French neoclassical sculptor. Houdon is famous for his portrait busts and statues of philosophers, inventors and political figures of the Enlightenment. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean-Antoine Houdon has received more than 161,913 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Jean-Antoine Houdon is the 30th most popular sculptor (up from 34th in 2019), the 911th most popular biography from France (up from 1,007th in 2019) and the 9th most popular French Sculptor.
Jean-Antoine Houdon was a French sculptor who is most famous for his sculptures of George Washington and Voltaire.
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Among sculptors, Jean-Antoine Houdon ranks 30 out of 190. Before him are Gustav Vigeland, Louise Bourgeois, Giovanni Pisano, Claus Sluter, Antoine Bourdelle, and Paul Landowski. After him are Leochares, Alessandro Algardi, Claes Oldenburg, Jacopo della Quercia, Jean Tinguely, and Eduardo Chillida.
1869 - 1943
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 24
1911 - 2010
HPI: 72.34
Rank: 25
1248 - 1315
HPI: 71.92
Rank: 26
1340 - 1406
HPI: 71.86
Rank: 27
1861 - 1929
HPI: 71.49
Rank: 28
1875 - 1961
HPI: 71.47
Rank: 29
1741 - 1828
HPI: 71.40
Rank: 30
400 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 71.37
Rank: 31
1595 - 1654
HPI: 71.34
Rank: 32
1929 - Present
HPI: 71.18
Rank: 33
1374 - 1438
HPI: 70.93
Rank: 34
1925 - 1991
HPI: 70.76
Rank: 35
1924 - 2002
HPI: 70.75
Rank: 36
Among people born in 1741, Jean-Antoine Houdon ranks 9. Before him are Angelica Kauffman, Princess Isabella of Parma, Peter Simon Pallas, Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, and Johann Kaspar Lavater. After him are André Grétry, Nicolas Chamfort, Carl Linnaeus the Younger, Emperor Momozono, Andrea Luchesi, and Benedict Arnold. Among people deceased in 1828, Jean-Antoine Houdon ranks 8. Before him are Francisco Goya, Shaka, Maria Feodorovna, Victor of Aveyron, Franz Joseph Gall, and Carl Peter Thunberg. After him are Alexander Ypsilantis, Kobayashi Issa, William Hyde Wollaston, Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Karl Mack von Leiberich, and Radama I.
1741 - 1807
HPI: 74.24
Rank: 3
1741 - 1763
HPI: 74.19
Rank: 4
1741 - 1811
HPI: 74.13
Rank: 5
1741 - 1788
HPI: 73.95
Rank: 6
1741 - 1803
HPI: 73.39
Rank: 7
1741 - 1801
HPI: 71.51
Rank: 8
1741 - 1828
HPI: 71.40
Rank: 9
1741 - 1813
HPI: 71.28
Rank: 10
1741 - 1794
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 11
1741 - 1783
HPI: 70.61
Rank: 12
1741 - 1762
HPI: 70.28
Rank: 13
1741 - 1801
HPI: 69.68
Rank: 14
1741 - 1801
HPI: 68.05
Rank: 15
1746 - 1828
HPI: 87.78
Rank: 2
1787 - 1828
HPI: 76.31
Rank: 3
1759 - 1828
HPI: 75.40
Rank: 4
1793 - 1828
HPI: 74.01
Rank: 5
1758 - 1828
HPI: 71.79
Rank: 6
1743 - 1828
HPI: 71.58
Rank: 7
1741 - 1828
HPI: 71.40
Rank: 8
1792 - 1828
HPI: 71.06
Rank: 9
1763 - 1828
HPI: 71.06
Rank: 10
1766 - 1828
HPI: 70.94
Rank: 11
1757 - 1828
HPI: 69.43
Rank: 12
1752 - 1828
HPI: 69.38
Rank: 13
1793 - 1828
HPI: 68.99
Rank: 14
Among people born in France, Jean-Antoine Houdon ranks 911 out of 5,234. Before him are Chevalier d'Éon (1728), Charles Lucien Bonaparte (1803), Paul Delaroche (1797), Joseph Liouville (1809), Pierre Janet (1859), and Liliane Bettencourt (1922). After him are Henri Lefebvre (1901), Maria Malibran (1808), Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu (1766), Gilbert Bécaud (1927), Francis III, Duke of Brittany (1518), and Bruno Latour (1947).
1728 - 1810
HPI: 71.44
Rank: 905
1803 - 1857
HPI: 71.43
Rank: 906
1797 - 1856
HPI: 71.43
Rank: 907
1809 - 1882
HPI: 71.43
Rank: 908
1859 - 1947
HPI: 71.42
Rank: 909
1922 - 2017
HPI: 71.41
Rank: 910
1741 - 1828
HPI: 71.40
Rank: 911
1901 - 1991
HPI: 71.40
Rank: 912
1808 - 1836
HPI: 71.40
Rank: 913
1766 - 1822
HPI: 71.40
Rank: 914
1927 - 2001
HPI: 71.40
Rank: 915
1518 - 1536
HPI: 71.40
Rank: 916
1947 - Present
HPI: 71.40
Rank: 917
Among sculptors born in France, Jean-Antoine Houdon ranks 9. Before him are Giambologna (1529), Marie Tussaud (1761), Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi (1834), Louise Bourgeois (1911), Antoine Bourdelle (1861), and Paul Landowski (1875). After him are François Rude (1784), Rosa Bonheur (1822), Étienne Maurice Falconet (1716), Jean-Baptiste Pigalle (1714), David d'Angers (1788), and Jean Goujon (1510).
1529 - 1608
HPI: 75.97
Rank: 3
1761 - 1850
HPI: 75.24
Rank: 4
1834 - 1904
HPI: 75.01
Rank: 5
1911 - 2010
HPI: 72.34
Rank: 6
1861 - 1929
HPI: 71.49
Rank: 7
1875 - 1961
HPI: 71.47
Rank: 8
1741 - 1828
HPI: 71.40
Rank: 9
1784 - 1855
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 10
1822 - 1899
HPI: 69.47
Rank: 11
1716 - 1791
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 12
1714 - 1785
HPI: 67.16
Rank: 13
1788 - 1856
HPI: 66.97
Rank: 14
1510 - 1572
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 15