1741 - 1828
Jean-Antoine Houdon (French: [ʒɑ̃ ɑ̃twan udɔ̃]; 20 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 203,897 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Jean-Antoine Houdon is the 28th most popular sculptor (up from 30th in 2019), the 930th most popular biography from France (down from 908th in 2019) and the 8th 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 28 out of 189. Before him are Luca della Robbia, Nicola Pisano, Paul Landowski, Andrea Pisano, Giovanni Pisano, and Antoine Bourdelle. After him are Ossip Zadkine, Alexander Archipenko, Jean Tinguely, Alessandro Algardi, Louise Bourgeois, and Rosa Bonheur.
1399 - 1482
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 22
1225 - 1284
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 23
1875 - 1961
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 24
1290 - 1348
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 25
1248 - 1315
HPI: 63.39
Rank: 26
1861 - 1929
HPI: 63.05
Rank: 27
1741 - 1828
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 28
1888 - 1967
HPI: 62.43
Rank: 29
1887 - 1964
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 30
1925 - 1991
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 31
1595 - 1654
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 32
1911 - 2010
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 33
1822 - 1899
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 34
Among people born in 1741, Jean-Antoine Houdon ranks 10. Before him are Peter Simon Pallas, Princess Isabella of Parma, Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, Emperor Momozono, and Johann Kaspar Lavater. After him are Nicolas Chamfort, André Grétry, Andrea Luchesi, Benedict Arnold, Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and Carl Linnaeus the Younger. Among people deceased in 1828, Jean-Antoine Houdon ranks 7. Before him are Franz Schubert, Francisco Goya, Shaka, Maria Feodorovna, Victor of Aveyron, and Alexander Ypsilantis. After him are Franz Joseph Gall, Carl Peter Thunberg, Karl Mack von Leiberich, Kobayashi Issa, Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, and Charlotte, Princess Royal.
1741 - 1811
HPI: 65.47
Rank: 4
1741 - 1763
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 5
1741 - 1803
HPI: 64.69
Rank: 6
1741 - 1788
HPI: 64.11
Rank: 7
1741 - 1762
HPI: 63.11
Rank: 8
1741 - 1801
HPI: 62.71
Rank: 9
1741 - 1828
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 10
1741 - 1794
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 11
1741 - 1813
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 12
1741 - 1801
HPI: 59.67
Rank: 13
1741 - 1801
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 14
1741 - 1816
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 15
1741 - 1783
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 16
1797 - 1828
HPI: 85.86
Rank: 1
1746 - 1828
HPI: 84.19
Rank: 2
1787 - 1828
HPI: 69.03
Rank: 3
1759 - 1828
HPI: 68.43
Rank: 4
1793 - 1828
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 5
1792 - 1828
HPI: 63.41
Rank: 6
1741 - 1828
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 7
1758 - 1828
HPI: 62.46
Rank: 8
1743 - 1828
HPI: 61.89
Rank: 9
1752 - 1828
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 10
1763 - 1828
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 11
1757 - 1828
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 12
1766 - 1828
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 13
Among people born in France, Jean-Antoine Houdon ranks 930 out of 6,011. Before him are Francis Lai (1932), Henry I of Navarre (1244), Cardinal de Rohan (1734), Joseph Justus Scaliger (1540), Christine of France (1606), and René Cassin (1887). After him are Juliette Récamier (1777), Jean Dausset (1916), Max Jacob (1876), Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile (1162), Geoffrey of Villehardouin (1150), and Thierry Henry (1977).
1932 - 2018
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 924
1244 - 1274
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 925
1734 - 1803
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 926
1540 - 1609
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 927
1606 - 1663
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 928
1887 - 1976
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 929
1741 - 1828
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 930
1777 - 1849
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 931
1916 - 2009
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 932
1876 - 1944
HPI: 62.65
Rank: 933
1162 - 1214
HPI: 62.65
Rank: 934
1150 - 1210
HPI: 62.65
Rank: 935
1977 - Present
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 936
Among sculptors born in France, Jean-Antoine Houdon ranks 8. Before him are Camille Claudel (1864), Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi (1834), Giambologna (1529), Marie Tussaud (1761), Paul Landowski (1875), and Antoine Bourdelle (1861). After him are Louise Bourgeois (1911), Rosa Bonheur (1822), François Rude (1784), Étienne Maurice Falconet (1716), Jean-Baptiste Pigalle (1714), and David d'Angers (1788).
1864 - 1943
HPI: 71.39
Rank: 2
1834 - 1904
HPI: 67.69
Rank: 3
1529 - 1608
HPI: 67.49
Rank: 4
1761 - 1850
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 5
1875 - 1961
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 6
1861 - 1929
HPI: 63.05
Rank: 7
1741 - 1828
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 8
1911 - 2010
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 9
1822 - 1899
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 10
1784 - 1855
HPI: 59.91
Rank: 11
1716 - 1791
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 12
1714 - 1785
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 13
1788 - 1856
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 14