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Johann Gottfried Schadow

1764 - 1850

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Johann Gottfried Schadow (20 May 1764 – 27 January 1850) was a German Prussian sculptor. His most iconic work is the chariot on top of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johann Gottfried Schadow has received more than 73,058 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Gottfried Schadow is the 76th most popular sculptor, the 1,881st most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,984th in 2019) and the 4th most popular German Sculptor.

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  • 3.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Johann Gottfried Schadow ranks 76 out of 258. Before him are François Girardon, David d'Angers, Cephisodotus the Elder, Giorgio da Sebenico, Jean Goujon, and Giacomo Manzù. After him are Silanion, Antoine Pevsner, Nanni di Banco, Anna Mahler, François Duquesnoy, and Mino da Fiesole.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1764, Johann Gottfried Schadow ranks 10. Before him are Ann Radcliffe, José Gervasio Artigas, Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, John Goodricke, Duchess Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and Fletcher Christian. After him are Nikolai Rezanov, Princess Maria Carolina of Savoy, Barbara von Krüdener, Sophie de Condorcet, Alexander Mackenzie, and Carlo Andrea Pozzo di Borgo. Among people deceased in 1850, Johann Gottfried Schadow ranks 26. Before him are Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, Adam Oehlenschläger, William Sturgeon, Vincent Pallotti, Archduke Ferdinand Karl Joseph of Austria-Este, and William Prout. After him are John C. Calhoun, Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville, Lorenzo Bartolini, Heinrich Christian Schumacher, Carl Sigismund Kunth, and Margaret Fuller.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johann Gottfried Schadow ranks 1,881 out of 7,253. Before him are Hermann Paul (1846), Albert Leo Schlageter (1894), Wilhelm Ohnesorge (1872), Hans-Gert Pöttering (1945), Theodore of Corsica (1694), and Peter Henlein (1479). After him are Monika Ertl (1937), Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1861), Wolfgang Sawallisch (1923), Otto Braun (1900), Ludwig Fischer (1905), and Franz Danzi (1763).

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Among SCULPTORS In Germany

Among sculptors born in Germany, Johann Gottfried Schadow ranks 4. Before him are Veit Stoss (1450), Tilman Riemenschneider (1460), and Franz Xaver Messerschmidt (1736). After him are Adolf von Hildebrand (1847), Igor Mitoraj (1944), Christian Daniel Rauch (1777), Adam Kraft (1450), Clara Westhoff (1878), Georg Kolbe (1877), Rebecca Horn (1944), and Rudolf Belling (1886).

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