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Joseph Merrick

Man with severe deformities known as the Elephant Man

1862 - 1890

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His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2024). Joseph Merrick is the 21st most popular celebrity (down from 18th in 2024), the 462nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 362nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular British Celebrity.

Joseph Merrick, also known as "The Elephant Man," was born in 1862 and died in 1890. He was born with a rare genetic condition called Proteus Syndrome. This condition caused him to have a severely deformed body and a large, lumpy head. He was exhibited as a human curiosity in freak shows across England and Europe.

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Joseph Merrick ranks #462 among 9,870 people in Pantheon born in United Kingdom, inside the top 5% of that group.

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Among Celebrities

Among celebrities, Joseph Merrick ranks 21 out of 350. Before him are Buffalo Bill, Jon Brower Minnoch, Blanche Monnier, Don King, Kane Tanaka, and Geli Raubal. After him are Tollund Man, Roy Sullivan, Inah Canabarro Lucas, Empress Michiko, Truganini, and Monica Lewinsky.

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Among people born in 1862, Joseph Merrick ranks 13. Before him are Allvar Gullstrand, William Henry Bragg, Hilma af Klint, O. Henry, Aristide Briand, and Arthur Schnitzler. After him are Niko Pirosmani, Pyotr Stolypin, Victoria of Baden, Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal, Emilio Salgari, and Helene Schjerfbeck. Among people deceased in 1890, Joseph Merrick ranks 10. Before him are Sitting Bull, César Franck, Amadeo I of Spain, William III of the Netherlands, Gyula Andrássy, and Duchess Helene in Bavaria. After him are Carl Bloch, Henri Nestlé, Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Richard Francis Burton, William Kemmler, and Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters.

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Among people born in United Kingdom, Joseph Merrick ranks 462 out of 9,870. Before him are Hugh Grant (1960), George Porter (1920), Nigel Mansell (1953), Richard Cromwell (1626), James Fox (1939), and William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1146). After him are Frank P. Ramsey (1903), Joan Clarke (1917), Ken Miles (1918), Llywelyn the Great (1173), George Shaw (1751), and G. K. Chesterton (1874).

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Among Celebrities In United Kingdom

Among celebrities born in United Kingdom, Joseph Merrick ranks 3. Before him are Mary Mallon (1869), and Millvina Dean (1912). After him are Ethel Caterham (1909), Albert Pierrepoint (1905), Mary Ann Bevan (1874), Alice Keppel (1868), Barbara West (1911), Daisy, Princess of Pless (1873), Christine Keeler (1942), Jane Morris (1839), and Louise Brown (1978).

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