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Marie Tussaud

1761 - 1850

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Anna Maria "Marie" Tussaud (French pronunciation: [maʁi tyso]; née Grosholtz; 1 December 1761 – 16 April 1850), commonly known as Madame Tussaud, was a French artist known for her wax sculptures and Madame Tussauds, the wax museum she founded in London. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marie Tussaud has received more than 1,445,154 page views. Her biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Marie Tussaud is the 18th most popular sculptor (down from 17th in 2019), the 562nd most popular biography from France (down from 486th in 2019) and the 5th most popular French Sculptor.

Marie Tussaud is most famous for her wax museum in London.

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Marie Tussaud ranks 18 out of 189. Before her are Constantin Brâncuși, Bertel Thorvaldsen, Scopas, Alexander Calder, Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, and Giambologna. After her are Henry Moore, Lars Vilks, Jacopo Sansovino, Luca della Robbia, Nicola Pisano, and Paul Landowski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1761, Marie Tussaud ranks 3. Before her are Pope Pius VIII and Selim III. After her are Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly, William Carey, Jan Potocki, Christiaan Hendrik Persoon, Jean-Charles Pichegru, August von Kotzebue, Philippe Buonarroti, Antoine Barnave, and Sineperver Sultan. Among people deceased in 1850, Marie Tussaud ranks 9. Before her are Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, William Wordsworth, Daoguang Emperor, Zachary Taylor, Báb, and José de San Martín. After her are Frédéric Bastiat, Johann Heinrich von Thünen, Louise of Orléans, Robert Peel, Lin Zexu, and Germain Henri Hess.

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In France

Among people born in France, Marie Tussaud ranks 562 out of 6,011. Before her are Luc Besson (1959), Childebert I (497), Antipope Clement VII (1342), Johann Heinrich Lambert (1728), Ansgar (801), and Jacques Hébert (1757). After her are Gaston Bachelard (1884), Paul Sabatier (1854), Jean-Jacques Annaud (1943), Boris Vian (1920), Jules Michelet (1798), and Richard Clayderman (1953).

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Among SCULPTORS In France

Among sculptors born in France, Marie Tussaud ranks 5. Before her are Auguste Rodin (1840), Camille Claudel (1864), Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi (1834), and Giambologna (1529). After her are Paul Landowski (1875), Antoine Bourdelle (1861), Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741), Louise Bourgeois (1911), Rosa Bonheur (1822), François Rude (1784), and Étienne Maurice Falconet (1716).

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