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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

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marie Tussaud is the 21st most popular sculptor (down from 19th in 2019), the 690th most popular biography from France (down from 657th in 2019) and the 6th 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 21 out of 258. Before her are Bertel Thorvaldsen, Myron, Scopas, Józef Gosławski, Jacopo Sansovino, and Nicola Pisano. After her are Henry Moore, Luca della Robbia, Andrea Pisano, Alexander Calder, Alessandro Algardi, and Giovanni Pisano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1761, Marie Tussaud ranks 4. Before her are Pope Pius VIII, Selim III, and Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly. After her are Christiaan Hendrik Persoon, Jan Potocki, Jean-Charles Pichegru, August von Kotzebue, William Carey, Philippe Buonarroti, Georg I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, and Smithson Tennant. Among people deceased in 1850, Marie Tussaud ranks 9. Before her are Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, José de San Martín, Zachary Taylor, William Wordsworth, Báb, and Daoguang Emperor. After her are Louise of Orléans, Frédéric Bastiat, Lin Zexu, José Gervasio Artigas, Johann Heinrich von Thünen, and Robert Peel.

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In France

Among people born in France, Marie Tussaud ranks 690 out of 6,770. Before her are Marin Marais (1656), Jean Jaurès (1859), Peter the Hermit (1050), Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (1760), Judith of Bavaria (797), and Robert Bresson (1901). After her are Adam de la Halle (1245), Hugh the Great (898), Gaston Leroux (1868), Jacques Anquetil (1934), Yolande de Polastron (1749), and Francis Picabia (1879).

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Among SCULPTORS In France

Among sculptors born in France, Marie Tussaud ranks 6. Before her are Auguste Rodin (1840), Camille Claudel (1864), Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi (1834), Louise Bourgeois (1911), and Giambologna (1529). After her are Rosa Bonheur (1822), Antoine Bourdelle (1861), Paul Landowski (1875), Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741), François Rude (1784), and Étienne Maurice Falconet (1716).

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