PHOTOGRAPHER

Napoleon Sarony

1821 - 1896

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Napoléon Sarony (March 9, 1821 – November 9, 1896) was an American lithographer and photographer. He was a highly popular portrait photographer, best known for his portraits of the stars of late-19th-century American theater. His son, Otto Sarony, continued the family business as a theater and film star photographer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Napoleon Sarony is the 37th most popular photographer (up from 54th in 2019), the 149th most popular biography from Canada (up from 170th in 2019) and the most popular Canadian Photographer.

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Napoleon Sarony ranks 37 out of 148. Before him are Wilhelm Brasse, Roger Fenton, Étienne Carjat, William Klein, Robert Mapplethorpe, and Sophie Calle. After him are Peter Lindbergh, Astrid Kirchherr, David Bailey, Berenice Abbott, Lewis Hine, and Andreas Gursky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1821, Napoleon Sarony ranks 36. Before him are Ernst Engel, Duchess Caroline Mariane of Mecklenburg, Henry Thomas Buckle, Franz Doppler, Ford Madox Brown, and Albert, 4th duc de Broglie. After him are Leon Pinsker, Gabriel García Moreno, John C. Breckinridge, Mary Baker Eddy, Ferdinand Gregorovius, and Philipp Ludwig von Seidel. Among people deceased in 1896, Napoleon Sarony ranks 35. Before him are Heinrich von Treitschke, Ernst Engel, Luigi Federico Menabrea, Félix Tisserand, Ernst Curtius, and Adalbert Krueger. After him are Karl Verner, Louis Gerhard De Geer, Philipp Ludwig von Seidel, Kurmangazy Sagyrbaev, Antônio Carlos Gomes, and Robert Nobel.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Napoleon Sarony ranks 149 out of 1,622. Before him are Paul Martin (1938), William Lyon Mackenzie King (1874), Robin Sharma (1965), Denys Arcand (1941), Brian Tracy (1944), and Antonine Maillet (1929). After him are Nancy Greene Raine (1943), Louis Nirenberg (1925), Myron Scholes (1941), Rick Moranis (1953), Steven Pinker (1954), and Peter Cullen (1941).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In Canada

Among photographers born in Canada, Napoleon Sarony ranks 1. 

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