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Peggy Guggenheim

1898 - 1979

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Marguerite "Peggy" Guggenheim ( GUUG-ən-hyme; August 26, 1898 – December 23, 1979) was an American art collector, bohemian, and socialite. Born to the wealthy New York City Guggenheim family, she was the daughter of Benjamin Guggenheim, who went down with the Titanic in 1912, and the niece of Solomon R. Guggenheim, who established the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation. Guggenheim collected art in Europe and America between 1938 and 1946. She exhibited this collection as she built it. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peggy Guggenheim is the 37th most popular celebrity (down from 29th in 2019), the 1,739th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,064th in 2019) and the 15th most popular American Celebrity.

Peggy Guggenheim was a wealthy American heiress who became a major art collector and patron. She was the daughter of Benjamin Guggenheim, one of the wealthiest men in the world at the time of his death in the sinking of the Titanic.

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Among celebrities, Peggy Guggenheim ranks 37 out of 265. Before her are Kim Kardashian, Sarah Knauss, Mehran Karimi Nasseri, Chandra Bahadur Dangi, Rosemary Kennedy, and Thérésa Tallien. After her are Myrtle Corbin, Black Dahlia, Anna Nicole Smith, Stańczyk, Armi Kuusela, and Cecilia Gallerani.

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Among people born in 1898, Peggy Guggenheim ranks 58. Before her are Totò, Joris Ivens, Hanns Eisler, Inejiro Asanuma, Felix Kersten, and Carl Clauberg. After her are Latife Uşşaki, Hastings Banda, Günther Korten, Leopold Infeld, Ernő Gerő, and Giuseppe Saragat. Among people deceased in 1979, Peggy Guggenheim ranks 48. Before her are Wilfred Bion, Mamie Eisenhower, Dimitri Tiomkin, Otto Robert Frisch, Jean-Marie Villot, and Alfredo Ottaviani. After her are Louis Chiron, Nicholas Ray, Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth, Louis Durey, Conrad Hilton, and Richard Rodgers.

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Among people born in United States, Peggy Guggenheim ranks 1,739 out of 20,380. Before her are Ben Stiller (1965), Ed O'Neill (1946), Robert Pine (1941), Elliot Richardson (1920), G. Stanley Hall (1846), and Arthur MacArthur Jr. (1845). After her are Archie Hahn (1880), Bernard Herrmann (1911), Richard Farnsworth (1920), Robert Sheckley (1928), Abigail Adams (1744), and Alan Kay (1940).

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Among celebrities born in United States, Peggy Guggenheim ranks 15. Before her are Roy Sullivan (1912), Monica Lewinsky (1973), Rodney King (1965), Kim Kardashian (1980), Sarah Knauss (1880), and Rosemary Kennedy (1918). After her are Myrtle Corbin (1868), Black Dahlia (1924), Anna Nicole Smith (1967), Joseph Augustus Zarelli (1953), Edie Sedgwick (1943), and Kim Peek (1951).

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