Franz Xaver Messerschmidt

Franz Xaver Messerschmidt was a German-Austrian sculptor most famous for his "character heads", a collection of busts with faces contorted in extreme facial expressions.

6 February 1736

Born on the same birth day (6 February): Aleksandar Katai • Augusta Marie of Holstein-Gottorp • Auguste Chapdelaine • Carl N. Degler • Charlie Heaton • Charlie Hickcox • Christine Boutin • Fallulah • Girolamo Benivieni • Maximilian Fretter-Pico • Punky Meadows • Tinashe • Viktor Giacobbo • Zsa Zsa Gabor

Born in the same month (February 1736): Alexander, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach • Ann Lee • Johann Georg Albrechtsberger