Étienne Maurice Falconet

Étienne Maurice Falconet was a French baroque, rococo and neoclassical sculptor, best-known for his equestrian statue of Peter the Great, the Bronze Horseman (1782), in St. Petersburg, Russia, and for the small statues he produced in series for the Royal Sévres Porcelain Manufactory

1 December 1716

Born on the same birth day (1 December): Christos Melissis • Cyril Ritchard • Emily McLaughlin • Filippos Petsalnikos • Jan Długosz • Justin Chadwick • Laura Ling • Ledi Sayadaw • Obba Babatundé • Ross Edwards (cricketer) • Salvatore Schillaci • Sophie Hedwig of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1592–1642) • Sotelúm • Sun Yang • Tomáš Tatar • Vangelis Sklavos • Vernon McGarity

Born in the same month (December 1716): Jean François de Saint-Lambert • Johann Jakob Reiske • Louis Jules Mancini, Duke of Nevers • Thomas Gray