A famous deaf sculptor sometimes referred to as the "Michelangelo of the West."

Douglas Tilden was a famous deaf sculptor. He was born on May 1, 1860 and passed away on August 5, 1935. He was born hearing, but when he was 5 years old, he became deaf because he got scarlet fever. As growing up deaf, he attended the California School for the Deaf (CSD) in Berkeley, California (now in Fremont, California). After graduation, he worked there. While working there, he started sculpting. Then he left to Paris to study art for a while. Once in Paris, he met another deaf sculptor and learned a lot about sculpting from that deaf sculptor named Paul Chopin.