Maurice Tillet was perhaps better known by his stage name, the “French Angel.” A Russian-born French professional wrestler, Tillet enjoyed a relatively successful career during his lifetime ...

It’s a bust of Maurice Tillet, a professional wrestler known as The French Angel. All its features are distended beyond normal human scale: the forehead beetles, the nose protrudes, the jaw juts ...

Maurice Tillet, better known as "The French Angel" in professional wrestling, was one of the biggest stars ever to grace the squared circle. Tillet was born on October 23, 1903, in Russia to ...

The real-life inspiration for the animated character Shrek might just be a man nicknamed "The French Angel." Known formally as Maurice Tillet, a Russian-born Frenchman, the man rose to prominence ...

Turns out, he was pretty famous in his time, way back when. Maurice Tillet, otherwise known as 'The French Angel' was a Russian-French-American pro wrestler and world heavyweight champion in the ...

The real-world inspiration for Shrek, it’s suspected, is a Russian-born Frenchman named Maurice Tillet, who also went by “The French Angel.” Tillet was born in 1903 and called “angel” by ...

On May 28, 2024, a Facebook user claimed the movie character Shrek was inspired by the appearance of a 20th century Russian-French wrestler named Maurice Tillet. The Facebook user wrote: "The ...

Frenchman Maurice Tillet's unique appearance was caused ... And the hands of the 'French Angel' were enormous too. Tillet fought in fights in Britain, France and elsewhere, but had the most ...

Maurice Tillet, the French Angel (as opposed to the new Swedish Angel) paid a scientific visit to the University again yesterday, but this time he came not as a specimen, but as a student.

Maurice Tillet is an amiable Frenchman who ... Hooton complied, and received from the Angel an elegant letter of thanks, in French, with practically no spelling mistakes. Last week, back in ...