# hunger artist

> performers, common in Europe and America in the 18th, 19th and early 20th century, who starved themselves for extended periods of time, for the amusement of paying audiences

**Wikidata**: [Q1637861](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1637861)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunger_artist)  
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