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That would be Vincent Van Gogh, according to legend.

However, there is no evidence that he actually cut his own ear off.

In fact, in recent times there is new historic evidence that suggests that it was cut off in an argument by a French artist called Paul Gauguin.

See related link for the historian's new account.

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