No, the Statue of Liberty is not a man.
The iconic monument is a representation of a woman, famously known as “Lady Liberty.” Specifically, she is a depiction of Libertas, the Roman goddess of liberty.
This follows a long artistic tradition of personifying ideals like liberty, freedom, and justice as female figures.
The statue’s official name is “Liberty Enlightening the World,” and it was conceived as a symbol of the friendship between France and the United States and their shared pursuit of freedom.
Furthermore, the sculptor, Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, is widely believed to have modeled the statue’s stoic facial features after his own mother, Charlotte Beysser Bartholdi.