WRITER

Alexandre Dumas

1802 - 1870

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Alexandre Dumas (born Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, 24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870), also known as Alexandre Dumas père, was a French novelist and playwright. His works have been translated into many languages and he is one of the most widely read French authors. Many of his historical novels of adventure were originally published as serials, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After and The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later. Since the early 20th century, his novels have been adapted into nearly 200 films. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexandre Dumas is the 22nd most popular writer (up from 33rd in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from France (up from 34th in 2019) and the 6th most popular French Writer.

Alexandre Dumas is most famous for writing "The Three Musketeers" and "The Count of Monte Cristo."

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Among writers, Alexandre Dumas ranks 22 out of 7,302. Before him are Virgil, Molière, Miguel de Cervantes, Jean-Paul Sartre, T. S. Eliot, and Ovid. After him are Albert Camus, Hesiod, Anton Chekhov, Rumi, Petrarch, and Honoré de Balzac.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1802, Alexandre Dumas ranks 2. Before him is Victor Hugo. After him are Niels Henrik Abel, Archduke Franz Karl of Austria, Elias Lönnrot, Lajos Kossuth, János Bolyai, Miguel I of Portugal, Edwin Landseer, Louis-Eugène Cavaignac, Wilhelm Hauff, and Charles Wheatstone. Among people deceased in 1870, Alexandre Dumas ranks 1. After him are Charles Dickens, Prosper Mérimée, Robert E. Lee, Frédéric Bazille, Josef Strauss, Comte de Lautréamont, Alexander Herzen, Francisco Solano López, Ferdinand von Wrangel, Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and Gabriel Lamé.

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In France

Among people born in France, Alexandre Dumas ranks 19 out of 6,770. Before him are Montesquieu (1689), Maximilien Robespierre (1758), Jean-Paul Sartre (1905), Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807), Louis XV of France (1710), and Edward IV of England (1442). After him are Charles de Gaulle (1890), Nostradamus (1503), Honoré de Balzac (1799), Henri Matisse (1869), Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900), and Caracalla (188).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Alexandre Dumas ranks 6. Before him are Victor Hugo (1802), Voltaire (1694), Jules Verne (1828), Molière (1622), and Jean-Paul Sartre (1905). After him are Honoré de Balzac (1799), Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900), Simone de Beauvoir (1908), Charles Baudelaire (1821), Marcel Proust (1871), and Denis Diderot (1713).

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