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Jean-Baptiste Rousseau

1669 - 1741

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Jean-Baptiste Rousseau (6 April 1671 – 17 March 1741) was a French playwright and poet, particularly noted for his cynical epigrams. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean-Baptiste Rousseau is the 1,985th most popular writer (down from 1,702nd in 2019), the 2,261st most popular biography from France (down from 1,962nd in 2019) and the 282nd most popular French Writer.

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Among writers, Jean-Baptiste Rousseau ranks 1,985 out of 7,302. Before him are Eiji Tsuburaya, Savitri Devi, Robert Southey, Erinna, George Meredith, and Augustin Barruel. After him are José Mauro de Vasconcelos, Philemon, Virginia Henderson, Jacques Collin de Plancy, Jovan Dučić, and Jean-Dominique Bauby.

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Among people born in 1669, Jean-Baptiste Rousseau ranks 6. Before him are Maria Antonia of Austria, Anne Marie d'Orléans, Yevdokiya Lopukhina, Louis Marchand, and Wirich Philipp von Daun. After him are Isabel Luísa, Princess of Beira, Prince George of Hesse-Darmstadt, Sébastien Vaillant, Philip William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt, Davit Bek, and Jacob Bruce. Among people deceased in 1741, Jean-Baptiste Rousseau ranks 9. Before him are Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden, Johann Joseph Fux, Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria, Pauline Félicité de Mailly-Nesle, Wirich Philipp von Daun, and Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine. After him are Anna Maria Franziska of Saxe-Lauenburg, Victor Amadeus I, Prince of Carignano, Georg Rafael Donner, Bernard de Montfaucon, Blas de Lezo, and Jethro Tull.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-Baptiste Rousseau ranks 2,261 out of 6,770. Before him are Eric Abidal (1979), Peter I, Duke of Brittany (1191), Guillaume Dubois (1656), Augustin Barruel (1741), Marguerite of Lorraine (1615), and Charles Cros (1842). After him are Jacques Collin de Plancy (1794), Fulbert of Chartres (960), Bertrand Barère (1755), Urbain Grandier (1590), Jean-Dominique Bauby (1952), and William Iron Arm (1010).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Jean-Baptiste Rousseau ranks 282. Before him are Fred Vargas (1957), Avitus of Vienne (450), Éric Zemmour (1958), Jean Bruller (1902), Savitri Devi (1905), and Augustin Barruel (1741). After him are Jacques Collin de Plancy (1794), Jean-Dominique Bauby (1952), Paul Morand (1888), Elizabeth of the Trinity (1880), Anne Golon (1921), and Robert de Boron (1110).

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