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Jean Rotrou

1609 - 1650

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Jean Rotrou (21 August 1609 – 28 June 1650) was a French poet and tragedian. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean Rotrou is the 3,662nd most popular writer (down from 3,302nd in 2019), the 3,677th most popular biography from France (down from 3,425th in 2019) and the 466th most popular French Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jean Rotrou ranks 3,662 out of 7,302Before him are Marie-Joseph Chénier, Carmen Laforet, Peter Andreas Heiberg, Katherine Anne Porter, Etgar Keret, and Julius Obsequens. After him are Alaa Al Aswany, Alexandru Macedonski, Lisa Tetzner, Ram Prasad Bismil, Yan Lianke, and Nikolay Ogarev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1609, Jean Rotrou ranks 18Before him are Ernest Günther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Kâtip Çelebi, Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi, Maria Gonzaga, Duchess of Montferrat, Pierre-Paul Riquet, and Paul Fleming. After him are Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, Gerrard Winstanley, Robert Moray, and John Suckling. Among people deceased in 1650, Jean Rotrou ranks 16Before him are James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, Charlotte Marguerite de Montmorency, Catalina de Erauso, Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg, Manuel Cardoso, and İbrahim Peçevi. After him are Claude Favre de Vaugelas, and Fernando de Alva Cortés Ixtlilxóchitl.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean Rotrou ranks 3,677 out of 6,770Before him are Philippe Étancelin (1896), Jacques Cujas (1522), Rosa Vercellana (1833), Sylvain Wiltord (1974), Pierre Vidal-Naquet (1930), and Pedro Henrique of Orléans-Braganza (1909). After him are Jean Lucas (1917), Maurizio Galbaio (800), Harry Schell (1921), Charles Duclerc (1812), Jacques Aved (1702), and Alain Chartier (1392).

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Jean Rotrou ranks 466Before him are Charles Simon Favart (1710), Thomas Corneille (1625), Antoine de la Sale (1388), Henry Becque (1837), Ferdinand Brunetière (1849), and Claude Bourgelat (1712). After him are Alain Chartier (1392), Claude Favre de Vaugelas (1585), François de La Mothe Le Vayer (1588), Maurice Paléologue (1859), Joseph Joffo (1931), and Jules Janin (1804).