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Max Jacob

1876 - 1944

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Max Jacob (French: [maks ʒakɔb]; 12 July 1876 – 5 March 1944) was a French poet, painter, writer, and critic. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Max Jacob is the 806th most popular writer (down from 704th in 2019), the 961st most popular biography from France (down from 837th in 2019) and the 123rd most popular French Writer.

Max Jacob was a French poet and painter who became a close friend of Picasso. He was also a major contributor to the Dada movement.

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Among writers, Max Jacob ranks 806 out of 7,302. Before him are Felix Salten, Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster, Fatema Mernissi, Theodoret, Tove Ditlevsen, and Dashiell Hammett. After him are L. Frank Baum, Zeami Motokiyo, Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, Cesare Pavese, Joseph of Anchieta, and Robert Ludlum.

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Among people born in 1876, Max Jacob ranks 31. Before him are Willis Carrier, Elsa Einstein, Dragutin Dimitrijević, Bruno Walter, Maxim Litvinov, and Wilhelm Cuno. After him are Paula Modersohn-Becker, Kim Koo, Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Walter Sydney Adams, Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Eric Drummond, 7th Earl of Perth. Among people deceased in 1944, Max Jacob ranks 51. Before him are Gustav Bauer, Glenn Miller, Theodore Roosevelt Jr., Mohammed Alim Khan, Werner von Haeften, and Giovanni Gentile. After him are Eduard Dietl, Nikolai Vatutin, Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim, Princess Mafalda of Savoy, Florence Foster Jenkins, and Leo Baekeland.

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In France

Among people born in France, Max Jacob ranks 961 out of 6,770. Before him are Robert IV of Sablé (1150), Germaine of Foix (1488), Louis Vuitton (1821), Jacques de Vaucanson (1709), Françoise Dorléac (1942), and Agnes of Poitou (1025). After him are Claude Perrault (1613), John, Duke of Berry (1340), Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657), Louis Barthou (1862), Henri Lebesgue (1875), and Childebert III (678).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Max Jacob ranks 123. Before him are Antoine Galland (1646), Edmond de Goncourt (1822), Charles Maurras (1868), Pierre Boulle (1912), Ninon de l'Enclos (1620), and Jean Anouilh (1910). After him are Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657), Theodore Beza (1519), Alain-René Lesage (1668), Bernart de Ventadorn (1135), Eugène Scribe (1791), and Georges Bernanos (1888).

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