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Molière

1622 - 1673

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Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (French: [ʒɑ̃ batist pɔklɛ̃]; 15 January 1622 (baptised) – 17 February 1673), known by his stage name Molière (UK: , US: ; French: [mɔljɛʁ] ), was a French playwright, actor, and poet, widely regarded as one of the great writers in the French language and world literature. His extant works include comedies, farces, tragicomedies, comédie-ballets, and more. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed at the Comédie-Française more often than those of any other playwright today. His influence is such that the French language is often referred to as the "language of Molière". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Molière is the 17th most popular writer (up from 19th in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from France (up from 14th in 2019) and the 4th most popular French Writer.

Molière is most famous for his play "The Misanthrope."

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Molière ranks 17 out of 7,302. Before him are Victor Hugo, Voltaire, James Joyce, Sophocles, Jules Verne, and Virgil. After him are Miguel de Cervantes, Jean-Paul Sartre, T. S. Eliot, Ovid, Alexandre Dumas, and Albert Camus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1622, Molière ranks 1. After him are Charles X Gustav of Sweden, Carel Fabritius, Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen, Vincenzo Viviani, Bernhardus Varenius, Vittoria della Rovere, Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie, Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem, Juan de Valdés Leal, Christian Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach, and Karel Dujardin. Among people deceased in 1673, Molière ranks 1. After him are Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan, Margaret Theresa of Spain, Salvator Rosa, Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki, Semyon Dezhnev, Joan Blaeu, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Regnier de Graaf, Eugene Maurice, Count of Soissons, Barent Fabritius, and Robert Moray.

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In France

Among people born in France, Molière ranks 12 out of 6,770. Before him are Louis XVI of France (1754), Victor Hugo (1802), Voltaire (1694), Louis Pasteur (1822), Claude Monet (1840), and Jules Verne (1828). After 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).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Molière ranks 4. Before him are Victor Hugo (1802), Voltaire (1694), and Jules Verne (1828). After him are Jean-Paul Sartre (1905), Alexandre Dumas (1802), 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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