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Pierre Beaumarchais

1732 - 1799

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Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais ([pjeʁ(oɡystɛ̃ kaʁɔ̃) də bomaʁʃɛ]; 24 January 1732 – 18 May 1799) was a French playwright and diplomat during the Age of Enlightenment. Best known for his three Figaro plays, at various times in his life he was also a watchmaker, inventor, musician, spy, publisher, arms dealer, and revolutionary (both French and American). Born a Parisian watchmaker's son, Beaumarchais rose in French society and became influential in the court of Louis XV as an inventor and music teacher. He made a number of important business and social contacts, played various roles as a diplomat and spy, and had earned a considerable fortune before a series of costly court battles jeopardized his reputation. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pierre Beaumarchais is the 361st most popular writer (down from 304th in 2019), the 436th most popular biography from France (down from 336th in 2019) and the 64th most popular French Writer.

Pierre Beaumarchais is most famous for the play "The Marriage of Figaro" and the opera "The Barber of Seville."

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Among writers, Pierre Beaumarchais ranks 361 out of 7,302. Before him are Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, O. Henry, John Keats, Jane Hawking, Zosimus, and Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus. After him are Ivanka Trump, Arthur Schnitzler, Théophile Gautier, Henry Miller, Heinrich von Kleist, and Gabriele D'Annunzio.

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Among people born in 1732, Pierre Beaumarchais ranks 6. Before him are Joseph Haydn, George Washington, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Frederick North, Lord North, and Stanisław August Poniatowski. After him are Jacques Necker, Jérôme Lalande, Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, Johann Christoph Adelung, John Dickinson, and Adélaïde of France. Among people deceased in 1799, Pierre Beaumarchais ranks 5. Before him are George Washington, Pope Pius VI, Qianlong Emperor, and Maria Gaetana Agnesi. After him are Joseph Black, Lazzaro Spallanzani, Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Horace Bénédict de Saussure, Tipu Sultan, Victoire of France, and Heshen.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Beaumarchais ranks 436 out of 6,770. Before him are Antoine of Navarre (1518), Pierre Gassendi (1592), Pierre Bayle (1647), Arthur Honegger (1892), Isabella of France (1295), and Giambologna (1529). After him are Aristide Briand (1862), Léo Delibes (1836), Ferdinand de Lesseps (1805), Napoléon, Prince Imperial (1856), Théophile Gautier (1811), and Gérard Philipe (1922).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Pierre Beaumarchais ranks 64. Before him are Marguerite de Navarre (1492), Colette (1873), André Malraux (1901), Ève Curie (1904), Maurice Leblanc (1864), and Paul Valéry (1871). After him are Théophile Gautier (1811), Jean Genet (1910), Alphonse de Lamartine (1790), Auguste Escoffier (1847), Paul Éluard (1895), and Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636).

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