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Birth Name: Jean-Baptiste Poquelin

Born: 15 January 1622 Died: 17 February 1673

Country of origin: France

Partner: Madeleine Béjart

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Description: (Biography from Wikipedia) Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, mostly known by his stage name Molière, (January 15, 1622 – February 17, 1673) was a French playwright and actor who is considered one of the greatest masters of comedy in Western literature.[1] Among Molière's best-known dramas are Le Misanthrope (The Misanthrope), L'École des femmes (The School for Wives), Tartuffe ou L'Imposteur, (Tartuffe or the Hypocrite), L'Avare ou L'École du mensonge (The Miser), Le Malade imaginaire (The Imaginary Invalid), and Le Bourgeois gentilhomme (The Bourgeois Gentleman). Born into a prosperous family and having studied at the Collèg ... (more)

Tags: French (1), Comedian (1), Actor (1), Playwright (1), Master Of Comedy (1), Western Literature (1), Died February 17 (1), Born January 15 (1), Born 1622 (1), Died 1673 (1)

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" Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, AKA Molière, is known to be one of the greatest playwrights and satirists in French history. Also look at his hair, that shit was luxurious as hell. He was so popular that even Louis XIV wanted to hang out with him: He wasn't so lucky though when he collapsed and died on February 17, 1673. Moliere had suffered from tuberculosis ever since he was a young man, when they put him in jail for monetary debt (that's right, there was an asshole IRS back then too). But he d"