Molière Molière Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known by his stage name Molière (; ; 15 January 162217 February 1673), was a French playwright, actor and poet, widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the French language and universal literature. His extant works includes 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 itself is often referred to as the "language of Molière". Born into a prosperous family and having studied at
Jean-Baptiste Drouet (French revolutionary) the island, in 1797; he later visited India. He returned to France without being prosecuted, and took his seat in the Council with the Neo-Jacobins (who were trying to revive the Jacobin Club). By the First Empire, he had become a "sub-préfet" of Sainte-Menehould. After the Second Restoration in 1815, he was compelled to leave France after being deemed ""regicide"", but, returning secretly, he settled at Mâcon, under the name of Merger, and kept his identity hidden until his death. Jean-Baptiste Drouet (French revolutionary) Jean-Baptiste Drouet (January 8, 1763April 11, 1824) was a French politician of the 1789 Revolution, chiefly