17th-century French male writers

The list 17th-century French male writers includes Vincent de Paul, Antoine Gombaud, Charles Perrault, Cyrano De Bergerac and Roland Fréart de Chambray. The list consists of 303 members.

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Vincent de Paul

17th Century French priest and saint

Overview: Vincent de Paul, CM (24 April 1581 – 27 September 1660), commonly known as Saint Vincent de Paul, was a Occitan French Catholic priest who dedicated himself to serving the poor.

Date of birth: 24 April 1581

Date of death: 27 September 1660

Age: 79 (age at death)

Nationality: French

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

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17th-century French Roman Catholic priests 63T

17th-century slaves 32T

Catholic chaplains 24T
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René Descartes

French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist (1596–1650)

Overview: René Descartes ( or ; Renatus Cartesius; 31 March 1596 – 11 February 1650) was a French philosopher, scientist, and mathematician, widely considered a seminal figure in the emergence of modern philosophy ...

Date of birth: 31 March 1596

Date of death: 11 February 1650

Age: 53 (age at death)

Nationality: French

Occupation: Philosopher

Gender: Male

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Augustinian philosophers 13T

Founders of philosophical traditions 43T

Cartesianism 8T
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Blaise Pascal

French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and Christian philosopher (1623–1662)

Overview: Blaise Pascal ( pass-KAL, -⁠KAHL, PASS-kəl, -⁠kal, pahs-KAHL; 19 June 1623 – 19 August 1662) was a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, philosopher, and Catholic writer.

Date of birth: 19 June 1623

Date of death: 19 August 1662

Age: 39 (age at death)

Nationality: French

Occupation: Mathematician

Gender: Male

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Cartesianism 8T

17th-century Christian mystics 87T

17th-century male writers 1,224T
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Charles Perrault

French author (1628–1703)

Overview: Charles Perrault ( perr-OH, pə-ROH, 12 January 1628 – 16 May 1703) was an iconic French author and member of the Académie Française. He laid the foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale, with ...

Date of birth: 12 January 1628

Date of death: 16 May 1703

Age: 75 (age at death)

Nationality: French

Occupation: Author

Gender: Male

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17th-century male writers 1,224T

French male writers 4,032T

Writers from Paris 1,366T
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Molière

French playwright and actor (1622–1673)

Overview: Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (15 January 1622 (baptised) – 17 February 1673), known by his stage name Molière (, , ), was a French playwright, actor and poet, widely regarded as one of the greatest writers ...

Date of birth: 15 January 1622

Date of death: 17 February 1673

Age: 51 (age at death)

Nationality: French

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

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Tuberculosis deaths in France 109T

17th-century theatre managers 16T

17th-century male writers 1,224T
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Antoine Gombaud

French writer

Overview: Antoine Gombaud, alias Chevalier de Méré, (1607 – 29 December 1684) was a French writer, born in Poitou. Although he was not a nobleman, he adopted the title chevalier (knight) for the character ...

Date of birth: 1607

Date of death: 1684

Age: 76 (age at death)

Nationality: French

Occupation: Mathematician

Gender: Male

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French male essayists 241T

17th-century male writers 1,224T

Male essayists 1,373T
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Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle

French writer and philosopher of the enlightenment (1657–1757)

Overview: Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle (11 February 1657 – 9 January 1757), also called Bernard Le Bouyer de Fontenelle, was a French author and an influential member of three of the academies of the I ...

Date of birth: 11 February 1657

Date of death: 9 January 1757

Age: 99 (age at death)

Nationality: French

Occupation: Scientist

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18th-century French male writers 392T

17th-century male writers 1,224T

18th-century male writers 1,354T
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Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet

Catholic bishop

Overview: Jacques-Bénigne Lignel Bossuet (27 September 1627 – 12 April 1704) was a French bishop and theologian, renowned for his sermons and other addresses. He has been considered by many to be one of the most ...

Date of birth: 27 September 1627

Date of death: 12 April 1704

Age: 76 (age at death)

Nationality: French

Occupation: Religion

Gender: Male

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People involved in anti-Protestantism 44T

18th-century French Roman Catholic bishops 27T

17th-century French Roman Catholic bishops 28T
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Theophile de Viau

French poet

Overview: Théophile de Viau (1590 – 25 September 1626) was a French Baroque poet and dramatist.

Date of birth: 1590

Date of death: 25 September 1626

Age: 36 (age at death)

Nationality: French

Occupation: Poet

Gender: Male

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17th-century letter writers 18T

17th-century male writers 1,224T

17th-century French dramatists and playwrights 99T
10.

Pierre Corneille

French tragedian

Overview: Pierre Corneille (6 June 1606 – 1 October 1684) was a French tragedian. He is generally considered one of the three great seventeenth-century French dramatists, along with Molière and Racine.

Date of birth: 6 June 1606

Date of death: 1 October 1684

Age: 78 (age at death)

Nationality: French

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

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17th-century male writers 1,224T

17th-century French dramatists and playwrights 99T

French male dramatists and playwrights 344T
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Francois Fenelon

French archbishop, theologian and writer (1651–1715)

Overview: François de Salignac de la Mothe-Fénelon (), more commonly known as François Fénelon (6 August 1651 – 7 January 1715), was a French Catholic archbishop, theologian, poet and writer. Today, he is remembered ...

Date of birth: 6 August 1651

Date of death: 7 January 1715

Age: 63 (age at death)

Nationality: French

Occupation: Religion

Gender: Male

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17th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in France 24T

18th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in France 14T

18th-century French Roman Catholic archbishops 4T
12.

Cyrano De Bergerac

French novelist and dramatist (1619–1655)

Overview: Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac ( SIRR-ə-noh də BUR-zhə-rak, – BAIR-, 6 March 1619 – 28 July 1655) was a French novelist, playwright, epistolarian, and duelist.

Date of birth: 6 March 1619

Date of death: 28 July 1655

Age: 36 (age at death)

Nationality: French

Occupation: Playwright

Gender: Male

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French duellists 37T

17th-century male writers 1,224T

17th-century French dramatists and playwrights 99T
13.

Jean Loret

French writer and poet

Overview: Jean Loret (ca 1600-1665) was a French writer and poet known for publishing the weekly news of Parisian society (including, initially, its pinnacle, the court of Louis XIV itself) from 1650 until 1665 ...

Date of birth: 1600

Date of death: 1665

Age: 64 (age at death)

Nationality: French

Occupation: Journalist

Gender: Male

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Jean-Baptiste du Hamel

French cleric and natural philosopher

Overview: Jean-Baptiste Du Hamel, Duhamel or du Hamel (11 June 1624 – 6 August 1706) was a French cleric and natural philosopher of the late seventeenth century, and the first secretary of the Academie Royale des ...

Date of birth: 1624

Date of death: 1706

Age: 81 (age at death)

Nationality: French

Occupation: Scientist

Gender: Male

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17th-century French scientists 14T

French male non-fiction writers 2,160T

17th-century male writers 1,319T
15.

Daniel de Priézac

French writer and jurist

Overview: Daniel de Priézac (1590 – May 1662) was a French writer and jurist.

Date of birth: 1590

Date of death: 1662

Age: 71 (age at death)

Nationality: French

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

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17th-century male writers 1,224T

17th-century jurists 62T

French male writers 4,032T
16.

Jacques-Louis de Valon

French, Writer

Overview: Jacques Louis Valon, Marquis de Mimeure (19 November 1659, Dijon – 3 March 1719) was a French soldier and poet.

Date of birth: 1659

Date of death: 1719

Age: 59 (age at death)

Nationality: French

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

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18th-century French male writers 392T

French male non-fiction writers 2,066T

17th-century male writers 1,224T
17.

Pierre Bardin

French, Philosopher

Overview: Pierre Bardin (1590 – 29 May 1635), born in Rouen, was a French philosopher and mathematician and Doctor of Letters. He was one of the first members of the Académie française and the first occupant of ...

Date of birth: 1590

Date of death: 29 May 1635

Age: 44 (age at death)

Nationality: French

Occupation: Philosopher

Gender: Male

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17th-century French philosophers 4T

17th-century male writers 1,224T

17th-century French mathematicians 54T
18.

Michel Baron

French actor and playwright

Overview: Michel Baron (8 October 1653 – 22 December 1729) was a French actor and playwright.

Date of birth: 8 October 1653

Date of death: 1729

Age: 75 (age at death)

Nationality: French

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

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17th-century French dramatists and playwrights 99T

18th-century French dramatists and playwrights 297T

17th-century French male actors 28T
19.

Nicolas Chorier

French lawyer, writer, and historian

Overview: Nicolas Chorier (September 1, 1612 – August 14, 1692) was a French lawyer, writer, and historian. He is known especially for his historical works on Dauphiné, as well as his erotic dialogue called The ...

Date of birth: 1 September 1612

Date of death: 1692

Age: 79 (age at death)

Nationality: French

Occupation: Historian

Gender: Male

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French male non-fiction writers 2,066T

17th-century male writers 1,224T

17th century in LGBT history 11T
20.

Pierre de Lancre

French judge and witchhunter (1553–1631)

Overview: Pierre de Rosteguy de Lancre or Pierre de l'Ancre, Lord of De Lancre (1553–1631), was the French judge of Bordeaux who conducted the massive Labourd witch-hunt of 1609. In 1582 he was named judge in B ...

Date of birth: 1553

Date of death: 1631

Age: 77 (age at death)

Nationality: French

Occupation: Judge

Gender: Male

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Witch trials in France 17T

17th-century male writers 1,224T

French male writers 4,032T