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Max Jacob

1876 - 1944

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Max Jacob (French: [maks ʒakɔb]; 12 July 1876 – 5 March 1944) was a French poet, painter, writer, and critic. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Max Jacob has received more than 379,473 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Max Jacob is the 794th most popular writer (down from 716th in 2019), the 933rd most popular biography from France (down from 813th in 2019) and the 124th most popular French Writer.

Max Jacob was a French poet and painter who became a close friend of Picasso. He was also a major contributor to the Dada movement.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Max Jacob ranks 794 out of 5,755Before him are Johann Kaspar Lavater, Fyodor Tyutchev, Ibn Hawqal, Wole Soyinka, Nonnus, and Juliette Récamier. After him are Virginia Satir, Neale Donald Walsch, Julian Barnes, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, Ernest Thompson Seton, and Gregory of Narek.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1876, Max Jacob ranks 32Before him are John Macleod, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Dragutin Dimitrijević, Wilhelm Cuno, Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Sherwood Anderson. After him are Robert Guérin, Jean Webster, Bruno Walter, Wied, Prince of Albania, Henri de Baillet-Latour, and Robert Michels. Among people deceased in 1944, Max Jacob ranks 46Before him are Gustav Bauer, Hilma af Klint, Giovanni Gentile, Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, Emilio De Bono, and Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony. After him are Friedrich Dollmann, Hans-Valentin Hube, Eduard Dietl, Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel, Abbas II of Egypt, and August Landmesser.

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In France

Among people born in France, Max Jacob ranks 933 out of 6,011Before him are Joseph Justus Scaliger (1540), Christine of France (1606), René Cassin (1887), Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741), Juliette Récamier (1777), and Jean Dausset (1916). After him are Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile (1162), Geoffrey of Villehardouin (1150), Thierry Henry (1977), Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné (1626), Francis III, Duke of Brittany (1518), and Antoine Meillet (1866).

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Max Jacob ranks 124Before him are Marie de France (1101), George Steiner (1929), Maurice Druon (1918), Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657), Philippe Ariès (1914), and Juliette Récamier (1777). After him are Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné (1626), Jean Anouilh (1910), Laura de Noves (1310), Madame Roland (1754), Theodore Beza (1519), and Annie Ernaux (1940).