List of Famous people with last name Chapelain

Jean Chapelain

First Name Jean
Last Name Chapelain
Born on December 4, 1595
Died on February 22, 1674 (aged 78)

Jean Chapelain was a French poet and critic during the Grand Siècle, best known for his role as an organizer and founding member of the Académie française. Chapelain acquired considerable prestige as a literary critic, but his own major work, an epic poem about Joan of Arc called "La Pucelle," (1656) was lampooned by his contemporary Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her
    index: 1x 0.017954111099243s
fmsppl-page-output: 1x 0.010236024856567s
t_/pages/list-of-people: 1x 0.010199785232544s
router_page: 1x 0.0070600509643555s
list-of-people-content: 1x 0.0063831806182861s
t_/common/header: 1x 0.0048329830169678s
t_/blocks/list-of-people: 1x 0.0029909610748291s
t_/blocks/person-card: 1x 0.0029430389404297s
headline: 2x 0.0020809173583984s
qids: 2x 0.00078392028808594s
t_/common/footer: 1x 0.00035190582275391s
t_/common/head: 1x 0.00024890899658203s
head-facts: 1x 0.00023007392883301s
t_/blocks/switcher: 1x 2.0980834960938E-5s
related: 1x 3.0994415283203E-6s
using-qids-cache: 1x 9.5367431640625E-7s
----- END OF DUMP (2026-11-08 08:09:11)  -----