Jean-Baptiste Racine was a French dramatist, one of the three great playwrights of 17th-century France, along with Molière and Corneille as well as an important literary figure in the Western tradition and world literature. Wikipedia
Born: December 22, 1639, La Ferté-Milon, France
Died: April 21, 1699 (age 59 years), Paris, France
Siblings: Marie Racine
Children: Louis Racine and Jean-Baptiste Racine
Parents: Jeanne Sconin Racine and Jean Racine