Comte de Lautréamont

Comte de Lautréamont was the nom de plume of Isidore Lucien Ducasse, a French poet born in Uruguay. His only works, Les Chants de Maldoror and Poésies, had a major influence on modern arts and literature, particularly on the Surrealists and the Situationists. Ducasse died at the age of 24.

4 April 1846

Born on the same birth day (4 April): Alexander Tettey • Bea Benaderet • Delphine Arnault • Eric Steinbach • Erika Nõva • Hugh Masekela • Jules Léger • Marguerite Duras • Maya Angelou • Pat Burns • Rodney Eade • Rosemary Lane (actress) • Sarah Gadon • Villy Søvndal

Born in the same month (April 1846): Henry Wellesley, 3rd Duke of Wellington • Paolo Tosti • Sigmund Exner