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Étienne Arnal
Étienne Arnal (2 February 179410 December 1872) was a French comic actor.
Life.
Arnal was born at Meulan, Yvelines. After serving in the army, and working in a button factory, he took to the stage. His first appearance (1815) was in tragedy, and for some time he was unsuccessful; it was not until 1827 that he showed his real ability in comedy parts, especially in plays by Felix August Duvert (1795–1876) and Augustin Theodore Lauzanne (1805–1877),
naturalist (died 1838).
- 17 January - Jacques Amand Eudes-Deslongchamps, naturalist and palaeontologist (died 1867).
- 25 January
- Garcin de Tassy, orientalist (died 1878).
- François-Vincent Raspail, chemist, physiologist and socialist (died 1878).
- 2 February - Étienne Arnal, actor (died 1872).
- 9 February - Jacques-François Ancelot, dramatist (died 1854).
- 5 March - Jacques Babinet, physicist, mathematician,