Pierre Picaurd | |
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| Born | François Pierre Picaurd 2 May 1780 France |
| Died | 1815 (aged 34–35) France |
| Occupation(s) | Shoemaker, later aristocrat |
François "Pierre" Picaud (French: [piko]) was a 19th-century shoemaker in Nîmes, France who may have been the basis for the character of Edmond Dantès in Alexandre Dumas, père's 1844 novel The Count of Monte Cristo.[1]