Pierre Beaumarchais, French playwright and financier (died 1799)

Pierre-Augustin de Beaumarchais

French playwright and diplomat (1732–1799)

Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais was a French playwright and diplomat during the Age of Enlightenment. Best known for his three Figaro plays, at various times in his life he was also a watchmaker, inventor, musician, spy, publisher, arms dealer, and revolutionary.