Jules Dumont

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For the 19th century French explorer, see Jules Dumont d'Urville

Jules Dumont was born in Roubaix, 1 January 1888, and died at Mont Valerian, 15 June 1943.

Dumont was a French militant Communist. He fought in the Spanish Civil War, commanding the Commune de Paris Battalion, XIV International Brigade. He was active in the French Resistance in the Second World War. Arrested by the Gestapo, he was shot at Mont Valérian, near Paris, on 15 June 1943.