Jules Dumont was born in Roubaix, 1 January 1888, and died at Suresnes, Mont Valérien, 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 Suresnes (Fort du Mont-Valérien), near Paris, on 15 June 1943.