Jean Pirro (24 December 1813 – 3 February 1886) was a French linguist who in 1868 invented the "universal language",

Universalglot Universalglot is an ''a posteriori'' international auxiliary language published by the French linguist Jean Pirro in 1868 in ''Tentative d'une langue universelle, Enseignement, grammaire, vocabulaire''. Preceding Volapük by a decade and Esperan ...

. He was born in

Woustviller Woustviller (; german: Wustweiler) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Population Twin towns * Wustweiler (Germany), since 1996. See also *Communes of the Moselle department The following is a li ...

, France. He was also the father of

André Pirro André Gabriel Edmée Pirro (12 February 1869 – 11 November 1943) was a French musicologist and an organist. Born in Saint-Dizier, Pirro learned to play the organ from his father Jean Pirro. In Paris where he became and organist and a choirmas ...

. He died on 3 February 1886 in

Saint-Dizier Saint-Dizier () is a subprefecture Of the Haute-Marne department in north-eastern France. It has a population of 23,382 (2018 figure) and is a subprefecture of the department. Although Saint-Dizier is marginally the most populous commune in Haute ...

, France.