List of people associated with the French Revolution

This is a partial list of people associated with the French Revolution
French Revolution
The French Revolution , sometimes distinguished as the 'Great French Revolution' , was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France and Europe. The absolute monarchy that had ruled France for centuries collapsed in three years...

, including supporters and opponents. Note that not all people listed here were French

French people

The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...

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Charles, comte d'Artois Charles X of France Charles X was known for most of his life as the Comte d'Artois before he reigned as King of France and of Navarre from 16 September 1824 until 2 August 1830. A younger brother to Kings Louis XVI and Louis XVIII, he supported the latter in exile and eventually succeeded him...	Younger brother of Louis XVI Louis XVI of France Louis XVI was a Bourbon monarch who ruled as King of France and Navarre until 1791, and then as King of the French from 1791 to 1792, before being executed in 1793.... and one of the first émigré Émigré Émigré is a French term that literally refers to a person who has "migrated out", but often carries a connotation of politico-social self-exile.... s; later King Charles X (1824-1830).
Reine Audu Reine Audu Louise-Renée Leduc, known as Louise Reine Audu, was a French fruit seller, known for her participation in the French revolution. She was counted as one of the Heroines of the revolution....	Participator of the The Women's March on Versailles and the 10 August (French Revolution).
Charles Augereau, duc de Castiglione Pierre François Charles Augereau, duc de Castiglione Charles Pierre François Augereau, 1st Duc de Castiglione was a soldier and general and Marshal of France. After serving in the French Revolutionary Wars he earned rapid promotion while fighting against Spain and soon found himself a division commander under Napoleon Bonaparte in Italy...	Officer throughout the Revolutionary era and Empire First French Empire The First French Empire , also known as the Greater French Empire or Napoleonic Empire, was the empire of Napoleon I of France... ; later a general and Marshal of France Marshal of France The Marshal of France is a military distinction in contemporary France, not a military rank. It is granted to generals for exceptional achievements... .
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François-Noël Babeuf François-Noël Babeuf François-Noël Babeuf , known as Gracchus Babeuf , was a French political agitator and journalist of the Revolutionary period...	Proto-socialist Socialism Socialism is an economic system characterized by social ownership of the means of production and cooperative management of the economy; or a political philosophy advocating such a system. "Social ownership" may refer to any one of, or a combination of, the following: cooperative enterprises,... , guillotine Guillotine The guillotine is a device used for carrying out :executions by decapitation. It consists of a tall upright frame from which an angled blade is suspended. This blade is raised with a rope and then allowed to drop, severing the head from the body... d in 1797 after an attempted coup d'etat Coup d'état A coup d'état state, literally: strike/blow of state)—also known as a coup, putsch, and overthrow—is the sudden, extrajudicial deposition of a government, usually by a small group of the existing state establishment—typically the military—to replace the deposed government with another body; either... .
Madame du Barry Madame du Barry Jeanne Bécu, comtesse du Barry was the last Maîtresse-en-titre of Louis XV of France and one of the victims of the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution.-Early life:...	Mistress of King Louis XV and famous victim of the guillotine during the Reign of Terror Reign of Terror The Reign of Terror , also known simply as The Terror , was a period of violence that occurred after the onset of the French Revolution, incited by conflict between rival political factions, the Girondins and the Jacobins, and marked by mass executions of "enemies of... .
Jean Sylvain Bailly	President of the Third Estate who administered the Tennis Court Oath Tennis Court Oath The Tennis Court Oath was a pivotal event during the first days of the French Revolution. The Oath was a pledge signed by 576 of the 577 members from the Third Estate who were locked out of a meeting of the Estates-General on 20 June 1789... ; made Mayor of Paris Paris Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region... after the storming of the Bastille Storming of the Bastille The storming of the Bastille occurred in Paris on the morning of 14 July 1789. The medieval fortress and prison in Paris known as the Bastille represented royal authority in the centre of Paris. While the prison only contained seven inmates at the time of its storming, its fall was the flashpoint... ; guillotined during the Reign of Terror Reign of Terror The Reign of Terror , also known simply as The Terror , was a period of violence that occurred after the onset of the French Revolution, incited by conflict between rival political factions, the Girondins and the Jacobins, and marked by mass executions of "enemies of... .
Paul Nicolas, vicomte de Barras Paul François Jean Nicolas, vicomte de Barras Paul François Jean Nicolas, vicomte de Barras was a French politician of the French Revolution, and the main executive leader of the Directory regime of 1795–1799.-Early life:...	A Montagnard The Mountain The Mountain refers in the context of the history of the French Revolution to a political group, whose members, called Montagnards, sat on the highest benches in the Assembly... , then Thermidorian; ultimately the Directory French Directory The Directory was a body of five Directors that held executive power in France following the Convention and preceding the Consulate... régime's executive leader.
Antoine Barnave Antoine Barnave Antoine Pierre Joseph Marie Barnave was a French politician, and, together with Honoré Mirabeau, one of the most influential orators of the early part of the French Revolution...	Constitutional monarchist Constitutional monarchy Constitutional monarchy is a form of government in which a monarch acts as head of state within the parameters of a constitution, whether it be a written, uncodified or blended constitution... and Feuillant Feuillant Feuillant, a French word derived from the Latin for leaf, has been used as a tag by two different groups:Feuillant Feuillant ‎... ; guillotined.
François-Marie, marquis de Barthélemy François-Marie, marquis de Barthélemy François, marquis de Barthélemy was a French politician and diplomat, active at the time of the French Revolution.-Diplomat and member of the Directory:...	Briefly a Director French Directory The Directory was a body of five Directors that held executive power in France following the Convention and preceding the Consulate... ; exiled to French Guiana French Guiana French Guiana is an overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department located on the northern Atlantic coast of South America. It has borders with two nations, Brazil to the east and south, and Suriname to the west... ; returned to France during the Empire First French Empire The First French Empire , also known as the Greater French Empire or Napoleonic Empire, was the empire of Napoleon I of France... .
Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte Charles XIV John of Sweden Charles XIV & III John, also Carl John, Swedish and Norwegian: Karl Johan was King of Sweden and King of Norway from 1818 until his death...	General, Ambassador to Vienna and Minister of War; later King of Sweden Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.... and Norway Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million... .
Joséphine de Beauharnais Joséphine de Beauharnais Joséphine de Beauharnais was the first wife of Napoléon Bonaparte, and thus the first Empress of the French. Her first husband Alexandre de Beauharnais had been guillotined during the Reign of Terror, and she had been imprisoned in the Carmes prison until her release five days after Alexandre's...	Empress; wife of Napoleon Bonaparte.
Louis Alexandre Berthier Louis Alexandre Berthier Louis Alexandre Berthier, 1st Prince de Wagram, 1st Duc de Valangin, 1st Sovereign Prince de Neuchâtel , was a Marshal of France, Vice-Constable of France beginning in 1808, and Chief of Staff under Napoleon.-Early life:Alexandre was born at Versailles to Lieutenant-Colonel Jean Baptiste Berthier ,...	General; effectively Napoleon Bonaparte's chief of staff.
Jacques Nicolas Billaud-Varenne Jacques Nicolas Billaud-Varenne Jacques Nicolas Billaud-Varenne , also known as Jean Nicolas, was a French personality of the Revolutionary period. Though not one of the most well known figures of the French Revolution, Jacques Nicolas Billaud Varenne was an instrumental figure of the period known as the Reign of Terror...	Committee of Public Safety Committee of Public Safety The Committee of Public Safety , created in April 1793 by the National Convention and then restructured in July 1793, formed the de facto executive government in France during the Reign of Terror , a stage of the French Revolution... member; survived 9 Thermidor; later deported to French Guiana French Guiana French Guiana is an overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department located on the northern Atlantic coast of South America. It has borders with two nations, Brazil to the east and south, and Suriname to the west... .
Joseph Bonaparte Joseph Bonaparte Joseph-Napoléon Bonaparte was the elder brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, who made him King of Naples and Sicily , and later King of Spain...	Eldest Bonaparte brother; supported his brother Napoleon; later made King of Naples Naples Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples... and then Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula... .
Lucien Bonaparte Lucien Bonaparte Lucien Bonaparte, Prince Français, 1st Prince of Canino and Musignano , born Luciano Buonaparte, was the third surviving son of Carlo Buonaparte and his wife Letizia Ramolino....	Younger brother of Napoleon; President of the Assembly during the Directory; later fell out with Napoleon.
Napoleon Bonaparte	General; seized power as First Consul in the 18 Brumaire 18 Brumaire The coup of 18 Brumaire was the coup d'état by which General Napoleon Bonaparte overthrew the French Directory, replacing it with the French Consulate... coup. Made virtual dictator as Consul for Life in 1802. Declared Emperor of the French in 1804. Founded the First French Empire First French Empire The First French Empire , also known as the Greater French Empire or Napoleonic Empire, was the empire of Napoleon I of France... .
Louis Antoine de Bourbon, duc d'Enghien	Prince of the Blood; son of the Duc de Bourbon; kidnapped and executed by Napoleon.
Louis François de Bourbon Louis François II de Bourbon, prince de Conti Louis François Joseph de Bourbon was Prince of Conti, succeeding his father Louis François de Bourbon. His mother was Louise Diane d'Orléans, the youngest daughter of Philippe d'Orléans, duc d'Orléans, the Regent of France during the minority of King Louis XV of France...	Prince of the Blood; briefly emigrated from 1789–1790, but returned to France; expelled by Directory French Directory The Directory was a body of five Directors that held executive power in France following the Convention and preceding the Consulate... ; died in exile.
Louis Henri, duc de Bourbon Louis Henry II, Prince of Condé Louis Henri de Bourbon was the Prince of Condé from 1818 to his death.-Life:He was the only son of Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé and his wife, Charlotte de Rohan....	Prince of the Blood, son of the Prince de Condé and father of the Duc d'Enghien; emigrated.
Louis Joseph de Bourbon Louis Joseph de Bourbon, prince de Condé Louis Joseph de Bourbon was Prince of Condé from 1740 to his death. A member of the House of Bourbon, he held the prestigious rank of Prince du Sang.-Biography:...	Prince of the Blood; composed the Brunswick Manifesto.
Louis de Breteuil	Royalist; briefly supplanted Necker Jacques Necker Jacques Necker was a French statesman of Swiss birth and finance minister of Louis XVI, a post he held in the lead-up to the French Revolution in 1789.-Early life:... in the royal cabinet.
Cardinal Étienne Charles de Brienne Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne was a French churchman, politician and finance minister of Louis XVI.-Life:...	Royalist; President of the Royal Council of Finances shortly before the Revolution.
Jacques Pierre Brissot de Warville Jacques Pierre Brissot Jacques Pierre Brissot , who assumed the name of de Warville, was a leading member of the Girondist movement during the French Revolution. Some sources give his name as Jean Pierre Brissot.-Biography:...	Girondist Girondist The Girondists were a political faction in France within the Legislative Assembly and the National Convention during the French Revolution... (Brissotin); guillotined.
Guillaume Marie Anne Brune Guillaume Marie Anne Brune Guillaume Marie Anne Brune, 1st Comte Brune was a French soldier and political figure who rose to Marshal of France....	Political journalist; Jacobin Jacobin (politics) A Jacobin , in the context of the French Revolution, was a member of the Jacobin Club, a revolutionary far-left political movement. The Jacobin Club was the most famous political club of the French Revolution. So called from the Dominican convent where they originally met, in the Rue St. Jacques ,... ; friend of Georges Danton Georges Danton Georges Jacques Danton was leading figure in the early stages of the French Revolution and the first President of the Committee of Public Safety. Danton's role in the onset of the Revolution has been disputed; many historians describe him as "the chief force in theoverthrow of the monarchy and the... ; appointed a general, then Marshal of France Marshal of France The Marshal of France is a military distinction in contemporary France, not a military rank. It is granted to generals for exceptional achievements... ; murdered by royalists during the White Terror White Terror White Terror is the violence carried out by reactionary groups as part of a counter-revolution. In particular, during the 20th century, in several countries the term White Terror was applied to acts of violence against real or suspected socialists and communists.-Historical origin: the French... .
Edmund Burke Edmund Burke Edmund Burke PC was an Irish statesman, author, orator, political theorist and philosopher who, after moving to England, served for many years in the House of Commons of Great Britain as a member of the Whig party....	English English people The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens... philosopher and politician; author of famous 1790 polemic against the Revolution.
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Charles Alexandre de Calonne Charles Alexandre de Calonne Charles Alexandre, vicomte de Calonne was a French statesman, best known for his involvement in the French Revolution.-Rise to prominence:...	French Controller-General of Finances from 1783 to 1787, whose discovery of the perilous state of French finances in 1786 precipitated the crisis leading to the Revolution.
Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès, 1st Duke of Parma was a French lawyer and statesman during the French Revolution and the First Empire, best remembered as the author of the Napoleonic code, which still forms the basis of French civil law.-Early career:Cambacérès was born in Montpellier, into a...	Moderate; Second Consul French Consulate The Consulate was the government of France between the fall of the Directory in the coup of 18 Brumaire in 1799 until the start of the Napoleonic Empire in 1804... under Bonaparte; chief contributor to the Napoleonic Code Napoleonic code The Napoleonic Code — or Code Napoléon — is the French civil code, established under Napoléon I in 1804. The code forbade privileges based on birth, allowed freedom of religion, and specified that government jobs go to the most qualified... .
Pierre Joseph Cambon Pierre Joseph Cambon Pierre-Joseph Cambon was a French statesman.Born in Montpellier, Cambon was the son of a wealthy cotton merchant. In 1785, his father retired, leaving Pierre and his two brothers to run the business, but in 1788 Pierre entered politics, and was sent by his fellow-citizens as deputy suppliant to...	Legislative and the Convention member; directed French financial policy and aided in the Thermidor Thermidor Thermidor was the eleventh month in the French Republican Calendar. The month was named after the French word thermal which comes from the Greek word "thermos" which means heat.... coup.
Lazare Nicolas Marguerite Carnot	Mathematician; physicist; Committee of Public Safety Committee of Public Safety The Committee of Public Safety , created in April 1793 by the National Convention and then restructured in July 1793, formed the de facto executive government in France during the Reign of Terror , a stage of the French Revolution... member; "Organizer of Victory"; turned against Robespierre Maximilien Robespierre Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre is one of the best-known and most influential figures of the French Revolution. He largely dominated the Committee of Public Safety and was instrumental in the period of the Revolution commonly known as the Reign of Terror, which ended with his... on 9 Thermidor; a Director French Directory The Directory was a body of five Directors that held executive power in France following the Convention and preceding the Consulate... ; ousted in 18 Fructidor coup.
Louis Philippe, duc de Chartres	Eldest son of the Duke of Orleans; defected to Austria Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the... with Dumouriez in 1793; later King of France.
Pierre Gaspard Chaumette Pierre Gaspard Chaumette Pierre Gaspard Chaumette was a French politician of the Revolutionaryperiod.-Early activities:Born in Nevers France, 24 May 1763, his main interest was botany and science. Chaumette studied medicine at the University of Paris in 1790, but gave up his career in medicine at the start of the Revolution...	Cult of Reason Cult of Reason The Cult of Reason was an atheistic belief system established in France and intended as a replacement for Christianity during the French Revolution.-Origins:... devotee; guillotined alongside fellow devotee Jacques Hébert Jacques Hébert Jacques René Hébert was a French journalist, and the founder and editor of the extreme radical newspaper Le Père Duchesne during the French Revolution... .
André Chénier André Chénier André Marie Chénier was a French poet, associated with the events of the French Revolution of which he was a victim. His sensual, emotive poetry marks him as one of the precursors of the Romantic movement...	Poet; guillotined.
Étienne Clavière Étienne Clavière Étienne Clavière was a Swiss-born French financier and politician of the French Revolution.-Geneva and London:...	Girondist Girondist The Girondists were a political faction in France within the Legislative Assembly and the National Convention during the French Revolution... ; finance minister 1792; died in prison 1793.
Anacharsis Cloots	Philosopher and writer; guillotined.
Jean Marie Collot d'Herbois	Actor; Paris Commune Paris Commune The Paris Commune was a government that briefly ruled Paris from March 18 to May 28, 1871. It existed before the split between anarchists and Marxists had taken place, and it is hailed by both groups as the first assumption of power by the working class during the Industrial Revolution... member; belated Montagnard The Mountain The Mountain refers in the context of the history of the French Revolution to a political group, whose members, called Montagnards, sat on the highest benches in the Assembly... ; Committee of Public Safety Committee of Public Safety The Committee of Public Safety , created in April 1793 by the National Convention and then restructured in July 1793, formed the de facto executive government in France during the Reign of Terror , a stage of the French Revolution... member; deported to French Guiana French Guiana French Guiana is an overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department located on the northern Atlantic coast of South America. It has borders with two nations, Brazil to the east and south, and Suriname to the west... after 9 Thermidor revolt, where he died.
Marquis de Condorcet Marquis de Condorcet Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet , known as Nicolas de Condorcet, was a French philosopher, mathematician, and early political scientist whose Condorcet method in voting tally selects the candidate who would beat each of the other candidates in a run-off election...	Philosopher; mathematician; Girondist Girondist The Girondists were a political faction in France within the Legislative Assembly and the National Convention during the French Revolution... associate; died in prison.
Charlotte Corday Charlotte Corday Marie-Anne Charlotte de Corday d'Armont , known to history as Charlotte Corday, was a figure of the French Revolution. In 1793, she was executed under the guillotine for the assassination of Jacobin leader Jean-Paul Marat, who was in part responsible, through his role as a politician and...	Assassinated Marat Jean-Paul Marat Jean-Paul Marat , born in the Principality of Neuchâtel, was a physician, political theorist, and scientist best known for his career in France as a radical journalist and politician during the French Revolution... ; guillotined.
Charles-Augustin de Coulomb Charles-Augustin de Coulomb Charles-Augustin de Coulomb was a French physicist. He is best known for developing Coulomb's law, the definition of the electrostatic force of attraction and repulsion. The [SI unit] of charge, the coulomb, was named after him....	Scientist; metric system Metric system The metric system is an international decimalised system of measurement. France was first to adopt a metric system, in 1799, and a metric system is now the official system of measurement, used in almost every country in the world... pioneer.
Georges Couthon Georges Couthon Georges Auguste Couthon a French politician and lawyer in the French Revolution. Couthon would befriend Robespierre and serve on the Committee of Public Safety with him from 30 May 1793 until his and Robespierre’s deaths in 1794...	Montagnard The Mountain The Mountain refers in the context of the history of the French Revolution to a political group, whose members, called Montagnards, sat on the highest benches in the Assembly... ; Committee of Public Safety Committee of Public Safety The Committee of Public Safety , created in April 1793 by the National Convention and then restructured in July 1793, formed the de facto executive government in France during the Reign of Terror , a stage of the French Revolution... member; guillotined following 9 Thermidor.
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Georges Danton Georges Danton Georges Jacques Danton was leading figure in the early stages of the French Revolution and the first President of the Committee of Public Safety. Danton's role in the onset of the Revolution has been disputed; many historians describe him as "the chief force in theoverthrow of the monarchy and the...	Writer; Jacobin Jacobin (politics) A Jacobin , in the context of the French Revolution, was a member of the Jacobin Club, a revolutionary far-left political movement. The Jacobin Club was the most famous political club of the French Revolution. So called from the Dominican convent where they originally met, in the Rue St. Jacques ,... , but neither a Girondist Girondist The Girondists were a political faction in France within the Legislative Assembly and the National Convention during the French Revolution... nor a Montagnard The Mountain The Mountain refers in the context of the history of the French Revolution to a political group, whose members, called Montagnards, sat on the highest benches in the Assembly... ; Committee of Public Safety Committee of Public Safety The Committee of Public Safety , created in April 1793 by the National Convention and then restructured in July 1793, formed the de facto executive government in France during the Reign of Terror , a stage of the French Revolution... member; guillotined.
Pierre Claude François Daunou Pierre Claude François Daunou Pierre Claude François Daunou was a French statesman and historian of the French Revolution and Empire.- Early career :...	Historian; loosely associated with the Girondist Girondist The Girondists were a political faction in France within the Legislative Assembly and the National Convention during the French Revolution... s faction; served both Directory French Directory The Directory was a body of five Directors that held executive power in France following the Convention and preceding the Consulate... and Empire First French Empire The First French Empire , also known as the Greater French Empire or Napoleonic Empire, was the empire of Napoleon I of France... .
Jacques Louis David	Painter; Montagnard The Mountain The Mountain refers in the context of the history of the French Revolution to a political group, whose members, called Montagnards, sat on the highest benches in the Assembly... ; Committee of General Security Committee of General Security The Committee of General Security was a French parliamentary committee which acted as police agency during the French Revolution that, along with the Committee of Public Safety, oversaw the Reign of Terror.... member; survived fall from power following 9 Thermidor.
Louis Charles Antoine Desaix Louis Charles Antoine Desaix Louis Charles Antoine Desaix was a French general and military leader. According to the usage of the time, he took the name Louis Charles Antoine Desaix de Veygoux.-Biography:...	General; killed while leading the French to victory during the Battle of Marengo (1800) Battle of Marengo (1800) The Battle of Marengo was fought on 14 June 1800 between French forces under Napoleon Bonaparte and Austrian forces near the city of Alessandria, in Piedmont, Italy... .
Camille Desmoulins Camille Desmoulins Lucie Simplice Camille Benoît Desmoulins was a journalist and politician who played an important role in the French Revolution. He was a childhood friend of Maximilien Robespierre and a close friend and political ally of Georges Danton, who were influential figures in the French Revolution.-Early...	Journalist; Montagnard The Mountain The Mountain refers in the context of the history of the French Revolution to a political group, whose members, called Montagnards, sat on the highest benches in the Assembly... ; Danton Georges Danton Georges Jacques Danton was leading figure in the early stages of the French Revolution and the first President of the Committee of Public Safety. Danton's role in the onset of the Revolution has been disputed; many historians describe him as "the chief force in theoverthrow of the monarchy and the... associate; guillotined.
Denis Diderot Denis Diderot Denis Diderot was a French philosopher, art critic, and writer. He was a prominent person during the Enlightenment and is best known for serving as co-founder and chief editor of and contributor to the Encyclopédie....	Enlightenment author; atheist philosopher; influenced Revolutionary theory.
Jacques François Dugommier Jacques François Dugommier Jacques François Coquille named Dugommier was a French general....	General; National Convention National Convention During the French Revolution, the National Convention or Convention, in France, comprised the constitutional and legislative assembly which sat from 20 September 1792 to 26 October 1795 . It held executive power in France during the first years of the French First Republic... deputy.
Charles François Dumouriez Charles François Dumouriez Charles-François du Périer Dumouriez was a French general during the French Revolutionary Wars. He shared the victory at Valmy with General François Christophe Kellermann, but later deserted the Revolutionary Army and became a royalist intriguer during the reign of Napoleon.-Early life:Dumouriez...	General; sometime Girondist Girondist The Girondists were a political faction in France within the Legislative Assembly and the National Convention during the French Revolution... and Foreign Minister in the Girondist cabinet; eventually defected to Austria Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the... .
Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours was a French nobleman, writer, economist, and government official, who was the father of Eleuthère Irénée du Pont, the founder of E.I...	Constitutional monarchist Constitutional monarchy Constitutional monarchy is a form of government in which a monarch acts as head of state within the parameters of a constitution, whether it be a written, uncodified or blended constitution... ; National Constituent Assembly National Constituent Assembly The National Constituent Assembly was formed from the National Assembly on 9 July 1789, during the first stages of the French Revolution. It dissolved on 30 September 1791 and was succeeded by the Legislative Assembly.-Background:... president; eventually exiled.
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Grace Elliott Grace Elliott Grace Dalrymple Elliott was a Scottish socialite and courtesan who was resident in Paris at the time of the French Revolution and an eyewitness to events. She was once mistress of the Duke of Orléans, who was cousin to King Louis XVI....	Scottish courtesan Courtesan A courtesan was originally a female courtier, which means a person who attends the court of a monarch or other powerful person.In feudal society, the court was the centre of government as well as the residence of the monarch, and social and political life were often completely mixed together... ; former mistress of Louis Philippe II, duc d'Orléans; resident in Paris throughout the Revolution.
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Fabre d'Églantine Fabre d'Églantine Philippe François Nazaire Fabre d'Églantine , commonly known as Fabre d'Églantine , was a French actor, dramatist, poet, and politician of the French Revolution.-Early life:He was born in Carcassonne, Aude...	Author of the French Revolutionary Calendar; guillotined.
Joseph Fesch Joseph Fesch Joseph Fesch was a French cardinal, closely associated with the family of Napoleon Bonaparte. He was also one of the most famous art collectors of his period.-Biography:Fesch was born at Ajaccio in Corsica...	Cardinal Cardinal (Catholicism) A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official, usually an ordained bishop, and ecclesiastical prince of the Catholic Church. They are collectively known as the College of Cardinals, which as a body elects a new pope. The duties of the cardinals include attending the meetings of the College and... ; closely associated with Napoleon Bonaparte.
Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville Antoine Quentin Fouquier de Tinville was a French lawyer during the Revolution and Reign of Terror periods.-Early career:...	Public Prosecutor during the Reign of Terror Reign of Terror The Reign of Terror , also known simply as The Terror , was a period of violence that occurred after the onset of the French Revolution, incited by conflict between rival political factions, the Girondins and the Jacobins, and marked by mass executions of "enemies of... ; subsequently guillotined (1795).
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Olympe de Gouges Olympe de Gouges Olympe de Gouges , born Marie Gouze, was a French playwright and political activist whose feminist and abolitionist writings reached a large audience....	Writer; advocate of gender equality; guillotined.
Henri Grégoire Henri Grégoire Henri Grégoire , often referred to as Abbé Grégoire, was a French Roman Catholic priest, constitutional bishop of Blois and a revolutionary leader...	Revolutionary priest; supported Civil Constitution of the Clergy Civil Constitution of the Clergy The Civil Constitution of the Clergy was a law passed on 12 July 1790 during the French Revolution, that subordinated the Roman Catholic Church in France to the French government.... .
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Jacques Hébert Jacques Hébert Jacques René Hébert was a French journalist, and the founder and editor of the extreme radical newspaper Le Père Duchesne during the French Revolution...	Polemicist; editor of Le Père Duchesne Le Père Duchesne Le Père Duchesne was an extreme radical newspaper during the French Revolution, edited by Jacques Hébert, who published 385 issues from September 1790 until eleven days before his death by guillotine, which took place on March 24, 1794... ; guillotined.
Marie Jean Hérault	Committee of Public Safety Committee of Public Safety The Committee of Public Safety , created in April 1793 by the National Convention and then restructured in July 1793, formed the de facto executive government in France during the Reign of Terror , a stage of the French Revolution... member; revised Condorcet Marquis de Condorcet Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet , known as Nicolas de Condorcet, was a French philosopher, mathematician, and early political scientist whose Condorcet method in voting tally selects the candidate who would beat each of the other candidates in a run-off election... 's Constitution of 1793; Danton Georges Danton Georges Jacques Danton was leading figure in the early stages of the French Revolution and the first President of the Committee of Public Safety. Danton's role in the onset of the Revolution has been disputed; many historians describe him as "the chief force in theoverthrow of the monarchy and the... associate; guillotined.
Lazare Hoche	Soldier rapidly promoted to General during early years of Revolution.
Pierre-Augustin Hulin Pierre-Augustin Hulin Pierre-Augustin Hulin was a French general under Napoleon Bonaparte who took part in the storming of the Bastille, the trial of the Duke d'Enghien, and the foiling of the Malet coup.- Early life :...	Ex-royal soldier and one of the first revolutionaries to enter the Bastille; later general under Bonaparte Napoleon I of France Napoleon Bonaparte was a French military and political leader during the latter stages of the French Revolution.As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1815... .
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Jean-Baptiste Jourdan Jean-Baptiste Jourdan Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, 1st Comte Jourdan , enlisted as a private in the French royal army and rose to command armies during the French Revolutionary Wars. Emperor Napoleon I of France named him a Marshal of France in 1804 and he also fought in the Napoleonic Wars. After 1815, he became reconciled...	General; victor at the battles of Wattignies Battle of Wattignies (1793) The Battle of Wattignies was fought at the village of Wattignies-la-Victoire, France, on 15 and 16 October 1793 during the French Revolutionary Wars. The French army commanded by Jean-Baptiste Jourdan and Lazare Carnot defeated the army of Habsburg Austria led by Prince Josias of Coburg... and Fleurus Battle of Fleurus (1794) In the Battle of Fleurus on 26 June 1794, the army of the First French Republic under General Jean-Baptiste Jourdan faced the Coalition Army commanded by Prince Josias of Coburg in the most decisive battle of the Flanders Campaign in the Low Countries during the French Revolutionary Wars... .
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François Christophe Kellermann François Christophe Kellermann François Christophe Kellermann or de Kellermann, 1st Duc de Valmy was a French military commander, later the Général d'Armée, and a Marshal of France...	Promoted to General early in the Revolution; Battle of Valmy Battle of Valmy The Battle of Valmy was the first major victory by the army of France during the French Revolution. The action took place on 20 September 1792 as Prussian troops commanded by the Duke of Brunswick attempted to march on Paris... hero; Marshal of France Marshal of France The Marshal of France is a military distinction in contemporary France, not a military rank. It is granted to generals for exceptional achievements... ; army administrator during Empire First French Empire The First French Empire , also known as the Greater French Empire or Napoleonic Empire, was the empire of Napoleon I of France... years.
Jean-Baptiste Kléber	Revolutionary general; assassinated in 1800.
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Pierre Choderlos de Laclos Pierre Choderlos de Laclos Pierre Ambroise François Choderlos de Laclos was a French novelist, official and army general, best known for writing the epistolary novel Les Liaisons dangereuses ....	Bonapartist general; author of Les Liaisons dangereuses Les Liaisons dangereuses Les Liaisons dangereuses is a French epistolary novel by Choderlos de Laclos, first published in four volumes by Durand Neveu from March 23, 1782.... .
Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette , often known as simply Lafayette, was a French aristocrat and military officer born in Chavaniac, in the province of Auvergne in south central France...	General; constitutional monarchist Constitutional monarchy Constitutional monarchy is a form of government in which a monarch acts as head of state within the parameters of a constitution, whether it be a written, uncodified or blended constitution... .
Marie Thérèse, princesse de Lamballe	Friend of Marie Antoinette; victim of the September Massacres September Massacres The September Massacres were a wave of mob violence which overtook Paris in late summer 1792, during the French Revolution. By the time it had subsided, half the prison population of Paris had been executed: some 1,200 trapped prisoners, including many women and young boys... .
Alexandre-Théodore, comte de Lameth Alexandre-Théodore-Victor, comte de Lameth Alexandre-Théodore-Victor, comte de Lameth was a French soldier and politician.He was born in Paris. Having served in the American War of Independence under Rochambeau, he was sent in 1789 as deputy to the States-General by the nobles of the bailliage of Péronne...	Leading Feuillant Feuillant Feuillant, a French word derived from the Latin for leaf, has been used as a tag by two different groups:Feuillant Feuillant ‎... ; formed "Triumvirate" with Barnave and Duport; eventually emigrated.
Charles Malo François Lameth Charles Malo François Lameth Charles Malo François Lameth was a French politician and soldier.Born in Paris, he was in the retinue of the comte d'Artois , and became an officer in a cuirassier regiment...	Brother of Alexandre de Lameth; Feuillant Feuillant Feuillant, a French word derived from the Latin for leaf, has been used as a tag by two different groups:Feuillant Feuillant ‎... ; emigrated.
Jean Lannes Jean Lannes Jean Lannes, 1st Duc de Montebello, was a Marshal of France. He was one of Napoleon's most daring and talented generals. Napoleon once commented on Lannes: "I found him a pygmy and left him a giant"...	Soldier rising through ranks to become general; Marshal of France Marshal of France The Marshal of France is a military distinction in contemporary France, not a military rank. It is granted to generals for exceptional achievements... ; close to Bonaparte Bonaparte The House of Bonaparte is an imperial and royal European dynasty founded by Napoleon I of France in 1804, a French military leader who rose to notability out of the French Revolution and transformed the French Republic into the First French Empire within five years of his coup d'état... .
Arnaud de Laporte	High royal government official, headed up antirevolutionary activities, second political victim of the guillotine.
Marquis de Launay Bernard-René de Launay Bernard René Jourdan, marquis de Launay was the French governor of the Bastille, the son of a previous governor, and commander of its garrison when it was stormed on 14 July 1789 .-Early life:...	Royalist governor of the Bastille; killed after its storming.
Antoine Lavoisier Antoine Lavoisier Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier , the "father of modern chemistry", was a French nobleman prominent in the histories of chemistry and biology...	Scientist; metric Metric system The metric system is an international decimalised system of measurement. France was first to adopt a metric system, in 1799, and a metric system is now the official system of measurement, used in almost every country in the world... pioneer; tax collector; guillotined.
Charles Leclerc Charles Leclerc Charles Victoire Emmanuel Leclerc was a French Army general and husband to Pauline Bonaparte, sister to Napoleon Bonaparte.-To 1801:...	General; close to Bonaparte Bonaparte The House of Bonaparte is an imperial and royal European dynasty founded by Napoleon I of France in 1804, a French military leader who rose to notability out of the French Revolution and transformed the French Republic into the First French Empire within five years of his coup d'état... ; served in Haiti Haiti Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island... .
Louis Michel le Peletier de Saint-Fargeau Louis Michel le Peletier de Saint-Fargeau Louis-Michel le Peletier, marquis de Saint-Fargeau was a French politician.-Career:...	Former noble; voted to execute Louis XVI Louis XVI of France Louis XVI was a Bourbon monarch who ruled as King of France and Navarre until 1791, and then as King of the French from 1791 to 1792, before being executed in 1793.... ; assassinated one day before the execution of Louis XVI.
Jacques-Donatien Le Ray Jacques-Donatien Le Ray Jacques-Donatien Le Ray was a French "Father of the American Revolution", but later an opponent of the French Revolution. His son of the same name, known also in America as James Le Ray, eventually became a United States citizen and settled in Le Ray, New York USA.-Early life:Born in the port...	Promoted French support for the American Revolution American Revolution The American Revolution was the political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which thirteen colonies in North America joined together to break free from the British Empire, combining to become the United States of America... .
Jean-Baptiste Robert Lindet Jean-Baptiste Robert Lindet Jean-Baptiste Robert Lindet was a French politician of the Revolutionary period. His brother, Robert Thomas Lindet, became a constitutional bishop and member of the National Convention...	Committee of Public Safety Committee of Public Safety The Committee of Public Safety , created in April 1793 by the National Convention and then restructured in July 1793, formed the de facto executive government in France during the Reign of Terror , a stage of the French Revolution... member; opposed Girondist Girondist The Girondists were a political faction in France within the Legislative Assembly and the National Convention during the French Revolution... faction.
Toussaint L'Ouverture Toussaint L'Ouverture François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture , also Toussaint Bréda, Toussaint-Louverture was the leader of the Haitian Revolution. His military genius and political acumen led to the establishment of the independent black state of Haiti, transforming an entire society of slaves into a free,...	Commander of Haitian Haiti Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island... rebels fighting against French occupying forces; captured and imprisoned by Napoleon's government.
Louis XVI of France Louis XVI of France Louis XVI was a Bourbon monarch who ruled as King of France and Navarre until 1791, and then as King of the French from 1791 to 1792, before being executed in 1793....	French king at outbreak of Revolution; deposed; guillotined.
Louis XVII of France Louis XVII of France Louis XVII , from birth to 1789 known as Louis-Charles, Duke of Normandy; then from 1789 to 1791 as Louis-Charles, Dauphin of France; and from 1791 to 1793 as Louis-Charles, Prince Royal of France, was the son of King Louis XVI of France and Queen Marie Antoinette...	The "Lost Dauphin"
Nicolas, Comte Luckner Nicolas Luckner Nikolaus, Count Luckner was a German in French service who rose to become a Marshal of France. ....	German-born Marshal of France Marshal of France The Marshal of France is a military distinction in contemporary France, not a military rank. It is granted to generals for exceptional achievements... ; commanded troops for the First Republic First Republic - Countries :* Polish First Republic, a historiographic term for the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth * French First Republic *First Republic of Venezuela... ; guillotined during the Reign of Terror.
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Guillaume-Chrétien de Malesherbes Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes , often referred to as Malesherbes or Lamoignon-Malesherbes, was a French statesman, minister, and afterwards counsel for the defence of Louis XVI.-Biography:...	Louis XVI Louis XVI of France Louis XVI was a Bourbon monarch who ruled as King of France and Navarre until 1791, and then as King of the French from 1791 to 1792, before being executed in 1793.... 's defense counsel at his trial, although not known as a royalist; guillotined.
Marie Antoinette Marie Antoinette Marie Antoinette ; 2 November 1755 – 16 October 1793) was an Archduchess of Austria and the Queen of France and of Navarre. She was the fifteenth and penultimate child of Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresa and Holy Roman Emperor Francis I....	Queen consort Queen consort A queen consort is the wife of a reigning king. A queen consort usually shares her husband's rank and holds the feminine equivalent of the king's monarchical titles. Historically, queens consort do not share the king regnant's political and military powers. Most queens in history were queens consort... of France; deposed, guillotined.
Jean-Paul Marat Jean-Paul Marat Jean-Paul Marat , born in the Principality of Neuchâtel, was a physician, political theorist, and scientist best known for his career in France as a radical journalist and politician during the French Revolution...	Radical journalist; Montagnard The Mountain The Mountain refers in the context of the history of the French Revolution to a political group, whose members, called Montagnards, sat on the highest benches in the Assembly... ; assassinated by Charlotte Corday Charlotte Corday Marie-Anne Charlotte de Corday d'Armont , known to history as Charlotte Corday, was a figure of the French Revolution. In 1793, she was executed under the guillotine for the assassination of Jacobin leader Jean-Paul Marat, who was in part responsible, through his role as a politician and... .
François-Séverin Marceau	Soldier who participated in the storming of the Bastille Storming of the Bastille The storming of the Bastille occurred in Paris on the morning of 14 July 1789. The medieval fortress and prison in Paris known as the Bastille represented royal authority in the centre of Paris. While the prison only contained seven inmates at the time of its storming, its fall was the flashpoint... ; later a general.
André Masséna André Masséna André Masséna 1st Duc de Rivoli, 1st Prince d'Essling was a French military commander during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars....	General; victor at the Battle of Zürich Battle of Zürich The Battle of Zürich may refer to:* The siege of Zürich during the Old Zürich War * Either of two battles during the war between revolutionary France and the Second Coalition :** First Battle of Zürich,... .
Jean-Sifrein Maury Jean-Sifrein Maury Jean-Sifrein Maury was a French cardinal and Archbishop of Paris.-Biography:The son of a poor cobbler, he was born on at Valréas in the Comtat-Venaissin, the enclave within France that belonged to the pope. His acuteness was observed by the priests of the seminary at Avignon, where he was educated...	French cardinal; Archbishop of Paris; royalist.
Philippe-Antoine Merlin ("Merlin de Douai")	Director French Directory The Directory was a body of five Directors that held executive power in France following the Convention and preceding the Consulate... ; later a Bonapartist.
Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau was a French revolutionary, as well as a writer, diplomat, freemason, journalist and French politician at the same time. He was a popular orator and statesman. During the French Revolution, he was a moderate, favoring a constitutional monarchy built on... ("Mirabeau")	Represented the Third Estate in the Estates-General of 1789 Estates-General of 1789 The Estates-General of 1789 was the first meeting since 1614 of the French Estates-General, a general assembly representing the French estates of the realm: the nobility, the Church, and the common people... , despite being a noble; remained a major political figure throughout the rest of his life.
Charles, baron de Montesquieu Charles de Secondat, baron de Montesquieu Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu , generally referred to as simply Montesquieu, was a French social commentator and political thinker who lived during the Enlightenment... ("Montesquieu")	Enlightenment political philosopher; influenced Revolutionary thinking
Jean Victor Marie Moreau Jean Victor Marie Moreau Jean Victor Marie Moreau was a French general who helped Napoleon Bonaparte to power, but later became a rival and was banished to the United States.- Early life :Moreau was born at Morlaix in Brittany...	General; victor at the Battle of Hohenlinden.
Joachim Murat Joachim Murat Joachim-Napoléon Murat , Marshal of France and Grand Admiral or Admiral of France, 1st Prince Murat, was Grand Duke of Berg from 1806 to 1808 and then King of Naples from 1808 to 1815...	Prominent cavalry Cavalry Cavalry or horsemen were soldiers or warriors who fought mounted on horseback. Cavalry were historically the third oldest and the most mobile of the combat arms... general; became Napoleon's brother-in-law; later made King of Naples Naples Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples... .
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Jacques Necker Jacques Necker Jacques Necker was a French statesman of Swiss birth and finance minister of Louis XVI, a post he held in the lead-up to the French Revolution in 1789.-Early life:...	Liberal royalist; Director-General of Finance whose dismissal precipitated the storming of the Bastille Storming of the Bastille The storming of the Bastille occurred in Paris on the morning of 14 July 1789. The medieval fortress and prison in Paris known as the Bastille represented royal authority in the centre of Paris. While the prison only contained seven inmates at the time of its storming, its fall was the flashpoint... .
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Louis Philippe II, duc d'Orléans	First Prince of the Blood; supported the Revolution, taking the name Philippe Egalité; voted to execute his cousin the King; later guillotined on suspicion of plotting to become King.
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Thomas Paine Thomas Paine Thomas "Tom" Paine was an English author, pamphleteer, radical, inventor, intellectual, revolutionary, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States...	American revolutionary American Revolution The American Revolution was the political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which thirteen colonies in North America joined together to break free from the British Empire, combining to become the United States of America... writer; moved to France during French Revolution but subsequently fell out of favor; arrested, imprisoned and sentenced to death during Reign of Terror Reign of Terror The Reign of Terror , also known simply as The Terror , was a period of violence that occurred after the onset of the French Revolution, incited by conflict between rival political factions, the Girondins and the Jacobins, and marked by mass executions of "enemies of... , but survived.
Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve was a French writer and politician.Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve was the son of a at Chartres. Though it is known that he was trained as a lawyer, very few specifics are known about Petion’s early life, as he was virtually unknown prior to the French Revolution...	Insurrectionary Paris Commune (French Revolution) The Paris Commune during the French Revolution was the government of Paris from 1789 until 1795. Established in the Hôtel de Ville just after the storming of the Bastille, the Commune became insurrectionary in the summer of 1792, essentially refusing to take orders from the central French... mayor of Paris; member of first Committee of Public Safety Committee of Public Safety The Committee of Public Safety , created in April 1793 by the National Convention and then restructured in July 1793, formed the de facto executive government in France during the Reign of Terror , a stage of the French Revolution... ; associated with Girondist Girondist The Girondists were a political faction in France within the Legislative Assembly and the National Convention during the French Revolution... s; committed suicide during Reign of Terror Reign of Terror The Reign of Terror , also known simply as The Terror , was a period of violence that occurred after the onset of the French Revolution, incited by conflict between rival political factions, the Girondins and the Jacobins, and marked by mass executions of "enemies of... .
Pierre Philippeaux Pierre Philippeaux Pierre Philippeaux, was a French lawyer who was a deputy to the National Convention for Sarthe.-Life:A lawyer then judge at the district tribunal for Le Mans, he created the newspaper Le défenseur de la Liberté at the start of the French Revolution...	Montagnard The Mountain The Mountain refers in the context of the history of the French Revolution to a political group, whose members, called Montagnards, sat on the highest benches in the Assembly... ; Danton Georges Danton Georges Jacques Danton was leading figure in the early stages of the French Revolution and the first President of the Committee of Public Safety. Danton's role in the onset of the Revolution has been disputed; many historians describe him as "the chief force in theoverthrow of the monarchy and the... associate; guillotined.
Philippe Egalité	See Orléans, Louis Philippe II, duc d' above.
Claude Antoine, comte Prieur-Duvernois Claude Antoine, comte Prieur-Duvernois Claude Antoine, comte Prieur-Duvernois, commonly known as Prieur de la Côte-d'Or after his native département, to distinguish him from Pierre Louis Prieur , was a French engineer and a politician during and after the French Revolution.-Early life and revolutionary beginnings:Born in Auxonne,... ("Prieur de la Côte-d'Or")	Engineer; Committee of Public Safety Committee of Public Safety The Committee of Public Safety , created in April 1793 by the National Convention and then restructured in July 1793, formed the de facto executive government in France during the Reign of Terror , a stage of the French Revolution... member; Carnot associate; turned against Robespierre Maximilien Robespierre Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre is one of the best-known and most influential figures of the French Revolution. He largely dominated the Committee of Public Safety and was instrumental in the period of the Revolution commonly known as the Reign of Terror, which ended with his... on 9 Thermidor; Council of Five Hundred Council of Five Hundred The Council of Five Hundred , or simply the Five Hundred was the lower house of the legislature of France during the period commonly known as the Directory , from 22 August 1795 until 9 November 1799, roughly the second half of the period generally referred to as the... member during Directory French Directory The Directory was a body of five Directors that held executive power in France following the Convention and preceding the Consulate... .
Pierre Louis Prieur Pierre Louis Prieur Pierre Louis Prieur was a French politician.-Biography:Born in Sommesous , Prieur practised as a lawyer at Châlons-sur-Marne until 1789, when he was elected to the States-General... ("Crieur de la Marne")	National Constituent Assembly National Constituent Assembly The National Constituent Assembly was formed from the National Assembly on 9 July 1789, during the first stages of the French Revolution. It dissolved on 30 September 1791 and was succeeded by the Legislative Assembly.-Background:... secretary; Committee of Public Safety Committee of Public Safety The Committee of Public Safety , created in April 1793 by the National Convention and then restructured in July 1793, formed the de facto executive government in France during the Reign of Terror , a stage of the French Revolution... member; exiled following Bourbon Restoration Bourbon Restoration The Bourbon Restoration is the name given to the period following the successive events of the French Revolution , the end of the First Republic , and then the forcible end of the First French Empire under Napoleon – when a coalition of European powers restored by arms the monarchy to the... .
Louis, comte de Provence Louis XVIII of France Louis XVIII , known as "the Unavoidable", was King of France and of Navarre from 1814 to 1824, omitting the Hundred Days in 1815...	Louis XVI Louis XVI of France Louis XVI was a Bourbon monarch who ruled as King of France and Navarre until 1791, and then as King of the French from 1791 to 1792, before being executed in 1793.... 's younger brother; emigrated 1791; declared himself Louis XVIII, King of France in 1795, but not recognized until 1814.
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Maximilien Robespierre Maximilien Robespierre Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre is one of the best-known and most influential figures of the French Revolution. He largely dominated the Committee of Public Safety and was instrumental in the period of the Revolution commonly known as the Reign of Terror, which ended with his...	Montagnard The Mountain The Mountain refers in the context of the history of the French Revolution to a political group, whose members, called Montagnards, sat on the highest benches in the Assembly... ; Committee of Public Safety Committee of Public Safety The Committee of Public Safety , created in April 1793 by the National Convention and then restructured in July 1793, formed the de facto executive government in France during the Reign of Terror , a stage of the French Revolution... member; prominent during Reign of Terror Reign of Terror The Reign of Terror , also known simply as The Terror , was a period of violence that occurred after the onset of the French Revolution, incited by conflict between rival political factions, the Girondins and the Jacobins, and marked by mass executions of "enemies of... ; guillotined after 9 Thermidor.
Comte de Rochambeau Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau Marshal of France Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau was a French nobleman and general who participated in the American Revolutionary War as the commander-in-chief of the French Expeditionary Force which came to help the American Continental Army...	Senior general and former commander of French troops during the American Revolution American Revolution The American Revolution was the political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which thirteen colonies in North America joined together to break free from the British Empire, combining to become the United States of America... , commander of the Armee du Nord for the Republic First Republic - Countries :* Polish First Republic, a historiographic term for the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth * French First Republic *First Republic of Venezuela... ; imprisoned during the Reign of Terror but not executed.
Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière	Girondist Girondist The Girondists were a political faction in France within the Legislative Assembly and the National Convention during the French Revolution... ; interior minister in 1792; committed suicide in 1793 following his wife's condemnation.
Madame Roland Madame Roland Marie-Jeanne Roland, better known simply as Madame Roland and born Marie-Jeanne Phlipon , was, together with her husband Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière, a supporter of the French Revolution and influential member of the Girondist faction... (Manon-Jeanne Roland, née Philpon)	Jean-Marie Roland's wife; author of influential Revolutionary writings under Roland's name; salonière Salon (gathering) A salon is a gathering of people under the roof of an inspiring host, held partly to amuse one another and partly to refine taste and increase their knowledge of the participants through conversation. These gatherings often consciously followed Horace's definition of the aims of poetry, "either to... ; guillotined.
Gilbert Romme Gilbert Romme Gilbert Romme was a French politician and mathematician who developed the French Republican Calendar.-Biography:...	Initially a Girondist Girondist The Girondists were a political faction in France within the Legislative Assembly and the National Convention during the French Revolution... politician, then Montagnard The Mountain The Mountain refers in the context of the history of the French Revolution to a political group, whose members, called Montagnards, sat on the highest benches in the Assembly... ; designed French Republican Calendar French Republican Calendar The French Republican Calendar or French Revolutionary Calendar was a calendar created and implemented during the French Revolution, and used by the French government for about 12 years from late 1793 to 1805, and for 18 days by the Paris Commune in 1871... ; condemned after Girondists' return to power; committed suicide before execution.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau Jean-Jacques Rousseau Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer of 18th-century Romanticism. His political philosophy influenced the French Revolution as well as the overall development of modern political, sociological and educational thought.His novel Émile: or, On Education is a treatise...	Enlightenment political philosopher; influenced Revolutionary thinking.
Jacques Roux Jacques Roux Jacques Roux was a radical Roman Catholic priest that took an active role in the revolutionary politics of Paris 1789, during the French Revolution...	Hébertist Jacques Hébert Jacques René Hébert was a French journalist, and the founder and editor of the extreme radical newspaper Le Père Duchesne during the French Revolution... leader of the Enragés faction; member of Paris Commune Paris Commune The Paris Commune was a government that briefly ruled Paris from March 18 to May 28, 1871. It existed before the split between anarchists and Marxists had taken place, and it is hailed by both groups as the first assumption of power by the working class during the Industrial Revolution... ; arrested during Reign of Terror Reign of Terror The Reign of Terror , also known simply as The Terror , was a period of violence that occurred after the onset of the French Revolution, incited by conflict between rival political factions, the Girondins and the Jacobins, and marked by mass executions of "enemies of... ; committed suicide before trial.
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Marquis de Sade Marquis de Sade Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade was a French aristocrat, revolutionary politician, philosopher, and writer famous for his libertine sexuality and lifestyle...	Author of erotica and philosophy; imprisoned on charges of sodomy and poisoning at the outbreak of the Revolution; released 1790; elected to the National Convention National Convention During the French Revolution, the National Convention or Convention, in France, comprised the constitutional and legislative assembly which sat from 20 September 1792 to 26 October 1795 . It held executive power in France during the first years of the French First Republic... ; escaped execution during the Reign of Terror Reign of Terror The Reign of Terror , also known simply as The Terror , was a period of violence that occurred after the onset of the French Revolution, incited by conflict between rival political factions, the Girondins and the Jacobins, and marked by mass executions of "enemies of... .
Jean Bon Saint-André Jean Bon Saint-André Jean Bon Saint-André was a French politician of the Revolution era.-Early career and in the Convention:...	Montagnard The Mountain The Mountain refers in the context of the history of the French Revolution to a political group, whose members, called Montagnards, sat on the highest benches in the Assembly... ; Committee of Public Safety Committee of Public Safety The Committee of Public Safety , created in April 1793 by the National Convention and then restructured in July 1793, formed the de facto executive government in France during the Reign of Terror , a stage of the French Revolution... member; later became a naval officer and administrator.
Louis Antoine Léon de Saint-Just	Committee of Public Safety Committee of Public Safety The Committee of Public Safety , created in April 1793 by the National Convention and then restructured in July 1793, formed the de facto executive government in France during the Reign of Terror , a stage of the French Revolution... member; Montagnard The Mountain The Mountain refers in the context of the history of the French Revolution to a political group, whose members, called Montagnards, sat on the highest benches in the Assembly... ; close associate of Robespierre Maximilien Robespierre Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre is one of the best-known and most influential figures of the French Revolution. He largely dominated the Committee of Public Safety and was instrumental in the period of the Revolution commonly known as the Reign of Terror, which ended with his... ; prominent in Reign of Terror Reign of Terror The Reign of Terror , also known simply as The Terror , was a period of violence that occurred after the onset of the French Revolution, incited by conflict between rival political factions, the Girondins and the Jacobins, and marked by mass executions of "enemies of... ; guillotined after 9 Thermidor.
Abbé Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès , commonly known as Abbé Sieyès, was a French Roman Catholic abbé and clergyman, one of the chief theorists of the French Revolution, French Consulate, and First French Empire...	Although a cleric Clergy Clergy is the generic term used to describe the formal religious leadership within a given religion. A clergyman, churchman or cleric is a member of the clergy, especially one who is a priest, preacher, pastor, or other religious professional.... , entered the Estates-General of 1789 Estates-General of 1789 The Estates-General of 1789 was the first meeting since 1614 of the French Estates-General, a general assembly representing the French estates of the realm: the nobility, the Church, and the common people... as a representative of the Third Estate; author of pamphlet What is the Third Estate?; instigated the 18 Brumaire 18 Brumaire The coup of 18 Brumaire was the coup d'état by which General Napoleon Bonaparte overthrew the French Directory, replacing it with the French Consulate... coup Coup d'état A coup d'état state, literally: strike/blow of state)—also known as a coup, putsch, and overthrow—is the sudden, extrajudicial deposition of a government, usually by a small group of the existing state establishment—typically the military—to replace the deposed government with another body; either... , but outflanked by Bonaparte.
Madame de Staël Anne Louise Germaine de Staël Anne Louise Germaine de Staël-Holstein , commonly known as Madame de Staël, was a French-speaking Swiss author living in Paris and abroad. She influenced literary tastes in Europe at the turn of the 19th century.- Childhood :...	daughter of Jacques Necker Jacques Necker Jacques Necker was a French statesman of Swiss birth and finance minister of Louis XVI, a post he held in the lead-up to the French Revolution in 1789.-Early life:... ; salonière Salon (gathering) A salon is a gathering of people under the roof of an inspiring host, held partly to amuse one another and partly to refine taste and increase their knowledge of the participants through conversation. These gatherings often consciously followed Horace's definition of the aims of poetry, "either to... and writer; adopted moderate Revolutionary position; opposed Napoleon.
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Jean Lambert Tallien	Montagnard The Mountain The Mountain refers in the context of the history of the French Revolution to a political group, whose members, called Montagnards, sat on the highest benches in the Assembly... ; later a leading Thermidorian.
Madame Tallien Thérésa Tallien Thérésa Cabarrus, Madame Tallien , was a French social figure during the Revolution. Later she became Princess of Chimay.-Early life:... (Thérésa Tallien, née Teresa Cabarrús)	Her moderating influence on her husband Jean Lambert Tallien saved lives in the wake of 9 Thermidor, earning her the moniker Notre-Dame de Thermidor ("Our Lady of Thermidor").
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord ("Talleyrand")	Clergyman and diplomat; initially a royalist, then revolutionary; co-wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Civil Constitution of the Clergy Civil Constitution of the Clergy The Civil Constitution of the Clergy was a law passed on 12 July 1790 during the French Revolution, that subordinated the Roman Catholic Church in France to the French government.... ; survived 9 Thermidor to become Foreign Minister under Directory French Directory The Directory was a body of five Directors that held executive power in France following the Convention and preceding the Consulate... , Bonaparte and the Bourbon Restoration Bourbon Restoration The Bourbon Restoration is the name given to the period following the successive events of the French Revolution , the end of the First Republic , and then the forcible end of the First French Empire under Napoleon – when a coalition of European powers restored by arms the monarchy to the... .
Gui-Jean-Baptiste Target Gui-Jean-Baptiste Target Gui-Jean-Baptiste Target was a French lawyer and politician.Born in Paris, he acquired a great reputation as a lawyer, less by practice in the courts than in a consultative capacity. He strenuously opposed the "parlement Maupeou", devised by Chancellor Maupeou to replace the old judiciary bodies,...	Lawyer and politician; deputy of the Third Estate in the Estates-General of 1789 Estates-General of 1789 The Estates-General of 1789 was the first meeting since 1614 of the French Estates-General, a general assembly representing the French estates of the realm: the nobility, the Church, and the common people... ; survived Reign of Terror Reign of Terror The Reign of Terror , also known simply as The Terror , was a period of violence that occurred after the onset of the French Revolution, incited by conflict between rival political factions, the Girondins and the Jacobins, and marked by mass executions of "enemies of... to become Directory French Directory The Directory was a body of five Directors that held executive power in France following the Convention and preceding the Consulate... politician.
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Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud was a lawyer and statesman, and a significant figure of the French Revolution. A deputy to the Assembly from Bordeaux, Vergniaud was a notably eloquent and impressive orator...	Girondist Girondist The Girondists were a political faction in France within the Legislative Assembly and the National Convention during the French Revolution... leader; guillotined.
Bertrand Barère de Vieuzac Bertrand Barère de Vieuzac Bertrand Barère de Vieuzac was a French politician and journalist, one of the most notorious members of the National Convention during the French Revolution.-Early career:He was born at Tarbes in Gascony...	Girondist Girondist The Girondists were a political faction in France within the Legislative Assembly and the National Convention during the French Revolution... , then Montagnard The Mountain The Mountain refers in the context of the history of the French Revolution to a political group, whose members, called Montagnards, sat on the highest benches in the Assembly... ; Committee of Public Safety Committee of Public Safety The Committee of Public Safety , created in April 1793 by the National Convention and then restructured in July 1793, formed the de facto executive government in France during the Reign of Terror , a stage of the French Revolution... member; drew up 9 Thermidor report outlawing Robespierre; later a Bonapartist Bonaparte The House of Bonaparte is an imperial and royal European dynasty founded by Napoleon I of France in 1804, a French military leader who rose to notability out of the French Revolution and transformed the French Republic into the First French Empire within five years of his coup d'état... .
Voltaire Voltaire François-Marie Arouet , better known by the pen name Voltaire , was a French Enlightenment writer, historian and philosopher famous for his wit and for his advocacy of civil liberties, including freedom of religion, free trade and separation of church and state... (François-Marie Arouet)	Enlightenment author and philosopher whose writings influenced Revolutionary thinking.

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