Historical figures

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Fabre d’Églantine, Philippe-François-Nazaire Fabre, otherwise known as

Man of letters and deputy

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Franklin, Benjamin

Scientist, diplomat and American revolutionary

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Favras, Thomas de Mahy, otherwise known as the Marquis of

Officer of the Ancien Régime

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Flesselles, Jacques de

Mayor of Paris during the Ancien Régime

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Foullon, Joseph-François, Baron of Doué, otherwise known as Foullon de Doué

Minister of the Ancien Régime

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Fouquier de Tinville, Antoine-Quentin

Magistrate and revolutionary

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Méricourt, Anne-Josèphe Terwagne or Théroigne de

Revolutionary

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Mirabeau, Honoré-Gabriel Riqueti de

Deputy

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Maillard, Marie-Thérèse Davoux, otherwise known as Mademoiselle

Dancer and singer

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Maillard, Stanislas-Marie

Parisian revolutionary

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Marat, Jean-Paul

Journalist and deputy

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Marie-Antoinette of Habsburg-Lorraine

Queen of France

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Mills, Jean-Baptiste

Free person of color and deputy from Saint-Domingue

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Monge, Gaspard

Scholar and minister

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Montansier, Marguerite Brunet, otherwise known as Mademoiselle

Theater director

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Mordant, Louis-Claude-René de, the Marquis of Massiac

Figure of the pro-slavery party

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Lamourette, Antoine-Adrien

Bishop and deputy

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La Fayette, Gilbert du Motier, the Marquis of

Soldier and deputy

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Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, Louis-Michel

Deputy, Martyr of Freedom

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L'Épée, Charles-Michel de, otherwise known as Father

Priest, teacher

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La Fage, Victor-Amédée de, otherwise known as the Marquis of Saint-Huruge

Parisian revolutionary

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Labrousse, Clotilde-Suzanne Courcelle, otherwise known as Suzette

Prophet

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Lacombe, Claire

Actress and Parisian revolutionary

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Lakanal, Joseph

Scholar and deputy

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Lamarck, Jean-Baptiste de

Scholar

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Lambesc, Charles-Eugène de Lorraine, Prince of

Soldier of the Ancien Régime

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Latude, Jean-Henri Masers, otherwise known as the Knight of

Popular hero

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Launay, Bernard-René Jourdan de

Warden of the Bastille

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Lazowski, Claude-François

Parisian revolutionary

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Ledoux, Claude-Nicolas

Architect

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Lenoir, Alexandre

Art connoisseur, museum curator

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Lenormand, Marie-Anne, otherwise known as Madame

Prophet and worker

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Léon, Pauline

Parisian revolutionary

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Lesueur, Jean-Baptiste

Painter

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Loménie de Brienne, Étienne-Charles de

Minister of the Ancien Régime

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Louis XVI, Louis-Auguste de France, otherwise known as

King of France

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Louis XVII, Louis-Charles de France, otherwise known as

Heir to the throne of France

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Desmoulins, Camille

Journalist and deputy

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Danton, Georges-Jacques

Deputy and Minister of Justice

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Delgrès, Louis

Free person of color and revolutionary from Martinique

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Dufay, Louis Pierre

Colonist and deputy from Saint-Domingue

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Duplay, Maurice

Parisian revolutionary

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Volney, Constantin-François Chassebœuf de La Giraudais, otherwise known as

Philosopher and deputy

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Cuvier, Georges

Scholar

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Chabry, Louise-Marguerite, otherwise known as Louison Cabry

Parisian revolutionary

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Châtelet, Louis-Marie-Florent, Duke of

Diplomat and soldier during the Ancien Régime

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Chavannes, Jean-Baptiste

Free person of color and revolutionary from Saint-Domingue

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Chénier, Marie-Joseph

Man of letters and deputy

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Clavière, Étienne

Banker and Minister of Finances

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Colombe, Anne-Félicité

Parisian revolutionary

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Conté, Nicolas-Jacques

Scholar

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Corday d’Armans, Marie-Anne-Charlotte, otherwise known as Charlotte Corday

Political assassin

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Curtius, Philippe Mathé-Curtz, otherwise known as

Anatomist, wax sculptor

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Barry, Jeanne Bécu, otherwise known as Madame du

King's mistress

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Berthollet, Claude-Louis

Scholar

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Bertier de Sauvigny, Louis-Bénigne-François

Intendant of the Ancien Régime

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Bertin, Rose

The Queen's fashion designer

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Bonaparte, Napoléon

Revolutionary General, Consul and then Emperor

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Brissot de Warville, Jacques-Pierre

Deputy and journalist

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Buffon, Georges-Louis Leclerc, Count of

Scholar

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Babeuf, François-Noël, otherwise known as Gracchus

Radical revolutionary

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Bailly, Jean-Sylvain

Scholar, deputy and Mayor of Paris

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Barnave, Antoine

Deputy

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Beaumarchais, Pierre-Augustin Caron de

Man of letters

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Belley, Jean-Baptiste

Free person of color, deputy

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Anne of Austria

Queen of France

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Artois, Charles-Philippe of France, Count of

Counter-revolutionary prince

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Audu, Louise-Reine

Parisian revolutionary

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Évrard, Constance and Simone

Parisian revolutionaries

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Talma, François

Actor and revolutionary

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Théot, Catherine, otherwise known as Mère-Dieu

Prophet

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Toussaint Louverture, François-Dominique

Afrodescendant, emancipated slave, important figure in the independence of Haiti

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Tussaud, Marie Grosholtz, otherwise known as Madame

Wax sculptor

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Verniquet, Edme

Architect

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Victor of Aveyron, otherwise known as “the Wild Boy”

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Voltaire, François-Marie Arouet, otherwise known as

Philosopher

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Wolfe Tone, Theobald

Irish revolutionary

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Wollstonecraft, Mary

British woman of letters

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Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Étienne

Scholar

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Gouges, Marie Gouze, otherwise known as Olympe de

Woman of letters and revolutionary

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Grégoire, Henri-Jean-Baptiste, otherwise known as Father

Bishop and deputy

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Guillotin, Joseph-Ignace

Physician and deputy

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Hamelin, Fortunée, otherwise known as Madame Hamelin

Influential woman

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Hébert, Jacques-René

Journalist and member of the Paris Commune

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Henri IV

King of France

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Hulin, Pierre-Augustin

Soldier and revolutionary

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Jefferson, Thomas

Diplomat and American revolutionary

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Joly, Étienne de

Lawyer and Minister of Justice

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Kéralio, Louise de

Woman of letters, journalist and revolutionary

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Necker, Jacques

Minister

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Ogé, Vincent

Free person of color and revolutionary from Saint-Domingue

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Orléans, Louis-Philippe-Joseph d’, otherwise known as Philippe Égalité

Prince of royal blood and deputy

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Palloy, Pierre-François

Building contractor and Parisian revolutionary

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Palm, Etta, Baroness of Aelders

Woman of letters and revolutionary

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Pochetat, Catherine

Parisian revolutionary

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Quenedey, Edme

Painter, inventor

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Raimond, Julien

Free person of color and revolutionary from Saint-Domingue

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Reboul, Henri

Scholar, deputy

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Réveillon, Jean-Baptiste

Industrial

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Robespierre, Maximilien de

Deputy, Member of the Committee of Public Safety

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Roland de la Platière, Jean-Marie

Minister of the Interior

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Roland, Jeanne-Marie Phlipon, otherwise known as Madame

Female politician

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Rouget de L’Isle, Claude-Joseph

Musician and soldier

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Rousseau, Jean-Jacques

Philosopher

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Roux, Jacques

Priest and Parisian revolutionary

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Sade, Donatien-Alphonse-François, the Marquis of

Man of letters

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Saint-Just, Louis-Antoine de

Deputy

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Santerre, Antoine-Joseph

Brewer and Parisian revolutionary

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Schmidt, Tobias

Artisan

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Schmidt, Tobias

Artisan