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Born June 10, 1746 • France
Died May 7, 1795 (aged 48) • Paris • France
Role In French Revolution
Eighteenth-century painted portrait of Maximilien de Robespierre wearing a brown striped coat, high collar, and white cravat, set against a plain background.
Maximilien Robespierre
French revolutionary
Cassin, René
René Cassin
French jurist
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François Hotman
French jurist and scholar
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Philippe-Antoine, Count Merlin
French jurist
Jean-Baptiste Carrier, lithograph by F.-S. Delpech after a portrait by J.-B. Belliard
Jean-Baptiste Carrier
French revolutionary
Labori
Fernand-Gustave-Gaston Labori
French lawyer
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Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
French author
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Archibald Cox
American lawyer
Yoon Suk-Yeol
Yoon Suk-Yeol
president of South Korea
James B. Comey, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, in a suit and red tie, smiling in front of a U.S. flag and blue background.
James Comey
American attorney and law enforcement official
Todd Blanche in a suit and red tie, smiling in front of a blurred United States flag and brown background.
Todd Blanche
American attorney
Merrick Garland
Merrick Garland
American lawyer, judge, and government official
Roy Cohn
Roy Cohn
American lawyer
Ramsey Clark
Ramsey Clark
American lawyer
Owen Josephus Roberts
Owen Josephus Roberts
United States jurist
Kenneth W. Starr in a suit and tie, seated and smiling, posed against a plain background.
Ken Starr
American lawyer
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Patrick Fitzgerald
American lawyer
Eric Holder.
Eric Holder
American lawyer
Robert H. Jackson
Robert H. Jackson
United States jurist
Andrey Vyshinsky
Andrey Vyshinsky
Soviet statesman