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Died January 20, 1794 • near Paris • France
Political Affiliation Club of the Cordeliers • Enragé
Role In Commune of Paris • French Revolution
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French revolutionary
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Jean-Baptiste Carrier
French revolutionary
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
Talleyrand
Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand, prince de Bénévent
French statesman and diplomat
Jacques-Louis David
Jacques-Louis David
French painter
Honoré-Gabriel Riqueti
Honoré-Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau
French politician and orator
Alexis de Tocqueville
Alexis de Tocqueville
French historian and political writer
Louis de Saint-Just
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French revolutionary
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Lazare Carnot
French military engineer
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Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet
French philosopher and humanist
Jean-Paul Marat
Jean-Paul Marat
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Joseph Fouché, duc d’Otrante
French statesman
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Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès
French politician