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Also Known As Jean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvray
Born June 12, 1760 • Paris • France
Died August 25, 1797 (aged 37) • Paris • France
Political Affiliation Girondin • Jacobin Club
Role In French Revolution
Fouché, engraving, 19th century
Joseph Fouché, duc d’Otrante
French statesman
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
Jacques-Louis David
Jacques-Louis David
French painter
Georges Danton
Georges Danton
French revolutionary leader
Bosio, Jean-Baptiste-François: Portrait of Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet
Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet
French philosopher and humanist
Paul-François-Jean-Nicolas, vicomte de Barras, undated lithograph.
Paul-François-Jean-Nicolas, vicomte de Barras
French revolutionary
Desmoulins, Camille
Camille Desmoulins
French journalist
Barnave, Antoine
Antoine Barnave
French politician
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Jacques-Pierre Brissot
French revolutionary leader
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Henri Grégoire
French prelate
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Bertrand Barère
French revolutionary
Billaud-Varenne, engraving by F. Bonneville, late 18th century
Jean-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne
French lawyer
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Jean-Marie Roland
French scientist
Collot d'Herbois, engraving by C. Minatelli, 18th century
Jean-Marie Collot d’Herbois
French radical
Vergniaud, detail of a statue by Pierre Cartellier; at the palace of Versailles, France.
Pierre-Victurnien Vergniaud
French statesman
Orléans, Louis-Philippe-Joseph, duc d'
Louis-Philippe-Joseph, duc d’Orléans
French prince
Joseph Cambon, engraving by Jean-Baptiste Verite
Joseph Cambon
French minister
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Georges Couthon
French Jacobin leader
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Alexandre, count de Lameth
French noble
Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles
Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles
French noble