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Also Known As Marie-Joseph-Blaise de Chénier
Born April 28, 1764 • Istanbul • Turkey
Died January 10, 1811 (aged 46) • Paris • France
Notable Family Members brother André-Marie de Chénier
Role In French Revolution

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Marie-Joseph de Chénier, lithograph by François Le Villain, 19th century.
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Philippe Fabre d'Églantine, detail from an oil painting by Jean-Baptiste Greuze; in the Louvre, Paris.
Philippe Fabre d’Églantine
French dramatist
Déroulède, Paul
Paul Déroulède
French politician, poet, and dramatist
Andrieux, François
François Andrieux
French lawyer and dramatist
Lamartine, detail of an oil painting by François Gérard; in the Musée National de Versailles et des Trianons
Alphonse de Lamartine
French poet, historian, and statesman
Senegalese Pres. Léopold Senghor addressing the United Nations General Assembly, 1961
Léopold Senghor
president of Senegal
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
Georges Danton
Georges Danton
French revolutionary leader
Louis de Saint-Just
Louis de Saint-Just
French revolutionary
Lazare Carnot, lithograph by Ambroise Tardieu, after an engraving by C.A. Forestier
Lazare Carnot
French military engineer
Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès, engraving by J.-A. Allais, 19th century.
Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès
French politician
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Bertrand Barère
French revolutionary
Billaud-Varenne, engraving by F. Bonneville, late 18th century
Jean-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne
French lawyer
Collot d'Herbois, engraving by C. Minatelli, 18th century
Jean-Marie Collot d’Herbois
French radical
Joseph Cambon, engraving by Jean-Baptiste Verite
Joseph Cambon
French minister
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Georges Couthon
French Jacobin leader
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Jean-Baptiste-Robert Lindet
French revolutionary leader
Tallien, engraving by F. Bonneville, late 18th century
Jean-Lambert Tallien
French revolutionary
Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles
Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles
French noble
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Claude-Antoine Prieur-Duvernois
French military engineer
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André Jeanbon Saint-André
French clergyman

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