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Paul-François-Jean-Nicolas, vicomte de Barras: Quick Facts

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Facts

Born June 30, 1755 • France
Died January 29, 1829 (aged 73) • France
Title / Office National Convention (1792-1795)
Political Affiliation Jacobin Club
Role In French Revolution • Thermidorian Reaction

Photos

Paul-François-Jean-Nicolas, vicomte de Barras, undated lithograph.
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Collot d'Herbois, engraving by C. Minatelli, 18th century
Jean-Marie Collot d’Herbois
French radical
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
Tallien, engraving by F. Bonneville, late 18th century
Jean-Lambert Tallien
French revolutionary
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Antoine-Christophe Merlin
French revolutionary
Louis Fréron.
Louis Fréron
French journalist
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Louis-Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux
French politician
Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles
Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles
French noble
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
Fouché, engraving, 19th century
Joseph Fouché, duc d’Otrante
French statesman
Desmoulins, Camille
Camille Desmoulins
French journalist
Barnave, Antoine
Antoine Barnave
French politician
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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
Orléans, Louis-Philippe-Joseph, duc d'
Louis-Philippe-Joseph, duc d’Orléans
French prince
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Georges Couthon
French Jacobin leader
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Alexandre, count de Lameth
French noble