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Also Known As Philippe-François-Nazaire Fabre d’Églantine
Born July 28, 1750 • Carcassonne • France
Died April 5, 1794 (aged 43) • Paris • France
Notable Works “Le Philinte de Molière”
Role In French Revolution

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Philippe Fabre d'Églantine, detail from an oil painting by Jean-Baptiste Greuze; in the Louvre, Paris.
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Marie-Joseph de Chénier, lithograph by François Le Villain, 19th century.
Marie-Joseph de Chénier
French author
Déroulède, Paul
Paul Déroulède
French politician, poet, and dramatist
Andrieux, François
François Andrieux
French lawyer and dramatist
Portrait painting of French dramatist Moliere, shown with long curly hair, a mustache, and wearing a richly detailed robe, by Jean-Baptiste Mauzaisse after Pierre Mignard.
Molière
French dramatist
Life-sized plaster sculpture Seated Voltaire by Jean-Antoine Houdon shows Voltaire draped in a robe, seated with a thoughtful expression and a ribbon crown, against a dark background.
Voltaire
French philosopher and author
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
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
André Malraux
André Malraux
French novelist, art historian, and statesman
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
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
Jean-Paul Marat
Jean-Paul Marat
French politician, physician, and journalist
François-Auguste-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand
François-Auguste-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand
French author and diplomat
Fouché, engraving, 19th century
Joseph Fouché, duc d’Otrante
French statesman
Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès, engraving by J.-A. Allais, 19th century.
Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès
French politician