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Jean-Paul Marat Jean-Paul Marat Radical journalist and publisher of L’Ami du peuple Political and party leadership · The Mountain (Montagnards) 1743–1793
Emmanuel Sieyès Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès Clergyman and political theorist of Third Estate sovereignty Political and party leadership · French revolutionary movement 1748–1836
Charles-Philippe Ronsin Charles-Philippe Ronsin Hébertist general who commanded the Parisian Revolutionary Army Military command · French First Republic state institutions 1751–1794
Jacques Roux Jacques Roux Enragé priest who demanded controls on subsistence prices Political and party leadership · Enragés 1752–1794
Pierre Vergniaud Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud Leading Girondin orator in the National Convention Political and party leadership · Girondins 1753–1793
Jacques Pierre Brissot Jacques Pierre Brissot Girondin journalist and deputy who championed revolutionary war Political and party leadership · Girondins 1754–1793
Isaac Le Chapelier Isaac Le Chapelier Author of the Le Chapelier Law banning guilds and workers’ combinations Legislature and state representation · French monarchy state institutions 1754–1794
Jacques René Hébert Jacques René Hébert Revolutionary journalist whose Le Père Duchesne spoke to a sans-culotte readership Political and party leadership · Cordeliers Club 1757–1794
Maximilien Robespierre Maximilien Robespierre Jacobin politician who argued for subsistence rights and revolutionary government Political and party leadership · Jacobin Club 1758–1794
Georges Danton Georges Jacques Danton Revolutionary leader associated with the Cordeliers and Indulgents Political and party leadership · The Mountain (Montagnards) 1759–1794
Adrien Duport Adrien Duport Feuillant politician and advocate of judicial reform Political and party leadership · Feuillants 1759–1798
Camille Desmoulins Camille Desmoulins Revolutionary journalist associated with both the Bastille rising and Indulgents Political and party leadership · The Mountain (Montagnards) 1760–1794
François Buzot François Buzot Girondin deputy who argued after Varennes that the king could be tried Political and party leadership · Girondins 1760–1794
Alexandre de Lameth Alexandre de Lameth Politician who moved from the revolutionary triumvirate to the Feuillants Political and party leadership · Feuillants 1760–1829
Antoine Barnave Antoine Barnave Leading Feuillant orator who sought to preserve constitutional monarchy Political and party leadership · Feuillants 1761–1793
Pierre Gaspard Chaumette Pierre Gaspard Chaumette Paris Commune prosecutor prominent in dechristianisation Political and party leadership · Jacobin Club 1763–1794
Louis Antoine de Saint-Just Louis Antoine de Saint-Just Committee of Public Safety member and theorist of revolutionary government Political and party leadership · The Mountain (Montagnards) 1767–1794
Georges Clemenceau Georges Clemenceau Radical French prime minister at the end of the First World War who pressed harsh terms on Hungary at the Paris Peace Conference Political and party leadership · France state institutions 1841–1929
Jules Guesde Jules Guesde Veteran founder of French Marxist socialism who entered the Union sacrée government in 1914 Political and party leadership · France state institutions 1845–1922
Jean Jaurès Jean Jaurès French socialist leader who united the left, founded L'Humanité, and was assassinated fighting to prevent the Great War Political and party leadership · French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) 1859–1914
Marcel Sembat Marcel Sembat French Socialist deputy who joined the Union sacrée government as Minister of Public Works in 1914 Political and party leadership · French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) 1862–1922
Charles Maurras Charles Maurras The brain of Action Française, the royalist theorist who denied the republic itself in the name of integral nationalism Political and party leadership · Action Française 1868–1952
Marcel Cachin Marcel Cachin Leader who took the SFIO majority into the Comintern at Tours in 1920, founding the French Communist Party, and ran L’Humanité Political and party leadership · French Communist Party (PCF) 1869–1958
Fernand Loriot Fernand Loriot French socialist and teachers’ union activist who led the Committee for the Third International Social movements and organizing · Comintern 1870–1932
Léon Blum Léon Blum France's first Socialist prime minister, who left behind paid holidays and the 40-hour week Political and party leadership · French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) 1872–1950
Alfred Rosmer Alfred Rosmer From syndicalism through the Comintern to the Fourth International: a French internationalist across a century of revolution Social movements and organizing · General Confederation of Labour (CGT, France) 1877–1964
François de La Rocque François de La Rocque The colonel of the Croix-de-Feu who turned his columns away from the Chamber Political and party leadership 1885–1946
André Marty André Marty The naval engineer who led the Black Sea mutiny and rose to the Comintern Secretariat Political and party leadership · French Communist Party (PCF) 1886–1956
Pierre Taittinger Pierre Taittinger The deputy who founded the Jeunesses Patriotes, holding a street force and a seat in the Chamber at once Political and party leadership 1887–1965
Ludovic-Oscar Frossard Ludovic-Oscar Frossard SFIO general secretary who led the Tours vote to join the Comintern, became the first PCF general secretary and left in 1923 Political and party leadership · French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) 1889–1946
Marceau Pivert Marceau Pivert The Socialist left's tribune who wrote 'Everything is possible', the Popular Front's left frontier Political and party leadership · French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) 1895–1958
Jacques Duclos Jacques Duclos The PCF's number two for 37 years: a Stalinist who moved between parliament and the underground Political and party leadership · French Communist Party (PCF) 1896–1975
Charles Tillon Charles Tillon A communist who carried working-class militancy into armed resistance Social movements and organizing · Francs-Tireurs et Partisans (FTP/FTPF) 1897–1993
Jacques Doriot Jacques Doriot The Saint-Denis Communist who demanded the popular front first and ended a fascist Political and party leadership · French Communist Party (PCF) 1898–1945
Maurice Thorez Maurice Thorez A miner's son who built the Popular Front and led the French Communist Party for 34 years Political and party leadership · French Communist Party (PCF) 1900–1964
Henri Rol-Tanguy Henri Rol-Tanguy Communist Resistance leader who directed the Paris uprising Military command · France state institutions 1908–2002