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People

Activity

Any Political and party leadership 36 Government and administration 24 Legislature and state representation 2 Monarchs and royalty 2 Military command 37 Security, intelligence and policing 5 Diplomacy and international organization 5 Economy, finance and planning 1 Industry and production 1 Ideology and propaganda 2 Social movements and organizing 21 Scholarship and theory 8 Literature and arts 5 Religion 2

Affiliation

Most people

Any France state institutions 39 French First Republic state institutions 19 French Communist Party (PCF) 12 Jacobin Club 12 French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) 11 French monarchy state institutions 5 Consulate and First Empire state institutions 4 The Mountain (Montagnards) 4

All 25 affiliations

France

France state institutions 39 French revolutionary movement 1 French First Republic state institutions 19 Consulate and First Empire state institutions 4 French monarchy state institutions 5 French Communist Party (PCF) 12 French Workers' Party (POF) 2 General Confederation of Labour (CGT, France) 2 Francs-Tireurs et Partisans (FTP/FTPF) 2 Girondins 3 Jacobin Club 1 The Mountain (Montagnards) 4 Cordeliers Club 4 Paris Commune (1789–1795) 3 Feuillants 4 French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) 11 Catholic and Royal Army (Vendée) 3 Army of Condé 1 Action Française 1 Enragés 2 Conspiracy of the Equals / Société des Égaux 1 Jacobin Club 12

International organizations

Comintern 2 International Workingmen's Association (First International) 3

United States

United States state institutions 1

Position

Any Counter-revolutionary forces 24 Left critics of Bolshevism 2 Anarchists 3 Non-Bolshevik socialists 10 Jacobins and French revolutionary radicals 18 Fascists and Nazis 1 Western Marxist theorists 2 Marxism and communism 9 Early socialism 3 Revolutionary socialism 2 Liberalism and republicanism 10 Conservatism and Christian democracy 1 Monarchy and royalism 4 Nationalism 1

Citizenship(set)

Any France 123 Soviet Union 2

Background(set)

Any France 123 Martinique 2 Cuba 1 Italy 1 Russia 1

Era

Any

People of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic era

The Revolution and the Napoleonic era1774–1830 46

People of the wider world

The age of the Internationals and empires1820–1917 21 The revolutionary wave and the world war1917–1945 44 The Cold War and decolonization1945–현재 9 Scholars of this history1892–현재 3

Citizenship: France Background: France Clear all

123 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

Louis Auguste Blanqui Louis Blanqui Insurrectionary strategist who spent 37 years in prison; Blanquism paved the road to Leninism Social movements and organizing 1805–1881
Patrice de MacMahon Patrice de Mac Mahon Marshal captured at Sedan who led the Versailles army against the Paris Commune and became the president of “Moral Order” Military command · France state institutions 1808–1893
Charles Delescluze Charles Delescluze Jacobin journalist of 1830 and 1848 who became the Commune’s war delegate and walked to his death on a barricade Ideology and propaganda · International Workingmen's Association (First International) 1809–1871
Eugène Pottier Eugène Pottier Textile designer and poet, a member of the Commune, who wrote the words of “The Internationale” in hiding after Bloody Week Literature and arts · International Workingmen's Association (First International) 1816–1887
Gustave Courbet Gustave Courbet Realist painter who led the Commune’s Federation of Artists and went into Swiss exile blamed for the Vendôme Column Literature and arts · Independent activity 1819–1877
Gustave Paul Cluseret Gustave Paul Cluseret French soldier who served as the Paris Commune’s Delegate for War Military command · France state institutions 1823–1900
Nathalie Le Mel Nathalie Le Mel French bookbinder and activist in the Women's Union of the Paris Commune Social movements and organizing · International Workingmen's Association (First International) 1826–1921
Louise Michel Louise Michel Montmartre teacher who fought on the Commune’s barricades, was deported to New Caledonia and became the anarchist “Red Virgin” Social movements and organizing 1830–1905
Prosper-Olivier Lissagaray Prosper-Olivier Lissagaray Journalist who fought on the Commune’s last barricade and wrote the History of the Paris Commune of 1871 in exile Scholarship and theory · Independent activity 1838–1901
Eugène Varlin Eugène Varlin Bookbinder who led the Paris International, ran the Commune’s finances and was shot on the last day of Bloody Week Social movements and organizing 1839–1871
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
Louis Nathaniel Rossel Louis Rossel French army officer who served as the Paris Commune’s war delegate Military command · France state institutions 1844–1871
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
Raoul Rigault Raoul Rigault Blanquist revolutionary and head of the Paris Commune police Security, intelligence and policing · France state institutions 1846–1871
Ferdinand Foch Ferdinand Foch French marshal who as Allied supreme commander in 1918 led the counter-offensive and dictated the armistice Military command · France state institutions 1851–1929
Robert Nivelle Robert Nivelle French commander-in-chief whose failed offensive of 1917 brought on the army mutinies and his dismissal Military command · France state institutions 1856–1924
Philippe Pétain Philippe Pétain A marshal whose Verdun prestige ended in Vichy collaboration Military command · France state institutions 1856–1951
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
Léon Daudet Léon Daudet The voice of Action Française, the polemicist who pushed a scandal from the page into the street day after day Literature and arts 1867–1942
Maxime Weygand Maxime Weygand From Foch's brilliant staff officer to a general of defeat and accommodation Military command · France state institutions 1867–1965
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
Gustave Hervé Gustave Hervé A French journalist who moved from antimilitarist socialism toward nationalist authoritarian politics. Ideology and propaganda · Independent activity 1871–1944
Albert François Lebrun Albert Lebrun Last president of the Third Republic, who signed the 1940 transfer of power Legislature and state representation · France state institutions 1871–1950
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
Maurice Gamelin Maurice Gamelin A commander-in-chief caught between defensive doctrine and forward deployment Military command · France state institutions 1872–1958
François Coty François Coty The perfume magnate who bought both the far-right leagues and a mass newspaper Industry and production 1874–1934
Fernand Vix Fernand Vix French officer who headed the Entente military mission in Budapest and delivered the Vix note in March 1919 Military command · France state institutions 1876–1941
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
Jean Chiappe Jean Chiappe The Paris prefect of police, hard on the left and indulgent to the leagues, whose dismissal lit the fuse of 6 February Security, intelligence and policing · France state institutions 1878–1940
Robert Touchon Robert Touchon A French general whose 1940 command exposed the tension between mountain-war expertise and an old command system Military command · France state institutions 1878–1960
Paul Reynaud Paul Reynaud A republican statesman who urged resistance in the face of defeat Government and administration · France state institutions 1878–1966
Charles Delestraint Charles Delestraint A tank-war innovator who became the Secret Army's first commander Military command · France state institutions 1879–1945
Léon Jouhaux Léon Jouhaux The syndicalist who led the CGT for 31 years, signed the Matignon Agreements and won the Nobel Peace Prize Social movements and organizing · General Confederation of Labour (CGT, France) 1879–1954
Charles Huntziger Charles Huntziger A general who embodied the military case for defeat and armistice Military command · France state institutions 1880–1941
Aimé Doumenc Joseph Édouard Aimé Doumenc Logistics, armor and the 1939 Moscow mission Military command · France state institutions 1880–1948
Pierre Laval Pierre Laval A republican politician who became an architect of Vichy collaboration Government and administration · France state institutions 1883–1945
Édouard Daladier Édouard Daladier The Radicals' 'Bull of Vaucluse', who helped build the Popular Front and dismantled it with his own hands Government and administration · France state institutions 1884–1970
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
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny Jean de Lattre de Tassigny The general who defied Vichy and led the Liberation Army Military command · France state institutions 1889–1952
Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu Carmelite friar and Free French admiral whose Republic of Cochinchina as High Commissioner opened the road to war Military command · France state institutions 1889–1964
Roger Salengro Roger Salengro The Popular Front's interior minister, hounded to death by the far-right press Government and administration · France state institutions 1890–1936
Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle Charles de Gaulle A statesman who declared that France would continue the war amid defeat Government and administration · France state institutions 1890–1970
Berty Albrecht Berty Albrecht A feminist who carried anti-fascism into clandestine resistance Social movements and organizing 1893–1943
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

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