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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
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
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