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Henri de Saint-Simon Henri de Saint-Simon French thinker who held that society should be led by its productive “industrials” Scholarship and theory 1760–1825
Charles Fourier Charles Fourier French social thinker who designed the cooperative phalanstery Scholarship and theory 1772–1837
Étienne Cabet Étienne Cabet Founder of the Icarian movement who coined the term 'communism' Social movements and organizing 1788–1856
Adolphe Thiers Adolphe Thiers July Monarchy premier who as chief executive in 1871 crushed the Paris Commune and became the Third Republic’s first president Scholarship and theory · Independent activity 1797–1877
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
Paul Lafargue Paul Lafargue Marx's son-in-law, author of The Right to Be Lazy, first socialist deputy in the French parliament Political and party leadership · French Workers' Party (POF) 1842–1911
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
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
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
Gustave Hervé Gustave Hervé A French journalist who moved from antimilitarist socialism toward nationalist authoritarian politics. Ideology and propaganda · Independent activity 1871–1944