People of the Revolution and the USSR
Jacobins and French revolutionary radicals
Background: France
The Revolution and the Napoleonic era 1774–1830
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- Jean-Paul Marat Jean-Paul Marat Radical journalist and publisher of L’Ami du peuple
- Jacques-Louis David Jacques-Louis David Neoclassical painter of the French Revolution
- Sylvain Maréchal Sylvain Maréchal French writer and author of the Manifesto of the Equals
- Charles-Philippe Ronsin Charles-Philippe Ronsin Hébertist general who commanded the Parisian Revolutionary Army
- Jacques Roux Jacques Roux Enragé priest who demanded controls on subsistence prices
- Lazare Carnot Lazare Nicolas Marguerite Carnot The mathematician who organized the army of the Revolution
- Georges Couthon Georges Auguste Couthon Committee of Public Safety member allied with Robespierre
- Jean-Pierre-André Amar Jean-Pierre-André Amar Committee of General Security member who reported the ban on women’s clubs
- Bertrand Barère Bertrand Barère de Vieuzac Convention deputy who bridged the Plain and Committee of Public Safety
- Antoine-François Momoro Antoine-François Momoro Cordelier printer who spread the motto “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”
- Jacques René Hébert Jacques René Hébert Revolutionary journalist whose Le Père Duchesne spoke to a sans-culotte readership
- Maximilien Robespierre Maximilien Robespierre Jacobin politician who argued for subsistence rights and revolutionary government
- Georges Danton Georges Jacques Danton Revolutionary leader associated with the Cordeliers and Indulgents
- Camille Desmoulins Camille Desmoulins Revolutionary journalist associated with both the Bastille rising and Indulgents
- Pierre Gaspard Chaumette Pierre Gaspard Chaumette Paris Commune prosecutor prominent in dechristianisation
- Jean-François Varlet Jean-François Varlet Enragé activist who championed section assemblies and direct democracy
- François-Nicolas Vincent François-Nicolas Vincent Cordelier and Hébertist who served as secretary-general of the War Ministry
- Louis Antoine de Saint-Just Louis Antoine de Saint-Just Committee of Public Safety member and theorist of revolutionary government