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Born March 6, 1757 • Niort • France
Died March 17, 1821 (aged 64) • Paris • France
Title / Office Corps Législatif (1802-1808)
Georges Clemenceau.
Georges Clemenceau
prime minister of France
Jean-Paul Marat
Jean-Paul Marat
French politician, physician, and journalist
Adolphe Thiers
Adolphe Thiers
French statesman and historian
Desmoulins, Camille
Camille Desmoulins
French journalist
Charlest, count de Montalember
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François-Noël Babeuf, engraving by an unknown artist, 18th century.
François-Noël Babeuf
French political journalist
Louis Fréron.
Louis Fréron
French journalist
Pierre Brossolette
French journalist
Pyat, lithograph by C. Deshayes
Félix Pyat
French journalist and politician
Victor Schoelcher
French journalist
Jules Barthélemy-Saint-Hilaire
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Bernard-François, marquis de Chauvelin
French diplomat and politician
Bernard-Louis, marquis de Chauvelin
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Melchior de Polignac
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Philippe-Emmanuel Gondi
French military commander
Alain Juppé
prime minister of France
Jacques-Louis David: The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries
Napoleon I
emperor of France
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres: painting of Joan of Arc
St. Joan of Arc
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The Red Eminence
Cardinal Richelieu
French cardinal and statesman
Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle
president of France