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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Cesare Beccaria
Philosopher
15-Mar-1738 28-Nov-1794 On Crimes and Punishments
Gottfried August Bürger
Poet
31-Dec-1747 8-Jun-1794 Lenore
André de Chénier
Poet
30-Oct-1762 25-Jul-1794 Greatest 18th c. French poet
Marquis de Condorcet
Philosopher
17-Sep-1743 29-Mar-1794 French Enlightenment philosopher
Georges Jacques Danton
Activist
26-Oct-1759 5-Apr-1794 Key figure in French Revolution
Camille Desmoulins
Author
2-Mar-1760 5-Apr-1794 Touched off the French Revolution
Edward Gibbon
Historian
8-May-1737 16-Jan-1794 Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
François Hanriot
Military
3-Dec-1759 28-Jul-1794 Led French revolutionary forces
Jacques René Hébert
Activist
15-Nov-1757 24-Mar-1794 Revolutionary of the Paris Commune
Sir Edward Hughes
Military
c. 1720 1794 British Admiral, service in India
Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier
Chemist
26-Aug-1743 8-May-1794 Father of modern chemistry
Richard Henry Lee
Politician
20-Jan-1732 19-Jun-1794 Author of the 10th Amendment
R. E. Raspe
Author
1737 1794 The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Robespierre
Head of State
6-May-1758 28-Jul-1794 Presided over the Reign of Terror


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