- Maximilien Robespierre: radical leader of the Jacobin Club, organizer of the Reign of Terror (History.com)
- Louis XVI: King of France during the Revolution, executed by guillotine (History.com)
- Georges Danton: leader of the Cordeliers Club, helped to bring down the monarchy but was eventually executed during the Reign of Terror (History.com)
- Jean-Paul Marat: radical journalist and member of the Jacobin Club, supported the guillotine as a means of executing enemies of the Revolution (History.com)
- Napoleon Bonaparte: military leader who rose to power during the Revolution, eventually becoming Emperor of France (History.com)
- Olympe de Gouges: feminist writer and activist who advocated for women's rights and abolition of slavery, executed during the Reign of Terror (History.com)
- Charlotte Corday: assassin of radical Jacobin leader Jean-Paul Marat, executed for her crime (History.com)
Sources: History.com. "French Revolution." https://www.history.com/topics/france/french-revolution. Accessed 6 May 2021.
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