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Manon Roland
French revolutionary
Charlotte Corday
figure of the French Revolution (1768-1793)
Girondists
The Girondins (; ), also called Girondists, were a political group during the French Revolution. From 1791 to 1793, the Girondins were active in the Legislative Assembly and the National Convention. Together with the Montagnards, they initially were part of the Jacobin movement. They campaigned for the end of the monarchy, but then resisted the spiraling momentum of the Revolution, which caused a conflict with the more radical Montagnards. They dominated the movement until their fall in the insurrection of 31 May – 2 June 1793, which resulted in the domination of the Montagnards and the purge
Jacques Pierre Brissot
French revolutionary (1754–1793)
Charles François Dumouriez
French general (1739–1823)
Theroigne de Mericourt
French revolutionary (1762-1817)
Pierre Vergniaud
French politician (1753-1793)
Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière
French politician (1734-1793)
Pierre Paul Royer-Collard
French academic (1763-1845)
Pierre Claude François Daunou
French statesman and historian of the French Revolution and Empire (1761-1840)
François Buzot
French politician (1760-1794)
Charles Jean Marie Barbaroux
French politician (1767-1794)
François Antoine de Boissy d'Anglas
French politician (1756-1826)
Marguerite-Élie Guadet
French politician (1758-1794)
Jean-Paul Rabaut Saint-Étienne
French pastor & politician (1743-1793)
Armand Gensonné
French Revolution politician (1758-1793)
Claude Fauchet
French revolutionary bishop (1744-1793)
Jacques Guillaume Thouret
French revolutionary (1746-1794)
Jean-Baptiste Boyer-Fonfrède
French politician (1760-1793)
Maximin Isnard
French politician (1755-1825)
Jacques Claude Beugnot
French politician (1761-1835)
Étienne Clavière
French politician and financier of Genevan origin (1735-1793)
Abraham Furtado
Member of the Assembly of Notables
Alexandre Méchin
French politician (1772–1849)
Jean-Louis Carra
French journalist and politician
Louis Gustave le Doulcet, comte de Pontécoulant
French politician (1764-1853)
Jean Pelet
French politician (1759-1842)
François Aubry
French politician (1747-1798)
Jean-Pierre Chazal
French politician (1766-1840)