Louise Michel

Louise Michel

female, deceased (1905)
Louise Michel was a French anarchist, school teacher and medical worker. She sometimes used the pseudonym "Clémence" and was also known as "the r...
Adolphe Thiers

Adolphe Thiers

male, deceased (1877)
Louis Adolphe Thiers (Marseille, April 16, 1797-September 3 1877) was a French politician and historian. Thiers was a prime minister under King...
Gustave Courbet

Gustave Courbet

male, deceased (1877)
Jean Désiré Gustave Courbet was a French painter who led the Realist movement in 19th-century French painting.
Eleanor Marx

Eleanor Marx

female, deceased (1898)
Eleanor "Tussy" Marx was a Marxist author and political activist as well as the youngest daughter of the founder of Marxism, Karl Marx. Born in...
Paul Verlaine

Paul Verlaine

male, deceased (1896)
Paul-Marie Verlaine was a French poet associated with the Symbolist movement. He is considered one of the greatest representatives of the "fin de...
Louis Auguste Blanqui

Louis Auguste Blanqui

male, deceased (1881)
Louis Auguste Blanqui (February 8, 1805 - January 1, 1881) was a French political activist, notable for the revolutionary theory of "Blanquism",...

Léon Gambetta

male, deceased (1882)
Léon Gambetta was a French statesman prominent after the Franco-Prussian War.
Jules Vallès

Jules Vallès

male, deceased (1885)
Jules Vallès was a French journalist and author. Vallès was born in Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire. His father was a supervisor of studies ("...
Paul Brousse

Paul Brousse

male, deceased (1912)
Paul Brousse was a French socialist, leader of the "possibilistes" group. He was active in the Jura Federation, a section of the International...
Jacques Roux

Jacques Roux

male, deceased (1794)
Jacques Roux was the radical leader of the Enragés faction during the French Revolution. He, between the first priests, accepted the Civil C...