Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette

female, deceased (1793)
Marie Antoinette, and later becoming Marie Antoinette, Queen of France and Navarre, was the Queen consort of France, as the wife of Louis XVI. She...
Joseph-Ignace Guillotin

Joseph-Ignace Guillotin

male, deceased (1814)
Dr. Joseph-Ignace Guillotin (May 28, 1738 - March 26, 1814) proposed on October 10, 1789 the use of a mechanical device to carry out death...
Sophie Scholl

Sophie Scholl

female, deceased (1943)
Sophia Magdalena Scholl (9 May 1921 - 22 February 1943), along with her brother Hans Scholl, were members of the White Rose non-violent resistance...
Georges Danton

Georges Danton

male, deceased (1794)
Georges Jacques Danton (October 26, 1759 - April 5, 1794) was a leading figure in the early stages of the French Revolution.
Olympe de Gouges

Olympe de Gouges

female, deceased (1793)
Olympe de Gouges (born Marie Gouze; May 7, 1748 - November 3, 1793) was a playwright and journalist whose feminist writings reached a large...
Madame Roland

Madame Roland

female, deceased (1793)
Marie-Jeanne Roland de la Platiere, better known simply as Madame Roland and born Marie-Jeanne Phlipon (March 17, 1754 - November 8, 1793) was,...
Hamida Djandoubi

Hamida Djandoubi

male, deceased (1977)
Hamida Djandoubi (c. 1949-10 September, 1977) was the last person to be guillotined in France, at Baumettes Prison in Marseille. He was a Tunisian...
Ravachol

Ravachol

male, deceased (1892)
François Claudius Koeningstein, known as Ravachol, was a French anarchist best known for terrorism. He was born 14 October 1859 at Saint-Chamond (...
Antoine Louis

Antoine Louis

male, deceased (1792)
Antoine Louis was a French surgeon and physiologist who was born in Metz. He was associated with Parisian hospitals for much of his career,...
Christian Ranucci

Christian Ranucci

male, deceased (1976)
Christian Ranucci was one of the last people executed in France, having been convicted of the abduction, sexual assault, and murder of a young...