Hans Scholl

Hans Scholl

male, deceased (1943)
Hans Scholl (22 September 1918-22 February 1943) was a member of the White Rose resistance movement in Nazi Germany. Hans was born in Ingersheim, a...

André Chénier

male, deceased (1794)
André Marie Chénier was a French poet and is associated with the events of the French Revolution of which he was an innocent victim. His sensual, em...
Jean Sylvain Bailly

Jean Sylvain Bailly

male, deceased (1793)
Jean-Sylvain Bailly (September 15, 1736-November 12, 1793) was a French astronomer and orator, one of the leaders of the early part of the French...
Kurt Huber

Kurt Huber

male, deceased (1943)
Kurt Huber (October 24, 1893-July 13, 1943) was a member of the White Rose group, which carried out resistance against Nazi Germany. Huber was born...
Joseph Vacher

Joseph Vacher

male, deceased (1898)
Joseph Vacher was a French serial killer, sometimes known as The French Ripper, or as L'éventreur du Sud-Est (The South-East Ripper) due to c...
Grace Elliott

Grace Elliott

female, deceased (1823)
Grace Dalrymple Elliott was a Scottish courtesan who was resident in France at the time of the French Revolution and an eyewitness to events. She...
Jacques Fesch

Jacques Fesch

male, deceased (1957)
Jacques Fesch was the murderer of a French police officer, who became such a devout Roman Catholic while in prison awaiting execution that he has...
Hubert Robert

Hubert Robert

male, deceased (1808)
Hubert Robert, French artist, was born in Paris. His father, Nicolas Robert, was in the service of François-Joseph de Choiseul, marquis de S...
Hilde Benjamin

Hilde Benjamin

female
Hilde Benjamin (February 5 1902 in Bernburg – April 18 1989 in Berlin; née Hilde Lange) was an East German judge and minister of justice. She is bes...
Marcel Chevalier

Marcel Chevalier

male
Marcel Chevalier was the last executioner (Monsieur de Paris) in France. He succeeded André Obrecht in 1976 and held his position until 1981, when c...