LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Cesare Beccaria	Philosopher	15-Mar-1738	28-Nov-1794	On Crimes and Punishments
Gottfried August Bürger	Poet	31-Dec-1747	8-Jun-1794	Lenore
André de Chénier	Poet	30-Oct-1762	25-Jul-1794	Greatest 18th c. French poet
Marquis de Condorcet	Philosopher	17-Sep-1743	29-Mar-1794	French Enlightenment philosopher
Georges Jacques Danton	Activist	26-Oct-1759	5-Apr-1794	Key figure in French Revolution
Camille Desmoulins	Author	2-Mar-1760	5-Apr-1794	Touched off the French Revolution
Edward Gibbon	Historian	8-May-1737	16-Jan-1794	Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
François Hanriot	Military	3-Dec-1759	28-Jul-1794	Led French revolutionary forces
Jacques René Hébert	Activist	15-Nov-1757	24-Mar-1794	Revolutionary of the Paris Commune
Sir Edward Hughes	Military	c. 1720	1794	British Admiral, service in India
Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier	Chemist	26-Aug-1743	8-May-1794	Father of modern chemistry
Richard Henry Lee	Politician	20-Jan-1732	19-Jun-1794	Author of the 10th Amendment
R. E. Raspe	Author	1737	1794	The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Robespierre	Head of State	6-May-1758	28-Jul-1794	Presided over the Reign of Terror

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