List of People Associated With The French Revolution - D

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Georges Danton Writer; Jacobin, but neither a Girondist nor a Montagnard; Committee of Public Safety member; guillotined. Pierre Claude François Daunou Historian; loosely associated with the Girondists faction; served both Directory and Empire. Jacques Louis David Painter; Montagnard; Committee of General Security member; survived fall from power following 9 Thermidor. Louis Charles Antoine Desaix General; killed while leading the French to victory during the Battle of Marengo (1800). Camille Desmoulins Journalist; Montagnard; Danton associate; guillotined. Denis Diderot Enlightenment author; atheist philosopher; influenced Revolutionary theory. Jacques François Dugommier General; National Convention deputy. Charles François Dumouriez General; sometime Girondist and Foreign Minister in the Girondist cabinet; eventually defected to Austria. Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours Constitutional monarchist; National Constituent Assembly president; eventually exiled. Roger Ducos Deputy from Landes; member of the Council of Five Hundred; vice-president of the Consulate Senate.