List of People Associated With The French Revolution - M

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Guillaume-Chrétien de Malesherbes Louis XVI's defense counsel at his trial, although not known as a royalist; guillotined. Jean-Paul Marat Radical journalist; Montagnard; assassinated by Charlotte Corday. François-Séverin Marceau Soldier who participated in the storming of the Bastille; later a general. Marie Antoinette Queen consort of France; deposed, guillotined. André Masséna General; victor at the Battle of Zürich. Jean-Sifrein Maury French cardinal; Archbishop of Paris; royalist. Théroigne de Méricourt Radical agitator, organizer. Philippe-Antoine Merlin
Director; later a Bonapartist. Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau
Represented the Third Estate in the Estates-General of 1789, despite being a noble; remained a major political figure throughout the rest of his life. Antoine-François Momoro Printer, publisher, and section leader; Hébertist; originator of the phrase Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité. Charles, baron de Montesquieu
Enlightenment political philosopher; influenced Revolutionary thinking Jean Victor Marie Moreau General; victor at the Battle of Hohenlinden. Gouverneur Morris American minister to France; witness and diarist of the early Revolution, 1792–94. Jean-François-Auguste Moulin General; member of the Directory. Jean Joseph Mounier Monarchist deputy; president of the National Constituent Assembly, 1789. Joachim Murat Prominent cavalry general; became Napoleon's brother-in-law; later made King of Naples.