List of People Associated With The French Revolution - R

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Jean-François Rewbell Deputy; Feuillant; member of the Directory. Maximilien Robespierre Montagnard; Committee of Public Safety member; prominent during Reign of Terror; guillotined after 9 Thermidor. Comte de Rochambeau Senior general and former commander of French troops during the American Revolution, commander of the Armee du Nord for the Republic; imprisoned during the Reign of Terror but not executed. Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière Girondist; interior minister in 1792; committed suicide in 1793 following his wife's condemnation. Madame Roland
Jean-Marie Roland's wife; author of influential Revolutionary writings under Roland's name; salonière; guillotined. Gilbert Romme Initially a Girondist politician, then Montagnard; designed French Republican Calendar; condemned after Girondists' return to power; committed suicide before execution. Jean-Jacques Rousseau Enlightenment political philosopher; influenced Revolutionary thinking. Jacques Roux Hébertist leader of the Enragés faction; member of Paris Commune; arrested during Reign of Terror; committed suicide before trial.