A Searchable Census Of the victims Executed in the French Revolution 1792-1796
updated 8 Apr 2025
Search the database of the people executed in the French Revolution 1792-1796 for various crimes; real or made up. This is a ‘census’ or ‘dictionnaire’ of the victim’s names with genealogical information recorded.
This is what you may find
What you need to know
- Last Name
- First Name
- Age
- Profession & Position
- Military
- Place of Birth (village & department)
- Place of Residence (village & department)
- Charges against the Accused
- Date of Trial & Execution
- Town or Department of Trial & Execution
- Extra info
- This is a MASSIVE ONGOING PROJECT (check back regularly)
- All the data is in French (you’ll need an online translator)
- There will be mistakes of spelling, or French cities in wrong departments (ex: Lyon in department of Seine)
- The database is from 1792-1796
- Blanks fields means there was no recorded information
- ‘Natif’ doesn’t necessarily mean a person was born in that town (ex: natif de Nismes, but né Lyon, Rhône)
- Last names (nom) can have slight spelling variations. (Ex: Clavier/Claviere/Clavierre)
Directions:
- Enter name to search, & click the magnifying glass
- Find and click on a name in the results page
- Form Page will pop-up
- All recorded information will be displayed
- Not all executed were French
- Not sure of the spelling? Enter the first 3 letters of the name
Search the Database for Your French Ancestors
Click HERE for online translator
Completed:
Names Beginning with:
A, B, E, F, I, J, K, N, O, Q, U, V, W, Z
Partially Completed:
Names Beginning with:
T, C, D, G, H, L, M, P, R, S
Source and Citations: Prudhomme, L. M. (1796). Dictionnaire des individus envoyés à la mort judiciairement: révolutionnairement et contre-révolution, pendant la révolution France Tome Premier (Volumne I ) & Tome II (volumne II )Google Books