The Database of Death 1792-1796
Free Search for the tragic victims 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. You will find the young, the old, young teenagers, women, mothers and men of all ages.
updated 29 Dec 2025
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)
- 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 sure of the spelling? Enter the first 3 letters of the name
- Bolded Letters of ‘Names Beginning with’… are names I’m currently working on
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:
C, D, G, H, L, M, P, R, S, T
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