Danton

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Danton
    n 1: French revolutionary leader who stormed the Paris bastille
         and who supported the execution of Louis XVI but was
         guillotined by Robespierre for his opposition to the Reign
         of Terror (1759-1794) [syn: {Danton}, {Georges Jacques
         Danton}]

from Who Was Who: 5000 B. C. to Date

DANTON

the man who wound up France before the revolution.