9. Maximilien Robespierre
Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre was a politician, orator, lawyer and an important figure in the French revolution. He ruled France during the “Reign of Terror” that claimed the lives of between 20,000 and 40,000 people. Many aristocrats, clergymen, middle class citizens and peasants were executed during his rule. Robespierre was guillotined without trial in 1794 for numerous acts of coincidental justice.