Maximilien Robespierre

Maximilien Robespierre is important because he was not only a french revolutionary supporter but also the ruler for a period of time. His reign as ruler didn't help France at the time because him and his Committee of Public Safety basically ensured that anyone who opposed him would end being sent to the guillotine which included tens of thousands enemies of the revolution. So anyone that did not support the idea of a revolution would be killed off to ensure only one common belief would be available to the public/country and it was his belief in a revolution. This was until he was arrested and guillotined because of him trying to rid of France of all non-revolutionist thinkers.