French Revolution- Collot d'Herbois (19 June 1749  8 June 1796) was a French actor dramatist essayist and revolutionary. He was a member of the Committee of Public Safety during the Reign of Terror and while he saved Madame Tussaud from the Guillotine he administered the execution of more than 2, 000 people in the city of Lyon. (illustration by Yan' Dargent 1824-1899)