List of people granted honorary French citizenship during the French Revolution

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During the French Revolution, France granted honorary French citizenship to those deemed champions of the cause. However, not all were sympathizers with the Revolution.

• Joel Barlow
• Ludwig van Beethoven
• Jeremy Bentham
• Robert Burns
• Johann Heinrich Campe
• Thomas Clarkson
• Anacharsis Cloots
• Cornelius de Pauw
• Giuseppe Gorani
• Alexander Hamilton
• Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock
• Tadeusz Kościuszko
• James Mackintosh
• James Madison
• Thomas Paine
• Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi
• Joseph Priestley
• Friedrich Schiller
• George Washington
• William Wilberforce
• David Williams
• Thomas Muir

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