Desmoulins, (Lucie Simplice) Camille (Benoist) (1760–1794)

French revolutionary who summoned the mob to arms on 12 July 1789, so precipitating the revolt that culminated in the storming of the Bastille. A prominent left-wing Jacobin, he was elected to the National Convention in 1792. His Histoire des Brissotins was largely responsible for the overthrow of the right-wing Girondins, but shortly after he was sent to the guillotine as too moderate.