Jean-Baptiste Michonis
Jean-Baptiste Michonis was a personality of the French Revolution. Originally a producer of lemonade, he became a member of the Commune [de Paris], inspector of prisons and chief of police. He participated in the "complot de l'œillet", a failed attempt to rescue Marie-Antoinette organised by Jean, [Baron de Batz], and for this was guillotined in what is now the Place de [la Nation]. He was buried in the cimetière de Picpus.