# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/augustin-barruel
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:38:28.008Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/augustin-barruel"
name: "Augustin Barruel"
slug: "augustin-barruel"
description: "Augustin Barruel was a French journalist, intellectual, and Jesuit priest. He is now mostly known for setting forth the conspiracy theory involving the Bavarian Illuminati and the Jacobins in his book Memoirs Illustrating the History of Jacobinism published in 1797. In short, Barruel wrote that the French Revolution was planned and executed by the secret societies."
tagline: "French publicist and Jesuit priest (1741–1820)"
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country:
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category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1741-10-02"
deathDate: "1820-10-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump