2) Kleber, Jean Baptiste. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Munich and served in the Austrian army from 1777 to 1783. In 1789 he entered the French National Guard. He fought with distinction in the French Revolutionary Wars...

3) Labat, Jean Baptiste. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...French Dominican missionary. Sent to the West Indies, he explored the islands, founded (1703) the city of Basse-Terre, and defended Guadeloupe against the English....

4) Lacordaire, Jean Baptiste Henri. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...French Roman Catholic preacher and liberal. Ordained in 1827, he came under the influence of Lamennais and collaborated with him on Avenir, a journal advocating ultramontanism,...

5) Lamarck, Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, chevalier de. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...After varied careers he turned his attention to botany, and recognition of his skill followed upon publication of Flore francoise (3 vol., 1778). He was elected to...

6) Lamy, Jean Baptiste. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Roman Catholic archbishop in the U.S. Southwest, b. France. He was ordained in 1838 and, after doing missionary work in S Ohio, was sent to New Mexico in 1850 as...

7) Lemoyne, Jean Baptiste. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Much of his work, including three equestrian statues of Louis XV, was destroyed in the French Revolution. His picturesque portrait busts of Voltaire, Fontenelle,...

8) Lully, Jean Baptiste. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...French operatic composer, b. Florence, Italy. His name originally was Giovanni Battista Lulli. A self-taught violinist, he went to France in 1646 and in 1652 entered...

9) Marchand, Jean Baptiste. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...French explorer and general. Sent to Africa (1897) to establish French control of the headwaters of the White Nile, Marchand led a heroic trek through uncharted terrain....

10) Martignac, Jean Baptiste Sylvere Gay, vicomte de. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...King Charles X after the fall of the ministry of the comte de Villele. Martignac's cabinet, composed of both liberals and reactionaries, was ineffective; his liberal...