The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Eponyms and Political Thinkers

• Babeuf — The surname of François-Noël Babeuf (1760–1797), also known by his pseudonym Gracchus Babeuf, a French revolutionary, journalist, and political theorist during the French Revolution. He was a radical precursor of communism and utopian socialism, organizing the 'Conspiracy of the Equals' (Conspiracy of Equals), a movement through which he advocated for the abolition of private property and the establishment of full economic equality.