Jules-Henri Desfourneaux
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 74 years ago |
| Date of birth | December 17,1877 |
| Zodiac sign | Sagittarius |
| Born | Bar-le-Duc |
| France | |
| Date of died | October 1,1951 |
| Died | Paris |
| France | |
| Job | Executioner |
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| ID | 2892605 |
Jules-Henri Desfourneaux Life story
Jules-Henri Desfourneaux was the last French executioner to officiate in public. He came from a long line of executioners named Desfourneaux stretching back many hundreds of years. Like all French executioners since 1792 the death penalty was carried out by beheading with a guillotine.