Léon Léauthier

Léon-Jules Léauthier (January 1874, in Manosque - assassinated on 22 October 1894 at the penal colony of the Salvation Islands), was shoemaker, activist, and anarchist terrorist in France. An anarchist from a young age, he is best known for stabbing the Serbian diplomat Rista Georgevitch in the midst of the Ère des attentats (1892–1894), on 13 November 1893. This attack was not targeted; Léauthier chose him as a symbol of revenge against the entire bourgeoisie, which he identified in him. Taking place only six days after the Liceu bombing, Léauthier's action became one of the first acts of indiscriminate terrorism in history, making him one of the founders of modern terrorism.

Léauthier then voluntarily surrendered to the police before being sentenced to life imprisonment in the penal colony. Deported to the Salvation Islands, he was killed by police forces as part of a plot orchestrated by the authorities, resulting in the massacre of the anarchists in the penal colony.