Snopes rated the claim “Dr. Joseph Guillotin invented the guillotine and was later executed with one of those machines.” False.
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← Joseph-Ignace Guillotin timeline
Snopes rated the claim “Dr. Joseph Guillotin invented the guillotine and was later executed with one of those machines.” False.
Shown as reported and rated by a fact checker, not as an established fact.
Captured 2026-08-18 from Snopes. The archived copy is preserved so this citation survives link rot.