French Revolution figure (5)
I believe the answer is:
marat
'french revolution figure' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for marat that I've seen before include "Jean Paul, French revolutionary, murdered in his bath" , "French revolutionary killed in his bath" , "Charlotte Corday murdered him in his bath" , "murdered radical" , "Jean Paul -, assassinated French revolutionary" .)