Corday is a surname that is associated with two famous figures in French history: Marie-Anne Charlotte de Corday d'Armont (MARA) and Jean-Paul Marat (MARAT). Marie-Anne Charlotte de Corday d'Armont was a French aristocrat who assassinated Jean-Paul Marat, a radical journalist and leader of the Montagnard faction during the French Revolution. Both figures have been immortalized in art and literature, with Corday's assassination of Marat being depicted in Jacques-Louis David's painting The Death of Marat.