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title full_name born died nationality occupation url
Karl Marx Karl Heinrich Marx 1818 1883 German philosopher, critic of political economy, economist, historian, sociologist, political theorist, journalist and socialist revolutionary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Marx
Rosa Luxemburg Rosa Luxemburg 1871 1919 Polish revolutionary socialist, Marxist philosopher and anti-war activist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_Luxemburg
Erich Fromm Erich Seligmann Fromm 1900 1980 German social psychologist, psychoanalyst, sociologist, humanistic philosopher, and democratic socialist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich_Fromm
Howard Zinn Howard Zinn 1922 2010 American historian, playwright, philosopher, socialist thinker and World War II veteran https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Zinn
Nina Hartley Marie Louise Hartman 1959 n/a American feminist, author, educator, director, socialist, pornographic actress and former registered nurse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina_Hartley
Ferdinand Lassalle Ferdinand Lassalle 1825 1864 Prussian jurist, philosopher, socialist and political activist best remembered as the initiator of the social democratic movement in Germany https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Lassalle
Heinrich Marx Heinrich Marx 1777 1838 null lawyer and the father of the revolutionary leader and influential socialist thinker Karl Marx https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Marx
Léon Blum André Léon Blum 1872 1950 French socialist politician and three-time Prime Minister https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Léon_Blum
Yevno Azef Yevno Fishelevich Azef 1869 1918 Russian socialist revolutionary who also operated as a double agent and agent provocateur https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yevno_Azef
Paul Lafargue Paul Lafargue 1842 1911 Cuban revolutionary Marxist socialist, political writer, journalist, literary critic, and activist; he was Karl Marx's son-in-law having married his second daughter, Laura https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Lafargue
Rudolf Hilferding Rudolf Hilferding 1877 1941 Austrian Marxist economist, socialist theorist, politician and the chief theoretician for the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) during the Weimar Republic, being almost universally recognized as the SPD's foremost theoretician of this century https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Hilferding
Harold Meyerson Harold Meyerson 1950 n/a American journalist, opinion columnist and socialist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Meyerson
Daniel De Leon Daniel De Leon 1852 1914 American socialist newspaper editor, politician, Marxist theoretician, and trade union organizer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_De_Leon
Irwin Suall Irwin Suall 1924 1998 American socialist, union organizer, civil rights activist, investigator and researcher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irwin_Suall
E. Haldeman-Julius Emanuel Haldeman-Julius 1889 1951 American Jewish socialist writer, atheist thinker, social reformer and publisher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._Haldeman-Julius
Ilan Pappé Ilan Pappé 1954 n/a null expatriate Israeli historian and socialist activist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilan_Pappé
Victor L. Berger Victor Luitpold Berger 1860 1929 Austrian socialist politician and journalist who was a founding member of the Social Democratic Party of America and its successor, the Socialist Party of America https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_L._Berger
Otto Bauer Otto Bauer 1881 1938 Austrian Social Democrat who is considered one of the leading thinkers of the left-socialist Austro-Marxist grouping https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Bauer
Yank Levy Bert "Yank" Levy 1897 1965 Canadian soldier, socialist, military instructor and author/pamphleteer of one of the first manuals on guerrilla warfare, which was widely circulated with more than a half million published https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yank_Levy
Abraham Cahan Abraham "Abe" Cahan 1860 1951 Lithuanian Jewish socialist newspaper editor, novelist, and politician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Cahan
Hal Draper Hal Draper 1914 1990 American socialist activist and author who played a significant role in the Berkeley, California, Free Speech Movement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Draper
Hugo Haase Hugo Haase 1863 1919 German socialist politician, jurist and pacifist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Haase
Benjamin Gitlow Benjamin "Ben" Gitlow 1891 1965 American prominent socialist politician of the early 20th century and a founding member of the Communist Party USA. During the end of the 1930s, Gitlow turned to conservatism and wrote two sensational exposés of American Communism, books which were very influential during the McCarthy period https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Gitlow
Arnold Zweig Arnold Zweig 1887 1968 German writer, pacifist and socialist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Zweig
Ludwig Lore Ludwig Lore 1875 1942 American socialist magazine editor, newspaper writer, lecturer, and politician, best remembered for his tenure as editor of the socialist New Yorker Volkszeitung and role as a factional leader in the early American communist movement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Lore
Victor Alter Victor Alter 1890 1943 Polish Jewish socialist activist and Bund publicist, and a member of the executive committee of the Second International https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Alter
Szmul Zygielbojm Szmul Zygielbojm null null Polish Jewish socialist politician, Bund trade-union activist, and member of the National Council of the Polish government-in-exile https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szmul_Zygielbojm
Leslie Cagan Leslie Cagan null null American activist, writer, and socialist organizer involved with the peace and social justice movements https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Cagan
Harry Magdoff Harry Samuel Magdoff 1913 2006 American prominent socialist commentator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Magdoff
Samuel Bronston Samuel Bronston 1908 1994 null Bessarabian-born American film producer, film director, and a nephew of socialist revolutionary figure, Leon Trotsky https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Bronston
Ilie Moscovici Ilie B. Moscovici 1885 1943 Romanian socialist militant and journalist, one of the noted leaders of the Romanian Social Democratic Party (PSDR) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilie_Moscovici
Leonard Nelson Leonard Nelson 1882 1927 German mathematician, critical philosopher, and socialist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Nelson
Rose Pastor Stokes Rose Harriet Pastor Stokes 1879 1933 American socialist activist, writer, birth control advocate, and feminist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Pastor_Stokes
Leon Lichtblau Leon Lichtblau 1901 1938 Romanian socialist and communist militant, and Soviet statistician who was executed during the Great Purge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Lichtblau
Isaak Brodsky Isaak Izrailevich Brodsky none 1939 Soviet painter whose work provided a blueprint for the art movement of socialist realism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaak_Brodsky
Jacob Panken Jacob Panken 1879 1968 American socialist politician, best remembered for his tenure as a New York municipal judge and frequent candidacies for high elected office on the ticket of the Socialist Party of America https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Panken
Morris Winchevsky Morris Winchevsky 1856 1932 null prominent Jewish socialist leader in London and the United States in the late 19th century https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_Winchevsky
Rose Schneiderman Rose Schneiderman 1882 1972 Polish socialist and feminist, and one of the most prominent female labor union leaders https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Schneiderman
Raphael Abramovitch Raphael Abramovitch Rein 1880 1963 Russian socialist, a member of the General Jewish Workers' Union in Lithuania, Poland and Russia (Bund), and a leader of the Menshevik wing of the Russian Social-Democratic Workers' Party (RSDRP) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raphael_Abramovitch
Charles S. Zimmerman Charles S. "Sasha" Zimmerman 1896 1983 American socialist activist and trade union leader, who was an associate of Jay Lovestone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_S._Zimmerman
Avraam Benaroya Avraam Eliezer Benaroya 1887 1979 null Jewish socialist, member of the Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers' Party (Narrow Socialists), later leader of the Socialist Workers' Federation in the Ottoman Empire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avraam_Benaroya
Clara Fraser Clara Fraser 1923 1998 null feminist and socialist political organizer, who co-founded and led the Freedom Socialist Party and Radical Women https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara_Fraser
Benjamin Feigenbaum Benjamin Feigenbaum 1860 1932 Polish Jewish socialist, newspaper editor, translator, and satirist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Feigenbaum
Arkadi Kremer Arkadi Kremer 1865 1935 Russian socialist leader known as the 'Father of the Bund' (the General Jewish Workers' Union in Lithuania, Poland and Russia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkadi_Kremer
Otto Branstetter Otto Franklin Branstetter 1877 1924 American socialist official https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Branstetter
Maksymilian Horwitz Maksymilian Horwitz 1877 1937 null leader and theoretician of the Polish socialist and communist movement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maksymilian_Horwitz
Gus Tyler August Tyler 1911 2011 American socialist activist of the 1930s, a labor union official, author, and newspaper columnist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gus_Tyler
Maximilian Cohen Maximilian "Max" Cohen null null American socialist politician of the early 20th century https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximilian_Cohen
Jean Longuet Jean-Laurent-Frederick Longuet 1876 1938 French socialist politician and journalist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Longuet
Haim Kantorovitch Haim Kantorovitch 1890 1936 American socialist teacher, writer, and Marxist theoretician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haim_Kantorovitch
David P. Berenberg David Paul Berenberg 1890 1974 American socialist teacher, editor, and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_P._Berenberg
Joseph Vanzler Joseph "Usick" Vanzler 1901 1956 American Jewish socialist, activist and translator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Vanzler
Nanette Salomons Cohen Nanette Salomons Cohen 1764 1833 Dutch citizen known for being the maternal grandmother of Karl Marx, the socialist philosopher and economist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanette_Salomons_Cohen
Walter Wolfgang Walter Jakob Wolfgang 1923 2019 German socialist and peace activist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Wolfgang
Daniel Mayer Daniel Raphaël Mayer 1909 1996 null member of the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO), a socialist party in France, president of the Ligue des droits de l'homme (LDH, Human Rights League) from 1958 to 1975 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Mayer
Moshe Levin Moshe Levin 1897 1943 null Jewish socialist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moshe_Levin
Anna Kuliscioff Anna Kuliscioff 1857 1925 Russian Jewish revolutionary, a prominent feminist, an anarchist influenced by Mikhail Bakunin, and eventually a Marxist socialist militant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Kuliscioff
Moshé Machover Moshé Machover 1936 n/a null mathematician, philosopher, and socialist activist, noted for his writings against Zionism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moshé_Machover
Herman Lieberman Herman Lieberman 1870 1941 Polish lawyer and socialist politician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Lieberman
Friedrich Adler (politician) Friedrich Wolfgang "Fritz" Adler 1879 1960 Austrian socialist politician and revolutionary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Adler_(politician)
Alexandru Dobrogeanu-Gherea Alexandru Dobrogeanu-Gherea or Alexandru Gherea 1879 1937 Romanian communist militant and son of socialist, sociologist and literary critic Constantin Dobrogeanu-Gherea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandru_Dobrogeanu-Gherea
Avram Steuerman-Rodion Avram Steuerman-Rodion 1872 1918 Romanian poet, anthologist, physician and socialist journalist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avram_Steuerman-Rodion
Aaron Liebermann Aaron Samuel Liebermann 1845 1880 null socialist author, Hebrew translator, and political essayist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Liebermann
Jenő Landler Jenő Landler 1875 1928 Hungarian politician and socialist leader https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenő_Landler
Lynne Segal Lynne Segal 1944 n/a null Australian-born, British-based socialist feminist academic and activist, author of many books and articles, and participant in many campaigns, from local community to international https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynne_Segal
Béla Zsolt Béla Zsolt 1895 1949 Hungarian radical socialist journalist and politician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Béla_Zsolt
Hilde Meisel Hilde Meisel 1914 1945 German Jewish socialist and journalist who published articles against the Nazi regime in Germany https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilde_Meisel
Oskar Cohn Oskar Cohn 1869 1934 German lawyer, Zionist and socialist politician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oskar_Cohn
Eduard Heimann Eduard Magnus Mortier Heimann 1889 1967 German economist and social scientist who advocated ethical socialist programs in Germany in the 1920s and later in the United States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Heimann
André Schiffrin André Schiffrin 1935 2013 French author, publisher and socialist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/André_Schiffrin
Else Feldmann Else Feldmann 1884 1942 Austrian writer, playwright, poet, socialist journalist, and victim of the Holocaust https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Else_Feldmann
Adam Pragier Adam Szymon Pragier 1886 1976 Polish economist, Doctor of Jurisprudence professor at the Free Polish University, socialist activist, politician, member of the Polish Legions and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Pragier
Ghiță Moscu Ghiță Moscu 1889 1937 Romanian socialist and communist activist, one of the early leaders of the Romanian Communist Party and its permanent delegate to the Third International https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghiță_Moscu
Yehudah Leib Levin Yehudah Leib ha-Levi Levin 1844 1925 null Hebrew socialist maskilic Hebrew poet, writer, and publicist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yehudah_Leib_Levin
Julius Jacobson Julius Jacobson 1922 2003 American socialist writer and editor who edited Anvil, New International, and New Politics, all publications in the Third Camp tradition of socialism, a democratic Marxist tradition sometimes called "Shachtmanite" after its significant theorist, Max Shachtman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Jacobson
Daniel Singer (journalist) Daniel Singer 1926 2000 Polish socialist writer and journalist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Singer_(journalist)
Siegmund Glücksmann Siegmund Glücksmann 1884 1942 German Jewish socialist politician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siegmund_Glücksmann
Henry Pachter Henry Pachter 1907 1980 null Marxist intellectual and a libertarian socialist activist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Pachter
Hirsh Lekert Hirsh Lekert 1880 1993 null Jewish socialist activist and member of the Bund https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirsh_Lekert
Arkady Kots Arkady Yakovlevich Kots 1872 1943 Russian socialist poet of Jewish descent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkady_Kots
Esther Frumkin Esther Frumkin 1880 1943 null leader of the Yiddish socialist General Jewish Labour Bund in Lithuania, Poland and Russia, and later of the Yevsektsiya in the Soviet Union https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther_Frumkin
Ottoi Călin Ottoi Călin 1886 1917 Romanian physician, journalist and socialist militant, considered one of the theoreticians of the Romanian workers' movement during the early 20th century https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoi_Călin
Rose Hacker Rose Hacker 1906 2008 British socialist, writer, sex educator and campaigner for social justice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Hacker
Jan Czyński Jan Kazimierz Czyński 1801 1867 Polish independence activist, lawyer by education, writer and publicist, fighter for the emancipation of the Jews, trade supporter, utopian socialist, and radical democrat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Czyński
Walter Fabian Walter Fabian 1902 1992 German socialist politician, journalist and translator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Fabian
Raphael Friedeberg Raphael Friedeberg 1863 1940 German physician, socialist and anarchist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raphael_Friedeberg
Toni Sender Toni Sender (or Tony Sender) 1888 1964 German socialist, feminist, politician and journalist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toni_Sender
Abraham Blum Abraham Blum 1905 n/a Polish Jewish socialist activist, one of the leaders of the Bund in the Warsaw Ghetto and a participant in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Blum
Kurt Löwenstein Kurt Löwenstein 1885 1939 German USPD/SPD politician, socialist reform pedagogue and one of the founders of Socialist Youth of Germany - Falcons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Löwenstein
Chanie Rosenberg Chanie Rosenberg 1922 2021 South African artist, former teacher and socialist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chanie_Rosenberg
Max Wexler Max Wexler 1870 1917 Romanian socialist activist and journalist, regarded as one of the main Marxist theorist of the early Romanian workers' movement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Wexler
Bernhard Schottländer Bernhard Schottländer 1895 1920 German socialist politician and journalist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernhard_Schottländer
Mark Woolf Silverstone Mark Woolf Silverstone 1880 1951 null notable Polish-born New Zealand cabinet-maker, socialist, local politician and financier, who co-founded the New Zealand Alliance of Labour https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Woolf_Silverstone
Philip Krantz Jacob Rombro 1858 1922 Russian Jewish-American socialist, newspaper editor, and Yiddish writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Krantz
Mark Rein (journalist) Mark Rafailovich Rein 1909 1937 null socialist journalist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Rein_(journalist)
Ottilie Pohl Ottilie Pohl 1867 1943 German socialist politician and activist who participated in the German resistance to Nazism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottilie_Pohl
Rose Strunsky Lorwin Rose Strunsky Lorwin 1884 1963 Russian Jewish-American translator and socialist based in New York City https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Strunsky_Lorwin
Adam Próchnik Adam Feliks Próchnik 1892 1942 Polish socialist activist, politician and historian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Próchnik
Pati Kremer Pati Kremer 1867 1943 Russian revolutionary socialist and pioneer of the General Jewish Workers' Union in Lithuania, Poland and Russia (Bund) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pati_Kremer
Stanisław Mendelson Stanisław 1858 1913 Polish socialist politician and publicist of Jewish descent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanisław_Mendelson
Anna Ingerman Anna Semyonorna Ingerman 1868 1931 Russian Jewish-American physician and socialist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Ingerman
Luba Blum-Bielicka Luba Bielicka Blum 1906 1973 Polish socialist activist of the Bund, and a nurse in the Warsaw Ghetto https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luba_Blum-Bielicka
Jacques Dicker Jacques Dicker 1879 1942 Ukrainian socialist politician and lawyer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Dicker
Sophie Liebknecht Sophie Liebknecht 1884 1964 Russian socialist and feminist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Liebknecht
Abraham Liessin Abraham Walt 1872 1938 Belarusian Jewish-American socialist activist, Yiddish poet, and newspaper editor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Liessin
Sergius Ingerman Sergius Mikhalovitch Ingerman 1868 1943 Russian Jewish-American socialist and physician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergius_Ingerman
Phyllis Jacobson Phyllis Jacobson 1922 2010 American socialist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllis_Jacobson
Toma Sik Yeshaayahu Toma Ŝik 1939 2004 Hungarian peace activist, anarchist, libertarian socialist, vegan, world citizen, and pioneer of the Israeli-Palestinian search for peace https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toma_Sik
Jeanne Blum Jeanne Adèle “Janot” Blum 1899 1982 null third wife of Léon Blum, the French socialist politician and three times Prime Minister of France https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne_Blum
Otto Felix Kanitz Otto Felix Kanitz 1894 1940 Austrian socialist, journalist and educator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Felix_Kanitz
Minna Flake Margareta "Minna" Flake 1886 1958 German born physician and socialist who fled Germany during World War II and settled in New York City https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minna_Flake
Herman Diamand Herman Diamand 1860 1931 Polish lawyer and socialist politician of Jewish origin, cofounder of Workers' Party of Galicia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Diamand
Mark Vishniak Mark Veniaminovich Vishniak 1883 1977 Russian socialist, journalist and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Vishniak
Edgar Longuet Edgar Marcel Longuet 1879 1950 French physician and socialist activist, and a grandson of Karl Marx https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Longuet
Robert-Jean Longuet Robert-Jean Gustave Longuet 1901 1987 French lawyer, journalist and militant socialist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert-Jean_Longuet
Natan Rybak Natan Rybak 1913 1978 Ukrainian poet and socialist-realist writer of Jewish origin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natan_Rybak
Robert Haberman Robert Haberman null null American socialist lawyer and activist who lived most of his life in Mexico City and Yucatán working as the head of the Foreign Language Department of the Ministry of Education https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Haberman
Hilda Weiss Hilda Weiss 1900 1981 null sociologist, trade unionist, and socialist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilda_Weiss
Moses Baritz Moses Baritz 1883 1938 British music journalist and socialist activist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_Baritz
Shoshana Borochov Shoshana Borochov 1912 2004 null daughter of Ber Borochov, one of the founders of socialist Zionism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoshana_Borochov
Jacob Milch Yankev Zoyermilkh 1866 1945 Polish Jewish-American socialist, Yiddish writer, and chocolate manufacturer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Milch
Mikhail Baron Mikhail Baron 1894 n/a null anarchist and socialist revolutionary, brother of Aron Baron https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Baron