This article lists notable public figures who identified themselves as Marxists but were also notable other than as political leaders or theoreticians. Marxism is both the theory and the political practice (that is, the praxis) derived from the work of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. ...

Activists and journalists

• Tariq Ali, Anglo-Pakistani activist, journalist, writer and film-maker
• Harpal Brar, Anglo-Indian jurist, activist and chair of the Stalin Society and Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist-Leninist).
• James Connolly, Irish trade union activist and republican revolutionary.
• Angela Davis, US civil rights activist
• Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, Colombian Born, Activist, and Politician.
• Paul Foot, British investigative reporter
• Eamonn McCann, Irish journalist, writer and activist.
• José Carlos Mariátegui, Peruvian journalist, political philosopher, and activist.
• Brendan O'Neill, British journalist and editor of Spiked Online
• John Pilger, Anglo-Australian journalist and filmmaker.
• John Reed, US journalist and author of Ten Days that Shook the World
• Jimmy Reid, Scottish journalist and former trade union activist, Communist Party councillor for Clydebank and Rector of the University of Glasgow.
• Daniel Singer, French journalist and luxemburgist writer
• Derek Wall, Green Party of England and Wales former principal speaker, academic, political economy lecturer, and writer on Eco-socialism and the relationship between Marxism and ecology.
• Urip Hudiono, Indonesian journalist

This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Harpal Brar was born in Muktsar, Punjab, India in 1939. ... A jurist is a professional who studies, develops, applies or otherwise deals with the law. ... The Stalin Society is a British discussion group for individuals who see Joseph Stalin as a great Marxist-Leninist and wish to preserve what they believe is his positive legacy. ... The Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist-Leninist) was set up in July 2004 by a group of committed communists who had either been expelled or had resigned from the Arthur Scargills Socialist Labour Party. ... James Connolly (Irish: ; June 5, 1868 – May 12, 1916) was an Irish socialist leader. ... A trade union or labor union is an organization of individuals associated through employment, or labour. ... Angela Yvonne Davis (born January 26, 1944 in Birmingham, Alabama) is an American socialist organizer, professor who was associated with the Black Panther Party (BPP) and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). ... Jorge Eliécer Gaitán (January 23, 1903 - April 9, 1948) was a politician, a leader of a populist movement in Colombia, a former Education Minister (1940) and Labor Minister (1943-1944), mayor of Bogotá (1936) and chief of the Colombian Liberal Party (1947-1948). ... Paul Foot, campaigning journalist Paul Mackintosh Foot (8 November 1937 in Palestine – 18 July 2004 at Stansted Airport) was a British investigative journalist, political campaigner, author, and long-time member of the Socialist Workers Party (SWP). ... Eamonn McCann (born in Derry in 1943) is an Irish journalist, author, and political activist. ... José Carlos Mariátegui José Carlos Mariátegui (14 June 1894 – 16 April 1930) was a Peruvian journalist, political philosopher, and activist. ... Brendan ONeill is a journalist based in London. ... Spiked is a British Internet magazine focusing on politics, culture and society. ... John Pilger John Pilger (born October 9, 1939) is an Australian journalist and documentary filmmaker from Sydney, primarily based in London, UK. // Life and career Pilgers career in journalism began in 1958, and he has developed his reputation through both his reporting and the various books and documentary films... John Reeds signature John Jack Silas Reed (October 22, 1887 – October 19, 1920) was an American journalist, poet, and communist activist, famous for his first-hand account of the Bolshevik Revolution, Ten Days that Shook the World. ... Ten Days that Shook the World (1919) is a book by American journalist and socialist John Reed, about the October Revolution in Russia 1917 which Reed experienced first-hand. ... Jimmy Reid is a Govan born journalist and ex-trade union activist. ... The Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) was the largest communist party in the United Kingdom. ... A councillor is a member of a council (such as a city council), particularly in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and other parts of the Commonwealth. ... Clydebank (Bruach Chluaidh in Gaelic) is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, lying on the north bank of the river Clyde. ... The position of Lord Rector of the University of Glasgow is elected every three years by the students at the University of Glasgow. ... Daniel Singer (September 26, 1926 – December 2, 2000) was a socialist writer and journalist. ... Luxembourgism is a specific revolutionary theory within communism, based on the writings of Rosa Luxemburg. ... Dr. Derek Wall is a British politician and current Male Principal Speaker of the Green Party of England and Wales as well as an environmental and social activist, academic and writer whose work concentrates on Eco-socialism and the relationship between Marxism and the environment. ... The Green Party of England and Wales (GPEW) is the principal Green political party in England and Wales. ... Principal Speakers are leaders and public spokespersons of the Green Party of England and Wales. ... Eco-socialism or Green socialism is an ideology fusing Green movement values with socialism. ...

Architects

• Erno Goldfinger, Anglo-Hungarian architect whose works include Trellick Tower and Willow Road
• Berthold Lubetkin, Anglo-Russian architect whose works include the Highpoint buildings, London Zoo and the masterplan for Peterlee New Town.
• Ernst May, German architect and planner
• Hannes Meyer, Swiss architect and second director of the Bauhaus.
• Oscar Niemeyer, Brazilian architect whose works include the principal buildings and masterplan of Brazilia.
• Manfredo Tafuri, Italian architect and theorist.

The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... The Trellick Tower, seen from Golborne Road. ... 2 Willow Road is a house in Hampstead, London that was designed by architect Ernö Goldfinger and built in 1938. ... Berthold Lubetkin (1901-1990) was a Russian emigré architect who pioneered modernist design in Britain in the 1930s. ... Highpoint I is one of a set of two apartment blocks designed by the Russian-born architect Berthold Lubetkin in Highgate, London, in the 1930s. ... The giant London Zoo aviary London Zoo, or more correctly London Zoological Gardens, is the worlds oldest scientific zoo. ... Peterlee is a new town in County Durham, England. ... Ernst May (July 27, 1886, Frankfurt am Main—September 11, 1970, Hamburg) was a German architect and city planner. ... Hannes Meyer Hannes Meyer (November 18, 1889–July 19, 1954) was a Swiss architect and second director of the Bauhaus in Dessau from 1928 to 1930. ... Typography by Herbert Bayer above the entrance to the workshop block of the Bauhaus, Dessau, 2005. ... Oscar Niemeyer Oscar Niemeyer Soares Filho (born December 15, 1907) is a Brazilian architect who is considered one of the most important names in international modern architecture. ... Brasília from space, November 1990 Niemeyers Cathedral Brasília is the capital city of Brazil. ... Manfredo Tafuri (Rome, Italy, 1935–Venice, Italy, 1994) was an Italian architectural and art/social theorist and historian. ...

Economists

• Paul A. Baran, US economist, founder with Paul Sweezy of The Monthly Review
• John Harrison, English economist, author of Capitalism Since World War II
• Ernest Mandel, Trotskyist theorist of "Late Capitalism"
• Paul Mattick US. Also council communist theoretician.
• Evgeny Preobrazhensky, Soviet left-wing economist
• Paul Sweezy US economist, founder with Paul Baran of The Monthly Review
• Shigeto Tsuru Japanese economist

Paul A. Baran (1910 - 1964) was an American economist known for his Marxist views. ... Paul Marlor Sweezy (April 10, 1910 – February 27, 2004) was a Marxian economist and a founding editor of the magazine Monthly Review. ... Ernest Mandel Ernest Ezra Mandel, also known by various pseudonyms such as Ernest Germain, Pierre Gousset, Henri Vallin, Walter etc. ... Trotskyism is the theory of Marxism as advocated by Leon Trotsky. ... Paul Mattick (1904-1981): Born in Pomerania in 1904 and raised in Berlin by class conscious parents, Mattick was already at the age of 14 a member of the Spartacists Freie Sozialistische Jugend. ... Council communism is a Radical Left movement originating in Germany and the Netherlands in the 1920s. ... Yevgeni Alekseyevich Preobrazhensky (1886-1937) was an Old Bolshevik, an economist and a member of the Central Committee of the Bolshevik faction and, its successor, the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. ... Paul Marlor Sweezy (April 10, 1910 – February 27, 2004) was a Marxian economist and a founding editor of the magazine Monthly Review. ... Paul Baran (born 1926) was one of the developers of packet-switched networks along with Donald Davies and Leonard Kleinrock. ...

Historians

• Gordon Childe Australian historian and archaeologist
• Isaac Deutscher, British biographer of Trotsky and Stalin
• Christopher Hill, British - 17th century England
• Rodney Hilton, British - late medieval England and France
• Eric Hobsbawm, British - 19th/20th British and International History
• T. A. Jackson, British - Ireland
• C. L. R. James, Trinidadian
• D. D. Kosambi, Indian - Ancient India. Also notable as mathematician, statistician, and Sanskritist
• E. P. Thompson, British - 18th Century England
• Michael Parenti, American historian and political scientist
• Georges Lefebvre, French - French Revolution and Napoleonic Era
• Albert Soboul, French - French Revolution

Vere Gordon Childe (April 14, 1892, Sydney, New South Wales–October 19, 1957, Mt. ... Isaac Deutscher (3 April 1907 – 19 August 1967), British journalist, historian and political activist of Polish-Jewish birth, became well-known as the biographer of Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin and as a commentator on Soviet affairs. ... John Edward Christopher Hill (February 6, 1912 _ February 23, 2003) was an English Marxist historian and the author of many history textbooks. ... Rodney Hilton was an English Marxist historian of the late medieval period. ... Eric John Earnest Hobsbawm CH (born June 8, 1917 in Alexandria, Egypt) is a British Marxist historian and author. ... Thomas A. Tommy Jackson (21 August 1879–18 August 1955) was a founder of the Socialist Party of Great Britain and later the Communist Party of Great Britain. ... Cyril Lionel Robert James (4 January 1901–19 May 1989) was an Anglo-Trinidadian journalist, socialist theorist and writer. ... D.D. Kosambi (October 9, 1876-June 24, 1947) is a prominent Indian Marxist historian who pioneered Marxist studies of ancient Indian history. ... The Sanskrit language ( , for short ) is a classical language of India, a liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and Jainism, and one of the 23 official languages of India. ... Edward Palmer Thompson (February 3, 1924 - August 28, 1993), was an English historian, socialist and peace campaigner. ... Michael Parenti (born 1933) is an American political scientist, historian, and media critic. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Albert Marius Soboul (April 27, 1914–September 11, 1982) was a French historian of the French Revolution of 1789–1799 and of Napoleon. ...

Philosophers and Sociologists

• Theodor Adorno, German sociologist and musicologist of the Frankfurt School
• Louis Althusser, French Structuralist Marxist
• Étienne Balibar, French Structuralist Marxist
• Walter Benjamin, German cultural and literary critic and philosopher
• Jean Baudrillard, French Postmodern philosopher.
• Cornelius Castoriadis, Greek/French co-founder of Socialisme ou Barbarie.
• Christopher Caudwell, English philosopher and writer
• Guy Debord, French writer and director and founding member of the Situationist International
• Joseph Dietzgen, German-American philosopher
• Terry Eagleton, British philosopher and literary critic
• Erich Fromm, German-American Freudian Marxist
• Frank Furedi, British sociologist and former leader of the Revolutionary Communist Party.
• Antonio Gramsci, Italian theorist
• Stuart Hall, Jamaican-born cultural theorist and sociologist of the Birmingham School.
• Henri Lefebvre, French sociologist and philosopher, influential on COBRA and the Situationist International.
• Herbert Marcuse, German-American philosopher and sociologist of the Frankfurt School
• Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher and writer

Max Horkheimer (front left), Theodor Adorno (front right), and Jürgen Habermas in the background, right, in 1965 at Heidelberg. ... Max Horkheimer (front left), Theodor Adorno (front right), and Jürgen Habermas in the background, right, in 1965 at Heidelberg The Frankfurt School is a school of neo-Marxist social theory (which is more akin to anarchism than communism), social research, and philosophy. ... Louis Pierre Althusser (Pronunciation: altuˡseʁ) (October 16, 1918 – October 23, 1990) was a Marxist philosopher. ... See also structural analysis and structural functionalism. ... Étienne Balibar (born April 23, 1942 in Avallon, Bourgogne, France) is a French Marxist philosopher. ... Walter Bendix Schönflies Benjamin (July 15, 1892 – September 27, 1940) was a German Marxist literary critic, essayist, translator, and philosopher. ... Jean Baudrillard (July 29, 1929 – March 6, 2007) (IPA pronunciation: [1]) was a French cultural theorist, philosopher, political commentator, and photographer. ... Postmodernity (also called post-modernity or the postmodern condition) is a term used by philosophers, social scientists, art critics and social critics to refer to aspects of contemporary art, culture, economics and social conditions that are the result of the unique features of late 20th century and early 21st century... Cornelius Castoriadis[1] (Greek: Κορνήλιος Καστοριάδης) (March 11, 1922-December 26, 1997) was a Greek-French philosopher, economist and psychoanalyst. ... Socialisme ou Barbarie (Socialism or Barbarism) was a French-based radical libertarian socialist group of the post-World War II period (the name comes from a phrase Rosa Luxembourg used in a 1916 essay, The Junius Pamphlet). It existed from 1948 until 1965. ... Christopher Caudwell is the pseudonym of Christopher St. ... Guy Ernest Debord (December 28, 1931, in Paris – November 30, 1994, in Champot) was a writer, film maker, hypergraphist and founding member of the groups Lettrist International and Situationist International (SI). ... The Situationist International (SI) was a small group of international political and artistic agitators with roots in Marxism, Lettrism and the early 20th century European artistic and political avant-gardes. ... Joseph Dietzgen (December 1828 - 1888) was a socialist philosopher and anarchist sympathizer. ... Terry Eagleton (born in Salford, Lancashire (now Greater Manchester), England, on February 22, 1943) is a British literary critic and philosopher. ... Erich Fromm Erich Pinchas Fromm (March 23, 1900 – March 18, 1980) was an internationally renowned Jewish-German-American social psychologist, psychoanalyst, and humanistic philosopher. ... Frank Furedi is professor of sociology at the University of Kent, UK. Previously, as Frank Richards, he was founder and chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party of Great Britain, a left-wing political party which was expelled from the International Socialists in the 1970s, styling itself as the Revolutionary Opposition. ... The Revolutionary Communist Party (UK) started as a Trotskyite political party in 1978 and slowly metamorphosed into a libertarian group. ... Antonio Gramsci (IPA: ) (January 22, 1891 – April 27, 1937) was an Italian writer, politician and political theorist. ... Stuart Hall (born 1932 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a cultural theorist from the United Kingdom. ... The Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies (CCCS) was a research centre at the University of Birmingham. ... Henri Lefebvre (16 June 1901-29 June 1991) was a French Marxist sociologist, intellectual and philosopher. ... COBRA (or CoBrA) was a European avant-garde movement active from 1949 to 1952. ... The Situationist International (SI) was a small group of international political and artistic agitators with roots in Marxism, Lettrism and the early 20th century European artistic and political avant-gardes. ... Herbert Marcuse (July 19, 1898 – July 29, 1979) was a German-born philosopher, sociologist and a member of the Frankfurt School. ... Max Horkheimer (front left), Theodor Adorno (front right), and Jürgen Habermas in the background, right, in 1965 at Heidelberg The Frankfurt School is a school of neo-Marxist social theory (which is more akin to anarchism than communism), social research, and philosophy. ... Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (June 21, 1905 – April 15, 1980), normally known simply as Jean-Paul Sartre (pronounced: ), was a French existentialist philosopher and pioneer, dramatist and screenwriter, novelist and critic. ...

Writers, artists and entertainers

• Nadeem F. Paracha writer,columnist,Founder of first Pakistani anarchist jornalThe Arousal,Youth icon of mid 80`s and late 90`s.
• Egon Bondy, Czechoslovakian poet, writer, philosopher and anti-Stalinist dissident.
• Bertolt Brecht, German dramatist
• Albert Camus, French novelist
• Steve Earle, American country musician
• Green Gartside, Welsh musician and songwriter; principal member of Scritti Politti.
• Maxim Gorky, Russian writer
• Herman Gorter, Dutch poet and council communist
• Alasdair Gray, Scottish writer and artist.
• Trevor Griffiths, British dramatist
• Jack Hastings, 16th Earl of Huntingdon, British artist, noted for "The worker of the future upsetting the economic chaos of the present” fresco in the Marx Memorial Library.
• Nazim Hikmet, Turkish poet and writer.
• Immortal Technique (Felipe Coronel), Peruvian-American rapper.
• Frida Kahlo, Mexican Painter
• Diego Rivera, Mexican Painter
• Ken Loach, English social realist film director.
• Ewan McColl, English playwright, songwriter and critic, influential in the British folk revival of the 1950s and 1960s.
• Vladimir Mayakovsky, Russian poet
• William Morris, British poet, novelist, artist and designer, and leading figure in the Arts and Crafts movement.
• Peter Mullan, Scottish actor
• Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet
• Corin Redgrave, British actor
• Vanessa Redgrave, British actor
• Pete Seeger, American folk musician
• Robert Tressell, British novelist
• Robert Wyatt, English musician; former member of Soft Machine

Nadeem Farooq Paracha (Urdu: ندیم فاروق پراچہ), (born February 6, 1967, in Karachi), is a controversial Pakistani journalist, cultural critic, satirist and short story writer. ... The Arousal was Pakistans first ever Anarchist newsletter founded and published by a group of ex-Socialist and Marxist student activists in 1988. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Brecht redirects here. ... Albert Camus (IPA: ) (November 7, 1913 – January 4, 1960) was a French author and philosopher. ... Steve Earle (born Stephen Fain Earle January 17, 1955) is an American singer-songwriter, well known for his rock and country music, as well as for his political views. ... This article includes a list of works cited but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Green Gartside is the primary force behind Scritti Politti, a band best known for their work in the 1980s, but who have recently enjoyed a renaissance through the 2006-released White Bread Black Beer. ... Scritti Politti are a Welsh musical band. ... Aleksei Maksimovich Peshkov (In Russian Алексей Максимович Пешков) (March 28 [O.S. March 16] 1868–June 18, 1936), better known as Maxim Gorky (Максим Горький), was a Soviet/Russian author, a founder of the socialist realism literary method and a political activist. ... Herman Gorter (born Wormerveer, Netherlands, 1864) was a late 19th century and early 20th century Dutch poet and Socialist. ... Council communism is a Radical Left movement originating in Germany and the Netherlands in the 1920s. ... Alasdair Gray (born December 28, 1934) is a Scottish writer and artist. ... Trevor Griffiths (born 4 April 1935 in Manchester) is an English dramatist. ... Earl of Huntingdon is a title which has been created several times in the Peerage of England. ... For other uses, see Fresco (disambiguation). ... The Marx Memorial Library is a library holding books, pamphlets and newspapers on Marxism, Scientific Socialism and Working class history. ... Portrait of Nazim Hikmet Nazım Hikmet Ran (November 20, 1902 – June 3, 1963) was a Turkish poet and dramatist, who is widely regarded as the best-known Turkish poet in the West and his works have been translated into several languages. ... Felipe Coronel (born February 19, 1978), better known as Immortal Technique, is a hip hop MC and political activist. ... Frida Kahlo (July 6, 1907 – July 13, 1954) was a Mexican painter who depicted the indigenous culture of her country in a style combining Realism, Symbolism and Surrealism. ... Diego Rivera (December 8, 1886 – November 24, 1957), (full name Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez) was a Mexican painter and muralist born in Guanajuato City, Guanajuato. ... Ken Loach Kenneth Loach (born June 17, 1936), known as Ken Loach, is an English television and film director, known for his naturalistic style and socialist themes. ... A Diego Rivera mural depicting factory workers in Detroit Social Realism is an artistic movement, expressed in the visual and other realist arts, which depicts working class activities as heroic. ... Ewan MacColl (1915- October 22, 1989) was a Scottish playwright, poet, actor, folk-singer, and record producer. ... A roots revival (folk revival) is a trend which includes young performers popularizing the traditional musical styles of their ancestors. ... Portrait of Vladimir Mayakovsky Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky (Влади́мир Влади́мирович Маяко́вский) (July 19 [O.S. July 7] 1893 – April 14, 1930) was a Russian poet, among the foremost representatives of early-20th century Futurism. ... This page is about William Morris, the writer, designer and socialist. ... Artichoke wallpaper, by John Henry Dearle for William Morris & Co. ... Peter Mullan (born in 1959 in Peterhead, Scotland) is a Scottish actor who has been appearing in films since 1990. ... Pablo Neruda (July 12, 1904 – September 23, 1973) was the penname of the Chilean writer and communist politician Ricardo Eliecer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto. ... Corin William Redgrave (born 16 July 1939) is an English actor. ... Vanessa Redgrave, CBE (born 30 January 1937) is an Academy Award winning English actress and member of the Redgrave family, one of the enduring theatrical dynasties. ... Peter Seeger (born May 3, 1919), almost universally known as Pete Seeger, is a folk singer, political activist, and author. ... Robert Tressell was a pen name used by Robert Noonan (April 17, 1870–February 3, 1911) for his novel The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists. ... Robert Wyatt (born Robert Wyatt-Ellidge, 28 January 1945, in Bristol) is an English musician, and a former member of the influential Canterbury scene band Soft Machine. ... For the book by William S. Burroughs, see The Soft Machine. ...

See also

• For Communist politicians and party-builders see List of Communists
• For theoreticians see List of contributors to Marxist theory
• For miscellaneous others see List of Stalinists