This is a list of notable Trotskyists, ordered by surname. It includes people who have or have not held other political positions at different times. Trotskyism is the theory of Marxism as advocated by Leon Trotsky. ... A family name, or surname, is that part of a persons name that indicates to what family he or she belongs. ...

• Martin Abern
• Tariq Ali
• Robert Barcia (Hardy)
• Weyman Bennett
• Daniel Bensaïd
• Olivier Besancenot
• Earle Birney
• Marcel Bleibtreu
• Mark Anthony Bracegirdle
• Alex Callinicos
• James P. Cannon
• Chen Duxiu
• Tony Cliff
• Farrell Dobbs
• Hal Draper
• Isaac Deutscher
• Frances De La Tour
• Raya Dunayevskaya
• Ross Dowson
• Max Eastman
• Luis Favre
• Paul Foot
• Pierre Frank
• Josef Frey
• Lindsey German
• Albert Goldman
• Ted Grant
• Philip Gunawardena
• Duncan Hallas
• Louisa Hanoune
• Joseph Hansen
• Chris Harman
• Jock Haston
• Derek Hatton
• Gerry Healy
• Joe Higgins
• Christopher Hitchens
• Justin Horton
• Irving Howe
• C. L. R. James
• Adolph Joffe
• Michael Kidron
• Heiko Khoo
• David Korner (Barta)
• Nikolai Krestinsky
• Alain Krivine
• Arlette Laguiller
• Pierre Lambert
• Abraham Leon
• Leung Kwok-hung (Meaning "Long Hair", 長毛)
• Ken Loach
• Guillermo Lora
• Jack MacDonald
• Ernest Mandel
• Tristán Marof
• Sean Matgamna
• Raymond Molinier
• Nahuel Moreno
• Felix Morrow
• Livio Maitan
• Pierre Naville
• Dave Nellist
• Jabra Nicola
• Andreu Nin
• Chris Nineham
• David North
• N. M. Perera
• J. Posadas
• Pandelis Pouliopoulos
• James Purefoy
• Michel Raptis (Pablo)
• Christian Rakovsky
• Corin Redgrave
• Vanessa Redgrave
• Diego Rivera
• James Robertson
• Roman Rosdolsky
• Alfred Rosmer
• Prunella Scales
• Leon Sedov
• Natalia Sedova
• Mark Serwotka
• Max Shachtman
• Tommy Sheridan
• Colvin R. de Silva
• Maurice Spector
• Mark Steel
• Peter Taaffe
• Ta Tu Thau
• Alan Thornett
• Pierre Tresso (Blasco)
• Leon Trotsky - The Original Trotsky - From whom the term Trotskyist is named.
• Bill Van Auken
• Jean Van Heijenoort (Gerland)
• Esteban Volkov, Trotsky's grandson.
• Timothy West
• Lynn Walsh
• Wang Fanxi
• Julie Waterson
• S.A. Wickremasinghe
• David Widgery
• Tim Wohlforth
• Alan Woods
• Nick Wrack

Martin Abern, born Martin Abramowitz (December 2, 1898 ? 1949) was a Trotskyist politician. ... Tariq Ali Tariq Ali (born 1943) is an author, filmmaker, and historian. ... Robert Barcia is a leader of the Union Communiste Internationaliste (UCI), a Trotskyist organisation that is better known by the name of its weekly paper Lutte Ouvrière (Workers Struggle). ... Weyman Bennett is a British Trotskyist and a member of the Central Committee of the Socialist Workers Party. ... Daniel Bensaïd (born 1946 in Toulouse) is philosopher and a leader of the Trotskyist movement in France. ... Oliver Besancenot is a member of the French Ligue Communiste Revolutionnaire, the affiliate in France of the United Secretariat of the Fourth International, a world wide Trotskyist tendency. ... Earle Alfred Birney (May 13, 1904 – September 3, 1995) was a distinguished Canadian poet and twice winner of the Governor Generals Award for Literature (for David, 1942, and for Now Is Time, 1945). ... Mark Anthony Lyster Bracegirdle (born in London on 10 September , 1912, died 22 June 1999), was an Anglo-Australian Marxist revolutionary, who played a key role in Sri Lankas independence struggle. ... Alex Callinicos Alex Callinicos (born 1950 in South Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)) is a Marxist intellectual and a member of the Central Committee of the Socialist Workers Party. ... James Cannon in Moscow (1922) James Patrick Cannon (1890-1974) was an American Communist and Trotskyist leader. ... Chen Duxiu (October 8, 1879 - May 27, 1942) played many different roles in Chinese history. ... Tony Cliff Tony Cliff (May 20, 1917 – May 9, 2000) was a Trotskyist revolutionary politician. ... Farrell Dobbs (July 25, 1907 – October 31, 1983) was an American Trotskyist politician and trade unionist. ... Hal Draper (1914 -1990) was an American socialist activist, Marxist, Left-Shachtmanite, and author, perhaps best known for his role in Berkeley, California Free Speech Movement. ... Isaac Deutscher 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. ... Raya Dunayevskaya (1910 – 1987) was a Ukrainian born immigrant to the United States of America who was a member of the Socialist Workers Party (SWP). ... Ross Jewitt Dowson (1918 – 2002) was a Canadian Trotskyist political figure. ... Max Forrester Eastman (January 4, 1883–March 25, 1969) was a leftist American writer. ... Paul Foot addressing a miners rally, June 1984 Paul Mackintosh Foot (November 8, 1937 – July 18, 2004) was a British radical investigative journalist, political campaigner, author, and long-time member of the Socialist Workers Party (SWP). ... Pierre Frank (1906-1984) was a French Trotskyist leader. ... Lindsey German Lindsey German is a British Trotskyist politician and member of the Central Committee of the Socialist Workers Party. ... Albert Harry Goldman (April 15, 1927 - March 28, 1994) was an American professor and author. ... Edward (Ted) Grant (born July 9, 1913) is a Trotskyist politician. ... Duncan Hallas was a prominent member of the Trotskyist movement in Britain. ... Louisa (or Louiza) Hanoune is head of Algerias Parti des Travailleurs (PT), or Workers Party. ... hi im chris my last name is harman and i enjoy talking to other gay men and taking it up my arse any one interested in duble penetration phone this number 07881648241 i live in bournemouth and often atend gay clubs if u see me feel free to grab my... Jock Haston (1913-1986) was a Trotskyist politician and General Secretary of the Revolutionary Communist Party in Britain. ... Derek Hatton (born 1948), is a politician in the United Kingdom Hatton was a member of the Labour Party and deputy leader of Liverpool City Council in the 1980s. ... Gerry Healy (December 3, 1913 - December 14, 1989) was a Trotskyist activist. ... Joe Higgins speaking at a rally against George W. Bushs visit to Ireland on 25th June 2004. ... Christopher Hitchens Christopher Eric Hitchens (born April 13, 1949) is a British journalist, author, and literary critic. ... Irving Howe (1920-1993), was born Irving Horenstein, the son of immigrants who ran a small grocery store that went out of business during the Great Depression. ... Cyril Lionel Robert James (4 January 1901–19 May 1989) was a journalist, and a prominent socialist theorist and writer. ... Adolf Abramovich Joffe (Russian: Адольф Абрамович Йоффе) (October 10, 1883 – November 16, 1927) was a Russian socialist revolutionary, a Bolshevik politician and a Soviet diplomat. ... Michael Kidron Michael Kidron was a revolutionary thinker and cartographer. ... David Korner, also known as Barta, was a Romanian Trotskyist militant. ... Nikolai Nikolaevich Krestinsky (October 13, 1883 - March 15, 1938) was an original Bolshevik revolutionary, then one of five members of the Politburo, before finally being executed in the Great Purges. ... Alain Krivine is a leader of the Trotskyist movement in France. ... Arlette Laguiller (born March 18, 1940) is the spokeswoman and by far the best known leader of the Lutte Ouvrière French Trotskyist political party. ... Pierre Lambert (born June 9, 1920) (real name Pierre Boussel) is a French Trotskyist leader. ... Abraham Leon (1918- 1944) (born Abraham Wejnstok), was a Jewish Trotskyist activist and theorist. ... Long Hair, Leung Kwok-hung, talking to reporter after anti-Japan protests in Hong Kong, April 17, 2005 Leung Kwok-hung (Chinese: 梁國雄; Cantonese in IPA: lœːŋ kwɔːk hÊŠÅ‹; Pinyin: Liáng Guóxióng), also known as Long Hair (長毛) (born March 27... Ken Loach (born June 17, 1936) is a British television and film director, known for his social realist style and socialist themes. ... Guillermo Lora is a Trotskyist leader in Bolivia. ... Jack MacDonald (nicknamed Moscow Jack Macdonald in the 1920s) born in Falkirk, Scotland, was a founding member of the Communist Party of Canada and one if its leaders. ... Ernest Mandel Ernest Ezra Mandel, also known by various pseudonyms such as Ernest Germain, Pierre Gousset, Henri Vallin, Walter etc. ... Sean Matgamna, also known as John OMahony (the English language equivalent of Sean Matgamna) is a Trotskyist theorist. ... Raymond Molinier was a leader of the Bolshevik Leninist or Trotskyist movement in France prior to World War II. At the outbreak of that conflict he was abroad and only returned after the cessation of hostilities. ... Nahuel Moreno (April 24, 1924 - January 25, 1987) (real name Hugo Bressano) was a Trotskyist leader from Argentina. ... Felix Morrow (1906 - 1988) US politician, Communist. ... Livio Maitan was an Italian Trotskyist, leader of Assoziazione Bandiera Rossa. ... Dave Nellist is a Trotskyist political figure and former Labour MP for the former constituency of Coventry South East. ... Jabra Nicola (1912–1974) was a Palestinian Trotskyist leader, the author of numerous articles and pamphlets who also translated some of the classics of Marxism into Arabic. ... Andreu Nin (1892-1937) was the leader of the pro-Trotskyist POUM (Unified Marxist Workers Party) which was founded after a merger of Izquierda Communista and Bloc Obrer Camperol (worker and Peasant Bloc), led by Joaquin Maurin. ... Chris Nineham Chris Nineham is a British Trotskyist and a member of the Central Committee of the Socialist Workers Party. ... N. M. Perera was one of the leaders of the Sri Lankan Trotskyist Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP). ... J. Posadas (1912-1981) (occasionally referred to as Juan Posadas), was the pseudonym of Homero Cristali, an Argentinian Trotskyist. ... Pandelis Pouliopoulos (1900-1943) was a Greek communist and onetime general secretary of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE). ... James Purefoy (born June 3, 1964) is a British actor born in Taunton, Somerset. ... Michel Pablo (August 24, 1911 - February 17, 1996 ) was the pseudonym of Michel N. Raptis, a Greek Trotskyist leader. ... Christian Georgievich Rakovsky (August 13 (August 1, Old Style), 1873 - 1941) was a Bolshevik revolutionary. ... Corin Redgrave (born July 16, 1939) is a British actor. ... Vanessa Redgrave, CBE, (born January 30, 1937) is an British actress, a member of the Redgrave acting dynasty. ... Diego Rivera Diego Rivera (born December 8, 1886 in Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico – died November 24, 1957), full name Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez, of Jewish Converso heritage and Catholic upbringing but a professed atheist, was in... James Robertson is the National Chairman of the Spartacist League in the United States and leader of the International Communist League (Fourth Internationalist) which is an international organization of small Trotskyist groups. ... Roman Rosdolsky was an important Marxian scholar and political activist. ... Alfred Rosmer (1877 - 1964) was a syndicalist leader before World War I and one of the few leaders of that movement to oppose the war from a revolutionary internationalist position. ... Prunella Scales (born June 22, 1932) is an English actress best known for her role as Sybil Fawlty in the British sitcom Fawlty Towers. ... Leon Lvovich Sedov (Russian: Лев Львович Седов; February 1906 - February 16, 1938) was the son of the Russian Communist leader Leon Trotsky and his second wife Natalia Sedova. ... Natalia Sedova Natalia Sedova (1882-1962) is best known as the second wife of Leon Trotsky, the Russian revolutionary. ... Mark Serwotka (born 1963) is the General Secretary of British trade union the PCS. He took office on 1 June 2002. ... Max Shachtman (September 10, 1904 - 1972) is best known as an American Trotskyist theorist. ... Tommy Sheridan Tommy Sheridan is a Scottish socialist politician. ... Dr. Colvin R. de Silva (-1987) was a Trotskyist leader and lawyer in Sri Lanka. ... Maurice Spector (1898 - August 1, 1968) was the Chairman of the Communist Party of Canada for much of the 1920s and an early follower of Leon Trotsky after his split from the Communist International. ... Mark Steel is a British socialist columnist and comedian. ... Peter Taaffe is a Trotskyist political figure and general secretary of the Socialist Party of England and Wales. ... Ta Thu Thau (1906-1945) Leader of the Fourth International in Vietnam. ... Alan Thornett (born 1937) is a British Trotskyist leader. ... Leon Trotsky â–¶(?) (Russian: Лев Давидович Троцкий; also transliterated Leo, Lev, Trotskii, Trotski, Trotskij and Trotzky ) (October 26 (O.S.) = November 7 (N.S.), 1879 – August 21, 1940), born Lev Davidovich Bronstein (Лев Давидович Бронштейн), was a Bolshevik revolutionary and Marxist theorist. ... Bill Van Auken (born 1950) was the presidential candidate of the Socialist Equality Party in the U.S. election of 2004. ... Jean van Heijenoort (July 23, 1912, Creil France - March 29, 1986 Mexico) was a pioneer historian of mathematical logic. ... Timothy West (born October 20, 1934) is a British film, stage and television actor. ... Wang Fanxi (Chinese: 王凡西 Wáng Fánxī; March 16, 1907 – December 30, 2002) was a leading Chinese Trotskyist revolutionary. ... David Widgery (1947-1992) was a Marxist writer, journalist, physician, and activist. ... Timothy Andrew Wohlforth is a former Trotskyist politician. ... Alan Woods was born in Swansea, South Wales in 1944 into a working-class family with a strong Communist tradition. ... Nick Wrack is the registered leader of the Respect coalition. ...

See Also

• List of socialists,
• List of Trotskyist internationals.

The following is a list of self identified socialists. ... This is a list of the many Trotskyist international tendencies. ...

External links

• List of Trotskyist Parties/Groups