Revolution theorists

German-born philosopher (1818-1883)

founding leader of the Soviet Union (1870–1924)

1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)

Ernesto "Che" Guevara de la Serna was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, author, guerrilla leader, diplomat, politician, and military theorist. A major figure of the Cuban Revolution, his stylized visage has become a countercultural symbol of rebellion and global insignia in popular culture.

German philosopher, sociologist and economist (1820–1895)

Russian revolutionary anarchist and philosopher (1814–1876)

Ruhollah Mostafavi Musavi Khomeini was an Iranian political revolutionary and Shia cleric who served as the first supreme leader of Iran from 1979 until his death in 1989. He was the leader of the Iranian Revolution, which overthrew Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, ended the Pahlavi era, and transformed the country into an Islamic republic. As supreme leader, he implemented policies that came to be known as Khomeinism.

German historian and philosopher (1880-1936)

German philosopher, sociologist, and political theorist (1898–1979)

Italian economist and sociologist (1848-1923)

American political scientist (1927–2008)

American historian, physicist and philosopher (1922 – 1996)

French West Indian psychiatrist and philosopher (1925–1961)

Egyptian political theorist and revolutionary (1906–1966)

French writer and philosopher

French Marxist theorist, writer, filmmaker (1931–1994)

Russian sociologist (1889-1968)

French socialist and political activist (1805-1881)

Russian anthropologist, economic historian, comparative political scientist, and sociologist

Mexican activist (1957-)

Italian political philosopher (1933–2023)

American political scientist (1928-2018)

intellectual, journalist, official, professor

American activist (1936–1989)

Italian utopian socialist, writer, agitator, and freemason (1761-1837)

Brazilian politician, writer, and guerrilla fighter (1911–1969)

American sociologist (1929–2008)

American political scientist and anthropologist

American sociologist and political scientist

German social scientist (1894–1970)

American historian and sociologist

American anarchist (1947–2004)

American historian (1931-2006)

American scholar (1903–1968)

German-American social philosopher (1888-1973)

American historian

American academic

Spanish author, economist and educator (1913-1993)

British blogger

United States sociologist (1873–1946)

1918-2012 American sociologist