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11 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

Marcel Cachin Marcel Cachin Leader who took the SFIO majority into the Comintern at Tours in 1920, founding the French Communist Party, and ran L’Humanité Political and party leadership · French Communist Party (PCF) 1869–1958
Fernand Loriot Fernand Loriot French socialist and teachers’ union activist who led the Committee for the Third International Social movements and organizing · Comintern 1870–1932
Inessa Fyodorovna Armand Инесса Фёдоровна Арманд The woman Bolshevik closest to Lenin: death saved her from the Purge Political and party leadership · Soviet Union state institutions 1874–1920
André Marty André Marty The naval engineer who led the Black Sea mutiny and rose to the Comintern Secretariat Political and party leadership · French Communist Party (PCF) 1886–1956
Jacques Duclos Jacques Duclos The PCF's number two for 37 years: a Stalinist who moved between parliament and the underground Political and party leadership · French Communist Party (PCF) 1896–1975
Charles Tillon Charles Tillon A communist who carried working-class militancy into armed resistance Social movements and organizing · Francs-Tireurs et Partisans (FTP/FTPF) 1897–1993
Maurice Thorez Maurice Thorez A miner's son who built the Popular Front and led the French Communist Party for 34 years Political and party leadership · French Communist Party (PCF) 1900–1964
Alexander Ivanovich Langfang Александр Иванович Лангфанг An interrogator convicted of falsifying cases and torturing prisoners Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1907–1990
Henri Rol-Tanguy Henri Rol-Tanguy Communist Resistance leader who directed the Paris uprising Military command · France state institutions 1908–2002
Pierre Félix Georges Pierre Georges A communist pioneer of armed resistance to the Occupation Military command · Francs-Tireurs et Partisans (FTP/FTPF) 1919–1944
Guy Môquet Guy Môquet A young Communist activist executed under occupation Social movements and organizing 1924–1941