People of the Revolution and the USSR
Political and party leadership
National liberation and anti-colonial movements
The Cold War and decolonization 1945–현재
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- Cho Man-sik 조만식 Kodang Cho Man-sik, the Korean Democratic Party leader removed from the northern political stage in 1946
- Ho Hon 허헌 From civil-rights lawyer of the March 1st Movement to first Chairman of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly: a progressive nationalist
- Jawaharlal Nehru जवाहरलाल नेहरू India's first prime minister and co-founder of the Non-Aligned Movement
- Kim Tu-bong 김두봉 Independence activist, linguist, and Yan'an faction leader who served as the first head of state of the DPRK
- Ho Chi Minh Hồ Chí Minh He took on France, Japan and America in turn to win Vietnam's independence
- Le Duan Lê Duẩn The longest-serving General Secretary who reunified Vietnam and invaded Cambodia in his 26-year rule
- Kwame Nkrumah Kwame Nkrumah Architect of Pan-African Marxism who led sub-Saharan Africa's first independence
- Monja Jaona Monja Jaona Southern nationalist who joined the revolutionary front, then walked out over fraudulent elections
- Kim Il Sung 김일성 The founder of North Korea returned from the Soviet Far East
- Eduardo Chivambo Mondlane Eduardo Chivambo Mondlane From US-educated anthropologist to founder of Mozambique's liberation front
- Agostinho Neto Agostinho Neto Physician-poet who led Angola's liberation struggle and became its first president
- Julius Kambarage Nyerere Julius Nyerere Founding president who theorized Ujamaa and led non-aligned socialist Tanzania for 24 years
- Amílcar Cabral Amílcar Cabral From agronomist to master theorist of African liberation
- Patrice Lumumba Patrice Lumumba Congo's first prime minister: one speech made him the empire's target
- Lúcio Lara Lúcio Lara Ideologue of Angolan liberation, MPLA founding member
- Samora Moisés Machel Samora Moisés Machel The Marxist revolutionary who overthrew Portuguese colonial rule and led Mozambique to independence
- Chris Hani Chris Hani The SACP leader who kept the revolutionary flame alive after laying down arms