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By birth A–Z List Cards

Nikola Dimitrov Petkov Никола Димитров Петков Agrarian leader who opposed communist rule and was hanged after a show trial Political and party leadership 1893–1947
Milada Horáková Milada Horáková Czech politician who resisted both the Nazis and the Communists and was hanged in 1950 after a fabricated treason trial Social movements and organizing 1901–1950
Jan Patočka Jan Patočka A phenomenologist who turned care for truth into civic action Scholarship and theory 1907–1977
František Kriegel František Kriegel The only Prague Spring leader who refused to sign the Moscow Protocol Political and party leadership · Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ) 1908–1979
Robert Havemann Robert Havemann East German chemist who survived a Nazi death sentence and later, expelled from the SED, became a dissident under house arrest Science and technology · East Germany state institutions 1910–1982
Milovan Djilas Милован Ђилас Yugoslav dissident who attacked Western communist parties at the Cominform and later dissected the communist system in The New Class Political and party leadership · Yugoslavia state institutions 1911–1995
Jiří Hájek Jiří Hájek A diplomat who turned international law into a language of civic rights Diplomacy and international organization · Czechoslovakia state institutions 1913–1993
Ludvík Vaculík Ludvík Vaculík The Czech writer who declared 'not one human question has been solved in twenty years' and authored the 'Two Thousand Words' manifesto Literature and arts · Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ) 1926–2015
Tadeusz Mazowiecki Tadeusz Mazowiecki Catholic intellectual of Solidarity who became the Eastern Bloc's first non-communist prime minister Government and administration · Poland state institutions 1927–2013
Anna Walentynowicz Anna Walentynowicz From fired shipyard worker to 'mother of independent Poland' Social movements and organizing · Free Trade Unions of the Coast (WZZ) 1929–2010
Zdeněk Mlynář Zdeněk Mlynář A reform communist who sought to democratize socialism Political and party leadership · Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ) 1930–1997
Jacek Jan Kuroń Jacek Jan Kuroń A dissident socialist who linked workers’ self-management to civic solidarity Social movements and organizing · Workers' Defence Committee (KOR) 1934–2004
Andrzej Gwiazda Andrzej Gwiazda An uncompromising organiser of August Solidarity Social movements and organizing · Free Trade Unions of the Coast (WZZ) 1935–
Marian Jurczyk Marian Jurczyk A shipyard leader caught between two landmark agreements Social movements and organizing · Solidarity (Solidarność) 1935–2014
Václav Havel Václav Havel Czech playwright-turned-president whose absurdist theater critiqued the regime and whose dissident leadership ended communist rule Literature and arts 1936–2011
Jan Ludwiczak Jan Ludwiczak The union leader whose arrest sparked the Wujek strike Social movements and organizing · Solidarity (Solidarność) 1937–2023
Lech Wałęsa Lech Wałęsa Electrician who became president as the leader of Solidarity Social movements and organizing · Solidarity (Solidarność) 1943–
Jan Rulewski Jan Rulewski A Solidarity leader beaten while linking workers’ and farmers’ demands Social movements and organizing · Solidarity (Solidarność) 1944–
Adam Michnik Adam Michnik The dissident strategist who negotiated a peaceful transition with communist power Social movements and organizing · Workers' Defence Committee (KOR) 1946–
Roman Bartoszcze Roman Bartoszcze A peasant leader who carried Rural Solidarity into pluralist politics Political and party leadership · Polish People's Party (PSL) 1946–2015
Jan Palach Jan Palach The Charles University student who set himself on fire against the Soviet occupation Social movements and organizing 1948–1969
Bogdan Michał Borusewicz Bogdan Borusewicz The Solidarity strategist who planned the 1980 Gdańsk strike, shaped the 21 Demands, and co-founded the MKS Social movements and organizing · Solidarity (Solidarność) 1949–
Alina Pienkowska Alina Pienkowska The shipyard nurse who, when the regime declared the strike over, held workers back and turned it into a solidarity strike Social movements and organizing · Free Trade Unions of the Coast (WZZ) 1952–2002
László Tőkés Tőkés László The Reformed pastor whose attempted eviction in Timișoara sparked the Romanian Revolution Political and party leadership 1952–
Henryka Krzywonos Henryka Krzywonos-Strycharska The tram driver who carried the strike beyond the shipyard Social movements and organizing 1953–