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Harry Pollitt Harry Pollitt Stalin's personally approved CPGB General Secretary who led the party for 25 years Political and party leadership · Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) 1890–1960
Arkadi Maslow Аркадий Маслов The pianist-turned-revolutionary who drove the KPD's ultra-left turn, and became the anti-Stalinist left's perpetual dissident Political and party leadership · Communist Party of Germany (KPD) 1891–1941
Earl Russell Browder Earl Russell Browder The CPUSA leader who declared Communism was 20th-century Americanism, and then dissolved his own party Political and party leadership · Communist Party USA (CPUSA) 1891–1973
József Cserny Cserny József Communist paramilitary commander who led the Lenin Boys and was a leading participant in the Red Terror of 1919 Security, intelligence and policing · Hungary 1892–1919
Nurija Pozderac Nurija Pozderac A Bosnian politician who embodied a multi-ethnic resistance coalition Political and party leadership · Communist Party / League of Communists of Yugoslavia (KPJ/SKJ) 1892–1943
Sanzo Nosaka 野坂参三 International communist who founded the JCP, ran the Comintern's Pacific networks, and led the party for 24 years Political and party leadership · Japanese Communist Party (JCP) 1892–1993
Sükhbaatar Сүхбаатар Military leader of Mongolia's 1921 revolution, posthumously canonized as its 'father' Military command · Mongolia 1893–1923
Grigory Naumovich Voitinsky Григорий Наумович Войтинский The Comintern's first envoy who midwifed the Chinese Communist Party Diplomacy and international organization · Comintern 1893–1953
Ottó Korvin Korvin Ottó Communist who ran the political police of the Hungarian Soviet Republic as head of its political investigation department Security, intelligence and policing · Hungary 1894–1919
José Díaz José Díaz From baker to General Secretary: the leader who steered Spanish communism through the Popular Front and Civil War Political and party leadership · Communist Party of Spain (PCE) 1895–1942
Choibalsan Чойбалсан Mongolian revolution and consolidation Political and party leadership · Mongolia 1895–1952
Ruth Fischer Ruth Fischer First woman to lead a major European communist party, and its sharpest anti-Stalinist apostate Political and party leadership · Communist Party of Germany (KPD) 1895–1961
Dolores Ibárruri Dolores Ibárruri “¡No pasarán!”: the voice of anti-fascism that refused to let Franco's armies pass Political and party leadership · Communist Party of Spain (PCE) 1895–1989
Joaquín Juliá Maurín Joaquín Maurín A revolutionary who pursued workers' unity across communist divisions Political and party leadership · Workers' Party of Marxist Unification (POUM) 1896–1973
Rajani Palme Dutt Rajani Palme Dutt CPGB founding member, chief theoretician for half a century, and pioneer of Marxist historiography on India Political and party leadership · Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) 1896–1974
Imre Sallai Sallai Imre Hungarian Communist leader hanged in 1932 under the summary jurisdiction proclaimed after the Biatorbágy bombing Social movements and organizing · Party of Communists in Hungary (KMP) 1897–1932
Tan Malaka Tan Malaka Father of the Republic of Indonesia, the Marxist who fused communism with Islam Political and party leadership · Communist Party of Indonesia (PKI) 1897–1949
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
Harry Haywood Harry Haywood Architect of the Comintern Black Belt thesis: Southern Blacks are an oppressed nation with the right to self-determination Political and party leadership · Communist Party USA (CPUSA) 1898–1985
Luís Carlos Prestes Luís Carlos Prestes The Knight of Hope: Brazilian revolutionary who marched 25,000 km Political and party leadership · Brazilian Communist Party (PCB) 1898–1990
Andrija Hebrang Andrija Hebrang A leader caught between revolutionary national politics and party centralism Political and party leadership · Communist Party / League of Communists of Yugoslavia (KPJ/SKJ) 1899–1949
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
Otto Braun Otto Braun “Li De”, the only Westerner on the Long March and the Comintern military adviser blamed at Zunyi Military command · Comintern 1900–1974
Luigi Longo Luigi Longo 'Gallo': commander in Spain and the Resistance, PCI secretary-general who endured Cominform self-criticism and succeeded Togliatti Political and party leadership · Communist Party of Italy / Italian Communist Party (PCdI/PCI) 1900–1980
Hotsumi Ozaki 尾崎秀実 Konoe's confidant and the spy who helped save Moscow Security, intelligence and policing 1901–1944
Jakub Berman Jakub Berman An architect of Stalinist power in Poland Political and party leadership · Polish Workers' Party (PPR) 1901–1984
Nâzım Hikmet Nâzım Hikmet The Turkish revolutionary poet who survived a 28-year sentence with verse: giant of 20th-century letters who fused modernism and communism Literature and arts 1902–1963
Julio Antonio Mella Julio Antonio Mella The student founder of the Cuban Communist Party martyred at 25: a face of Latin American anti-imperialism Political and party leadership 1903–1929
Sándor Fürst Fürst Sándor Member of the Hungarian Communist leadership hanged with Imre Sallai after a summary trial that used the Biatorbágy bombing as a pretext Social movements and organizing · Party of Communists in Hungary (KMP) 1903–1932
Kim Chaek 김책 Korean revolutionary military leader who fought alongside Kim Il Sung in the Manchurian anti-Japanese guerrillas Military command · Chinese Communist revolutionary forces (before 1949) 1903–1951
Kim Mu-chong 金武亭 The only Korean to complete the Long March, Eighth Route Army artillery commander who led the Korean Volunteer Army and the Yan'an faction Military command · Chinese Communist revolutionary forces (before 1949) 1904–1952
Kim San 김산 Internationalist socialist who fought across the Korean independence movement and the Chinese Revolution, subject of Song of Arirang Social movements and organizing · Communist Party of China 1905–1938
Zoltán Schönherz Schönherz Zoltán Underground Communist leader who organised anti-war demonstrations through the Independence Committee and was executed in 1942 Social movements and organizing · Party of Communists in Hungary (KMP) 1905–1942
Aris son of Dimitrios Velouchiotis Άρης Βελουχιώτης Organizer of a mass partisan war against occupation Military command · Greek People's Liberation Army (ELAS) 1905–1945
Najati Sidqi نجاتي صدقي Palestinian activist linking anti-colonialism and anti-fascism Ideology and propaganda · Comintern 1905–1979
Ferenc Rózsa Rózsa Ferenc Communist who was the first editor of the underground Szabad Nép and died in custody after his arrest in 1942 Ideology and propaganda · Party of Communists in Hungary (KMP) 1906–1942
Juan Modesto Juan Guilloto León A field commander of the defeated Republic Military command · Spanish Republic 1906–1969
Arso Radivojev Jovanović Арсо Радивојев Јовановић The staff officer who organized the Partisan war Military command · Communist Party / League of Communists of Yugoslavia (KPJ/SKJ) 1907–1948
Henri Rol-Tanguy Henri Rol-Tanguy Communist Resistance leader who directed the Paris uprising Military command · France state institutions 1908–2002
Peko Dapčević Пеко Дапчевић A Partisan commander who helped turn insurgent formations into a regular army Military command · Yugoslavia 1913–1999
Kim Jong-suk 김정숙 Anti-Japanese guerrilla fighter on Mt. Paektu, posthumously revered as one of the 'Three Generals' Military command 1917–1949
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
Dambadorj Дамбадорж MPRP leader who joined the Danzan purge and was later expelled as a rightist Political and party leadership · Mongolian People's Party / Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party ?–1934

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