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Anarchists

19 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin Михаил Александрович Бакунин Marx's greatest rival: founder of collectivist anarchism, at the center of the First International's great split Social movements and organizing 1814–1876
Nathalie Le Mel Nathalie Le Mel French bookbinder and activist in the Women's Union of the Paris Commune Social movements and organizing · International Workingmen's Association (First International) 1826–1921
Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy Лев Николаевич Толстой The Count who wrote War and Peace, then declared war on the state and the Church Literature and arts 1828–1910
Louise Michel Louise Michel Montmartre teacher who fought on the Commune’s barricades, was deported to New Caledonia and became the anarchist “Red Virgin” Social movements and organizing 1830–1905
Eugène Varlin Eugène Varlin Bookbinder who led the Paris International, ran the Commune’s finances and was shot on the last day of Bloody Week Social movements and organizing 1839–1871
Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin Пётр Алексеевич Кропоткин Rurikid prince, founder of anarcho-communism, geographer of Mutual Aid: escaped the Peter and Paul Fortress Scholarship and theory 1842–1921
Iosif Solomonovich Bleikhman Иосиф Соломонович Блейхман An anarchist spark in the crisis of 1917 Social movements and organizing 1868–1921
Emma Goldman Эмма Гольдман Exiled revolutionary who made anarchism an international political movement Literature and arts 1869–1940
Gustav Landauer Gustav Landauer German anarchist thinker who served in Bavaria’s revolutionary government and was killed by counterrevolutionary troops in 1919. Social movements and organizing 1870–1919
Alexander Osipovich Berkman Александр Осипович Беркман Anarchist writer who served 14 years for the Frick assassination attempt, then broke with the Soviet state Social movements and organizing 1870–1936
Vsevolod Mikhailovich Eikhenbaum Всеволод Михайлович Эйхенбаум Russian anarchist intellectual who theorized anarchist synthesis and chronicled the revolution the Bolsheviks suppressed Ideology and propaganda · Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine (Makhnovists) 1882–1945
Alexander Moiseyevich Schapiro Александр Моисеевич Шапиро The behind-the-scenes organizer who wove international anarcho-syndicalism from Amsterdam 1907 to the IWMA Social movements and organizing 1882–1946
Nestor Ivanovich Makhno Нестор Иванович Махно The anarchist peasant commander who fought Bolsheviks, Whites, Germans, and nationalists in succession Military command · Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine (Makhnovists) 1888–1934
Victor Lvovich Serge Виктор Львович Серж The Comintern writer-revolutionary who bore literary witness to revolution and the rise of Stalinism Literature and arts · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1890–1947
Anatoly Grigorievich Zheleznyakov Анатолий Григорьевич Железняков The anarchist sailor who dissolved the Constituent Assembly with 'The guard is tired', an icon of the revolution who fell in battle at 24 Military command · Soviet Union 1895–1919
Buenaventura Durruti Buenaventura Durruti The anarchist metalworker who broke the rising in Barcelona and led the column that carried his name Social movements and organizing · Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT) 1896–1936
Cipriano Mera Cipriano Mera Sanz The anarchist IV Army Corps commander who saved Casado's Madrid coup from Communist counter-attack Military command · Spanish Republic 1897–1975
Kim Won-bong 김원봉 Heroic Corps founder who evolved from anarchist bombings to DPRK cabinet, lone figure spanning the Korean revolutionary spectrum Social movements and organizing · Workers' Party of North Korea 1898–1958
Federica Montseny Federica Montseny Spanish anarchist who served in the Republican government Government and administration · Spanish Republic 1905–1994