Communists Communists António Agostinho Neto ( September 17, 1922 – September 10, 1979) was the first President of Angola ( 1975– 1979), a poet and nationalist leader, founder of the Marxist Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola. ...more on Wikipedia about "Agostinho Neto"
Bill Andersen ( January 21 1924- January 19 2005) was a New Zealand communist and trade union leader. He was one of the participants in the 1951 Waterfront Lockout and the president of the Northern Drivers' Union and later the National Distribution Union. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bill Andersen"
Chin Peng ( Traditional Chinese: 陳平, Simplified Chinese: 陈平, Mandarin Chén Píng) (born 1924), was born Ong Boon Hua ( Mandarin: Wang Yonghua or Wang Wenhua Chinese: 王文華) in Sitiawan, and was a long-time leader of the Malayan Communist Party (MCP). He rose to prominence during World War II when many ethnic Chinese Malayans took to the jungle to fight a guerrilla war against the Japanese. These fighters, inspired by the example of the Chinese Communist Party, became known as the Malayan People's Anti-Japanese Army (MPAJA). Chin Peng was the liaison officer between the MPAJA and Lord Mountbatten, the leader of the British South-East Asian Command ( SEAC). In the course of the War Chin was awarded an OBE and two campaign medals by Britain. He was elected the Secretary General of the Malayan Communist Party after the betrayal of previous leader Loi Tek who turned out to be an agent for both the British and the Japanese and had denounced the leadership of the Party to the Japanese secret police. Chin Peng was the most senior surviving member. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chin Peng"
Claude McKay ( September 15, 1889 - May 22, 1948) was a Jamaican writer, humanist and communist. He was part of the Harlem Renaissance and wrote three novels: Home to Harlem (1928), a best-seller which won the Harmon Gold Award for Literature, Banjo (1929), and Banana Bottom (1933). McKay also authored a collection of short stories, Gingertown (1932), and two autobiographical books, A Long Way from Home (1937) and Harlem: Negro Metropolis (1940). His book of collected poems, Selected Poems (1953), was published posthumously. ...more on Wikipedia about "Claude McKay"
Daniel Stroz is a Czech politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia; part of the European United Left–Nordic Green Left party group in the European Parliament. ...more on Wikipedia about "Daniel Stroz"
Gustáv Husák ( January 10, 1913 Dúbravka (today part of Bratislava) - November 18, 1991 Bratislava) was a Slovak politician, a long-term Communist leader of Czechoslovakia and of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia in the 1970s and 1980s. His rule is known as the period of Normalization. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gustáv Husák"
This is a list of the major figures in history who identified themselves as communists. It does not include adherents of the various other forms of socialism (such as evolutionary socialism or libertarian socialism) who agree with only some of the ideas attributed to communism and do not call themselves communists. However, the list does include all self-described communists, making no judgement as to whether their views actually do fit within the realm of communism. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of communists"
Manuel Mora Valverde (born 27 August 1909 in San José – died 29 December 1994) was a communist and labor leader in Costa Rica. He helped to found the Workers' and Farmers' Party (later the People's Vanguard Party) in 1931. For his contributions to the labor movement and to the institution of a welfare state, Mora was awarded the title Benemérito de la Patria by the Legislative Assembly. ...more on Wikipedia about "Manuel Mora"
Moni Singh (born 28 June 1901, Susang-Durgapur, Mymensingh district – died 31 December 1990, Dhaka) was the founder of the Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB). Prior to the partition of India in August 1947, Singh was a successful workers' leader who led movements to abolish exploitative labour practices. He was imprisoned for long stretches on three occasions: 1930-37, 1967-69, and 1969-71. He was first elected CP head in 1951, when Bangladesh was part of Pakistan, and led it with one short interruption until his death. After the Sino-Soviet split, Singh took the side of the Soviets. Because of this, the party split in 1966. ...more on Wikipedia about "Moni Singh"
Petro Mykolayovich Symonenko ( Donetsk, August 1st, 1952) is the first secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine. ...more on Wikipedia about "Petro Symonenko"
Philippe Ouédraogo is a Burkinabé politician and the leader of the African Independence Party (PAI). Ouédraogo was Minister of Equipment and Telecommunication in the first government of Thomas Sankara 1983- 1984. He then represented the then mass front of PAI, LIPAD. Ouédraogo continued to play an important role even after the break between LIPAD and Sankara, and was named chief engineer of mining. ...more on Wikipedia about "Philippe Ouédraogo"
Shimaki Kensaku (島木 健作, September 7, 1903 - August 17, 1945) is a Japanese author. ...more on Wikipedia about "Shimaki Kensaku"
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