Anti-nationalists

Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist best known for developing the theory of relativity. Einstein also made important contributions to quantum theory. His mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc2, which arises from special relativity, has been called "the world's most famous equation". He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for "his services to theoretical physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect".

German-born philosopher (1818-1883)

founding leader of the Soviet Union (1870–1924)

Osama bin Muhammad bin 'Awad bin Laden was the founder and first general emir of al-Qaeda from 1988 until his death in 2011. A pan-Islamist, bin Laden organized and funded numerous jihadist or anti-Western militants and terrorist attacks worldwide. Al-Qaeda's attacks against the United States on 11 September 2001 (9/11) directly killed 2,977 victims, causing the global war on terror.

Ruhollah Mostafavi Musavi Khomeini was an Iranian political revolutionary and Shia cleric who served as the first supreme leader of Iran from 1979 until his death in 1989. He was the leader of the Iranian Revolution, which overthrew Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, ended the Pahlavi era, and transformed the country into an Islamic republic. As supreme leader, he implemented policies that came to be known as Khomeinism.

Austrian writer (1881–1942)

Egyptian political theorist and revolutionary (1906–1966)

Irish singer-songwriter and political activist (born 1951)

American comedian (1961–1994)

Soviet diplomat (1873-1941)

German philosopher (1872–1933)

Turkish Marxist–Leninist revolutionary (1949-1973)

Ukrainian anarchist (1885–1919)

American stand-up comedian

Thai author (1930-1966)

Marxist philosopher, social critic and journalist (1943–2012)

Spanish writer, journalist and trade unionist (1887-1959)

anthropologist, former MEP

South Korean writer, novelist, journalist and educator

Danish historian (1876-1951)

South Korean politician