Category
page 1British socialists
Bertrand Russell
British philosopher and logician (1872–1970)
George Bernard Shaw
Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist (1856–1950)
Clement Attlee
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951 (1883–1967)

Iris Murdoch
Irish-born British writer and philosopher (1919–1999)
The Clash
British punk rock band

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British-Canadian computer scientist and psychologist

Rebecca West
British writer, journalist, literary critic, and feminist (1892-1983)
Ken Loach
English film director and screenwriter (born 1936)

Havelock Ellis
British physician, writer, and social reformer (1859-1939)

Angela Rayner
Angela Rayner is a British politician and trade unionist who has been Labour and Co-operative Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashton-under-Lyne since 2015. She served as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party from 2020 to 2025, and as Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government from July 2024 until her resignation in September 2025. Ideologically she identifies as a socialist and as part of Labour's soft left.
Aneurin Bevan
Welsh politician (1897-1960)

Ben Elton
British comedian, author, playwright, actor and director
David Blunkett
British politician (born 1947)
Claudia Jones
Trinidad & Tobago-born black communist and political activist
Peter Tatchell
British gay rights activist (born 1952)
John McDonnell
British Labour politician (born 1951)
Rebecca Long-Bailey
British politician (born 1979)

Andy Burnham
Andrew Murray Burnham is a British politician who has served as Mayor of Greater Manchester since 2017. He previously served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Leigh from 2001 to 2017, during which time he was Secretary of State for Health from 2009 to 2010, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport from 2008 to 2009 and Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 2007 to 2008. A member of the Labour and Co-operative Party, Burnham identifies as a socialist on the soft left of the Labour Party.
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British writer and social reformer (1851–1939)
Tony Wilson
British record producer (1950-2007)
Owen Smith
Welsh politician and MP
Raj Patel
British academic (born 1972)
Lucy Powell
British politician (born 1974)
Harry Pollitt
British communist (1890–1960)
James Robertson Justice
British actor (1907–1975)
Milly Witkop
Ukrainian-born Jewish anarcho-syndicalist and feminist writer and activist
George Julian Harney
British activist (1817-1897)
Elizabeth Pakenham, Countess of Longford
British historian (1906-2002)
Ronnie Campbell
British politician (1943-2024)

Tony Banks, Baron Stratford
British politician (1942-2006)

Peter Fonagy
British psychoanalyst & psychologist

Dermot O'Leary
English television presenter
Neil Faulkner
British archaeologist (1958–2022)
hbomberguy
Harry Brewis (born 19 September 1992), also known as Hbomberguy, is a British YouTuber and Twitch streamer. Brewis produces video essays on a variety of topics such as film, television, and video games; often combining them with arguments from left-wing political and economic positions. He has created videos aimed at debunking conspiracy theories and responding to right-wing and antifeminist arguments.
John Gray
19th century socialist (1799-1883)
George Griffith
British science fiction writer and explorer (1857–1906)
Bernard Crick
British political theorist and democratic socialist (1929-2008)

Teodor Shanin
Polish sociologist (1930–2020)
Paul Foot
British investigative journalist, political campaigner, and author (1937-2004)
Barry Gardiner
British politician (born 1957)
Richard Burgon
British Labour politician
Claudia Webbe
British politician (born 1965)
Eddie Newman
British politician (born 1953)
Joe Wilson
British politician (born 1937)
Magdalen Berns
software developer and feminist
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British politician (born 1947)
Larry Sanders
English Green Party politician (born 1935)
Lynne Segal
British socialist

Brian Hibbard
British actor (1946-2012)

Alice Macdonald
British politician
Chris Pallis
British doctor and libertarian socialist
Stan Newens
British Labour Co-op politician (1930–2021)
Kathy Lette
Australian British author
Derek Wall
British environmentalist (1965-)
Emma Cons
British social reformer, educationalist and theatre manager