Former Marxists

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who has served as President of Russia since 2012, having previously served from 2000 to 2008. Putin also served as Prime Minister of Russia from 1999 to 2000 and again from 2008 to 2012. He has been described as the de facto leader of Russia since 2000.

Spanish artist (1904–1989)

Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was an Italian politician, journalist, and dictator who led Italy as Il Duce from 1922 until his overthrow in 1943. He founded the fascist movement in 1919, with the creation of the Fasci Italiani di Combattimento, which became the National Fascist Party (PNF) in 1921. Mussolini was appointed Prime Minister of Italy after the March on Rome in 1922, establishing a totalitarian dictatorship. He oversaw Italy's participation in World War II as a prominent member of the Axis Powers, and was summarily executed near the end of the war in 1945.

President of France from 1995 to 2007

Russian writer, publicist, poet and politician (1918–2008)

President of the Republic of Belarus

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007

Supreme Leader of North Korea from 1994 to 2011

Peruvian, Spanish and Dominican novelist and writer (1936–2025)

President of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022

President of Kazakhstan from 1991 to 2019

Japanese animator, film director, and mangaka (born 1941)

3rd President of the Republic of Korea

1st President of the Republic of Uzbekistan (1938–2016)

French philosopher, writer, and social activist (1909–1943)

3rd President of the Republic of Azerbaijan (1923–2003)

President of Uganda since 1986

Portuguese politician (born 1956)

President of Angola from 1979 to 2017

President of the Republic of the Congo (1979–1992; 1997–present)

Hungarian-British author and journalist (1905–1983)

President of Romania (1990–1996; 2000–2004)

Italian director (1906–1976)

French-Italian actor and singer (1921–1991)

president of Eritrea since 1993

Ethiopian politician; Prime Minister of Ethiopia (1955-2012)

founder of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)

Peruvian lawyer and politician, former president of Peru (2022–2025)

93rd Prime Minister of France (1997–2002)

Prime Minister of Cambodia (1985–1993; 1998–2023)

former President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1939-2001)

French politician (1883–1945)

French phenomenological philosopher

English novelist, poet, critic and teacher (1922-1995)

politician (1933-2015)

French philosopher, politician and Holocaust denier (1913-2012)

7-9th President of Republic of China(Taiwan) (1923-2020)

Angolan political and military leader (1934-2002)

Philosopher, historian of ideas (1927–2009)

6th and 7th President of Republic of China

German economist, sociologist, historian (1863-1941)

Romanian historian, politician, literary critic, memoirist, poet and playwright (1871-1940)

Russell Edward Brand is an English comedian, actor, podcaster, and media personality. Establishing himself as a stand-up comedian and radio and television presenter in the UK, Brand initially became well-known as the host of the television show Big Brother's Big Mouth, a spin-off from reality show Big Brother, broadcast on E4.

Dutch politician (1948–2002)

American novelist and poet (1908–1960)

American economist, social theorist, political philosopher and author

Syrian philosopher, sociologist and Arab nationalist (1910–1989)

Sudanese politician and revolutionary leader (1945–2005)

Greek-French philosopher (1922–1997)

Russian Orthodox Christian theologian, philosopher, priest and economist (1871–1944)

American novelist (1914–2003)

French philosopher (1937–2015)

American sociologist (1922–2006)

American diplomat and Presidential advisor (1926-2006)

Indian political activist and intellectual

German former lawyer and political activist (born 1936)

3rd Vice President of Indonesia (1978–1983)

Chinese warlord (1895-1970)

Brazilian journalist, writer, astrologer, essayist, polemicist, digital influencer and ideologue (1947-2022)

American columnist, journalist, and writer (1920–2009)