List of democratic socialists

This is a partial list of notable democratic socialists.

Politicians

Heads of government

• Salvador Allende, President of Chile (1970–1973) ^{[1] [2] [3]}
• Jacobo Árbenz, President of Guatemala (1951–1954) ^[4]
• Clement Attlee, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1945–1951) ^{[5] [6] [7]}
• Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile (2006–2010; 2014–2018)^{[ citation needed ]}
• David Ben-Gurion, Prime Minister of Israel (1948–1954; 1955–1963) ^{[8] [9]}
• Léon Blum, Prime Minister of France (1936–1937; 1938) ^[10]
• Willy Brandt, Chancellor of Germany (1969–1974) ^{[11] [12]}
• Álvaro Colom, President of Guatemala (2008–2012) ^[11]
• Alexander Dubček, leader of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (1968–1969) ^[13]
• Peter Fraser, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1940–1949) ^[14]
• Mauricio Funes, President of El Salvador (2009–2014) ^[15]
• Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet leader (1985–1991) ^{[16] [17]}
• António Guterres, Prime-Minister of Portugal (1995 - 2002) and Secretary General of the United Nations (2016–present)
• Cheddi Jagan, President of Guyana (1992–1997) ^[18]
• Norman Kirk, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1972–1974) ^[19]
• Fernando Lugo, President of Paraguay (2008–2012) ^[15]
• Ramsay MacDonald, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1924; 1929–1935) ^[20]
• Nelson Mandela, President of South Africa (1994–1999) ^{[21] [22]}
• Michael Manley, Prime Minister of Jamaica (1972–1980) ^[23]
• François Mitterrand, President of France (1981–1995) ^{[24] [25]}
• Evo Morales, President of Bolivia (2006–2019) ^[15]
• José Mujica, President of Uruguay (2010–2015) ^[15]
• Walter Nash, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1957–1960) ^[26]
• Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India (1947–1964) ^{[27] [28]}
• Daniel Ortega, President of Nicaragua (1985–1990; 2007–present) ^[15]
• Olof Palme, Prime Minister of Sweden (1969–1976; 1982–1986) ^{[11] [13]}
• José Ramos-Horta, President of East Timor (2007–2012) ^[29]
• Giuseppe Saragat, President of Italy (1964–1971) ^[30]
• Michael Joseph Savage, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1935–1940) ^[31]
• Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil (2003–2011, 2023–present) ^[11]
• Sutan Sjahrir, Prime Minister of Indonesia (1945–1947) ^[32]
• Mário Soares, Founder and Leader of the Socialist Party (1973–1986), Prime-Minister of Portugal (1976–1978; 1983–1986) and President of the Portuguese Republic (1986–1996)
• Kalevi Sorsa, Prime Minister of Finland (1972–1975; 1977–1979; 1982–1987) ^[33]
• Alexis Tsipras, Prime Minister of Greece (2015–2019) ^[34]
• Tabaré Vázquez, President of Uruguay (2005–2010; 2015–2020) ^[11]
• Chris Watson, Prime Minister of Australia (1904) ^[35]
• Harold Wilson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1964–1970; 1974–1976) ^{[5] [36]}
• Lionel Jospin, Prime Minister of France (1997–2002)

Disputed

• Gordon Brown, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2007–2010) ^[37] – disputed ^[38]
• Hugo Chávez, President of Venezuela (1999–2013) ^{[39] [15]} – disputed ^{[11] [40] [41]}
• James Callaghan, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1976–1979) ^{[42] [43] [44] [45]} – disputed ^{[46] [47] [48]}
• Rafael Correa, President of Ecuador (2007–2017) ^[15] – disputed ^[41]

Other politicians

• Niki Ashton, member of Parliament of Canada, two time Leadership candidate
• Obafemi Awolowo, Premier of the Western State of Nigeria (1954–1960) ^[49]
• Tony Benn, member of the Labour Party and founder of the Socialist Campaign Group ^{[50] [51]}
• Eduard Bernstein, member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany ^{[52] [53]}
• Aneurin Bevan, father of the National Health Service ^{[54] [55] [56] [57]}
• Louis Blanc, member of the French Provisional Government of 1848 ^[58]
• Lee J. Carter, member of the Virginia House of Delegates ^[59]
• Alexandre Boulerice, deputy leader of the NDP, member of parliament of Canada
• Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition ^[60]
• Anthony Crosland, member of the Labour Party ^{[5] [61]}
• Eugene V. Debs, five-time Socialist Party of America presidential candidate ^[62]
• Tommy Douglas, father of Medicare ^[63]
• Evan Durbin, member of the Labour Party ^[52]
• Michael Foot, leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition ^[64]
• Peter Hain, member of the Labour Party ^{[65] [66]}
• Joel Harden, member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament. ^[67]
• Michael Harrington, founder of the Democratic Socialists of America ^{[52] [53]}
• Denis Healey, member of the Labour Party ^{[68] [69] [70]}
• Karl Kautsky, member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany ^[71]
• Neil Kinnock, leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition ^[72]
• Kevin Kühnert, member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany ^[73]
• Ferdinand Lassalle, founder of the General German Workers' Association ^[58]
• Ken Livingstone, Mayor of London (2000–2008) ^[74]
• Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, member of the French Parliament in 1848 ^[75]
• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, New York Representative ^[76]
• Bernie Sanders, Senator from Vermont ^[77]
• Kshama Sawant, Seattle City Council member ^[78]
• Norman Thomas, six-time Socialist Party of America presidential candidate ^[79]
• Rashida Tlaib, Michigan Representative ^[80]
• Jean-Luc Mélenchon, French presidential candidate
• Zohran Mamdani, New York State Assembly from the 36th district ^[81]

Intellectuals and activists

• Edward Bellamy, American author, journalist and political activist ^[11]
• Fred Hampton, American activist and chairman of the Black Panther Party
• Étienne Cabet, French philosopher and utopian socialist ^[11]
• Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, Indian Polymath
• Jim Cornette, American professional wrestling personality and manager ^[82]
• Milovan Đilas, Yugoslav communist politician and dissident ^[83]
• Barbara Ehrenreich, American author and political activist ^[84]
• Albert Einstein, German-born theoretical physicist ^{[85] [86] [87] [88] [89]}
• Friedrich Engels, German philosopher and sociologist ^{[90] [91] [92]}
• Erich Fromm, Jewish German philosopher ^{[93] [94] [95]}
• Charles Fourier, French philosopher and utopian socialist ^[11]
• Henry George, American social reformer ^[11]
• Charles Hall,  British physician, social critic and Ricardian socialist ^[96]
• Christopher Hitchens, English-American journalist ^[97]
• Owen Jones, English journalist and political commentator ^[98]
• Helen Keller, American political activist ^[99]
• Martin Luther King Jr., African-American civil rights leader ^{[100] [101] [102]}
• Naomi Klein, Canadian author and social activist ^[103]
• Leszek Kołakowski, Polish philosopher and communist dissident ^{[104] [105] [106]}
• Rosa Luxemburg, Polish philosopher and economist ^[107]
• Karl Marx, German philosopher, sociologist and economist ^{[11] [92] [90] [91]}
• John Stuart Mill, British philosopher and economist ^[108]
• George Orwell, English novelist ^[109]
• Robert Owen, Welsh social reformer and utopian socialist ^[11]
• Thomas Paine, English-born American philosopher and political theorist ^[110]
• Bertrand Russell, British philosopher ^[111]
• Andrei Sakharov, Soviet physicist, dissident and human rights activist ^[112]
• Henri de Saint-Simon, French political and economic utopian socialist theorist ^[11]
• Roger Waters, English musician ^[113]
• Cornel West, American philosopher and political activist ^[114]
• Richard D. Wolff, American economist ^[115]
• Howard Zinn, American historian ^[116]

See also

• List of Democratic Socialists of America members who have held office in the United States

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