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This is a list of prominent figures who '''contributed to [[Marxist theory]]''', principally as authors; it is not intended to list politicians who happen(ed) to be a member of an ostensibly [[communist]] [[political party]] or other organisation.
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!Name
!Place of birth
!Place of death
!Nationality
!Life
!Tendency
|-
|[[Victor Adler]]
|[[Prague]], [[Austria-Hungary]]
|[[Vienna]], [[Austria]]
|{{flagicon|Austria}} Austrian
|1852–1918
|[[Social democracy]], [[Austro-Marxism]]
|-
|[[Theodor W. Adorno]]<ref>[[Peter Uwe Hohendahl]] "Approaches to Adorno: a tentative typology" in Prismatic Thought: Theodor W. Adorno, authors: Theodor Wiesengrund Adorno, Peter Uwe Hohendahl, U of Nebraska Press, 1997 {{ISBN|0-8032-7305-3}}, {{ISBN|978-0-8032-7305-4}}, (3-20): 3.</ref>
|[[Frankfurt am Main]], [[Hesse-Nassau Province]], [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]], [[Empire of Germany|Germany]]
|[[Visp]], [[Visp (district)|Visp]], [[Valais]], [[Switzerland]]
|{{flagicon|GER}} German
|1903–1969
|[[Frankfurt School]], [[Western Marxism]]
|-
|[[Louis Althusser]]
|[[Birmendreïs]], [[French Algeria]]
|[[Paris]], [[France]]
|{{flagicon|FRA}} French
|1918–1990
|[[Western Marxism]], [[Structural Marxism]], [[Leninism]]
|-
|[[Samir Amin]]
|[[Cairo]], [[Egypt]]
|[[Paris]], [[France]]
|{{flagicon|Egypt}} Egyptian and {{flagicon|France}} French
|1931–2018
|[[Third Worldism]], [[Maoism]], [[World-systems theory]]
|-
|[[Otto Bauer]]
|[[Vienna]], [[Austria-Hungary]]
|[[Paris]], [[France]]
|{{flagicon|Austria}} Austrian
|1881–1938
|[[Social Democracy]], [[Austro-Marxism]]
|-
|[[Walter Benjamin]]<ref name="Ceasefire Magazine 2013">{{cite news | title=Walter Benjamin and Critical Theory | website=Ceasefire Magazine | date=2013-04-04 | url=https://ceasefiremagazine.co.uk/in-theory-benjamin-1/ | access-date=2021-10-12}}</ref><ref name="International Socialism 2009">{{cite web | title=Walter Benjamin and the classical Marxist tradition • International Socialism | website=International Socialism | date=2009-01-02 | url=https://isj.org.uk/walter-benjamin-and-the-classical-marxist-tradition/ | access-date=2021-10-12}}</ref><ref name="Caesura 2021">{{cite web | title=Walter Benjamin's Marxist Critique | website=Caesura | date=2021-07-13 | url=https://caesuramag.org/posts/walter-benjamins-marxist-critique-louis-sterrett | access-date=2021-10-12}}</ref>
|[[Berlin]], [[German Empire]]
|[[Portbou]], [[Catalonia]], [[Spain]]
|{{flagicon|Germany|empire}} German
|1892–1940
|[[Western Marxism]], [[Marxist hermeneutics]]
|-
|[[Franco Berardi|Franco "Bifo" Berardi]]
|[[Bologna]], [[Italy]]
|Still Living
|{{flagicon|Italy}} Italian
|1949–
|[[Autonomism]]
|- 
|[[Eduard Bernstein]]
|[[Schöneberg]], [[German Confederation]]
|[[Berlin]], [[Weimar Republic|Germany]]
|{{flagicon|Germany|empire}} German
|1850–1932
|[[Social democracy]], [[Marxist revisionism]] 
|-
|[[Caio Prado Júnior]]
|[[São Paulo]], [[Brazil]]
|[[São Paulo]], [[Brazil]]
|{{flagicon|Brazil|}} Brazilian
|1907–1990
|[[Marxism]]
|-
|[[Ernst Bloch (philosopher)|Ernst Bloch]]<ref>Douglas Kellner and Harry O'Hara, "Utopia and Marxism in Ernst Bloch" ''New German Critique'' 9 (Autumn, 1976) 11-34: 11-13.</ref>
|[[Ludwigshafen]], [[German Empire|Germany]]
|[[Tübingen]], [[West Germany]]
|{{flagicon|Germany}} German
|1885–1977
|[[Western Marxism]], [[Marxist hermeneutics]], [[Marxist humanism]]
|-
|[[Amadeo Bordiga]]
|[[Ercolano]], [[Kingdom of Italy]]
|[[Formia]], [[Italy]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}} Italian
|1889–1970
|Italian [[Left communism]], [[Leninism]]
|-
|[[Bertolt Brecht]]<ref>Louis Althusser http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/althusser/1962/materialist-theatre.htm The ‘Piccolo Teatro’: Bertolazzi and Brecht Notes on a Materialist Theatre 1961</ref>
|[[Augsburg]], [[German Empire]]
|[[East Berlin]], [[East Germany]]
|{{flagicon|GER}} German
|1898–1956
|[[Marxist literary criticism]]
|-
|[[Nikolai Bukharin]]
|[[Moscow]], [[Russian Empire]]
|[[Kommunarka shooting ground]], [[Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union]]
|{{flagicon|Russia}} Russian
|1888–1938
|[[Bolshevism]], [[Left communism]] (initially), [[Right opposition]] (later on)
|-
|[[Jacques Camatte]]
|[[Plan-de-Cuques]], Alpes-Maritimes, [[France]]
|[[France]]
|{{flagicon|France}} French
|1935–2025
|[[Bordigism]], [[Anarcho-primitivism]] (later on), [[Communization]] (later on)
|-
|[[Cornelius Castoriadis]]<ref>Sven Papke, Georg W. Oesterdiekhoff, ''Schlüsselwerke der Soziologie'' (in German), VS 2001, page 79</ref>
|[[Constantinople]], [[Ottoman Empire]]
|[[Paris]], [[France]]
|{{flagicon|Greece|1863}} Greek and {{flagicon|FRA}} French
|1922–1997
|[[Western Marxism]], [[Post-Marxism]], [[Psychoanalytic Marxism]], [[Libertarian socialism]]
|-
|[[Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya]]<ref>E.M.S. Namboodiripad, "Dialectical" Materialism and Dialectical "Materialism", Social Scientist, Vol 10 No 4 (Apr, 1982), pp.52-59</ref>
|[[Calcutta]], [[British Raj]]
|[[Calcutta]], [[India]]
|{{flagicon|India}} Indian
|1918–1993
|[[Marxism]]
|-
|[[V. Gordon Childe]]
|[[Sydney]], [[Colony of New South Wales]]
|[[Blackheath, New South Wales]], [[Australia]]
|{{flagicon|AUS}} Australian
|1892–1957
|[[Marxist archaeology]]
|-
|[[G. A. Cohen]]
|[[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], [[Canada]]
|[[Oxford]], [[England]]
|{{flagicon|Canada}} Canadian
|1941–2009
|[[Analytical Marxism]]
|-
|[[James Connolly]]
|[[Cowgate]], [[Edinburgh]], [[Scotland]], [[United Kingdom]]
|[[Kilmainham Gaol]], [[Dublin]], Ireland
|{{flagicon|IRL}} Irish and {{flagicon|SCO}} Scottish
|1868–1916
|[[Marxism]], [[Irish republicanism]]
|-
|[[Onorato Damen]]
|[[Monte San Pietrangeli]], [[Italy]]
|[[Milan]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}} Italian
|1893–1979
|Italian [[Left communism]]
|-
|[[Gilles Dauvé]]
|[[France]]
|Still living 
|{{flagicon|France}} French
|1947–
|[[Left communism]], [[Communization]]
|-
|[[Angela Davis]]
|[[Birmingham, Alabama]]
|Still Living
|{{flagicon|USA}} American
|1944– 
|[[Marxist feminism]]
|-
|[[Guy Debord]]
|[[Paris]], [[France]]
|[[Bellevue-la-Montagne]], [[Haute-Loire]], [[France]]
|{{flagicon|FRA}} French
|1931–1994
|[[Situationism]]
|-
|[[Daniel De Leon]]
|[[Curaçao]]
|[[New York City|New York]], [[State of New York]], [[United States]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} American
|1852–1914
|[[De Leonism]], [[Syndicalism]]
|-
|[[Joseph Dietzgen]]<ref>Anton Pannekoek: "The Standpoint and Significance of Josef Dietzgen's Philosophical Works" - Introduction to Joseph Dietzgen, The Positive Outcome of Philosophy, Chicago, 1928</ref>
|Blankenberg (now [[Hennef (Sieg)|Hennef]], [[German Confederation]]
|[[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], [[United States]]
|{{flagicon|GER|variant=empire}} German
|1828–1888
|[[Marxism]]
|-
|[[Raya Dunayevskaya]]
|[[Yaryshiv|Yaryshev]], [[Russian Empire]] (today, [[Vinnytsia Oblast]], [[Ukraine]])
|[[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], [[United States]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} American
|1910–1987
|[[Marxist humanism]]
|-
|[[Terry Eagleton]]
|[[City of Salford|Salford]], [[Lancashire]], [[England]], [[United Kingdom]]
|Still living
|{{flagicon|GBR}} British
|1942–
|[[Marxism]]
|-
|[[Gilles Deleuze]]
|[[Paris]], [[France]]
|[[Paris]], [[France]]
|{{flagicon|FRA}} French
|1925–1995
|[[Freudo-Marxism]], [[Post-Marxism]]
|-
|[[Arghiri Emmanuel]]
|[[Patras]], [[Greece]]
|[[Paris]], [[France]]
|{{flagicon|Greece}} Greek
|1911–2001
|[[Unequal exchange]]
|-
|[[Friedrich Engels]]
|[[Wuppertal|Barmen]], [[Kingdom of Prussia]] (today [[Wuppertal]], [[Germany]])
|[[London]], [[United Kingdom]]
|{{flagicon|GER|variant=empire}} German
|1820–1895
|[[Classical Marxism]]
|-
|[[Frantz Fanon]]
|[[Fort-de-France]], [[Martinique]], [[France]]
|[[Bethesda, Maryland]], [[United States]]
|{{flagicon|FRA}} French
|1925–1961
|[[Marxist humanism]], [[Pan-Africanism]], [[Decolonization]]
|-
|[[John Bellamy Foster]]
|[[Seattle, Washington]], [[United States]]
|Still living
|{{flagicon|USA}} American 
|1953–
|[[Marxism]]
|-
|[[Herman Gorter]]
|[[Wormerveer]]
|[[Saint-Josse-ten-Noode]], [[Brussels]]
|{{flagicon|Netherlands}} Dutch
|1864–1927
|[[Council communism]]
|-
|[[Antonio Gramsci]]
|[[Ales (Sardinia)|Ales]], [[Sardinia]], [[Italy]]
|[[Rome]], [[Lazio]], [[Italy]]
|{{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Italian
|1891–1937
|Gramscianism, [[Western Marxism]], [[Marxist humanism]], [[Neo-Marxism]]
|-
|[[Félix Guattari]]
|[[Villeneuve-les-Sablons]], [[France]]
|[[Cour-Cheverny]], [[France]]
|{{flagicon|FRA}} French
|1930–1992
|[[Freudo-Marxism]], [[Post-Marxism]]
|-
|[[Ernesto "Che" Guevara]]<ref>"Che Guevara and Contemporary Revolutionary Movements", James Petras,
''Latin American Perspectives'', Vol. 25, No. 4, Che Guevara and His Legacy (Jul., 1998), pp. 9-18</ref><ref>"Most theories of revolution seem to agree that certain preconditions must be met if a revolutionary situation is to arise. The peculiar contribution of Ernesto Che Guevara to understanding revolutions is that according to him such preconditions can be created." from "Che Guevara on Guerrilla Warfare Doctrine, Practice and Evaluation", Jose A. Moreno, ''Comparative Studies in Society and History'', Vol. 12, No. 2 (Apr., 1970), pp. 114-133</ref><ref>"...guerrilla warfare is essentially political, and that for this reason the political cannot be counterposed to the military." Regis Debray on Guevara's theory of the "Foco", ''Revolution in the Revolution'', Penguin Books, 1967 [http://www.tamilnation.org/ideology/debray.htm link]</ref>
|[[Rosario]], Santa Fe, [[Argentina]]
|[[La Higuera]], [[Vallegrande]], [[Bolivia]]
|{{flagicon|ARG}} Argentine
|1928–1967
|[[Marxism-Leninism]], [[Guevarism]]
|-
|[[Abimael Guzmán|Abimael Guzmán (Gonzalo)]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=GONZALO THOUGHT IS THE THEORETICAL FOUNDATION FOR THE COMMUNISTS OF TODAY|url=http://www.redsun.org/mpp_doc/mpp_200611_GT_En.htm|access-date=2021-10-12|website=www.redsun.org}}</ref>{{better source|This is the website of the sect Guzman himself led; we need an independent reliable source|date=October 2021}}
|[[Arequipa]], [[Peru]]
|[[Callao]], [[Peru]]
|{{flagicon|PER}} Peruvian
|1934–2021
|[[Marxism-Leninism-Maoism]], [[Gonzalo thought]]
|-
|[[Ted Grant]]
|[[Germiston]], [[South Africa]]
|[[London]], [[United Kingdom]]
|{{flagicon|RSA|variant=apartheid}} South African and {{flagicon|GBR}} British
|1913–2006
|[[Trotskyism]]
|-
|[[David Harvey]]
|[[Gillingham, Kent]], [[England]], [[United Kingdom]]
|Still living
|{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} British 
|1935–
|[[Marxist geography]]
|-
|[[Harry Haywood]]
|[[South Omaha]], [[Nebraska]], [[United States]]
|[[Ann Arbor]], [[Michigan]], [[United States]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} American
|1898–1985
|[[Marxism-Leninism]]
|-
|[[Rudolf Hilferding]]
|[[Vienna]], [[Austria-Hungary]]
|[[Paris]], [[France]]
|{{flagicon|Austria}} Austrian and {{flagicon|Germany}} German
|1877–1941
|[[Austro-Marxism]]
|-
|[[Max Horkheimer]]
|[[Zuffenhausen]] (now [[Stuttgart]]), [[Kingdom of Württemberg|Württemberg]], [[German Empire]]
|[[Nuremberg]], [[Bavaria]], [[West Germany]]
|{{flagicon|GER}} German
|1895–1973
|[[Frankfurt School]], [[Western Marxism]]
|-
|[[Ho Chi Minh]]
|[[Nghệ An Province]], [[French Indochina]]
|[[Hanoi]], [[North Vietnam]]
|{{flagicon|Vietnam}} Vietnamese
|1890–1969
|[[Marxism-Leninism]], [[Ho Chi Minh Thought]]
|-
|[[Enver Hoxha]]
|Ergiri (today [[Gjirokastër]]), [[Janina Vilayet]], [[Ottoman Empire]]
|[[Tirana]], [[People's Socialist Republic of Albania]]
|{{flagicon|Albania|1946}} Albanian
|1908–1985
|[[Marxism-Leninism]], [[Mao Zedong Thought]] (initially), [[Hoxhaism]] 
|-
|[[C.L.R. James]]
|[[Trinidad]]
|[[London]], [[United Kingdom]]
|{{flagicon|Trinidad}} Trinidadian and {{flagicon|GBR}} British
|1901–1989
|[[Marxism]], [[Pan-Africanism]], [[Anti-Stalinist left]]
|-
|[[Fredric Jameson]]
|[[Cleveland]], [[Ohio]], [[United States]]
|[[Killingworth, Connecticut]], [[United States]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} American
|1934–2024
|[[Western Marxism]], [[Marxist hermeneutics]]
|-
|[[Kojin Karatani]]{{cn|date=October 2021}}
|[[Amagasaki]], [[Hyogo Prefecture]], [[Japan]]
|Still living
|{{flagicon|JPN}} Japanese
|1941–
|[[Marxist literary criticism]]
|-
|[[Edvard Kardelj]]{{cn|date=October 2021}}
|[[Ljubljana]], [[Duchy of Carniola]], [[Austria-Hungary]]
|[[Ljubljana]], [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]]
|{{flagicon|YUG}} Yugoslavian
|1910–1979
|[[Titoism]]
|-
|[[Karl Kautsky]]
|[[Prague]], [[Austria-Hungary]]
|[[Amsterdam]], [[Netherlands]]
|{{flagicon|CZE}} Czech, {{flagicon|Austria|empire}} Austrian and {{flagicon|Germany|empire}} German
|1854–1938
|[[Orthodox Marxism]]
|-
|[[İbrahim Kaypakkaya]]{{cn|date=October 2021}}
|[[Çorum]], [[Turkey]]
|[[Çorum]], [[Diyarbakir|Turkey]]
|{{flagicon|Turkey|}} Turkish
|1949–1973
|[[Maoism]]
|-
|[[Kim Il-Sung]]{{cn|date=October 2021}}
|[[Chingjong]], [[Korea]]
|[[Hyangsan]], [[Korea]]
|{{Flagicon|North Korea}} Korean
|1912–1994
|[[Marxism-Leninism]], [[Juche]]
|-
|[[Jim Kemmy]]{{cn|date=October 2021}}
|[[Limerick]], [[Ireland]]
|[[Limerick]], [[Ireland]]
|{{flagicon|IRL}} Irish
|1936–1997
|[[Marxism]]
|-
|[[Alexandra Kollontai]]<ref>Ebert, Teresa L. "Left of Desire" in Cultural Logic: An Electronic Journal of Marxist Theory and Practice, 3:1-2 (1999): at §5¶52-53, Online: http://clogic.eserver.org/3-1&2/ebert.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101108081905/http://clogic.eserver.org/3-1%262/ebert.html |date=2010-11-08 }} last accessed: 20090704.</ref>
|[[St Petersburg]], [[Russian Empire]]
|[[Moscow]], [[Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union]]
|{{flagicon|Soviet Union}} Soviet
|1872–1952
|[[Marxist feminism]], [[Bolshevism]]
|-
|[[Karl Korsch]]
|[[Tostedt]], [[German Empire]]
|[[Belmont, Massachusetts|Belmont]], [[Massachusetts]], [[United States]]
|{{flagicon|Germany}} German
|1886–1961
|[[Western Marxism]]
|-
|[[Damodar Dharmananda Kosambi]]
|Kosben, (now [[Goa]]) [[British Raj]]
|[[Pune, Maharashtra]], [[India]]
|{{flagicon|India}} Indian
|1907–1966
|[[Marxism]]
|-
|[[Yalçın Küçük]]{{cn|date=October 2021}}
|[[İskenderun]], [[Hatay Province|Hatay]], [[Turkey]]
|Still living
|{{flagicon|TUR}} Turkish
|1938–
|[[Marxism]]
|-
|[[Antonio Labriola]]
|[[Cassino]], [[Papal States]]
|[[Rome]], [[Kingdom of Italy]]
|{{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Italian
|1843–1904
|[[Marxism]]
|-
|[[Paul Lafargue]]
|[[Santiago de Cuba]]
|[[Draveil]], [[France]]
|{{flagicon|FRA}} French
|1842–1911
|[[Marxism]], [[Refusal_of_work|Anti-work]]
|-
|[[Henri Lefebvre]]<ref>Friedmann, John (1987). Planning in the public domain: from knowledge to action. Princeton.</ref>
|[[Hagetmau]], [[France]]
|[[Navarrenx]], [[France]]
|{{flagicon|FRA}} French
|1901–1991
|[[Western Marxism]], [[Hegelian Marxism]]
|-
|[[Vladimir Lenin]]
|[[Simbirsk]], [[Russian Empire]]
|[[Gorki Leninskiye]], [[Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union]]
|{{flagicon|Soviet Union}} Soviet
|1870–1924
|[[Leninism]], [[Bolshevism]]
|-
|[[Karl Liebknecht]]
|[[Leipzig]], [[Kingdom of Saxony]], [[German Empire]]
|[[Berlin]], [[Weimar Republic]]
|{{flagicon|Germany}} German
|1871–1919
|[[Spartacism]] 
|-
|[[Domenico Losurdo]]
|[[Sannicandro di Bari]], [[Kingdom of Italy]]
|[[Ancona]], [[Italy]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}} Italian
|1941–2018
|[[Marxism]]
|-
|[[Georg Lukács]]
|[[Budapest]], [[Austria-Hungary]]
|[[Budapest]], [[People's Republic of Hungary]]
|{{flagicon|HUN}} Hungarian
|1885–1971
|[[Budapest School]], [[Western Marxism]], [[Hegelian Marxism]], [[Leninism]]
|-
|[[Rosa Luxemburg]]
|[[Zamość]], [[Vistula Land]], [[Russian Empire]]
|[[Berlin]], [[Weimar Republic|Germany]]
|{{flagicon|POL}} Polish and {{flagicon|GER|variant=empire}} German
|1871–1919
|[[Spartacism]]
|-
|[[Herbert Marcuse]]
|[[Berlin]], [[German Empire]]
|[[Starnberg]], [[West Germany]]
|{{flagicon|GER}} German
|1898–1979
|[[Frankfurt School]], [[Western Marxism]]
|-
|[[José Carlos Mariátegui]]<ref>John Kraniauskas "From the Archive: Introduction to Maria´tegui" Journal of Latin American Cultural Studies, Vol. 10, No. 3, 2001 303-304. {{doi|10.1080/1356932012009006}} 3</ref><ref>Thomas Angotti "The Contributions of Jose Carlos Mariategui to Revolutionary Theory" Latin American Perspectives, Vol. 13, No. 2, Perspectives on Left Politics (Spring,
1986), (33-57): 34-36; 38-42.</ref>
|[[Moquegua]], [[Peru]]
|[[Lima]], [[Peru]]
|{{flagicon|Peru}} Peruvian
|1894–1930
|[[Marxism]], [[Sorelianism]]
|-
|[[Andreas Malm]]
|[[Mölndal]], [[Sweden]]
|Still living
|{{flagicon|SWE}} Swedish 
|1977–
|[[Marxism]]
|-
|[[Karl Marx]]
|[[Trier]], [[Kingdom of Prussia]]
|[[London]], [[United Kingdom]]
|{{flagicon|Prussia}} Prussian and {{flagicon|Germany|empire}} German
|1818–1883
|[[Classical Marxism]]
|-
|[[Paul Mattick]]
|[[Stolp]], [[Province of Pomerania (1815-1945)|Pomerania]], [[German Empire]] (now [[Poland]])
|[[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]], [[Massachusetts]], [[United States]]
|{{flagicon|GER}} German
|1904–1981
|[[Council communism]]
|-
|[[Andy Merrifield]]
|[[Liverpool]], [[Merseyside]], [[England]], [[United Kingdom]]
|Still living
|{{flagicon|GBR}} British
|1960–
|"Magical Marxism"
|-
|[[István Mészáros (professor)|István Mészáros]]
|[[Budapest]], [[Hungary]]
|[[Margate]], [[England]]
|{{flagicon|HUN}} Hungary
|1930–2017
|[[Marxism]]
|-
|[[Antonio Negri]]
|[[Padua]], [[Italy]]
|[[Paris]], [[France]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}} Italian
|1933–2023
|[[Autonomism]]
|-
|[[Kwame Nkrumah]]
|[[Nkroful]], [[Gold Coast (region)|Gold Coast]] (now [[Ghana]])
|[[Bucharest]], [[Romania]]
|{{flagicon|Ghana}} Ghanaian
|1909–1972
|[[Nkrumahism]]
|-
|[[Abdullah Öcalan]]{{cn|date=October 2021}}			 	
|[[Ömerli, Şanlıurfa]], [[Turkey]]		
|Still living	
|{{flagicon|TUR}} Turkish Kurdish	
|1948–
|[[Democratic confederalism]]
|-
|[[Sylvia Pankhurst]]{{Citation needed|date=June 2009}}
|[[Manchester]], [[Lancashire]], [[England]], [[United Kingdom]]
|[[Addis Ababa]], [[Ethiopia]]
|{{flagicon|GBR}} British and {{flagicon|Ethiopia|1897}} Ethiopian
|1882–1960
|[[Council communism]]
|-
|[[Anton Pannekoek]]
|[[Vaassen]], [[Netherlands]]
|[[Wageningen]], [[Netherlands]]
|{{flagicon|Netherlands}} Dutch
|1873–1960
|[[Council communism]]
|-
|[[Evgeny Pashukanis]]
|[[Staritsa_(town),_Tver_Oblast|Staritsa]], [[Russian Empire]]
|[[Soviet Union]]
|{{flagicon|Russia}} Russian
|1891–1937
|[[Leninism]]
|-
|[[Georgi Plekhanov]]
|Gudalovka (now [[Gryazinsky District]]), [[Tambov Governorate]], [[Russian Empire]]
|[[Zelenogorsk, Saint Petersburg|Terijoki, Finland]]
|{{flagicon|Russia|1858}} Russian
|1856–1918
|[[Marxism]]
|-
|[[Bijan Jazani]]{{cn|date=October 2021}}
|[[Tehran]], [[Iran]]
|[[Tehran]], [[Iran]]
|{{flagicon|Iran}} Iranian
|1938–1975
|[[Marxism]]
|-
|[[Nicos Poulantzas]]
|[[Athens]], [[Kingdom of Greece (Glücksburg)|Greece]]
|[[Paris]], [[France]]
|{{flagicon|Greece}} Greek
|1936–1979
|[[Structural Marxism]], [[Leninism]] (initially), [[Democratic socialism]] (later on)
|-
|[[Isaak Illich Rubin]]
|[[Dinaburg]], [[Russian Empire]]
|[[Aktobe]], [[Kazakh SSR]], [[USSR]]
|{{flagicon|Soviet Union}} Soviet Union
|1886–1937
|[[Marxism]]
|-
|[[Jean-Paul Sartre]]
|[[Paris]], [[France]]
|Paris, France
|{{flagicon|France}} French
|1905–1980
|[[Neo-Marxism]], [[Existentialism]]
|-
|[[Jose Maria Sison]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-06-21|title="On the Philosophy of Marxism-Leninism-Maosim" by Jose Maria Sison: A Book Review|url=https://ndfp.org/on-the-philosophy-of-marxism-leninism-maosim-by-jose-maria-sison-a-book-review/|access-date=2021-10-14|website=NDFP|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Silverio|first=Ina Alleco|date=2011-02-22|title=Jose Maria Sison: A Good Man Worth Defending|url=https://www.bulatlat.com/2011/02/22/jose-maria-sison-a-good-man-worth-defending/|access-date=2021-10-14|website=Bulatlat|language=en-US}}</ref>{{better source|These do not appear to be strong RSs, but neither one of them says that Sion made a contribution to Marxist theory|date=October 2021}}
|[[Ilocos Sur]], [[Philippines]]
|[[Utrecht]], [[Netherlands]]
|{{flagicon|PHL}} Filipino
|1939 - 2022
|[[Marxism-Leninism-Maoism]]
|-
|[[Alfred Sohn-Rethel]]
|[[Neuilly-sur-Seine]], [[France]]
|[[Bremen]], [[West Germany]]
|{{flagicon|GER}} German
|1899–1990
|[[Marxism]]
|-
|[[Mahdi Amel]]{{cn|date=October 2021}}
|[[Harouf]], [[Lebanon]]
|[[Beirut]], [[Lebanon]]
|{{flagicon|Lebanon}} Lebanese
|1936–1987
|[[Marxism]]
|-
|[[Joseph Stalin]]<ref>Ben Agger "Critical Theory, Poststructuralism, Postmodernism: Their Sociological Relevance" Annual Review of Sociology Vol. 17: 105-131 {{doi|10.1146/annurev.so.17.080191.000541}}</ref><ref>M.B. Mitin, M.D. Kammari, G.F. Aleksandrovis "The Contribution of J.V. Stalin to Marxism-Leninism" trans 'Inter'[pseud.] in 'The Seventieth Anniversary of Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin', published in Izvestia Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seria Istorii i Filosofii, Tom VII, Izdatelstvo Akademii Nauk SSSR, Moscow, 1950, pp. 3-30. http://www.revolutionarydemocracy.org/rdv4n1/stalin70.htm</ref>
|[[Gori, Georgia|Gori]], [[Tiflis Governorate]], [[Russian Empire]]
|[[Kuntsevo Dacha]] near [[Moscow]], [[Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union]]
|{{flagicon|Soviet Union}} Soviet
|1878–1953
|[[Marxism-Leninism]], [[Stalinism]]
|-
|[[Paul Sweezy]]
|[[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], [[United States]]
|[[Larchmont]], [[New York (state)]], [[United States]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} American 
|1910–2004
|[[Neo-Marxism]]
|-
|[[Josip Broz Tito]] {{Dubious|date=March 2011}}
|[[Kumrovec]], [[Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia|Croatia-Slavonia]], [[Austria-Hungary]]
|[[Ljubljana]], [[SR Slovenia]], [[SFR Yugoslavia]]
|{{flagicon|YUG}} Yugoslavian
|1892–1980
|[[Marxism-Leninism]], [[Titoism]]
|-
|[[Leon Trotsky]]
|[[Kropyvnytskyi|Yelizavetgrad]], [[Kherson Governorate]], [[Russian Empire]]
|[[Coyoacán]], [[Mexican Federal District|Distrito Federal]], [[Mexico]]
|{{flagicon|Soviet Union}} Soviet
|1879–1940
|[[Leninism]], [[Bolshevism]], [[Trotskyism]]
|-
|[[Alberto Toscano]]
|Italy
|Still living
|{{flagicon|Italy}} Italy
|1977–
|[[Western Marxism]]
|-
|[[Raymond Williams]]
|[[Llanfihangel Crucorney]], [[Wales]], [[United Kingdom]]
|[[Saffron Walden]], [[England]], [[United Kingdom]]
|{{flagicon|GBR}} British ({{flagicon|Wales}} Welsh)
|1921–1988
|[[Western Marxism]], [[New Left]]
|-
|[[Karl August Wittfogel]]
|[[Woltersdorf, Lower Saxony]], [[Province of Hanover]], [[German Empire]]
|[[New York City|New York]], [[State of New York]], [[United States]]
|{{flagicon|GER}} German and {{flagicon|USA}} American
|1896–1988
|[[Marxism]]
|-
|[[Mao Zedong]]
|[[Shaoshan]], [[Hunan]], [[Qing Dynasty]]
|[[Beijing]], [[People's Republic of China]]
|{{flagicon|PRC}} Chinese
|1893–1976
|[[Marxism-Leninism]], [[Maoism]]
|-
|[[Slavoj Žižek]]
|[[Ljubljana]], [[SR Slovenia]], [[SFR Yugoslavia]]
|Still living
|{{flagicon|Slovenia}} Slovene ({{flagicon|YUG}} Yugoslavian before [[Dissolution of Yugoslavia]])
|1949–
|[[Western Marxism]], [[Hegelian Marxism]], [[Psychoanalytic Marxism]]
|}

== See also ==
* [[List of Marxian economists]]

== References ==
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