| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Marc Blitzstein |
Composer |
2-Mar-1905 |
22-Jan-1964 |
The Cradle Will Rock |
| Whittaker Chambers |
Author |
1-Apr-1901 |
9-Jul-1961 |
Accuser of Alger Hiss |
| Angela Davis |
Activist |
26-Jan-1944 |
|
Black Panther, teacher, professor |
| Theodore Dreiser |
Novelist |
27-Aug-1871 |
28-Dec-1945 |
An American Tragedy |
| Howard Fast |
Novelist |
11-Nov-1914 |
12-Mar-2003 |
Spartacus |
| Gus Hall |
Activist |
8-Oct-1910 |
13-Oct-2000 |
Leader, Communist Party USA |
| Dashiell Hammett |
Author |
27-May-1894 |
10-Jan-1961 |
The Maltese Falcon |
| Jim Jones |
Religion |
13-May-1931 |
18-Nov-1978 |
Led mass People's Temple suicide |
| Lyndon LaRouche |
Economist |
8-Sep-1922 |
|
Eccentric economist politician |
| Marc Lawrence |
Actor |
17-Feb-1910 |
28-Nov-2005 |
Prolific character actor |
| John Howard Lawson |
Playwright |
25-Sep-1894 |
11-Aug-1977 |
One of the Hollywood Ten |
| Grace Lumpkin |
Novelist |
3-Mar-1891 |
1980 |
To Make My Bread |
| Albert Maltz |
Playwright |
28-Oct-1908 |
26-Apr-1985 |
One of the Hollywood Ten |
| Ruth McKenney |
Author |
18-Nov-1911 |
25-Jul-1972 |
My Sister Eileen |
| Queen Mother Moore |
Activist |
27-Jul-1898 |
7-May-1997 |
Republic of New Africa |
| Conlon Nancarrow |
Composer |
27-Oct-1912 |
10-Aug-1997 |
Studies for Player Piano |
| Marvin Olasky |
Pundit |
12-Jun-1950 |
|
The Tragedy of American Compassion |
| Frank Oppenheimer |
Relative |
14-Aug-1912 |
3-Feb-1985 |
Founder of the Exploratorium |
| Larry Parks |
Actor |
13-Dec-1914 |
13-Apr-1975 |
Named names before HUAC |
| Lucy Parsons |
Anarchist |
1853 |
7-Mar-1942 |
Anarchist labor organizer |
| Philip Rahv |
Critic |
10-Mar-1908 |
22-Dec-1973 |
Co-Founder, Partisan Review |
| John Reed |
Activist |
22-Oct-1887 |
19-Oct-1920 |
Ten Days That Shook the World |
| Paul Robeson, Jr. |
Activist |
2-Nov-1927 |
|
Son of Paul Robeson |
| Ethel Rosenberg |
Relative |
28-Sep-1915 |
19-Jun-1953 |
Executed for being married to Julius Rosenberg |
| Julius Rosenberg |
Spy |
12-May-1918 |
19-Jun-1953 |
Leaked atomic bomb secrets to USSR |
| Robert Rossen |
Screenwriter |
16-Mar-1908 |
18-Feb-1966 |
The Hustler |
| Samuel Rubin |
Business |
1901 |
21-Dec-1978 |
Founder of Fabergé Cosmetics |
| Bayard Rustin |
Activist |
17-Mar-1910 |
24-Aug-1987 |
Organized the 1963 March on Washington |
| Budd Schulberg |
Novelist |
27-Mar-1914 |
|
What Makes Sammy Run? |
| Morton Sobell |
Criminal |
11-Apr-1917 |
|
Rosenbergs Co-Defendant |
| Jim Thompson |
Novelist |
27-Sep-1906 |
7-Apr-1977 |
Heed the Thunder |
| Richard Wright |
Author |
4-Sep-1908 |
28-Nov-1960 |
Native Son |
