Lifespan of Political Philosophers By WingedDingus Period: Mar 3, 1756 to Apr 7, 1836 William Godwin (Utilitarianism) Period: May 9, 1800 to Dec 2, 1859 John Brown Period: Oct 25, 1806 to Jun 26, 1856 Max Stirner (Egoist) Period: Jan 15, 1809 to Jan 19, 1865 Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (Mutualist) Period: May 30, 1814 to Jul 1, 1876 Mikhail Bakunin (Collectivist) Period: Jul 12, 1817 to May 6, 1862 Henry David Thoreau Period: May 5, 1818 to Mar 14, 1883 Karl Marx (Communist) Period: Nov 28, 1820 to Aug 5, 1895 Friedrich Engels (Communism) Period: Dec 27, 1821 to Jan 1, 1864 Joseph Déjacque (Anarcho-Communist) Period: Sep 9, 1828 to Nov 20, 1910 Leo Tolstoy Period: Dec 9, 1842 to Feb 8, 1921 Peter Kropotkin (Anarcho-Communist) Period: Oct 15, 1844 to Aug 25, 1900 Friedrich Nietzsche (Philosopher) Period: Feb 5, 1846 to Mar 17, 1906 Johann Most Period: Oct 2, 1847 to Dec 3, 1882 Sergey Nechayev (Nihilist) Period: Jan 1, 1853 to Mar 7, 1942 Lucy Parsons Period: Dec 14, 1853 to Jul 22, 1932 Errico Malatesta Period: Oct 14, 1859 to Jul 11, 1892 Ravachol Period: Aug 12, 1861 to Nov 4, 1931 Luigi Galleani (Insurrectionist) Period: Nov 17, 1866 to Jun 20, 1912 Voltairine de Cleyre (Big Tent) Period: Feb 4, 1869 to May 18, 1928 Bill Haywood (Socialist) Period: Jun 27, 1869 to May 14, 1940 Emma Goldman (Anarcho-Communist) Period: Apr 22, 1870 to Jan 21, 1924 Vladimir Lenin Period: Nov 21, 1870 to Jun 28, 1936 Alexander Berkman (Anarcho-Communist) Period: Mar 5, 1871 to Jan 15, 1919 Rosa Luxemburg Period: Mar 25, 1873 to Sep 19, 1958 Rudolf Rocker (Syndicalist) Period: Dec 18, 1878 to Mar 5, 1953 Joseph Stalin Period: Nov 7, 1879 to Aug 21, 1940 Leon Trotsky Period: Jan 1, 1885 to Jan 1, 1919 Marusya Nikiforova Period: Oct 26, 1888 to Jul 6, 1934 Nestor Makhno (Anarcho-Communist) Period: Dec 26, 1893 to Sep 9, 1976 Mao Zedong Period: Jul 14, 1896 to Nov 20, 1936 Buenaventura Durruti (Syndicalist) Period: Jul 19, 1898 to Jul 29, 1979 Herbert Marcuse (Socialist) Period: Jun 21, 1905 to Apr 15, 1980 Jean-Paul Sartre Period: Jan 1, 1907 to Mar 23, 1931 Bhagat Singh Period: Oct 20, 1920 to May 31, 1996 Timothy Leary Period: Jan 14, 1921 to Jul 30, 2006 Murray Bookchin (Libertarian Socialist) Period: Aug 24, 1922 to Jan 27, 2010 Howard Zinn (Anarchist) Period: May 19, 1925 to Feb 21, 1965 Malcolm X Period: Jun 14, 1928 to Oct 9, 1967 Che Guevara Period: Dec 7, 1928 to Oct 20, 2015 Noam Chomsky (Anarchist) Period: Jan 15, 1929 to Apr 4, 1968 Martin Luther King, Jr. Period: Dec 28, 1931 to Nov 30, 1994 Guy Debord (Situationist) Period: Nov 9, 1934 to Dec 20, 1996 Carl Sagan Period: Nov 30, 1936 to Apr 12, 1989 Abbie Hoffman Period: Oct 20, 1937 to Oct 20, 2015 Alfredo M. Bonanno (Insurrectionist) Period: Feb 17, 1942 to Aug 22, 1989 Huey P. Newton (Marxist) Period: May 22, 1942 to Oct 24, 2015 Ted Kaczynski Period: Jan 1, 1943 to Oct 20, 2015 John Zerzan (Primitivist) Period: Apr 4, 1948 to Oct 24, 2015 Abdullah Öcalan Period: Jan 4, 1951 to Oct 24, 2015 Bob Black