List of left communists

Left communism is a form of communism with its origins in the left-wing of several parties of the Communist International. Its two main original branches were in council communism and Bordigism. This is a list of theorists and political figures who have identified themselves as left communist, communist left, Bordigist or council communist.

Council communists

 * Herman Gorter
 * Otto Rühle
 * Jan Appel
 * Paul Mattick
 * Guy Debord
 * Antonie Pannekoek
 * Bernhard Reichenbach
 * Henriette Roland Holst
 * Karl Schröder
 * Ernst Schwarz

Italian-left communists

 * Amadeo Bordiga
 * Onorato Damen
 * Jacques Camatte
 * Suzanne Voute

Left communists

 * Inessa Armand
 * Andrei Bubnov
 * Marc Chirik
 * Gilles Dauvé
 * Guy Debord
 * Willie Gallacher
 * Salih Hacioglu
 * Alexandra Kollontai
 * Claude McKay
 * Gavril Myasnikov
 * Ethem Nejat
 * Andreu Nin
 * Sylvia Pankhurst
 * Mikhail Pokrovsky
 * Karl Radek
 * Maximilien Rubel
 * Grigori Safarov
 * Natalia Sedova
 * Alexander Shliapnikov