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Friedrich Engels
1820 – 1895The Condition of the Working Class in England founded empirical labour economics.
Germany·Political Economy · History
Kate Sheppard
1848 – 1934Won the world's first national women's vote in 1893.
New Zealand·Peace · History
Max Weber
1864 – 1920Linked bureaucracy, religion and capitalism; founded the sociology of organisations.
Germany·Political Economy · History
W. E. B. Du Bois
1868 – 1963The Souls of Black Folk and the concept of double consciousness.
United States·Philosophy · History · Literature
Karl Polanyi
1886 – 1964The Great Transformation showed markets are made by states, not found in nature.
Hungary·Political Economy · History
Ho Chi Minh
1890 – 1969Wrote Vietnam's declaration of independence quoting Jefferson.
Vietnam·Philosophy · History
B. R. Ambedkar
1891 – 1956Principal architect of India's constitution and Dalit emancipation.
India·Economics · Philosophy · History