Josef Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili ("Ioseb Besarionis Dze Jughashvili";, "Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili") (March 5 1953), better known by his adopted name, Joseph Stalin (alternatively transliterated Josef Stalin), was General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee from 1922 until his death in 1953. Despite his formal position being originally without significant influence, …

Ellen Wolf Schrecker, Ph.D. (born August 4, 1938) is a professor of American history at Yeshiva University. She is primarily known for her work in the history of McCarthyism. She graduated "magna cum laude" from Radcliffe College in 1960 and earned her M.A. in 1962 and her doctorate in 1974, both from Harvard University. She has taught at Harvard, Princeton, New York University, the New School for Social Research, and Columbia.

Bobby Seale (born October 22, 1936) is an American civil rights activist, who along with Dr. Huey P. Newton co-founded the Black Panther Party For Self Defense in 1966. Seale's membership as a college student in the African American Association is said to have been inspired him to start the Black Panthers, which at one point had over 5000 members. Seale went on to become the chairman of the party and underwent FBI surveillance as part of its COINTELPRO program.

Alan Gabriel Ludwig García Pérez is the current President of Peru, having won the 2006 elections on June 4, 2006 in a run-off against Union for Peru candidate Ollanta Humala. He is the leader of the Peruvian Aprista Party and the only APRA party member ever to have served as President of Peru. He served a first term as President from 1985 to 1990. His first term was marked by a severe economic crisis, social unrest and violence.

Jeff Goodwin is a professor of sociology at New York University. His research interests include visual sociology, social movements, revolutions, political violence, and terrorism. He is currently chair of the Comparative and Historical Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association (ASA). The underlying argument of his most known book, "No Other Way Out: States and Revolutionary Movements, 1945-1991", …

Brigadier-General Reginald Edward Harry Dyer CB (October 9, 1864 – July 23, 1927) was a British Indian Army officer responsible for the Amritsar massacre.

Alla Nikolayevna Bayanova is a Russian singer sometimes compared with Édith Piaf for her simple yet dramatic style of performance. Bayanova was born in Kishinev in the family of an opera singer, who moved to Paris in 1918 after Romania took over Bessarabia. She debuted on the stage as an assistant to her father at the age of 9. By 1927, she was already performing solo.

Pratiba Naitthani is an Indian professor and activist. She is known for opposing vulgarity and violence on Indian televisions. [ The correct spelling of her name is PRATIBA NAITTHANI] Born in Mumbai,her family hails from Pauri Garhwal,Uttarakhand, Pratiba Natthani is currently based in Mumbai. She currently teaches political science at St. Xavier's College, Mumbai. Her father Professor Dr. Shahi Shekar Naitthani founded St. Xavier's Hindi department.

Bohdan Arct (b. May 27, 1914 in Warsaw - May 14, 1973 in Siedlce, Poland) was a Polish fighter pilot of the Polish Air Force in World War II and writer. Until the capitulation of Poland at the Beginning of World War II, Arct fought in the Polish Armed forces. Then he escaped to France, and served as a flight instructor in North Africa. After the French capitulation he flew to Great Britain and became a fighter pilot at the beginning of 1941.

Antonio Fernandez Saenz (born 1947) is a Spanish-Brazilian lawyer and human rights defender.

Ellen Schrecker , Professor of History, Yeshiva University