revolutionist, revolutionary, subversive, subverter

a radical supporter of political or social revolution

• counterrevolutionist, counterrevolutionary — a revolutionary whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by an earlier revolution
• dynamiter, dynamitist — a person who uses dynamite in a revolutionary cause
• Girondist — a member of the moderate republican party during the French Revolution; the Girondists were overthrown by their more radical rivals the Jacobins
• insurgent, insurrectionist, freedom fighter, rebel — a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions)
• Corday, Charlotte Corday, Marie Anne Charlotte Corday d'Armont — French revolutionary heroine (a Girondist) who assassinated Marat (1768-1793)
• Danton, Georges Jacques Danton — French revolutionary leader who stormed the Paris Bastille and who supported the execution of Louis XVI but was guillotined by Robespierre for his opposition to the Reign of Terror (1759-1794)
• Guevara, Che Guevara, Ernesto Guevara de la Serna — Argentine guerrilla leader who played an important role in the Cuban revolution under Fidel Castro (1928-1967)
• Mao, Mao Zedong, Mao Tsetung — Chinese communist leader (1893-1976)
• Marat, Jean Paul Marat — French revolutionary leader (born in Switzerland) who was a leader in overthrowing the Girondists and was stabbed to death in his bath by Charlotte Corday (1743-1793)
• Marti, Jose Julian Marti — Cuban poet and revolutionary who fought for Cuban independence from Spain (1853-1895)
• Marx, Karl Marx — founder of modern communism; wrote The Communist Manifesto with Engels in 1848; wrote Das Kapital in 1867 (1818-1883)
• Mirabeau, Comte de Mirabeau, Honore-Gabriel Victor Riqueti — French revolutionary who was prominent in the early days of the French Revolution (1749-1791)
• Robespierre, Maxmillien Marie Isidore de Robespierre — French revolutionary; leader of the Jacobins and architect of the Reign of Terror; was himself executed in a coup d'etat (1758-1794)
• Trotsky, Leon Trotsky, Lev Davidovich Bronstein — Russian revolutionary and Communist theorist who helped Lenin and built up the army; he was ousted from the Communist Party by Stalin and eventually assassinated in Mexico (1879-1940)
• Villa, Pancho Villa, Francisco Villa, Doroteo Arango — Mexican revolutionary leader (1877-1923)
• Zapata, Emiliano Zapata — Mexican revolutionary who led a revolt for agrarian reforms (1879-1919)
• Zhou En-lai, Chou En-lai — Chinese revolutionary and communist leader (1898-1976)

• radical — a person who has radical ideas or opinions