Several figures, both past and present, have identified with Socialism: • Ed Asner – actor (a Kansas native) • Francis Bellamy – pastor and author of the “Pledge of Alligance” • Hugo Chavez – president of Venezuela • Noam Chomsky – linquist and activist • Eugene V. Debs – activist, labor organizer, and presidential candidate • Albert Einstein – physicist • Helen Keller – activist, author, and educator • The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.