This is a list of people granted political asylum for individual and publicly known reasons. They were persecuted because of their actions as individuals, not because they were members of a persecuted group. Individual reasons for persecution can be found in the notes column of the table.
People granted asylum
Year Name Citizenship or Persecuting power or Country refusing protection Country which granted asylum Occupation Notes / References 1849 Karl Marx German philosopher, economist, sociologist, journalist and revolutionary socialist In exile in London from 1849. 1929 Leon Trotsky Soviet politician, and the founder and first leader of the Red Army In exile in Turkey from 1929 to 1933, in France 1933–1935, in Norway 1935–1937, in Mexico 1937–1940.