Honorary Members

The Bertrand Russell Society awards honorary membership for meeting at least one of the following criteria:

1. they are a member of Bertrand Russell’s family
2. they worked closely with Russell in an important
   way
3. they have made a distinctive contribution to Russell scholarship
4. they have acted in support of a cause or idea that Russell championed
5. they have promoted awareness of Russell or of Russell’s work
6. they have exhibited qualities of character (such as moral courage) that are reminiscent of Russell’s own character

The Bertrand Russell Society’s honorary members are:

• Neil Abercrombie
• Tariq Ali
• Kenneth Blackwell
• Noam Chomsky
• Daniel Ellsberg
• Christopher Farley
• Johan Galtung
• Nicholas Griffin
• Taslima Nasreen
• John Allen Paulos
• John Russell (7th Earl)
• Amartya Sen
• Ibn Warraq

Past honorary members that are now deceased include:

• A. J. Ayer
• Mario Bunge
• Ken Coates
• Peter Cranford
• Lester Denonn
• Elizabeth R. Eames
• Paul Edwards
• Antony Flew
• Michael Foot
• Ivor Grattan-Guinness
• Paul Kurtz
• Nelson Mandela
• Linus Pauling
• David Pears
• Karl Popper
• W. V. Quine
• Conrad Russell
• Dora Russell
• Edith Russell
• John Conrad Russell
• Paul A. Schilpp
• Katharine Russell Tait