Scholars
- Joseph Agassi - Israeli philosopher and proponent of democracy
- Michael Apple - Social scientist, democratic education scholar, University of Wisconsin–Madison
- Pierre Bourdieu - Anthropologist, social theorist, College de France
- Émile Durkheim - Sociologist, functionalist education theorist
- George Dennison - American writer, author
- John Dewey - Social scientist, progressive education theorist, University of Chicago
- Michel Foucault - Post-modern philosopher, University of California, Berkeley
- Peter Gray - Psychologist, democratic education scholar, Boston College
- Amy Gutmann - Political scientist, democratic education scholar, President of the University of Pennsylvania
- Daniel A. Greenberg - One of the founders of the Sudbury Valley School.
- John Holt - Critic of conventional education and proponent of home-schooling
- Homer Lane - Democratic education pioneer, founder of the Ford Republic (1907–12) and the Little Commonwealth (1913–17)
- A.S. Neill - Democratic education pioneer, founder of the Summerhill School
- Claus Offe - Political Scientist, theorist of deliberative democratic culture, Hertie School of Governance
- Karl Popper - Philosopher at the London School of Economics
- Bertrand Russell - Philosopher, author of "On Education" and founder of Beacon House School
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