In 1906, the Aga Khan was a founding member and first president of the All India Muslim League, a political party which pushed for the creation of an independent Muslim nation in the north west regions of South Asia, then under British colonial rule, and later established the country of Pakistan in 1947.

He was a founding member and the de facto early leader of the influential Bourbaki group.

Along with the Chicago Bears, the club is one of two NFL charter member franchises still in operation since the league's founding.

Under Abdülaziz's reign, Turkey's first postage stamps were issued in 1863, and Turkey joined the Universal Postal Union in 1875 as a founding member.

It is a founding member of the Organization of American States ( OAS ) and the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance ( Rio Treaty ).

Behrens was a founding member of the Werkbund, and both Walter Gropius and Adolf Meier worked for him in this period.

This influence culminated with the addition of Der Blaue Reiter founding member Wassily Kandinsky to the faculty and ended when Itten resigned in late 1922.

* Beeb Birtles, a singer-songwriter and a founding member of Little River Band.

Potter had been a disciple of the land conservation and preservation ideals of her long-time friend and mentor, Canon Hardwicke Rawnsley, the first secretary and founding member of the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty.

He is best known as a founding member of and lead guitarist for the band Widespread Panic.

Chile is a founding member of the United Nations, the Union of South American Nations and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States.

Cuba is currently a lead country on the United Nations Human Rights Council, and is a founding member of the organization known as the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas, a member of the Latin American Integration Association and the United Nations.

It is now the largest single-issue consumer group in the UK, and is a founding member of the European Beer Consumers ' Union ( EBCU ).

Carl Meinhof was the great-uncle ( the brother of the grandfather ) of Ulrike Meinhof, a founding member of the German Red Army Faction ( RAF ), a left-wing militant group, which operated in West Germany in 1970s and 1980s.

The Xinhai Revolution ultimately succeeded with the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty, and Chiang became a founding member of the KMT.

Neil is the younger brother of Split Enz founding member Tim Finn, who joined Crowded House in 1990 on vocals, guitars and keyboards for the album Woodface.

* Anti-Somozistas who had supported the revolution but felt betrayed by the Sandinista government – e. g. Edgar Chamorro, prominent member of the political directorate of the FDN, or Jose Francisco Cardenal, who had briefly served in the Council of State before leaving Nicaragua out of disagreement with the Sandinista government's policies and founding the Nicaraguan Democratic Union ( UDN ), an opposition group of Nicaraguan exiles in Miami.

Eastman is credited as a founding member of the ACLU, but her role as founder of the NCLB may have been largely ignored by posterity due to her personal differences with Baldwin.

Denmark has been a member of NATO since its founding in 1949, and membership in NATO remains highly popular.

The Disciples continues to relate to the National Council of Churches, of which it was a founding member.

A founding member of the Futurians, he was a leading influence on science fiction development and fandom in the 20th century United States.

The DPP is a member of Liberal International and a founding member of the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats.

Darwin was also a founding member of the Lunar Society of Birmingham, a discussion group of pioneering industrialists and natural philosophers.

He is a founding member of The Sons of Lee Marvin, a humorous " semi-secret society " of artists resembling the iconic actor, which issues communiqués and meets on occasion for the ostensible purpose of watching Marvin's films.

Michael Bentine CBE ( 26 January 1922 – 26 November 1996 ) was a British comedian, comic actor and founding member of the Goons.

His next role, in Variety Girl, established him as a leading actor and resulted in the founding of his first fan club.

* Charlie Chaplin, actor, founding member, United Artists

This involvement with mass media continues to the present day with, for example, CSI founding the Council for Media Integrity in 1996, as well as co-producing a TV documentary series Critical Eye hosted by William B. Davis ( the actor who played the Smoking Man in The X-Files ).

With his participation " little remained of the founding teleplay, except for actor Charles Bickford reprising his role.

Willem Dafoe ( born July 22, 1955 ) is an American film, stage, and voice actor, and a founding member of the experimental theater company The Wooster Group.

In the 1870s, Henry Edwards ( entomologist ) | Henry " Harry " Edwards was an actor with the California Theatre ( San Francisco ) | California Theatre Stock Company, a founding Bohemian and the head entomologist at the California Academy of Sciences

Henry " Harry " Edwards, a stage actor and founding member, announced that he was relocating to New York City to further his career.

Albert Schultz ( born July 30, 1963 in Port Hope, Ontario ) is a Canadian actor, director and the founding artistic director of Toronto's celebrated Soulpepper Theatre Company.

John Aubrey recorded a related legend, that Edward Alleyn, lead actor of The Admiral's Men, devoted his later years to charitable endeavors, like the founding of Dulwich College, in direct response to this incident.

Nivek Ogre ( born Kevin Graham Ogilvie December 5, 1962 ) is a Canadian musician, performance artist and actor best known as a founding member of the industrial band Skinny Puppy.

Other artists including comedian, actor, and banjo player Steve Martin, Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac, Timothy B. Schmit of The Eagles, pioneering folk-rock artist Gram Parsons, Stephen Stills and David Crosby of Crosby, Stills, and Nash, The Beach Boys ' Al Jardine, Big Brother and the Holding Company founding member Peter Albin, Denny Doherty of The Mamas and the Papas, banjo master Tony Trischka, pop groups ABBA and The Bee Gees, Jefferson Airplane founding members Marty Balin and Paul Kantner, Buffalo Springfield founding member Richie Furay, Byrds co-founder Gene Clark, roots musician and master mandolin player David Grisman, singer-songwriters Tom Paxton, Harry Chapin, Jimmy Buffett, Tim Buckley, Steve Goodman ( composer of " The City Of New Orleans "), Steve Gillette, Michael Smith ( composer of " The Dutchman "), and Shawn Colvin, folk-rock group We Five co-founder Jerry Burgan, folk and rock musician Jerry Yester, and progressive jazz vocal group Manhattan Transfer among many others cite the Kingston Trio as a formative influence in their musical careers.

Glenn Lewis Frey ( pronounced Fry ; born November 6, 1948 ) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and actor, best known as a founding member of the Eagles.

At NYU, he was a founding member of the theater company the Bullstoi Ensemble with actor Steven Schub and director Bennett Miller.

Raoul Walsh ( March 11, 1887December 31, 1980 ) was an American film director, actor, founding member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS ) and the brother of silent screen actor George Walsh.

Ignác Šechtl was a founding member of the Fishermen ’ s Club, and he was also a popular amateur actor.

* Erik Chitty ( 1907 – 1977 ); actor and founding member of the Cambridge University Mummers

Kevin Kerr ( born 1968 Vancouver ) is a Canadian playwright, actor, director and founding member of Electric Company Theatre.

* Nikolay Grigorevich Alexandrov ( 1870-1930 ), Russian actor, founding member of MKhAT

One ghost is reputed to be that of the actor and founding artistic director, James Maxwell.