The term 'Former Red Head' can be solved by the crossword solutions MAO (3 letters) and LENIN (5 letters). Mao Zedong was a Chinese communist revolutionary who became the founding father of the People's Republic of China, while Vladimir Lenin was a Russian revolutionary, politician, and political theorist who served as the first and founding head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 to 1924. Both men were influential figures in the development of communism and socialism in the 20th century.