If you don’t know about the first Zionists, you really need to learn more history. Herzl was the most important promoter of Zionism, but he did not coin the name and most importantly, the First Aliyah began before him.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Aliyah

I have written a little about this: https://comrademorlock.medium.com/dueling-zionisms-the-best-lost-the-worst-won-or-jabotinsky-vs-einstein-9da2430b321b