Famous academics

person who works as a teacher or researcher at a university or other higher education institution

40 people

All Alive Deceased
Barack Obama

Barack Obama

1961 · Age 64
Alive
Orhan Pamuk

Orhan Pamuk

1952 · Age 73
Alive
Antoine Lavoisier

Antoine Lavoisier

1743 – 1794 · Age 50
Deceased
Paul Dirac

Paul Dirac

1902 – 1984 · Age 82
Deceased
Alessandro Volta

Alessandro Volta

1745 – 1827 · Age 82
Deceased
Condoleezza Rice

Condoleezza Rice

1954 · Age 71
Alive
James Watson

James Watson

1928 – 2025 · Age 97
Deceased
Donald Knuth

Donald Knuth

1938 · Age 88
Alive
Masoud Pezeshkian

Masoud Pezeshkian

1954 · Age 71
Alive
Christian Doppler

Christian Doppler

1803 – 1853 · Age 49
Deceased
Kailash Satyarthi

Kailash Satyarthi

1954 · Age 72
Alive
Enrico Letta

Enrico Letta

1966 · Age 59
Alive
Dian Fossey

Dian Fossey

1932 – 1985 · Age 53
Deceased
Carl Bosch

Carl Bosch

1874 – 1940 · Age 65
Deceased
Irving Langmuir

Irving Langmuir

1881 – 1957 · Age 76
Deceased
David J. Wineland

David J. Wineland

1944 · Age 82
Alive
Jhumpa Lahiri

Jhumpa Lahiri

1967 · Age 58
Alive
Ruth Benedict

Ruth Benedict

1887 – 1948 · Age 61
Deceased
Carl Wieman

Carl Wieman

1951 · Age 74
Alive
Hideki Shirakawa

Hideki Shirakawa

1936 · Age 89
Alive
Nikolai Vavilov

Nikolai Vavilov

1887 – 1943 · Age 55
Deceased
John Roberts

John Roberts

1955 · Age 71
Alive
Zadie Smith

Zadie Smith

1975 · Age 50
Alive
Josef Stefan

Josef Stefan

1835 – 1893 · Age 57
Deceased
Andrew Fire

Andrew Fire

1959 · Age 66
Alive
Source: Wikidata Q3400985