Famous anthropologists

person with an extensive knowledge of anthropology

935 people

All Alive Deceased
Immanuel Kant

Immanuel Kant

1724 – 1804 · Age 79
Deceased
Huang Xianfan

Huang Xianfan

1899 – 1982 · Age 82
Deceased
Max Weber

Max Weber

1864 – 1920 · Age 56
Deceased
Ibn Khaldun

Ibn Khaldun

1332 – 1406 · Age 73
Deceased
B. R. Ambedkar

B. R. Ambedkar

1891 – 1956 · Age 65
Deceased
Taras Shevchenko

Taras Shevchenko

1814 – 1861 · Age 47
Deceased
Émile Durkheim

Émile Durkheim

1858 – 1917 · Age 59
Deceased
Michel Foucault

Michel Foucault

1926 – 1984 · Age 57
Deceased
Herbert Spencer

Herbert Spencer

1820 – 1903 · Age 83
Deceased
Jane Goodall

Jane Goodall

1934 – 2025 · Age 91
Deceased
Al-Biruni

Al-Biruni

0973 – 1048 · Age 75
Deceased
Thomas Henry Huxley

Thomas Henry Huxley

1825 – 1895 · Age 70
Deceased
Ludwig Feuerbach

Ludwig Feuerbach

1804 – 1872 · Age 68
Deceased
Alfred Russel Wallace

Alfred Russel Wallace

1823 – 1913 · Age 90
Deceased
Claude Lévi-Strauss

Claude Lévi-Strauss

1908 – 2009 · Age 100
Deceased
Wilhelm von Humboldt

Wilhelm von Humboldt

1767 – 1835 · Age 67
Deceased
Prosper Mérimée

Prosper Mérimée

1803 – 1870 · Age 66
Deceased
Margaret Mead

Margaret Mead

1901 – 1978 · Age 76
Deceased
T. E. Lawrence

T. E. Lawrence

1888 – 1935 · Age 46
Deceased
Thomas Young

Thomas Young

1773 – 1829 · Age 55
Deceased
Thor Heyerdahl

Thor Heyerdahl

1914 – 2002 · Age 87
Deceased
Howard Carter

Howard Carter

1874 – 1939 · Age 64
Deceased
Gustave Le Bon

Gustave Le Bon

1841 – 1931 · Age 90
Deceased
Georges Cuvier

Georges Cuvier

1769 – 1832 · Age 62
Deceased
Pierre Bourdieu

Pierre Bourdieu

1930 – 2002 · Age 71
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q4773904