Famous archaeologists
person studying human activity in the past
1,520 people
Joseph Banks
1743
– 1820
· Age 77
Deceased
Louis Leakey
1903
– 1972
· Age 69
Deceased
Mary Leakey
1913
– 1996
· Age 83
Deceased
Aurel Stein
1862
– 1943
· Age 80
Deceased
Hiram Bingham III
1875
– 1956
· Age 80
Deceased
William Henry Fox Talbot
1800
– 1877
· Age 77
Deceased
Giovanni Battista Belzoni
1778
– 1823
· Age 45
Deceased
Ján Kollár
1793
– 1852
· Age 58
Deceased
Nikolai Marr
1864
– 1934
· Age 69
Deceased
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1720
– 1778
· Age 58
Deceased
Alfred L. Kroeber
1876
– 1960
· Age 84
Deceased
Robert Adam
1728
– 1792
· Age 63
Deceased
Zahi Hawass
1947
· Age 78
Alive
Joseph Justus Scaliger
1540
– 1609
· Age 68
Deceased
Flinders Petrie
1853
– 1942
· Age 89
Deceased
Alcide d'Orbigny
1802
– 1857
· Age 54
Deceased
Kristján Eldjárn
1916
– 1982
· Age 65
Deceased
Alexander Cunningham
1814
– 1893
· Age 79
Deceased
Johann Ludwig Burckhardt
1784
– 1817
· Age 32
Deceased
Heinrich Barth
1821
– 1865
· Age 44
Deceased
Antoine Galland
1646
– 1715
· Age 68
Deceased
Bill Wyman
1936
· Age 89
Alive
Fred Vargas
1957
· Age 68
Alive
George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon
1866
– 1923
· Age 56
Deceased
Christian Jürgensen Thomsen
1788
– 1865
· Age 76
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q3621491