Famous archaeologists

person studying human activity in the past

699 people

All Alive Deceased
John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury

John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury

1834 – 1913 · Age 79
Deceased
Christian Jürgensen Thomsen

Christian Jürgensen Thomsen

1788 – 1865 · Age 76
Deceased
Gaston Maspero

Gaston Maspero

1846 – 1916 · Age 70
Deceased
James Henry Breasted

James Henry Breasted

1865 – 1935 · Age 70
Deceased
Percy Fawcett

Percy Fawcett

1867 – 1925 · Age 57
Deceased
Constantine Samuel Rafinesque

Constantine Samuel Rafinesque

1783 – 1840 · Age 56
Deceased
Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet

Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet

1810 – 1895 · Age 84
Deceased
Austen Henry Layard

Austen Henry Layard

1817 – 1894 · Age 77
Deceased
Karl Richard Lepsius

Karl Richard Lepsius

1810 – 1884 · Age 73
Deceased
Clive Cussler

Clive Cussler

1931 – 2020 · Age 88
Deceased
R. G. Collingwood

R. G. Collingwood

1889 – 1943 · Age 53
Deceased
Bedřich Hrozný

Bedřich Hrozný

1879 – 1952 · Age 73
Deceased
Oscar Montelius

Oscar Montelius

1843 – 1921 · Age 78
Deceased
Yuri Knorozov

Yuri Knorozov

1922 – 1999 · Age 76
Deceased
K

Khaled Asaad

1932 – 2015 · Age 83
Deceased
Maria Reiche

Maria Reiche

1903 – 1998 · Age 95
Deceased
Auguste Mariette

Auguste Mariette

1821 – 1881 · Age 59
Deceased
Gerald Gardner

Gerald Gardner

1884 – 1964 · Age 79
Deceased
John Aubrey

John Aubrey

1626 – 1697 · Age 71
Deceased
Margaret Murray

Margaret Murray

1863 – 1963 · Age 100
Deceased
Jan Potocki

Jan Potocki

1761 – 1815 · Age 54
Deceased
Colin Renfrew

Colin Renfrew

1937 – 2024 · Age 87
Deceased
James Bruce

James Bruce

1730 – 1794 · Age 63
Deceased
Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc

Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc

1580 – 1637 · Age 56
Deceased
Leo Frobenius

Leo Frobenius

1873 – 1938 · Age 65
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q3621491