Famous biologists

scientist studying living organisms

850 people

All Alive Deceased
Barbara McClintock

Barbara McClintock

1902 – 1992 · Age 90
Deceased
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon

Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon

1707 – 1788 · Age 80
Deceased
Jonas Salk

Jonas Salk

1914 – 1995 · Age 80
Deceased
Élie Metchnikoff

Élie Metchnikoff

1845 – 1916 · Age 71
Deceased
Karl Landsteiner

Karl Landsteiner

1868 – 1943 · Age 75
Deceased
Paul Ehrlich

Paul Ehrlich

1854 – 1915 · Age 61
Deceased
Georges Cuvier

Georges Cuvier

1769 – 1832 · Age 62
Deceased
Stephen Hillenburg

Stephen Hillenburg

1961 – 2018 · Age 57
Deceased
Alexis Carrel

Alexis Carrel

1873 – 1944 · Age 71
Deceased
Andreas Vesalius

Andreas Vesalius

1514 – 1564 · Age 49
Deceased
Norman Borlaug

Norman Borlaug

1914 – 2009 · Age 95
Deceased
Thomas Hunt Morgan

Thomas Hunt Morgan

1866 – 1945 · Age 79
Deceased
Camillo Golgi

Camillo Golgi

1843 – 1926 · Age 82
Deceased
Giovanni Domenico Cassini

Giovanni Domenico Cassini

1625 – 1712 · Age 87
Deceased
Rudolf Virchow

Rudolf Virchow

1821 – 1902 · Age 80
Deceased
Frederick Banting

Frederick Banting

1891 – 1941 · Age 49
Deceased
Har Gobind Khorana

Har Gobind Khorana

1922 – 2011 · Age 89
Deceased
Dian Fossey

Dian Fossey

1932 – 1985 · Age 53
Deceased
Jacques Monod

Jacques Monod

1910 – 1976 · Age 66
Deceased
Luc Montagnier

Luc Montagnier

1932 – 2022 · Age 89
Deceased
Robert Edwards

Robert Edwards

1925 – 2013 · Age 87
Deceased
Selman Abraham Waksman

Selman Abraham Waksman

1888 – 1973 · Age 85
Deceased
Sydney Brenner

Sydney Brenner

1927 – 2019 · Age 92
Deceased
Vladimir Vernadsky

Vladimir Vernadsky

1863 – 1945 · Age 81
Deceased
Melvin Calvin

Melvin Calvin

1911 – 1997 · Age 85
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q864503