Famous entomologists

zoologist specializing the study of insects (and often other arthropods)

234 people

All Alive Deceased
Carl Linnaeus

Carl Linnaeus

1707 – 1778 · Age 70
Deceased
Vladimir Nabokov

Vladimir Nabokov

1899 – 1977 · Age 78
Deceased
Christiaan Huygens

Christiaan Huygens

1629 – 1695 · Age 66
Deceased
Alfred Russel Wallace

Alfred Russel Wallace

1823 – 1913 · Age 90
Deceased
Albertus Magnus

Albertus Magnus

1193 – 1280 · Age 87
Deceased
Thomas Young

Thomas Young

1773 – 1829 · Age 55
Deceased
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon

Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon

1707 – 1788 · Age 80
Deceased
Élie Metchnikoff

Élie Metchnikoff

1845 – 1916 · Age 71
Deceased
Jean-François Champollion

Jean-François Champollion

1790 – 1832 · Age 41
Deceased
Maria Sibylla Merian

Maria Sibylla Merian

1647 – 1717 · Age 69
Deceased
Ernst Jünger

Ernst Jünger

1895 – 1998 · Age 102
Deceased
Edward O. Wilson

Edward O. Wilson

1929 – 2021 · Age 92
Deceased
Leopold III of Belgium

Leopold III of Belgium

1901 – 1983 · Age 81
Deceased
Albert François Lebrun

Albert François Lebrun

1871 – 1950 · Age 78
Deceased
Bernardo Houssay

Bernardo Houssay

1887 – 1971 · Age 84
Deceased
Peter Simon Pallas

Peter Simon Pallas

1741 – 1811 · Age 69
Deceased
John Edward Gray

John Edward Gray

1800 – 1875 · Age 75
Deceased
Karl von Frisch

Karl von Frisch

1886 – 1982 · Age 95
Deceased
Shen Kuo

Shen Kuo

1031 – 1095 · Age 64
Deceased
Ferdinand I of Bulgaria

Ferdinand I of Bulgaria

1861 – 1948 · Age 87
Deceased
David Rockefeller

David Rockefeller

1915 – 2017 · Age 101
Deceased
Alfred Kinsey

Alfred Kinsey

1894 – 1956 · Age 62
Deceased
Marcello Malpighi

Marcello Malpighi

1628 – 1694 · Age 66
Deceased
Karl Ernst von Baer

Karl Ernst von Baer

1792 – 1876 · Age 84
Deceased
Jean-Henri Fabre

Jean-Henri Fabre

1823 – 1915 · Age 91
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q3055126