Famous linguists
language scholar specialized in linguistics
1,640 people
Albert Gallatin
1761
– 1849
· Age 88
Deceased
Ferdinand Freiligrath
1810
– 1876
· Age 65
Deceased
Karl Brugmann
1849
– 1919
· Age 70
Deceased
Josef Jungmann
1773
– 1847
· Age 74
Deceased
Johann Mattheson
1681
– 1764
· Age 82
Deceased
H
Hesychius of Alexandria
0450
– 0500
Deceased
Max Weinreich
1894
– 1969
· Age 74
Deceased
Ramón Menéndez Pidal
1869
– 1968
· Age 99
Deceased
Louis de Beaufront
1855
– 1935
· Age 79
Deceased
L
Louis Hjelmslev
1899
– 1965
· Age 65
Deceased
Matthias Alexander Castrén
1813
– 1852
· Age 38
Deceased
Hermann Paul
1846
– 1921
· Age 75
Deceased
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Alan Gardiner
1879
– 1963
· Age 84
Deceased
Ivan Mažuranić
1814
– 1890
· Age 75
Deceased
Jules Supervielle
1884
– 1960
· Age 76
Deceased
Wilhelm Schmidt
1868
– 1954
· Age 85
Deceased
Margarita Aliger
1915
– 1992
· Age 77
Deceased
Valentin Haüy
1745
– 1822
· Age 76
Deceased
William F. Albright
1891
– 1971
· Age 80
Deceased
J. B. Bury
1861
– 1927
· Age 65
Deceased
S
Sidi Boushaki
1394
– 1453
· Age 59
Deceased
Theodor Nöldeke
1836
– 1930
· Age 94
Deceased
George Buchanan
1506
– 1582
· Age 76
Deceased
Dmitry Likhachov
1906
– 1999
· Age 92
Deceased
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William Labov
1927
– 2024
· Age 97
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q14467526