Famous linguists
language scholar specialized in linguistics
1,640 people
Denis Fonvizin
1745
– 1792
· Age 47
Deceased
Franz Bopp
1791
– 1867
· Age 76
Deceased
Wilhelm Grimm
1786
– 1859
· Age 73
Deceased
Assia Djebar
1936
– 2015
· Age 78
Deceased
Ludwig Uhland
1787
– 1862
· Age 75
Deceased
Pompeu Fabra
1868
– 1948
· Age 80
Deceased
Johan Huizinga
1872
– 1945
· Age 72
Deceased
James Mill
1773
– 1836
· Age 63
Deceased
Lennart Meri
1929
– 2006
· Age 76
Deceased
Stefan George
1868
– 1933
· Age 65
Deceased
Mahmud al-Kashgari
1029
– 1101
· Age 72
Deceased
Konstantin Balmont
1867
– 1942
· Age 75
Deceased
Noah Webster
1758
– 1843
· Age 84
Deceased
William Tyndale
1494
– 1536
· Age 42
Deceased
Milorad Pavić
1929
– 2009
· Age 80
Deceased
John Searle
1932
– 2025
· Age 93
Deceased
Julian Tuwim
1894
– 1953
· Age 59
Deceased
Zoltán Kodály
1882
– 1967
· Age 84
Deceased
Otto Jespersen
1860
– 1943
· Age 82
Deceased
Douglas Hyde
1860
– 1949
· Age 89
Deceased
Louis Couturat
1868
– 1914
· Age 46
Deceased
Charles de Foucauld
1858
– 1916
· Age 58
Deceased
János Arany
1817
– 1882
· Age 65
Deceased
Vladimir Propp
1895
– 1970
· Age 75
Deceased
Ľudovít Štúr
1815
– 1856
· Age 40
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q14467526