Famous linguists
language scholar specialized in linguistics
1,476 people
Milorad Pavić
1929
– 2009
· Age 80
Deceased
Noah Webster
1758
– 1843
· Age 84
Deceased
John Searle
1932
– 2025
· Age 93
Deceased
Zoltán Kodály
1882
– 1967
· Age 84
Deceased
Otto Jespersen
1860
– 1943
· Age 82
Deceased
Julian Tuwim
1894
– 1953
· Age 59
Deceased
Douglas Hyde
1860
– 1949
· Age 89
Deceased
Louis Couturat
1868
– 1914
· Age 46
Deceased
Vladimir Propp
1895
– 1970
· Age 75
Deceased
Larry Wall
1954
· Age 71
Alive
Charles de Foucauld
1858
– 1916
· Age 58
Deceased
Ľudovít Štúr
1815
– 1856
· Age 40
Deceased
János Arany
1817
– 1882
· Age 65
Deceased
Taha Hussein
1889
– 1973
· Age 83
Deceased
Viktor Shklovsky
1893
– 1984
· Age 91
Deceased
Angela Carter
1940
– 1992
· Age 51
Deceased
Harriet Martineau
1802
– 1876
· Age 74
Deceased
Georges Dumézil
1898
– 1986
· Age 88
Deceased
Ján Kollár
1793
– 1852
· Age 58
Deceased
Dimitrie Cantemir
1674
– 1723
· Age 48
Deceased
Rasmus Rask
1787
– 1832
· Age 44
Deceased
B
Benjamin Lee Whorf
1897
– 1941
· Age 44
Deceased
Antoine Meillet
1866
– 1936
· Age 69
Deceased
B
Bhartṛhari
0570
– 0651
· Age 81
Deceased
Nikolai Marr
1864
– 1934
· Age 69
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q14467526