Famous linguists
language scholar specialized in linguistics
1,476 people
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Benjamin Lee Whorf
1897
– 1941
· Age 44
Deceased
Nikolai Marr
1864
– 1934
· Age 69
Deceased
August Schleicher
1821
– 1868
· Age 47
Deceased
William Caxton
1422
– 1491
· Age 69
Deceased
Gregory Bateson
1904
– 1980
· Age 76
Deceased
C. Rajagopalachari
1878
– 1972
· Age 94
Deceased
Jan Baudouin de Courtenay
1845
– 1929
· Age 84
Deceased
Ion Luca Caragiale
1852
– 1912
· Age 60
Deceased
Bartolomé Mitre
1821
– 1906
· Age 84
Deceased
Serhiy Zhadan
1974
· Age 51
Alive
Dositej Obradović
1742
– 1811
· Age 69
Deceased
Alfred L. Kroeber
1876
– 1960
· Age 84
Deceased
Nikolai Trubetzkoy
1890
– 1938
· Age 48
Deceased
L
Leonard Bloomfield
1887
– 1949
· Age 62
Deceased
Hermann Grassmann
1809
– 1877
· Age 68
Deceased
J
John Langshaw Austin
1911
– 1960
· Age 48
Deceased
Pavel Jozef Šafárik
1795
– 1861
· Age 66
Deceased
Johann Christoph Adelung
1732
– 1806
· Age 74
Deceased
Zhou Youguang
1906
– 2017
· Age 111
Deceased
Mori Ōgai
1862
– 1922
· Age 60
Deceased
Samuil Marshak
1887
– 1964
· Age 76
Deceased
Augusta, Lady Gregory
1852
– 1932
· Age 80
Deceased
Alejandra Pizarnik
1936
– 1972
· Age 36
Deceased
André Brink
1935
– 2015
· Age 79
Deceased
Adam Zagajewski
1945
– 2021
· Age 75
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q14467526