Famous linguists
language scholar specialized in linguistics
1,640 people
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Michael Ventris
1922
– 1956
· Age 34
Deceased
Alfred Korzybski
1879
– 1950
· Age 70
Deceased
Niccolò Tommaseo
1802
– 1874
· Age 71
Deceased
Dámaso Alonso
1899
– 1990
· Age 90
Deceased
Elio Vittorini
1908
– 1966
· Age 57
Deceased
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John Tzetzes
1110
– 1180
· Age 70
Deceased
Fan S. Noli
1882
– 1965
· Age 83
Deceased
Guillermo Cabrera Infante
1929
– 2005
· Age 75
Deceased
Leszek Engelking
1955
– 2022
· Age 67
Deceased
Mihail Sadoveanu
1880
– 1961
· Age 80
Deceased
Al-Zamakhshari
1075
– 1144
· Age 69
Deceased
Henry Suso
1295
– 1366
· Age 70
Deceased
Claribel Alegría Vides
1924
– 2018
· Age 93
Deceased
Juan Gelman
1930
– 2014
· Age 83
Deceased
Arseny Tarkovsky
1907
– 1989
· Age 81
Deceased
Edgar Quinet
1803
– 1875
· Age 72
Deceased
Ignaz Goldziher
1850
– 1921
· Age 71
Deceased
Yekaterina Dashkova
1743
– 1810
· Age 66
Deceased
Vilhelm Thomsen
1842
– 1927
· Age 85
Deceased
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Lancelot Hogben
1895
– 1975
· Age 79
Deceased
Lucian Blaga
1895
– 1961
· Age 65
Deceased
James Curtis Hepburn
1815
– 1911
· Age 96
Deceased
Ferenc Kazinczy
1759
– 1831
· Age 71
Deceased
Vasily Radlov
1837
– 1918
· Age 81
Deceased
Sándor Kőrösi Csoma
1784
– 1842
· Age 58
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q14467526