Famous orientalists
person who studies Oriental cultures
254 people
Ernest Renan
1823
– 1892
· Age 69
Deceased
Friedrich Max Müller
1823
– 1900
· Age 76
Deceased
Athanasius Kircher
1602
– 1680
· Age 78
Deceased
William Jones
1746
– 1794
· Age 47
Deceased
Friedrich Rückert
1788
– 1866
· Age 77
Deceased
René Guénon
1886
– 1951
· Age 64
Deceased
William of Rubruck
1220
– 1293
Deceased
Abulfaz Elchibey
1938
– 2000
· Age 62
Deceased
Dimitrie Cantemir
1674
– 1723
· Age 48
Deceased
William Henry Fox Talbot
1800
– 1877
· Age 77
Deceased
Bernard Lewis
1916
– 2018
· Age 101
Deceased
Vladimir Arsenyev
1872
– 1930
· Age 58
Deceased
Julius Wellhausen
1844
– 1918
· Age 73
Deceased
Bedřich Hrozný
1879
– 1952
· Age 73
Deceased
Wilhelm Schickard
1592
– 1635
· Age 43
Deceased
Edwin Arnold
1832
– 1904
· Age 71
Deceased
Ğäbdelxäy Äxätef
1927
– 1986
· Age 59
Deceased
Sándor Kőrösi Csoma
1784
– 1842
· Age 58
Deceased
Ármin Vámbéry
1832
– 1913
· Age 81
Deceased
Ignaz Goldziher
1850
– 1921
· Age 71
Deceased
Antoine Isaac Silvestre de Sacy
1758
– 1838
· Age 79
Deceased
Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall
1774
– 1856
· Age 82
Deceased
G
Gábor Kósa
1971
· Age 55
Alive
Shoqan Walikhanov
1835
– 1865
· Age 29
Deceased
Adam Afzelius
1750
– 1837
· Age 86
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q1731155