Famous orientalists

person who studies Oriental cultures

503 people

All Alive Deceased
Joseph Orbeli

Joseph Orbeli

1887 – 1961 · Age 73
Deceased
Wilhelm Heinrich Solf

Wilhelm Heinrich Solf

1862 – 1936 · Age 73
Deceased
Eugène Tisserant

Eugène Tisserant

1884 – 1972 · Age 87
Deceased
Ziya Bunyadov

Ziya Bunyadov

1921 – 1997 · Age 75
Deceased
Carl Brockelmann

Carl Brockelmann

1868 – 1956 · Age 87
Deceased
Clifford Edmund Bosworth

Clifford Edmund Bosworth

1928 – 2015 · Age 86
Deceased
Sergey Oldenburg

Sergey Oldenburg

1863 – 1934 · Age 70
Deceased
H

H. A. R. Gibb

1895 – 1971 · Age 76
Deceased
Max von Oppenheim

Max von Oppenheim

1860 – 1946 · Age 86
Deceased
Wilferd Madelung

Wilferd Madelung

1930 – 2023 · Age 92
Deceased
Heinrich Ewald

Heinrich Ewald

1803 – 1875 · Age 71
Deceased
Aloys Sprenger

Aloys Sprenger

1813 – 1893 · Age 80
Deceased
Johann Heinrich Hübschmann

Johann Heinrich Hübschmann

1848 – 1908 · Age 59
Deceased
Melchior de Vogüé

Melchior de Vogüé

1848 – 1910 · Age 62
Deceased
Gustav Weil

Gustav Weil

1808 – 1889 · Age 81
Deceased
Annius of Viterbo

Annius of Viterbo

1437 – 1502 · Age 65
Deceased
J

Johan David Åkerblad

1763 – 1819 · Age 55
Deceased
S

Stanley Lane-Poole

1854 – 1931 · Age 77
Deceased
Ernest Fenollosa

Ernest Fenollosa

1853 – 1908 · Age 55
Deceased
Andrey Zubov

Andrey Zubov

1952 · Age 74
Alive
Alexander Vasiliev

Alexander Vasiliev

1867 – 1953 · Age 85
Deceased
Michele Amari

Michele Amari

1806 – 1889 · Age 83
Deceased
Friedrich von Adelung

Friedrich von Adelung

1768 – 1843 · Age 74
Deceased
John Francis Davis

John Francis Davis

1795 – 1890 · Age 95
Deceased
Claudius Salmasius

Claudius Salmasius

1588 – 1653 · Age 65
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q1731155