Famous paleontologists
scientist specialising in paleontology
333 people
Thomas Jefferson
1743
– 1826
· Age 83
Deceased
Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck
1744
– 1829
· Age 85
Deceased
Thomas Henry Huxley
1825
– 1895
· Age 70
Deceased
Georges Cuvier
1769
– 1832
· Age 62
Deceased
Rudolf Virchow
1821
– 1902
· Age 80
Deceased
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
1881
– 1955
· Age 73
Deceased
Richard Owen
1804
– 1892
· Age 88
Deceased
Louis Agassiz
1807
– 1873
· Age 66
Deceased
Stephen Jay Gould
1941
– 2002
· Age 60
Deceased
Mary Anning
1799
– 1843
· Age 43
Deceased
Charles Lyell
1797
– 1875
· Age 77
Deceased
Louis Leakey
1903
– 1972
· Age 69
Deceased
Nicolas Steno
1638
– 1686
· Age 48
Deceased
Johann Friedrich Blumenbach
1752
– 1840
· Age 87
Deceased
Edward Drinker Cope
1840
– 1897
· Age 56
Deceased
Mary Leakey
1913
– 1996
· Age 83
Deceased
William Buckland
1784
– 1856
· Age 72
Deceased
Richard Leakey
1944
– 2022
· Age 77
Deceased
Marie Stopes
1880
– 1958
· Age 77
Deceased
Eduard Suess
1831
– 1914
· Age 82
Deceased
Alcide d'Orbigny
1802
– 1857
· Age 54
Deceased
Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg
1795
– 1876
· Age 81
Deceased
Othniel Charles Marsh
1831
– 1899
· Age 67
Deceased
J
James Parkinson
1755
– 1824
· Age 69
Deceased
Ivan Yefremov
1907
– 1972
· Age 65
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q1662561