Famous paleontologists

scientist specialising in paleontology

333 people

All Alive Deceased
Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson

1743 – 1826 · Age 83
Deceased
Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck

Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck

1744 – 1829 · Age 85
Deceased
Thomas Henry Huxley

Thomas Henry Huxley

1825 – 1895 · Age 70
Deceased
Georges Cuvier

Georges Cuvier

1769 – 1832 · Age 62
Deceased
Rudolf Virchow

Rudolf Virchow

1821 – 1902 · Age 80
Deceased
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

1881 – 1955 · Age 73
Deceased
Richard Owen

Richard Owen

1804 – 1892 · Age 88
Deceased
Louis Agassiz

Louis Agassiz

1807 – 1873 · Age 66
Deceased
Stephen Jay Gould

Stephen Jay Gould

1941 – 2002 · Age 60
Deceased
Mary Anning

Mary Anning

1799 – 1843 · Age 43
Deceased
Charles Lyell

Charles Lyell

1797 – 1875 · Age 77
Deceased
Louis Leakey

Louis Leakey

1903 – 1972 · Age 69
Deceased
Nicolas Steno

Nicolas Steno

1638 – 1686 · Age 48
Deceased
Johann Friedrich Blumenbach

Johann Friedrich Blumenbach

1752 – 1840 · Age 87
Deceased
Edward Drinker Cope

Edward Drinker Cope

1840 – 1897 · Age 56
Deceased
Mary Leakey

Mary Leakey

1913 – 1996 · Age 83
Deceased
William Buckland

William Buckland

1784 – 1856 · Age 72
Deceased
Richard Leakey

Richard Leakey

1944 – 2022 · Age 77
Deceased
Marie Stopes

Marie Stopes

1880 – 1958 · Age 77
Deceased
Eduard Suess

Eduard Suess

1831 – 1914 · Age 82
Deceased
Alcide d'Orbigny

Alcide d'Orbigny

1802 – 1857 · Age 54
Deceased
Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg

Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg

1795 – 1876 · Age 81
Deceased
Othniel Charles Marsh

Othniel Charles Marsh

1831 – 1899 · Age 67
Deceased
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James Parkinson

1755 – 1824 · Age 69
Deceased
Ivan Yefremov

Ivan Yefremov

1907 – 1972 · Age 65
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q1662561