Biology
Discover a comprehensive list of renowned celebrities who have made significant contributions to the field of biology. Explore their groundbreaking discoveries, influential theories, and enduring impact on the study of life.
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Joseph Goldstein
 USAAmerican molecular geneticist
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Theodor Schwann
 GermanyGerman physiologist
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Aafia Siddiqui
 PakistanPakistani cognitive neuroscientist convicted as terrorist
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Albert Coombs Barnes
USA American physician, inventor and collector
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Katharine McCormick
USA American biologist, suffragette, philanthropist
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Jalal Aliyev
 AzerbaijanAzerbaijani scientist, plant breeder and politician
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Andre Lwoff
 FranceNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1965 jointly with François Jacob and Jacques Monod
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Dian Fossey
USA American zoologist
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Camillo Golgi
 ItalyItalian histologist, awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1906 (jointly with S. Ramon y Cajal)
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Giovanni Canestrini
Italy Italian naturalist and biologist. Spread Darwin's ideas in Italy.
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Robert Koch
Germany German microbiologist who discovered the causative agents of tuberculosis (1882) and cholera (1883), Nobel laureate in 1905.
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Charles Chamberland
France French microbiologist
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Edward Cope
USA North American naturalist, paleontologist
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Marshall Nirenberg
USA American biochemist
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Nadejda Adamchuck-Chalaya
 UkraineA biologist and cosmonaut from Ukraine.
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Veniamin Bogorov
Soviet oceanographer and hydrobiologist
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Jacques Monod
France Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1965 jointly with François Jacob and André Lvov
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Michael Brown
USA Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1985, jointly with Joseph Goldstein
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Stuart Alan Kauffman
USA American theoretical biologist and researcher
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Hans Winkler
Germany German biologist, professor of botany
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Salvador Edward Luria
Italy Italian-American biologist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1969
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Gerkhard Domagk
Germany German bacteriologist, Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine in 1939.
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Detlev Wulf Bronk
USA American physiologist and biophysicist
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Daniel Koshland
USA American biochemist
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Boris Keller
Russian and Soviet biologist, geobotanist, soil scientist
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Andrey Bannikov
Soviet and Russian biologist, professor
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Alexander Magnitskiy
 RussiaLocal history biologist
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Nikolay Koltsov
An outstanding Russian biologist, the author of the idea of matrix synthesis
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German Joseph Muller
USA American geneticist, student of Thomas Hunt Morgan, Nobel Prize winner in physiology or medicine (1946).
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Ishii Shiro
 JapanJapanese microbiologist, war criminal
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Gabriele Falloppio
Italy One of the most influential anatomists and physicians of the 16th century
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Wilhelm Peter Eduard Simon Ryuppel
Germany German zoologist
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Feriz Krasniqi
Kosovo biologist
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Jane Goodall
 Great BritainRenowned scientist, primatologist, anthropologist and etologist
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Casimir Funk
 PolandAmerican biochemist of Polish origin.
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Paul Greengard
USA Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 2000, jointly with Arvid Karlsson and Eric Kandel
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Elimkhan Jafarov
 DiveAzerbaijani scientist, Doctor of Biological Sciences
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Francisco Varela
 ChileChilean biologist, philosopher and neuroscientist
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Antonio Carini
Italy An Italian microbiologist who spent most of his life working in Brazil.
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Ivan Michurin
Scientist biologist and plant breeder
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Baruch Blumberg
USA American physician and scientist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1976 (together with Carlton Gajduzek).
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Nikolay Kuleshov
Outstanding plant biologist
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Jelle Atema
USA American biologist
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Ivan Oliger
Russia Soviet and Russian scientist, the oldest Russian zoologist
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Roges Guillemin
France Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1977, jointly with Andrew W. Shalley and Rosalyn S. Yalou
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Jared Diamond
USA American scientist, evolutionary biologist and geographer
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Gustav Jager
Germany German biologist and publicist. Brother of the teacher Otto Jaeger and son of Karl Jaeger.
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Selman Waksman
USA American microbiologist, awarded the 1952 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of streptomycin, the first effective anti-tuberculosis antibiotic
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Alfred Hershey
USA Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1969, jointly with Max Delbrück and Salvador Luria
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Giorgi Eliava
 GeorgiaGeorgian microbiologist, specialist in bacteriophages, one of the founders of phage therapy.
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