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.
Martin Heidenhain
Germany
GermanyThe son of the physiologist R. Heidenhain (1834-1897), a Jew who converted to Christianity.
Veniamin Bogorov
Soviet oceanographer and hydrobiologist
Gen Shangin-Berezovskiy
Russia
RussiaSoviet biologist
Ishii Shiro
Japan
JapanJapanese microbiologist, war criminal
Georges Kohler
Germany
GermanyGerman biologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine
Jared Diamond
USA
USAAmerican scientist, evolutionary biologist and geographer
Wilhelm Ludvig Johannsen
Denmark
DenmarkDanish biologist, professor
Karl Kessler
Zoologist
Ernst Haeckel
Germany
GermanyGerman evolutionary biologist, representative of natural scientific materialism, supporter and propagandist of the teachings of Charles Darwin
Frederik Hopkins
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish biochemist who discovered growth-stimulating vitamins (A and D). In 1929 he was awarded the Nobel Prize.
Djulian Huxley
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish biologist and philosopher
Max Theiler
USA
USANobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1951
Karl Krause
Germany
GermanyGerman anatomist.
Erasmus Darwin
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish physician, naturalist, philosopher, poet
Charles Chamberland
France
FranceFrench microbiologist
Richard Goldschmidt
USA
USAAmerican zoologist and geneticist of German descent
Solomon Wasser
Ukraine
UkraineSoviet, Ukrainian and Israeli scientist, botanist, mycologist, doctor of biological sciences
Wendy Northcutt
USA
USAAmerican pharmacologist and writer
Alan Lloyd Hodgkin
Great Britain
Great BritainWinner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1963
Albert Coombs Barnes
USA
USAAmerican physician, inventor and collector
Jane Goodall
Great Britain
Great BritainRenowned scientist, primatologist, anthropologist and etologist
Georgiy Fayvush
Armenia
ArmeniaArmenian scientist, Doctor of Biological Sciences.
Oscar Hertwig
Germany
GermanyGerman embryologist and cytologist who first established that during fertilization the fusion of the nuclei of the sperm and egg occurs
German Joseph Muller
USA
USAAmerican geneticist, student of Thomas Hunt Morgan, Nobel Prize winner in physiology or medicine (1946).
Charles Scott Sherrington
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish physiologist
Giorgi Eliava
Georgia
GeorgiaGeorgian microbiologist, specialist in bacteriophages, one of the founders of phage therapy.
Katharine McCormick
USA
USAAmerican biologist, suffragette, philanthropist
Stuart Alan Kauffman
USA
USAAmerican theoretical biologist and researcher
Francis Crick
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish molecular biologist, biophysicist and neurologist
Bernard Heuvelmans
France
FranceFranco-Belgian zoologist, researcher and writer
Ronald Ross
Great Britain
Great BritainIndian physician and parasitologist of Scottish origin, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1902.
Telman Agaev
Azerbaijan
AzerbaijanAzerbaijani scientist, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor
Albert Claude
Belgium
BelgiumBelgian-American biologist, Nobel Prize Laureate in Physiology or Medicine 1974.
Nikolay Kuleshov
Outstanding plant biologist
Semen Serbin
Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor
Farzali Agamaliev
Azerbaijan
AzerbaijanAzerbaijani scientist, Doctor of Biological Sciences
Birute Galdikas
Canada
CanadaCanadian biologist
Michael Grzimek
Germany
GermanyGerman biologist
Rene Reaumur
France
FranceFrench naturalist
Emil Adolf Behring
Germany
GermanyGerman bacteriologist, awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1901 for the discovery of the protective properties of serums
August Wilhelm Eichler
Germany
GermanyGerman botanist, famous for his work in the field of plant systematization.
Rafiq Qasımov
Azerbaijan
AzerbaijanAzerbaijani scientist, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor
Elshad Gurbanov
Azerbaijan
AzerbaijanAzerbaijani scientist, Doctor of Biological Sciences
Edmund Ford
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish geneticist
Gabriele Falloppio
Italy
ItalyOne of the most influential anatomists and physicians of the 16th century
Johann Meckel
Germany
GermanyGerman doctor and biologist
Sydney Brenner
Great Britain
Great BritainSouth African biologist, winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology.
Igor Lopatin
Ukraine
UkraineBelarusian entomologist, one of the leading experts on leaf beetles.
Feriz Krasniqi
Kosovo biologist
Vladimir Zhedenov
Russia
RussiaSoviet morphologist, doctor of biological sciences, professor.