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.
Paul Greengard
USA
USANobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 2000, jointly with Arvid Karlsson and Eric Kandel
Aafia Siddiqui
Pakistan
PakistanPakistani cognitive neuroscientist convicted as terrorist
Ivan Michurin
Scientist biologist and plant breeder
Theodor Schwann
Germany
GermanyGerman physiologist
Stanley Cohen
USA
USAAmerican biochemist and zoologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1986 (shared with Rita Levi-Montalcini).
Stephen Hales
Butane
ButaneEnglish physiologist
Giovanni Canestrini
Italy
ItalyItalian naturalist and biologist. Spread Darwin's ideas in Italy.
Jared Diamond
USA
USAAmerican scientist, evolutionary biologist and geographer
David Baltimore
USA
USAAmerican molecular biologist, Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine (1975)
Gaston Ramon
France
FranceFrench veterinarian and biologist.
Moto Kimura
Japan
JapanJapanese biologist.
Ruben Yergesyan
Armenia
ArmeniaArmenian biologist
Vladimir Zhedenov
Russia
RussiaSoviet morphologist, doctor of biological sciences, professor.
Sergey Vinogradsky
Russian microbiologist
Selman Waksman
USA
USAAmerican microbiologist, awarded the 1952 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of streptomycin, the first effective anti-tuberculosis antibiotic
Karen Pryor
USA
USAAmerican biologist. She worked with dolphins in an oceanarium for many years and mastered a way of communicating with animals and people that teachers still have a long way to go.
Gustav Jager
Germany
GermanyGerman biologist and publicist. Brother of the teacher Otto Jaeger and son of Karl Jaeger.
Thomas Wharton
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish anatomist
Clarence McClung
USA
USAAmerican zoologist and cytogeneticist.
Camillo Golgi
Italy
ItalyItalian histologist, awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1906 (jointly with S. Ramon y Cajal)
Feriz Krasniqi
Kosovo biologist
Pierre-Joseph Van Beneden
Germany
GermanyBelgian zoologist, paleontologist and educator
Nikolay Holodnuy
Ukraine
UkraineRussian, Soviet biologist
Baruh Benacerraf
Venezuela
VenezuelaAmerican immunologist. Winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1980
Thomas Cavalier-Smith
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish evolutionary biologist, professor
Igor Lopatin
Ukraine
UkraineBelarusian entomologist, one of the leading experts on leaf beetles.
Daniel Koshland
USA
USAAmerican biochemist
Jean Jules Linden
Luxembourg
LuxembourgBelgian biologist and botanist.
Karl Wilhelm Kupffer
Germany
GermanyGerman anatomist, histologist and embryologist.
Gerty Cori
USA
USANobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1947, jointly with Carl F. Cori and Bernardo Usai
Joshua Lederberg
USA
USAAmerican geneticist
Stephen Gould
USA
USAAmerican paleontologist, evolutionary biologist and historian of science
Wendy Northcutt
USA
USAAmerican pharmacologist and writer
Arutun Karapetyan
Armenia
ArmeniaBiologist, doctor, lieutenant colonel of the medical service, doctor of medical sciences, professor.
Martin Heidenhain
Germany
GermanyThe son of the physiologist R. Heidenhain (1834-1897), a Jew who converted to Christianity.
Daniel Nathans
USA
USANobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1978, jointly with Werner Arber and Hamilton O. Smith
Irina Blohina
Russia
RussiaSoviet microbiologist, academician, laureate of the USSR State Prize
Johann Meckel
Germany
GermanyGerman doctor and biologist
Daniel Karlton Gaidusek
USA
USANobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1976 jointly with Baruch Blumberg
Jale Refik Rogers
Cyprus
CyprusNorthern Cypriot molecular biologist and politician
Francis Crick
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish molecular biologist, biophysicist and neurologist
Solomon Wasser
Ukraine
UkraineSoviet, Ukrainian and Israeli scientist, botanist, mycologist, doctor of biological sciences
Gabriele Falloppio
Italy
ItalyOne of the most influential anatomists and physicians of the 16th century
Charles Nicolle
France
FranceNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1928
Yunis Safarov
Azerbaijan
AzerbaijanSoviet Azerbaijani microbiologist, teacher
Nehemiah Grew
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish botanist and doctor
Adam Kapanov
Kazakhstan
KazakhstanWriter, journalist, director, philanthropist, candidate of biological sciences
Paul Ehrlich
Germany
GermanyGerman physician and bacteriologist
Albert Claude
Belgium
BelgiumBelgian-American biologist, Nobel Prize Laureate in Physiology or Medicine 1974.
Daniil Zabolotny
Ukraine
UkraineMicrobiologist and epidemiologist, one of the founders of scientific epidemiology in the USSR