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.

Karl Gegenbauer
Karl Gegenbauer
Germany
German biologist
Gunter Blobel
Gunter Blobel
Germany
1999 Nobel Prize Laureate in Physiology or Medicine
Carl Woese
Carl Woese
USA
American microbiologist
George Wells Beadle
George Wells Beadle
USA
American geneticist, awarded the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Marshall Nirenberg
Marshall Nirenberg
USA
American biochemist
Ivan Oliger
Ivan Oliger
Russia
Soviet and Russian scientist, the oldest Russian zoologist
Alfred Hershey
Alfred Hershey
USA
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1969, jointly with Max Delbrück and Salvador Luria
Baruh Benacerraf
Baruh Benacerraf
Venezuela
American immunologist. Winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1980
Edwin Klebs
Edwin Klebs
Germany
German bacteriologist and pathologist.
Vladimir Dolin
Vladimir Dolin
Ukraine
Ukrainian Soviet entomologist, coleopterologist, specialist in click beetles
Thomas Cavalier-Smith
Thomas Cavalier-Smith
Great Britain
English evolutionary biologist, professor
William Grtgory
William Grtgory
USA
American zoologist, scientist
John Michael Bishop
John Michael Bishop
USA
American immunologist and microbiologist
Joshua Lederberg
Joshua Lederberg
USA
American geneticist
Otto Muller
Otto Muller
Denmark
Danish scientist and naturalist.
Daniel Koshland
Daniel Koshland
USA
American biochemist
Ludwig Heinrich Bojanus
Ludwig Heinrich Bojanus
Germany
German naturalist, anatomist and zoologist
Konrad Bloch
Konrad Bloch
USA
German-American biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate in physiology or medicine, 1964 (together with F. Linen)
Jacques Loeb
Jacques Loeb
USA
American biologist. One of the founders of physical and chemical biology
Stamen Grigorov
Stamen Grigorov
Bulgaria
Famous Bulgarian scientist - doctor and microbiologist.
Stephen Gould
Stephen Gould
USA
American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist and historian of science
Fedor Zambriborsch
Fedor Zambriborsch
Ukraine
Soviet hydrobiologist, professor
Jale Refik Rogers
Jale Refik Rogers
Cyprus
Northern Cypriot molecular biologist and politician
Jacob Francois
Jacob Francois
France
French biologist, Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 1965.
Nikolay Koltsov
Nikolay Koltsov
An outstanding Russian biologist, the author of the idea of matrix synthesis
Iosif Halifman
Iosif Halifman
Russia
Russian Soviet writer, popularizer of entomology
Eric F. Wieschaus
Eric F. Wieschaus
USA
American biologist
Rene Dubo
Rene Dubo
USA
American microbiologist, member of the US National Academy of Sciences. Developed new chemotherapy methods
Vladimir Karavaev
Vladimir Karavaev
Ukrainian, Russian, Soviet entomologist
Charles Laveran
Charles Laveran
France
French biologist and parasitologist Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1907
Jelle Atema
Jelle Atema
USA
American biologist
Boris Keller
Boris Keller
Russian and Soviet biologist, geobotanist, soil scientist
Raimonds Vejonis
Raimonds Vejonis
Latvia
Latvian politician, President of Latvia since 2015.
Carol Greider
Carol Greider
USA
American scientist, molecular biologist
Victor Zhdanov
Victor Zhdanov
Virologist, epidemiologist
Cristian Rene De Duve
Cristian Rene De Duve
Belgium
Belgian cytologist and biochemist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1974
Daniel Karlton Gaidusek
Daniel Karlton Gaidusek
USA
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1976 jointly with Baruch Blumberg
Ilia Raskin
Ilia Raskin
Ukraine
Scientist biologist
Ragnar Arthur Granit
Ragnar Arthur Granit
Sweden
Swedish neurophysicist, Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 1967 (shared with Keffer Hartline and George Wald)
Herman Hagen
Herman Hagen
Germany
An outstanding German entomologist.
Charles Nicolle
Charles Nicolle
France
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1928
Gerald Soffen
Gerald Soffen
USA
Astrobiologist
Mc Farlane Bernet
Mc Farlane Bernet
Australia
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1960, jointly with Peter B. Medawar
Gerty Cori
Gerty Cori
USA
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1947, jointly with Carl F. Cori and Bernardo Usai
Jean Rostand
Jean Rostand
France
Biologist
Regine Hildebra
Regine Hildebra
Germany
German biologist and politician, member of the SPD
Henrik Dam
Henrik Dam
Sweden
Danish biochemist, awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1943 (together with E. Doisy) for the discovery of vitamin K
Nikolay Holodnuy
Nikolay Holodnuy
Ukraine
Russian, Soviet biologist
Julius Axelrod
Julius Axelrod
USA
American biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate in physiology or medicine
Jean Jules Linden
Jean Jules Linden
Luxembourg
Belgian biologist and botanist.