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.
Salvador Edward Luria
Italy
ItalyItalian-American biologist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1969
Wilhelm Ludvig Johannsen
Denmark
DenmarkDanish biologist, professor
Cristian Rene De Duve
Belgium
BelgiumBelgian cytologist and biochemist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1974
Richard Goldschmidt
USA
USAAmerican zoologist and geneticist of German descent
Erasmus Darwin
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish physician, naturalist, philosopher, poet
Stephen Hales
Butane
ButaneEnglish physiologist
Sergey Vinogradsky
Russian microbiologist
Alfred Charles Kinsey
USA
USAAmerican biologist
George Edwards
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish naturalist and ornithologist
Daniil Zabolotny
Ukraine
UkraineMicrobiologist and epidemiologist, one of the founders of scientific epidemiology in the USSR
Apollinaris Bondartsev
Russian and Soviet scientist, phytopathologist, mycologist, popularizer of science, doctor of biological sciences
Paul Greengard
USA
USANobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 2000, jointly with Arvid Karlsson and Eric Kandel
Gerty Cori
USA
USANobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1947, jointly with Carl F. Cori and Bernardo Usai
William Grtgory
USA
USAAmerican zoologist, scientist
Alexander Kryshtal
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian entomologist, Doctor of Biological Sciences, professor, laureate of the State Prize of the Ukrainian SSR in 1976.
Nikolay Kuleshov
Outstanding plant biologist
Karl Wilhelm Kupffer
Germany
GermanyGerman anatomist, histologist and embryologist.
Gabriele Falloppio
Italy
ItalyOne of the most influential anatomists and physicians of the 16th century
Ludwig Heinrich Bojanus
Germany
GermanyGerman naturalist, anatomist and zoologist
German Joseph Muller
USA
USAAmerican geneticist, student of Thomas Hunt Morgan, Nobel Prize winner in physiology or medicine (1946).
Gustav Jager
Germany
GermanyGerman biologist and publicist. Brother of the teacher Otto Jaeger and son of Karl Jaeger.
Anton Cheshevik
Belarus
BelarusDoctor of Biological Sciences, Professor
Yoshiki Sasai
Japan
JapanJapanese biologist
Farzali Agamaliev
Azerbaijan
AzerbaijanAzerbaijani 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
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
Jean Rostand
France
FranceBiologist
Pierre-Joseph Van Beneden
Germany
GermanyBelgian zoologist, paleontologist and educator
Gaston Ramon
France
FranceFrench veterinarian and biologist.
Raimonds Vejonis
Latvia
LatviaLatvian politician, President of Latvia since 2015.
Charles Scott Sherrington
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish physiologist
Baruh Benacerraf
Venezuela
VenezuelaAmerican immunologist. Winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1980
Nils Wiesel
Sweden
SwedenSwedish neurobiologist and neurophysiologist, winner of the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Gen Shangin-Berezovskiy
Russia
RussiaSoviet biologist
Julius Axelrod
USA
USAAmerican biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate in physiology or medicine
Ruben Yergesyan
Armenia
ArmeniaArmenian biologist
George Wells Beadle
USA
USAAmerican geneticist, awarded the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Alexander Ostapenya
Belarus
BelarusBelarusian scientist in the field of hydrobiology
Eric F. Wieschaus
USA
USAAmerican biologist
Martin Heidenhain
Germany
GermanyThe son of the physiologist R. Heidenhain (1834-1897), a Jew who converted to Christianity.
Giorgi Eliava
Georgia
GeorgiaGeorgian microbiologist, specialist in bacteriophages, one of the founders of phage therapy.
Solomon Wasser
Ukraine
UkraineSoviet, Ukrainian and Israeli scientist, botanist, mycologist, doctor of biological sciences
Nikolay Holodnuy
Ukraine
UkraineRussian, Soviet biologist
Karl Gegenbauer
Germany
GermanyGerman biologist
Magsud Kurbanov
Azerbaijan
AzerbaijanAzerbaijani scientist, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor
Ralph Marvin Steinman
Canada
CanadaCanadian immunologist and biologist
Gerald Soffen
USA
USAAstrobiologist
Haldan Keffer Hartline
USA
USANobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1967, jointly with Ragnar Granit and George Wald
John Michael Bishop
USA
USAAmerican immunologist and microbiologist
Vladimir Zhedenov
Russia
RussiaSoviet morphologist, doctor of biological sciences, professor.