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
Germany
GermanyGerman biologist

Gunter Blobel
Germany
Germany1999 Nobel Prize Laureate in Physiology or Medicine

Carl Woese
USA
USAAmerican microbiologist

George Wells Beadle
USA
USAAmerican geneticist, awarded the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Marshall Nirenberg
USA
USAAmerican biochemist

Ivan Oliger
Russia
RussiaSoviet and Russian scientist, the oldest Russian zoologist

Alfred Hershey
USA
USANobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1969, jointly with Max Delbrück and Salvador Luria

Baruh Benacerraf
Venezuela
VenezuelaAmerican immunologist. Winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1980

Edwin Klebs
Germany
GermanyGerman bacteriologist and pathologist.

Vladimir Dolin
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian Soviet entomologist, coleopterologist, specialist in click beetles

Thomas Cavalier-Smith
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish evolutionary biologist, professor

William Grtgory
USA
USAAmerican zoologist, scientist

John Michael Bishop
USA
USAAmerican immunologist and microbiologist

Joshua Lederberg
USA
USAAmerican geneticist

Otto Muller
Denmark
DenmarkDanish scientist and naturalist.

Daniel Koshland
USA
USAAmerican biochemist

Ludwig Heinrich Bojanus
Germany
GermanyGerman naturalist, anatomist and zoologist

Konrad Bloch
USA
USAGerman-American biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate in physiology or medicine, 1964 (together with F. Linen)

Jacques Loeb
USA
USAAmerican biologist. One of the founders of physical and chemical biology

Stamen Grigorov
Bulgaria
BulgariaFamous Bulgarian scientist - doctor and microbiologist.

Stephen Gould
USA
USAAmerican paleontologist, evolutionary biologist and historian of science

Fedor Zambriborsch
Ukraine
UkraineSoviet hydrobiologist, professor

Jale Refik Rogers
Cyprus
CyprusNorthern Cypriot molecular biologist and politician

Jacob Francois
France
FranceFrench biologist, Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 1965.

Nikolay Koltsov
An outstanding Russian biologist, the author of the idea of matrix synthesis

Iosif Halifman
Russia
RussiaRussian Soviet writer, popularizer of entomology

Eric F. Wieschaus
USA
USAAmerican biologist

Rene Dubo
USA
USAAmerican microbiologist, member of the US National Academy of Sciences. Developed new chemotherapy methods

Vladimir Karavaev
Ukrainian, Russian, Soviet entomologist

Charles Laveran
France
FranceFrench biologist and parasitologist Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1907

Jelle Atema
USA
USAAmerican biologist

Boris Keller
Russian and Soviet biologist, geobotanist, soil scientist

Raimonds Vejonis
Latvia
LatviaLatvian politician, President of Latvia since 2015.

Carol Greider
USA
USAAmerican scientist, molecular biologist

Victor Zhdanov
Virologist, epidemiologist

Cristian Rene De Duve
Belgium
BelgiumBelgian cytologist and biochemist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1974

Daniel Karlton Gaidusek
USA
USANobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1976 jointly with Baruch Blumberg

Ilia Raskin
Ukraine
UkraineScientist biologist

Ragnar Arthur Granit
Sweden
SwedenSwedish neurophysicist, Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 1967 (shared with Keffer Hartline and George Wald)

Herman Hagen
Germany
GermanyAn outstanding German entomologist.

Charles Nicolle
France
FranceNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1928

Gerald Soffen
USA
USAAstrobiologist

Mc Farlane Bernet
Australia
AustraliaNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1960, jointly with Peter B. Medawar

Gerty Cori
USA
USANobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1947, jointly with Carl F. Cori and Bernardo Usai

Jean Rostand
France
FranceBiologist

Regine Hildebra
Germany
GermanyGerman biologist and politician, member of the SPD

Henrik Dam
Sweden
SwedenDanish biochemist, awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1943 (together with E. Doisy) for the discovery of vitamin K

Nikolay Holodnuy
Ukraine
UkraineRussian, Soviet biologist

Julius Axelrod
USA
USAAmerican biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate in physiology or medicine

Jean Jules Linden
Luxembourg
LuxembourgBelgian biologist and botanist.