Ethnographer
Discover a comprehensive list of notable individuals who have dedicated their careers to the study of human cultures and societies. Explore the lives and contributions of renowned ethnographers, including their groundbreaking research, influential theories, and lasting impact on the field.

Adam Bogdanovich
Belarus
BelarusBelarusian ethnographer, folklorist, memoirist, cultural historian

Eduards Volters
Latvia
LatviaRussian and Lithuanian linguist, ethnographer, folklorist, archaeologist.

Antoni Kalina
Poland
PolandPolish Slavist, ethnographer

Franciszek Duchinski
Poland
PolandPolish ethnographer and historian

Christina Krahelskaya
Poland
PolandPolish ethnographer-folklorist, poetess, member of the Resistance

Johann Georgi
Sweden
SwedenPhysician, ethnographer, naturalist, chemist, traveler

Eivind Astrup
Norway
NorwayNorwegian polar explorer and ethnographer

Carl Koefoed
Denmark
DenmarkEthnographer, Russian statesman, specialist in agrarian issues.

Petr Kuzmenko
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian writer

Mihail Andreev
Uzbekistan
UzbekistanScientist, researcher of the culture of the peoples of Central Asia, ethnographer and linguist

Nikolay Animelle
Belarus
BelarusBelarusian ethnographer and archaeologist of the mid-19th century

Jorge Dias
Portugal
PortugalThe greatest Portuguese ethnologist and anthropologist

Johann Gmelin
Germany
GermanyGerman naturalist in Russian service, doctor, botanist, ethnographer, traveler, explorer of Siberia and the Urals

John Crawfurd
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish orientalist and ethnographer

Petr Bogatyrev
Soviet folklorist, ethnographer, translator

Aleksander Zyrianov
Russia
RussiaEthnographer, Russian regional historian and educator.

Geza Roheim
Hungary
HungaryHungarian-American psychoanalyst, ethnographer and anthropologist of the Freudo-Marxist persuasion[

Nikolay Gurvich
Belarus
BelarusDoctor, economist, historian, ethnographer, geographer, one of the first professional statisticians in Bashkiria.

Reinhart Dozy
Netherlands
NetherlandsA famous Dutch orientalist and Islamic scholar.

Todor Jivkov
Bulgaria
BulgariaBulgarian ethnologist, folklorist.

Ivan Shimanov
Bulgarian literary scholar and ethnographer, political figure.

Boris Vladimirtsov
Russian orientalist, Mongolian scholar, academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences

Moisey Krol
France
FranceMajor researcher of Siberian statistics, ethnographer and lawyer

Roman Zavilinsky
Poland
PolandPolish ethnographer, linguist and Slavist

Wilhelm Schmidt
Austria
AustriaAustrian ethnographer and linguist

Nikolay Koltsunyak
Ukrainian ethnographer, Galician.

Bengt Danielsson
Sweden
SwedenSwedish ethnographer

Isaac Kaya
Russian and Soviet teacher, historian, ethnographer, linguist

Antonio Dias
Portugal
PortugalThe greatest Portuguese ethnologist and anthropologist

Alexander Zataevich
Soviet musician-ethnographer, composer, People's Artist of the Kazakh ASSR

Emil Korytko
Poland
PolandPolish patriot and ethnographer

Viacheslav Molodin
Russia
RussiaEthnographer

Shlomo Dov Goitein
Germany
GermanyGerman-Jewish ethnographer, American historian, Arabist and orientalist

Raymond Firth
New Zealand
New ZealandNew Zealand ethnologist

Maria Krasnozhenova
Soviet folklorist, ethnographer, teacher, museum worker

Jermain Tilon
France
FranceFamous French ethnographer

Owen Lattimore
USA
USAAnglo-American orientalist.

Dmitriy Olderogge
Lithuania
LithuaniaRussian Africanist, ethnographer, historian and linguist

Michael Krasikov
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian poet, literary scholar, ethnographer, folklorist.

Michael Komarov
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian ethnographer, lawyer, attorney

Teofil Aleksander Lenartowicz
Poland
PolandPolish ethnographer, sculptor and poet

Josef Stefan Kubin
Czech ethnographer, writer, translator and teacher

Mihail Shatilov
Siberian public and political figure, publicist, ethnographer, Socialist Revolutionary

Vaclav Zaleski
Poland
PolandPolish ethnographer.

Inga Andronikova
Russia
RussiaEthnographer, researcher and collector of folklore and mythology of Russian Gypsies.

Maurice Alphonse Castaing
France
FranceFrench orientalist, founder of the Ethnographic Society.

Amable Jourdain
France
FranceFrench orientalist

Ivan Sprogis
Latvia
LatviaLatvian ethnographer and archivist, completed a course at the St. Petersburg Theological Academy.

Marat Mukanov
Kazakh historian and ethnographer

Pamteleymon Kulish
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian writer, poet, folklorist, ethnographer, translator, critic, editor, historian, publisher.