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.

Marat Mukanov Marat Mukanov
Kazakh historian and ethnographer
Amable Jourdain Amable Jourdain
France
French orientalist
Shlomo Dov Goitein Shlomo Dov Goitein
Germany
German-Jewish ethnographer, American historian, Arabist and orientalist
Inga Andronikova Inga Andronikova
Russia
Ethnographer, researcher and collector of folklore and mythology of Russian Gypsies.
Isaac Kaya Isaac Kaya
Russian and Soviet teacher, historian, ethnographer, linguist
Petr Bogatyrev Petr Bogatyrev
Soviet folklorist, ethnographer, translator
Reinhart Dozy Reinhart Dozy
Netherlands
A famous Dutch orientalist and Islamic scholar.
Alexander Zataevich Alexander Zataevich
Soviet musician-ethnographer, composer, People's Artist of the Kazakh ASSR
Teofil Aleksander Lenartowicz Teofil Aleksander Lenartowicz
Poland
Polish ethnographer, sculptor and poet
Eivind Astrup Eivind Astrup
Norway
Norwegian polar explorer and ethnographer
Pamteleymon Kulish Pamteleymon Kulish
Ukraine
Ukrainian writer, poet, folklorist, ethnographer, translator, critic, editor, historian, publisher.
Jorge Dias Jorge Dias
Portugal
The greatest Portuguese ethnologist and anthropologist
Ivan Sprogis Ivan Sprogis
Latvia
Latvian ethnographer and archivist, completed a course at the St. Petersburg Theological Academy.
Nikolay Koltsunyak Nikolay Koltsunyak
Ukrainian ethnographer, Galician.
Petr Kuzmenko Petr Kuzmenko
Ukraine
Ukrainian writer
Roman Zavilinsky Roman Zavilinsky
Poland
Polish ethnographer, linguist and Slavist
Bengt Danielsson Bengt Danielsson
Sweden
Swedish ethnographer
Todor Jivkov Todor Jivkov
Bulgaria
Bulgarian ethnologist, folklorist.
Geza Roheim Geza Roheim
Hungary
Hungarian-American psychoanalyst, ethnographer and anthropologist of the Freudo-Marxist persuasion[
Adam Bogdanovich Adam Bogdanovich
Belarus
Belarusian ethnographer, folklorist, memoirist, cultural historian
Carl Koefoed Carl Koefoed
Denmark
Ethnographer, Russian statesman, specialist in agrarian issues.
Mihail Andreev Mihail Andreev
Uzbekistan
Scientist, researcher of the culture of the peoples of Central Asia, ethnographer and linguist
Alarich Augustin Alarich Augustin
Germany
German ethnographer, SS Untersturmführer, leading member of the Ahnenerbe
Dmitriy Olderogge Dmitriy Olderogge
Lithuania
Russian Africanist, ethnographer, historian and linguist
Nikolay Animelle Nikolay Animelle
Belarus
Belarusian ethnographer and archaeologist of the mid-19th century
Michael Krasikov Michael Krasikov
Ukraine
Ukrainian poet, literary scholar, ethnographer, folklorist.
Raymond Firth Raymond Firth
New Zealand
New Zealand ethnologist
Johann Gmelin Johann Gmelin
Germany
German naturalist in Russian service, doctor, botanist, ethnographer, traveler, explorer of Siberia and the Urals
Johann Georgi Johann Georgi
Sweden
Physician, ethnographer, naturalist, chemist, traveler
Aleksander Zyrianov Aleksander Zyrianov
Russia
Ethnographer, Russian regional historian and educator.
Wilhelm Schmidt Wilhelm Schmidt
Austria
Austrian ethnographer and linguist
Vaclav Zaleski Vaclav Zaleski
Poland
Polish ethnographer.
Moisey Krol Moisey Krol
France
Major researcher of Siberian statistics, ethnographer and lawyer
Viacheslav Molodin Viacheslav Molodin
Russia
Ethnographer
Ivan Shimanov Ivan Shimanov
Bulgarian literary scholar and ethnographer, political figure.
Franciszek Duchinski Franciszek Duchinski
Poland
Polish ethnographer and historian
Antoni Kalina Antoni Kalina
Poland
Polish Slavist, ethnographer
Mihail Shatilov Mihail Shatilov
Siberian public and political figure, publicist, ethnographer, Socialist Revolutionary
Nikolay Gurvich Nikolay Gurvich
Belarus
Doctor, economist, historian, ethnographer, geographer, one of the first professional statisticians in Bashkiria.
Maria Krasnozhenova Maria Krasnozhenova
Soviet folklorist, ethnographer, teacher, museum worker
Owen Lattimore Owen Lattimore
USA
Anglo-American orientalist.
Antonio Dias Antonio Dias
Portugal
The greatest Portuguese ethnologist and anthropologist
Eduards Volters Eduards Volters
Latvia
Russian and Lithuanian linguist, ethnographer, folklorist, archaeologist.
Jermain Tilon Jermain Tilon
France
Famous French ethnographer
John Crawfurd John Crawfurd
Great Britain
English orientalist and ethnographer
Michael Komarov Michael Komarov
Ukraine
Ukrainian ethnographer, lawyer, attorney
Christina Krahelskaya Christina Krahelskaya
Poland
Polish ethnographer-folklorist, poetess, member of the Resistance
Omer Asan Omer Asan
Turkey
Turkish writer, ethnographer and linguist
Boris Vladimirtsov Boris Vladimirtsov
Russian orientalist, Mongolian scholar, academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences
Maurice Alphonse Castaing Maurice Alphonse Castaing
France
French orientalist, founder of the Ethnographic Society.

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