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.

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