Naturalist
Explore the profiles of acclaimed scientists, authors, conservationists, and environmentalists who have made significant contributions to the field of natural history. Learn about their groundbreaking discoveries, inspiring writings, and tireless efforts to protect our planet's natural wonders.

Alberto Angela
Italy
ItalyItalian paleontologist, naturalist, popularizer of science, writer, TV presenter.

Georg Schaffer
Brazil
BrazilGerman traveler, naturalist, adventurer

Henry Labonne
France
FranceFrench naturalist

Wangari Maathai
Kenya
KenyaKenyan ecologist, professor, Nobel Peace Prize laureate 2004

Terri Irwin
USA
USAAmerican naturalist, author, widow of Australian naturalist Steve Irwin

Jim Corbett
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish hunter, conservationist, naturalist, writer.

Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz
Switzerland
SwitzerlandSwiss naturalist and teacher, follower of J. Cuvier

William Bartram
USA
USAAmerican naturalist

Karl Hoffmann
Germany
GermanyGerman physician and naturalist.

Konrad Lawrence
Austria
AustriaFamous biologist and ethologist, laureate of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 1973famous biologist and ethologist, laureate of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 1973

Johann Julius Walbaum
Germany
GermanyGerman physician, naturalist, zoologist and taxonomist

Hans Sloane
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish physician and naturalist.

Hugh Cuming
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish naturalist, malacologist

Stanislav Undzill
Lithuania
LithuaniaScientist, naturalist and teacher

George Brettingham Sowerby II
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish naturalist, illustrator and conchologist

Luther Burbank
USA
USAAmerican breeder

Engelbert Kampfer
Germany
GermanyGerman traveler and naturalist

John Bartram
USA
USAAmerican naturalist.

Paul Rosolie
USA
USAAmerican naturalist

Carl Peter Thunberg
Sweden
SwedenSwedish naturalist

Pieter Boddaert
Netherlands
NetherlandsDutch physician and naturalist

Thomas Barbour
USA
USANaturalist, herpetologist, professor and director of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University

Tom Brown. Jr.
USA
USAAmerican naturalist, author of numerous autobiographical books.

Loren Eiseley
USA
USAOne of America's most celebrated contemporary essayists

Iosif Laurenti
Austria
AustriaAustrian naturalist of Italian origin.

Joseph Philippe Clairville
Switzerland
SwitzerlandSwiss naturalist

Louis Daubenton
France
FranceFrench naturalist

Clarke Abel
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish physician, naturalist, botanist and zoologist, researcher of the flora and fauna of China, India, Indonesia

Wilhelm Peters
Germany
GermanyGerman naturalist, zoologist, anatomist and discoverer.

Antonio Vallisneri
Italy
ItalyItalian naturalist

Rob Bredl
Australia
AustraliaFamous naturalist

William Griffith
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish physician, naturalist and botanist

Joseph Deniker
France
FranceFrench naturalist and anthropologist

Alfred Brehm
Germany
GermanyGerman zoologist and traveler, author of the famous popular science work “Animal Life”.

George Brettingham Sowerby I
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish naturalist, illustrator and conchologist

George Beals Schaller
USA
USAAmerican ethologist and writer

Thomas Huxley
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish zoologist and educator

Lazaro Spallanzani
Italy
ItalyItalian naturalist and physicist

James Hector
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish scientist, naturalist, physician.

Peter Artedi
Sweden
SwedenThe famous Swedish naturalist

Ernest Thompson Seton
Canada
CanadaCanadian writer, naturalist, animal artist

John Burroughs
USA
USAAmerican writer, artist, naturalist and philosopher.

Joy Adamson
Great Britain
Great BritainNaturalist, writer, animal activist

Cornelis Jansen
Netherlands
NetherlandsDutch theologian

Soren Abildgaard
Denmark
DenmarkDanish naturalist, writer and illustrator

Carl Hagenbeck
Germany
GermanyCreator of zoos and animal circuses

Vasiliy Dokuchaev
Russia
RussiaAn outstanding natural scientist. Dokuchaev's ideas influenced the development of physical geography, forestry, land reclamation and other sciences.

Antoni van Levenguk
Netherlands
NetherlandsNaturalist

Marcus Elieser Bloch
Germany
GermanyGerman physician and naturalist, ichthyologist.

Remigiusz Ladowski
Poland
PolandPolish naturalist