Sociologist
Discover a comprehensive list of renowned sociologists who have shaped our understanding of society. From Auguste Comte to Zygmunt Bauman, explore their groundbreaking theories and contributions to the field of sociology.

Claude Levi-Strauss
France
FranceFrench ethnographer, sociologist and cultural scientist

Anthony Giddens
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish sociologist

Michael Lowy
Brazil
BrazilFrench-Brazilian sociologist and Marxist philosopher.

Jack Goldstone
USA
USAAmerican sociologist

Claude-Henry Comte De Saint-Simon
France
FranceCount, sociologist, French thinker, utopian socialist

Marcus Buckingham
Great Britain
Great BritainSociologist, consultant and business coach

Erving Goffman
USA
USAAmerican sociologist of Canadian descent

Talcott Parsons
USA
USAAmerican sociologist

Richard Hoggart
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish sociologist of literature and culture

Ales Debeljak
Slovenia
SloveniaSlovenian poet, translator, essayist, sociologist.

Robert Lynd
USA
USAAmerican sociologist

Herbert Marcuse
Germany
GermanyGerman and American philosopher and sociologist

Margaret Archer
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish sociologist

Emile Durkheim
France
FranceFrench thinker, one of the founders of sociology as an independent science, founder of professional sociology.

Yves Gingras
Canada
CanadaHistorian, sociologist of science from French-speaking Canada

Catherine Shipe East
USA
USAAmerican feminist, sociologist and researcher.

Pierre Bourdieu
France
FranceFrench sociologist and philosopher

Hector Bejar
Peru
PeruPeruvian sociologist and revolutionary

Herbert Blumer
USA
USAAmerican sociologist and social psychologist. Editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Sociology (1940–1952).

Charlotte Gilman
USA
USAAmerican sociologist, writer and teacher

Elena Ogorelysheva
Belarus
BelarusBelarusian public figure, Master of Sociology

Harry Braverman
USA
USAAmerican socialist, economist and writer.

Franklin Giddings
USA
USAAmerican sociologist, the first full professor of sociology in the United States

Linda Gottfredson
USA
USAAmerican sociologist, professor of educational psychology

Konstantin Dobrodzhanu-Gera
Romania
RomaniaRomanian sociologist, author of works on aesthetics, literary critic.

Johan Galtung
Norway
NorwayNorwegian sociologist

Murray Bookchin
USA
USAAmerican libertarian socialist, political and social philosopher, publicist

William Ogborn
USA
USAAmerican sociologist.

Norbert Elias
Germany
GermanyGerman sociologist

Marju Lauristin
Estonia
EstoniaEstonian sociologist, intellectual and politician

Stuart Hall
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish sociologist

Leopold Wiese
Germany
GermanyGerman sociologist

Karl Marlo
Germany
GermanyGerman scientist, chemist and socialist

Walden Bello
Philippines
PhilippinesFilipino scholar, sociologist and political scientist

Jean Duvignaud
France
FranceFrench sociologist and anthropologist, playwright, journalist.

Alexander Tihonov
Ukraine
UkraineDoctor of Sociological Sciences, Professor

Barbara Wootton
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish sociologist, economist and criminologist

Piotr Glinski
Poland
PolandPolish sociologist and politician

Manuel Castells
USA
USAAmerican sociologist of Spanish descent

Nikolay Myslivets
Belarus
BelarusBelarusian sociologist

Tryon Edwards
USA
USATheologian

Klara Hallik
Estonia
EstoniaSoviet and Estonian sociologist, political scientist

Gini Scott
USA
USAAmerican writer, songwriter, game developer and general consultant.

Maurice Duverger
France
FranceFrench scientist, statesman, professor of political sociology

Jeffrey C Alexander
USA
USAAmerican sociologist

Harriet Martineau
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish social theorist and writer

Elton Mayo
Great Britain
Great BritainAustralian psychologist, sociologist and organization theorist

Vsevolod Vilchek
Russia
RussiaJournalist and sociologist

Mark Regnerus
USA
USAAmerican sociologist

Luiza Helena De Bairros
Brazil
BrazilBrazilian administrator and sociologist