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.

Margaret Archer
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish sociologist

Jack Goldstone
USA
USAAmerican sociologist

Erving Goffman
USA
USAAmerican sociologist of Canadian descent

Patricia Walsh
Argentina
ArgentinaArgentine social psychologist and political activist

Barbara Wootton
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish sociologist, economist and criminologist

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

Harry Braverman
USA
USAAmerican socialist, economist and writer.

Charlotte Gilman
USA
USAAmerican sociologist, writer and teacher

Karl Marlo
Germany
GermanyGerman scientist, chemist and socialist

Antonina Klokovska
Full member of the Pan-Russian Academy of Sciences, professor of sociology

Anthony Giddens
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish sociologist

Georges Vacher de Lapouge
France
FranceFrench sociologist

Marju Lauristin
Estonia
EstoniaEstonian sociologist, intellectual and politician

Talcott Parsons
USA
USAAmerican sociologist

Norbert Elias
Germany
GermanyGerman sociologist

Manuel Castells
USA
USAAmerican sociologist of Spanish descent

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

Nyklas Luman
Germany
GermanyGerman sociologist.

Bogdan Kistyakovskiy
Ukraine
UkraineJurist, philosopher and sociologist of neo-Kantian orientation

Mark Regnerus
USA
USAAmerican sociologist

Walden Bello
Philippines
PhilippinesFilipino scholar, sociologist and political scientist

Klara Hallik
Estonia
EstoniaSoviet and Estonian sociologist, political scientist

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

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

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

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

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

Pierre Bourdieu
France
FranceFrench sociologist and philosopher

Vahakn Dadrian
USA
USAAmerican professor of sociology

Everett Hughes
USA
USAAmerican sociologist

Herbert Marcuse
Germany
GermanyGerman and American philosopher and sociologist

Piotr Glinski
Poland
PolandPolish sociologist and politician

Alexander Tihonov
Ukraine
UkraineDoctor of Sociological Sciences, Professor

Jeffrey C Alexander
USA
USAAmerican sociologist

Massimo Introvigne
Italy
ItalyItalian sociologist of religion and lawyer

Stewart Clegg
Australia
AustraliaAustralian sociologist

Rene Konig
Germany
GermanyGerman sociologist, scientific organizer, essayist, translator.

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

David G. Bromley
USA
USAAmerican religious scholar and sociologist, professor of sociology

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

Eileen Barker
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish scientist, sociologist

Saskia Sassen
USA
USAAmerican sociologist and economist

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

Marcus Buckingham
Great Britain
Great BritainSociologist, consultant and business coach

Alexander Kapto
Ukraine
UkraineRussian and Ukrainian scientist, sociologist and political scientist, diplomat, journalist.

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

Stuart Hall
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish sociologist

Robert Lynd
USA
USAAmerican sociologist

William Graham Sumner
USA
USAAmerican scientist

Elena Ogorelysheva
Belarus
BelarusBelarusian public figure, Master of Sociology