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.

Michael Lowy
Brazil
BrazilFrench-Brazilian sociologist and Marxist philosopher.

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

Norbert Elias
Germany
GermanyGerman sociologist

Anthony Giddens
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish sociologist

Piotr Glinski
Poland
PolandPolish sociologist and politician

Talcott Parsons
USA
USAAmerican sociologist

Stewart Clegg
Australia
AustraliaAustralian sociologist

Erving Goffman
USA
USAAmerican sociologist of Canadian descent

Richard Hoggart
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish sociologist of literature and culture

William Du Bois
USA
USAAmerican social activist, Pan-Africanist, sociologist, historian and writer.

Raicu Ionescu-Rion
Romania
RomaniaRomanian socialist scholar, literary critic and publicist

Patricia Walsh
Argentina
ArgentinaArgentine social psychologist and political activist

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

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

Marju Lauristin
Estonia
EstoniaEstonian sociologist, intellectual and politician

Manuel Castells
USA
USAAmerican sociologist of Spanish descent

Herbert Marcuse
Germany
GermanyGerman and American philosopher and sociologist

Eileen Barker
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish scientist, sociologist

Saskia Sassen
USA
USAAmerican sociologist and economist

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

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

Matgorzata Kidawa-Blonska
Poland
PolandPolish sociologist, film producer, political activist

Johan Galtung
Norway
NorwayNorwegian sociologist

Luiza Helena De Bairros
Brazil
BrazilBrazilian administrator and sociologist

Nikolay Myslivets
Belarus
BelarusBelarusian sociologist

Rudi Dutschke
Germany
GermanyGerman Marxist sociologist and politician

Alexander Tihonov
Ukraine
UkraineDoctor of Sociological Sciences, Professor

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

Linda Gottfredson
USA
USAAmerican sociologist, professor of educational psychology

Georg Gellap
USA
USAAmerican statistician who developed a method for conducting public opinion polls

Walden Bello
Philippines
PhilippinesFilipino scholar, sociologist and political scientist

Barbara Wootton
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish sociologist, economist and criminologist

Harriet Martineau
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish social theorist and writer

Vsevolod Vilchek
Russia
RussiaJournalist and sociologist

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

Vahakn Dadrian
USA
USAAmerican professor of sociology

Robert Lynd
USA
USAAmerican sociologist

Klara Hallik
Estonia
EstoniaSoviet and Estonian sociologist, political scientist

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

Harry Braverman
USA
USAAmerican socialist, economist and writer.

Leopold Wiese
Germany
GermanyGerman sociologist

Corrado Gini
Italy
ItalyItalian statistician, sociologist, demographer and economist

William Graham Sumner
USA
USAAmerican scientist

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

Stuart Hall
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish sociologist

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

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

Massimo Introvigne
Italy
ItalyItalian sociologist of religion and lawyer

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

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