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.

Elena Ogorelysheva
Belarus
BelarusBelarusian public figure, Master of Sociology

Linda Gottfredson
USA
USAAmerican sociologist, professor of educational psychology

Marju Lauristin
Estonia
EstoniaEstonian sociologist, intellectual and politician

Pierre Bourdieu
France
FranceFrench sociologist and philosopher

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

Nikolay Myslivets
Belarus
BelarusBelarusian sociologist

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

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

Alexander Tihonov
Ukraine
UkraineDoctor of Sociological Sciences, Professor

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

Anthony Giddens
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish sociologist

Georges Vacher de Lapouge
France
FranceFrench sociologist

Eileen Barker
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish scientist, sociologist

Erving Goffman
USA
USAAmerican sociologist of Canadian descent

Vahakn Dadrian
USA
USAAmerican professor of sociology

Norbert Elias
Germany
GermanyGerman sociologist

Leopold Wiese
Germany
GermanyGerman sociologist

Walden Bello
Philippines
PhilippinesFilipino scholar, sociologist and political scientist

Talcott Parsons
USA
USAAmerican sociologist

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

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

Michael Lowy
Brazil
BrazilFrench-Brazilian sociologist and Marxist philosopher.

Hector Bejar
Peru
PeruPeruvian sociologist and revolutionary

Catherine Shipe East
USA
USAAmerican feminist, sociologist and researcher.

Irina Bekeshkina
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian sociologist

Corrado Gini
Italy
ItalyItalian statistician, sociologist, demographer and economist

Mark Regnerus
USA
USAAmerican sociologist

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

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

Robert Lynd
USA
USAAmerican sociologist

Margaret Archer
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish sociologist

Stewart Clegg
Australia
AustraliaAustralian sociologist

Helen Lynd
USA
USAAmerican sociologist and social philosopher

Vsevolod Vilchek
Russia
RussiaJournalist and sociologist

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

Charlotte Gilman
USA
USAAmerican sociologist, writer and teacher

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

William Ogborn
USA
USAAmerican sociologist.

Manuel Castells
USA
USAAmerican sociologist of Spanish descent

Massimo Introvigne
Italy
ItalyItalian sociologist of religion and lawyer

Piotr Glinski
Poland
PolandPolish sociologist and politician

Karl Marlo
Germany
GermanyGerman scientist, chemist and socialist

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

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

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

Johan Galtung
Norway
NorwayNorwegian sociologist

Rudi Dutschke
Germany
GermanyGerman Marxist sociologist and politician

Patricia Walsh
Argentina
ArgentinaArgentine social psychologist and political activist

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

Jack Goldstone
USA
USAAmerican sociologist