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Anthropologist Biographies
Every archived life recorded as anthropologist, ordered by their place in the ledger.
Modern era
Kristján Eldjárn
December 6, 1916 – September 14, 1982
Icelandic politician, 3rd President of Iceland (1916-1982)
Modern era
Alfred Russel Wallace
January 8, 1823 – November 7, 1913
British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823–1913)
Modern era
Dian Fossey
January 16, 1932 – December 26, 1985
American zoologist, gorilla researcher (1932–1985)
Medieval era
Ibn Khaldun
May 27, 1332 – March 17, 1406
Historiographer and historian
Early Modern era
Immanuel Kant
April 22, 1724 – February 12, 1804
German philosopher of the categorical imperative and human reason
Early Modern era
Jacob Grimm
January 4, 1785 – September 20, 1863
German philologist, linguist, jurist and mythologist (1785–1863)
Early Modern era
Wilhelm Grimm
February 24, 1786 – December 16, 1859
German author, philologist, collector of fairy tales and legends (1786–1859)
Modern era
Zora Neale Hurston
January 7, 1891 – January 28, 1960
African American folklorist, novelist, short story writer, and Civic Rights advocate (1891–1960)
Modern era
Thor Heyerdahl
October 6, 1914 – April 18, 2002
Norwegian anthropologist and adventurer (1914-2002)
Modern era
Nancy Dupree
October 3, 1927 – September 10, 2017
American archaeologist (1927–2017)
Modern era
Verrier Elwin
August 29, 1902 – February 22, 1964
British anthropologist (1902-1964)
Modern era
Ahmad Hassan Dani
June 20, 1920 – January 26, 2009
Pakistani intellectual, archaeologist, historian, and linguist (1920–2009)
Modern era
T. E. Lawrence
August 16, 1888 – May 19, 1935
British archaeologist, army officer and diplomat (1888–1935)
Early Modern era
Thomas Young
June 13, 1773 – May 10, 1829
English polymath (1773-1829)
Modern era
Michel Foucault
October 15, 1926 – June 25, 1984
French philosopher (1926–1984)
Modern era
Claude Levi-Strauss
November 28, 1908 – October 30, 2009
French anthropologist and ethnologist (1908–2009)
Modern era
Percy Fawcett
August 18, 1867 – 1925
British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist (1867–1925)
Modern era
Howard Carter
May 9, 1874 – March 2, 1939
British egyptologist (1874–1939)
Modern era
Louis Leakey
August 7, 1903 – October 1, 1972
Kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist
Modern era
Mary Leakey
February 6, 1913 – December 9, 1996
British paleoanthropologist (1913-1996)
Modern era
Alexandra David-Neel
October 24, 1868 – September 8, 1969
French explorer, spiritualist, Buddhist, Taoist, anarchist and writer