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Biologist Biographies

Every archived life recorded as biologist, ordered by their place in the ledger.

Contemporary era

Raimonds Vējonis

b. June 15, 1966

Ninth president of Latvia

Ancient era

Aristotle

384 BCE – 322 BCE

Greek philosopher and polymath, tutor of Alexander, father of formal logic

Early Modern era

Antoine Lavoisier

August 26, 1743 – May 8, 1794

French nobleman and chemist (1743–1794)

Early Modern era

Carl Linnaeus

May 23, 1707 – January 10, 1778

Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (1707–1778)

Modern era

Gregor Mendel

July 20, 1822 – January 6, 1884

Moravian scientist and Augustinian friar (1822–1884)

Early Modern era

Edward Jenner

May 17, 1749 – January 26, 1823

English physician, scientist and pioneer of vaccination (1749–1823)

Modern era

Robert Koch

December 11, 1843 – May 27, 1910

German physician, bacteriologist (1843–1910)

Modern era

Francis Crick

June 8, 1916 – July 28, 2004

British molecular biologist, biophysicist, neuroscientist; co-discoverer of the structure of DNA

Modern era

James Watson

April 6, 1928 – November 6, 2025

American molecular biologist, geneticist, zoologist and Nobel Laureate (1928–2025)

Modern era

David Attenborough

b. May 8, 1926

British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)

Modern era

Wangari Maathai

April 1, 1940 – September 25, 2011

Kenyan environmentalist and politician who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004 (1940–2011)

Medieval era

Al-Jahiz

775 CE – 868 CE

Arabic writer (776–869)

Early Modern era

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

October 24, 1632 – August 26, 1723

Dutch scientist known as "the Father of Microbiology", and one of the first microscopists (1632–1723)

Modern era

Har Gobind Khorana

January 9, 1922 – November 9, 2011

Indian-American molecular biologist (1922-2011)

Modern era

Yuan Longping

August 13, 1929 – May 22, 2021

Chinese biologist (1930-2021)