Famous Biologists

This list currently contains 29 personalities

Died 20 years ago in 2025

† at 80 years

1924 • 2005

† at 56 years

1824 • 1880

† at 56 years

1907 • 1964

† at 88 years

1916 • 2004

Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck

† at 85 years

Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck

1744 • 1829

Alexander Fleming

† at 73 years

Alexander Fleming

1881 • 1955

Rosalind Franklin

† at 37 years

Rosalind Franklin

1920 • 1958

† at 79 years

1578 • 1657

† at 44 years

1962 • 2006

Albert Jacquard

† at 87 years

Albert Jacquard

1925 • 2013

† at 73 years

1749 • 1823

Juliane Koepcke

Juliane Koepcke

Karl Landsteiner

† at 75 years

Karl Landsteiner

1868 • 1943

Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon

† at 80 years

Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon

1707 • 1788

† at 85 years

1903 • 1989

Auguste Lumière

† at 91 years

Auguste Lumière

1862 • 1954

† at 61 years

1822 • 1884

† at 66 years

1910 • 1976

† at 89 years

1932 • 2022

Wangari Muta Maathai

† at 71 years

Wangari Muta Maathai

1940 • 2011

† at 64 years

1903 • 1967

Matthieu Ricard

Matthieu Ricard

† at 82 years

1894 • 1977

Died 30 years ago in 2025

† at 80 years

1914 • 1995

Antoni van Leeuwenhoek

† at 90 years

Antoni van Leeuwenhoek

1632 • 1723

Christian Vélot

Christian Vélot