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- Alexander Fleming. (Physician and Microbiologist Who Discovered ‘Penicillin’ World’s First Broadly Effective Antibiotic Substance) 46 12 Birthdate: August 6, 1881.
- Richard Dawkins. (British Evolutionary Biologist Who Contends that a Supernatural Creator Almost Certainly Does Not Exist) 34 18 Birthdate: March 26, 1941. Sun Sign: Aries.
- Robert Hooke. (Philosopher) 28 8 Birthdate: July 28, 1635. Sun Sign: Leo. Birthplace: Freshwater, Isle of Wight. Died: March 3, 1703. Scientist Robert Hooke, also called England's Leonardo, initially gained recognition as an architect, conducting surveys following the Great Fire of London.
- Rachel Carson. (Marine biologist) 31 4 Birthdate: May 27, 1907. Sun Sign: Gemini. Birthplace: Springdale. Died: April 14, 1964. Rachel Carson was a conservationist, marine biologist, and author.
This is a list of notable biologists with a biography in Wikipedia. It includes zoologists, botanists, biochemists, ornithologists, entomologists, malacologists, naturalists and other specialities
Here’s our alphabetical list of the most popular biologists, or contributors to biology, health & medicine on the Famous Scientists website, ordered by surname.
Here is an alphabetical list of hundreds of the most famous scientists in history; the men and women whose crucial discoveries and inventions changed the world. If you’re looking for scientists in particular fields, you could try our pages here: → Astronomers. → Biologists & Health Scientists. → Chemists. → Geologists & Paleontologists.
- Nicolaus Copernicus. Astronomer and mathematician. 1473-1543. For centuries, people incorrectly believed the Earth was the center of the universe. Copernicus theorized otherwise, with the belief that the size and speed of a planet’s orbit depended on its distance from the centralized sun.
- Galileo Galilei. Physicist and astronomer. 1564-1642. Galileo changed how we literally see the world by taking early telescopes and improving their design. The Italian scientist made lenses capable of magnifying objects twenty-fold.
- Robert Hooke. Astronomer, physicist, and biologist. 1635-1703. Englishman Hooke coined the term “cell,” now known as the basic structural unit of all organisms, in his 1665 book Micrographia after observing the cell walls in slices of cork tissue.
- Sir Isaac Newton. Physicist and mathematician. 1643-1727. You probably know about Newton’s three laws of motion, including that objects will remain at rest or in uniform motion unless acted upon.
The following is a list of the greatest biologists of all time, along with their most significant contributions to the scientific world. The field of biology has seen many important discoveries throughout the centuries.
A biologist is a scientist who conducts research in biology. [1] [2] Biologists are interested in studying life on Earth, whether it is an individual cell, a multicellular organism, or a community of interacting populations. [1] .
