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20th-century anthropologists

68 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Alan LomaxPerson · Film memorabiliaAlan Lomax (January 31, 1915 – July 19, 2002) was an American ethnomusicologist, best known for his numerous field recordings of folk music during the 20th century.
Albert Sánchez PiñolAuthor · Books
Alice RobertsAuthor · BooksAlice May Roberts FRSB (born 19 May 1973) is a British academic, anatomist, archaeologist, TV presenter and author.
Andreas GruschkePhotographer · PhotographyAndreas Gruschke (April 16, 1960 in Tengen-Blumenfeld – January 30, 2018) was a German author, photographer and Tibet researcher.
Anita Álvarez de WilliamsPhotographer · PhotographyAnita Álvarez de Williams (born 1931) is an American anthropologist, photographer and historian Mexicali-based expert on the Cocopah who wrote the first full-length synthesis of…
Antonio Núñez JiménezPhotographer · PhotographyAntonio Núñez Jiménez was a Cuban geographer, speleologist, archaeologist, scientist and revolutionary.
Ashraf GhaniAuthor · BooksMohammad Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai (born 19 May 1949) is an Afghan former politician and economist who served as the 8th and last president of Afghanistan from 2014 until his government was…
Attila GrandpierrePerson · Music memorabiliaAttila Grandpierre (Grandpierre Attila; born 4 July 1951) is a Hungarian musician, astrophysicist, physicist, self-taught historian, writer and poet.
Aya DomenigPerson · Film memorabiliaAya Domenig (born 1972) is a filmmaker and anthropologist of Japanese–Swiss origin.
B. B. LalAuthor · BooksBraj Basi Lal (2 May 1921 – 10 September 2022) was an Indian archaeologist, Professor and author.
Benedict AndersonAuthor · BooksBenedict Richard O'Gorman Anderson (August 26, 1936 – December 13, 2015) was an Anglo-Irish political scientist and historian who lived and taught in the United States.
Benjamin MazarAuthor · BooksBenjamin Mazar (born Binyamin Zeev Maisler, June 28, 1906 – September 9, 1995) was a pioneering Israeli historian, recognized as the "dean" of biblical archaeologists.
Berit WallenbergPhotographer · PhotographyAnna Berit Wallenberg (19 February 1902 – 4 September 1995) was a Swedish archaeologist, anthropologist, art historian, photographer, and philanthropist.
Bruno LatourAuthor · BooksBruno Latour (22 June 1947 – 9 October 2022) was a French philosopher, anthropologist and sociologist.
Chad OliverAuthor · BooksSymmes Chadwick Oliver (March 30, 1928 – August 9, 1993) was an American anthropologist and science fiction and Western writer.
Chahdortt DjavannAuthor · BooksChahdortt Djavann (born 1967) is an Iranian-born French contemporary writer, novelist, and essayist. Her works often touch on topics such as identity and memory;
Claude Lévi-StraussPhotographer · PhotographyClaude Lévi-Strauss (28 November 1908 – 30 October 2009)[4][5] was a Belgian-born French anthropologist and ethnologist whose work was key in the development of the theories of…
Daniel VidartAuthor · BooksDaniel Vidart (October 7, 1920 in Paysandú – May 14, 2019) was a Uruguayan anthropologist, writer, historian, and essayist.
David Dean ShulmanAuthor · BooksDavid Dean Shulman (born January 13, 1949) is an Israeli Indologist, poet and peace activist, known for his work on the history of religion in South India, Indian poetics, Tamil Islam,…
Dian FosseyAuthor · BooksDian Fossey (January 16, 1932 – December 26, 1985) was an American primatologist and conservationist known for undertaking an extensive study of mountain gorilla groups from 1966 until her…
Eigil KnuthArtist · SculptureCount Eigil Knuth (8 August 190312 March 1996) was a Danish explorer, archaeologist, sculptor and writer. He is referred to as the Nestor (elder statesman) of Danish polar explorers.
Elisabeth PauliIllustrator · IllustrationElisabeth Charlotte Pauli (Cologne, 1906 – Frankfurt am Main, 1984) was an artist and ethnographer working at the Frobenius Institute in Frankfurt am Main.
Fiona GrahamPerson · Film memorabiliaFiona Caroline Graham (16 September 1961 – 26 January 2023) was an Australian anthropologist working as a geisha in Japan.
Fosco MarainiAuthor · BooksFosco Maraini (15 November 1912 – 8 June 2004) was an Italian photographer, anthropologist, ethnologist, writer, mountaineer and academic.
Gary ChapmanAuthor · BooksHe was born in Winston-Salem.
George DevereuxAuthor · BooksIllustration — George Devereux
Gertrude BlomPhotographer · PhotographyGertrude "Trudi" Duby Blom (born Gertrude Elisabeth Lörtscher; July 7, 1901 – December 23, 1993) was a Swiss journalist, social anthropologist, and documentary photographer who spent five…
Gilberto FreyreAuthor · BooksGilberto de Mello Freyre (March 15, 1900 – July 18, 1987) was a Brazilian sociologist, anthropologist, historian, writer, painter, journalist and congressman born in Recife.
Giulio AngioniAuthor · BooksGiulio Angioni (28 October 1939 – 12 January 2017) was an Italian writer and anthropologist.
Hans SchleifDesigner · DesignHans Philipp Oswald Schleif (23 February 1902 in Wiesbaden – 27 April 1945 in Berlin) was a German architect, architectural and classical archaeologist and member of the SS (member number…
Henry HarpendingAuthor · BooksHenry Cosad Harpending (January 13, 1944 – April 3, 2016) was an American anthropologist and distinguished professor at the University of Utah, best known for his 2009 book The 10,000 Year…
Ifi AmadiumeAuthor · BooksIfi Amadiume was born on April 23, 1947. She is a Nigerian poet, anthropologist, and essayist.
Jalal Al-e-AhmadAuthor · BooksSeyyed Jalāl Āl-e-Ahmad (2 December 19239 September 1969) was a prominent Iranian novelist, short-story writer, translator, philosopher, socio-political critic, sociologist, as well as an…
Jean RouchPhotographer · PhotographyJean Rouch (lang; 31 May 1917 – 18 February 2004) was a French filmmaker and anthropologist.
Jeremy NarbyAuthor · BooksJeremy Narby (born 1959 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian anthropologist and author.
Joanne GreenbergAuthor · BooksJoanne Greenberg (born September 24, 1932, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American author who published some of her work under the pen name of Hannah Green.
John M. AllegroPhotographer · PhotographyJohn Marco Allegro (17 February 1923 – 17 February 1988) was an English archaeologist and Dead Sea Scrolls scholar.
John Savage BollesDesigner · DesignJohn Savage Bolles (June 25, 1905 – March 5, 1983) was an American architect. He was most active in San Francisco, and the designer of Candlestick Park.
José María ArguedasPerson · Film memorabiliaJosé María Arguedas Altamirano (18 January 1911 – 2 December 1969) was a Peruvian novelist, poet, and anthropologist.
Lars KrutakPhotographer · PhotographyLars Krutak (April 14, 1971) is an American anthropologist, photographer, and writer known for his research about tattoo and its cultural background.
Lev GumilevAuthor · BooksLev Nikolayevich Gumilev (also Gumilyov; Russian: Лев Никола́евич Гумилёв; 1 October [O.S.
Loren EiseleyAuthor · BooksLoren Eiseley (September 3, 1907 – July 9, 1977) was an American anthropologist, educator, philosopher, and natural science writer, who taught and published books from the 1950s through the…
Luís Cristóvão dos SantosAuthor · BooksLuíz Cristóvão dos Santos was born in Pesqueira, Brazil on 25 December 1916. He was a sociologist, anthropologist, folklorist, columnist, writer, advocate, and journalist.
Mahmood MamdaniAuthor · BooksMahmood Mamdani (born 23 April 1946) is a Ugandan anthropologist, academic, and political commentator.
Margaret MeadAuthor · BooksMargaret Mead (December 16, 1901 – November 15, 1978) was an American cultural anthropologist, author and speaker, who appeared frequently in the mass media during the mid-twentieth century.
Marija MakarovičPhotographer · PhotographyMarija Makarovič, née Jagodic, (born 15 August 1930) is a Slovene ethnologist.
Mary Doria RussellAuthor · Books
Michael RockefellerPhotographer · PhotographyMichael Rockefeller was an American anthropologist, photographer, explorer and ethnologist (1938–1961). He was born in Manhattan and died in Asmat.
Miguel CovarrubiasArtist · PaintingsMiguel Covarrubias, also known as José Miguel Covarrubias Duclaud (22 November 1904 – 4 February 1957), was a Mexican painter, caricaturist, illustrator, ethnologist and art historian.
Miguel León PortillaAuthor · BooksMiguel León-Portilla (22 February 1926 – 1 October 2019) was a Mexican anthropologist and historian, specializing in Aztec culture and literature of the pre-Columbian and colonial eras.
Mouloud MammeriAuthor · BooksMouloud Mammeri (Tamazight: Mulud At Mɛammer) was an Algerian writer, anthropologist and linguist.
Nasser FakouhiAuthor · BooksNasser Fakouhi (born 13 May 1956 in Tehran) is an Iranian anthropologist, writer and translator.
Nora Marks DauenhauerAuthor · BooksNora Marks Keixwnéi Dauenhauer (May 8, 1927 – September 25, 2017) was a Tlingit poet, short-story writer, and Tlingit language scholar from Alaska.
Otto RahnAuthor · BooksOtto Wilhelm Rahn (18 February 1904 – 13 March 1939) was a German medievalist, Ariosophist, and SS officer who researched Holy Grail myths.
Paul FarmerAuthor · BooksPaul Edward Farmer (October 26, 1959 – February 21, 2022) was an American medical anthropologist and physician.
Pessah Bar-AdonAuthor · BooksPessah Bar-Adon (b. 1985) was a Polish-born Israeli archaeologist and writer.
Peter AleshkovskyAuthor · BooksPyotr Markovich Aleshkovsky (born 22 September 1957) is a Russian writer, historian, broadcaster, television presenter, journalist and archaeologist.
Pierre FalardeauPerson · Film memorabiliaPierre Falardeau (pjɛʁ falaʁdo; December 28, 1946 – September 25, 2009) was a Québécois film and documentary director, pamphleteer and noted activist for Quebec independence.
Robert ElsieAuthor · BooksThe Highland Lute (Lahuta e Malcís): The Albanian National Epic.
Ruth CardosoAuthor · BooksRuth Vilaça Correia Leite Cardoso GCIH (19 September 1930 – 24 June 2008) was a Brazilian anthropologist and a member of the faculty of philosophy, letters and human sciences at the…
Safi FayePerson · Film memorabiliaSafi Faye (November 22, 1943 – February 22, 2023) was a Senegalese film director and ethnologist.
Saul BellowAuthor · BooksSaul Bellow (born Solomon Bellows; June 10, 1915April 5, 2005) was an American writer.
Sofka ZinovieffArtist · SculptureSofka Euridice Zinovieff (born 1961) is a British author and journalist.
Susan HillerPhotographer · PhotographySusan Hiller (March 7, 1940 – January 28, 2019) was a US-born, British conceptual artist who lived in London, United Kingdom.
Thor HeyerdahlPerson · Film memorabiliaThor Heyerdahl KStJ (6 October 1914 – 18 April 2002) was a Norwegian adventurer and ethnographer with a background in biology with specialization in zoology, botany and geography.
Vertamae GrosvenorAuthor · BooksVertamae Smart-Grosvenor (April 4, 1937 – September 3, 2016) was an American culinary anthropologist, griot, poet, food writer, and broadcaster on public media.
Vyacheslav IvanovAuthor · BooksVyacheslav Vsevolodovich Ivanov (vʲɪtɕɪˈslaf ˈfsʲevələdəvʲɪtɕ ɪˈvanəf; 21 August 1929 – 7 October 2017) was a prominent Soviet and Russian philologist, semiotician and Indo-Europeanist…
Wolfgang Müller-WienerDesigner · DesignWolfgang Müller-Wiener (Friedrichswerth, Thuringia, 17 May 1923 - Istanbul, Turkey, 25 March 1991) was a German architecture historian, archaeologist and Byzantinist.

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