Karl Marx05 May 1818, Prussian
Economist, Philosopher
W. E. B. Du Bois23 February 1868, Ghanaian
Civil Rights Activists
Max Weber21 April 1864, German
Sociologist
Ludwig von Mises29 September 1881, Austrian
Economist, Philosopher, Sociologist
Charlotte Perkins Gilman03 July 1860, American
Writer
Emily Greene Balch08 January 1867, American
Social Activist
Emile Durkheim15 April 1858, French
Sociologist & Philosopher
Ferdinand de Saussure26 November 1857, Swiss
Linguist, Educationist, University teacher,
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon15 January 1809, French
Economist, Sociologist, Politician, Journalist,
Thorstein Veblen30 July 1857, Norwegian, American
Economist, Sociologist, Writer, University teacher
Oswald Spengler29 May 1880, German
Writer, Historian, Philosopher, Sociologist,
Vilfredo Pareto15 July 1848, French, Italian
Economist, Writer, Philosopher, Sociologist,
George Herbert Mead27 February 1863, American
Philosopher, Sociologist, Psychologist, University
Georg Simmel01 March 1858, German
Philosopher, Sociologist, University teacher
Karl Polanyi25 October 1886, Hungarian
Economist, Anthropologist, Economic historian,
José Ortega y Gasset09 May 1883, Spanish
Philosopher, Educationist, Writer, University
Ruth Benedict05 June 1887, American
Anthropologist, Folklorist, University teacher,
Arthur de Gobineau14 July 1816, French
Racial theorist, Philosopher, Writer, Diplomat,
Elton Mayo26 December 1880, Australian
Psychologist, University teacher, Sociologist
Lewis Mumford19 October 1895, American
Architect, Historian of technology, Historian,
Walter Bagehot03 February 1826, British
Journalist, Economist, Political scientist,
Harriet Martineau12 June 1802, British
Linguist, Journalist, Economist, Historian,
Max Horkheimer14 February 1895, German, American
Philosopher, Educationist, Sociologist, University
Lewis Hine26 September 1874, American
Sociologist, Photographer, Artist
Gustave Le Bon07 May 1841, French
Physician, Anthropologist, Archaeologist,
Georges Sorel02 November 1847, French
Philosopher, Engineer, Sociologist, Writer, Trade
Marcel Mauss10 May 1872, French
Politician, Sociologist, Ethnologist,
William Graham Sumner30 October 1840, American
Anthropologist, Political scientist, Historian,
Patrick Geddes02 October 1854, British, Scottish
Urban planner, Sociologist
Kenneth Burke05 May 1897, American
Philosopher, Literary critic, University teacher,
Wilhelm Dilthey19 November 1833, German
Philosopher, Historian, Psychologist, Theologian,
Max Scheler22 August 1874, German
Philosopher, Anthropologist, University teacher,
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Harold Innis05 November 1894, Canadian
Economist, Historian, Philosopher, University
Otto Neurath10 December 1882, Austrian
Economist, Philosopher, Sociologist, Graphic
Alfred Radcliffe-Brown17 January 1881, British
Anthropologist, Sociologist
Ernst Bloch08 July 1885, German
Writer, Philosopher, Journalist, University
Karl Mannheim27 March 1893, German, Hungarian, British
Sociologist, University teacher, Writer
Werner Sombart19 January 1863, German
Economist, Sociologist, University teacher
Robert Michels09 January 1876, German
Sociologist, University teacher
Alfred Weber30 July 1868, German
Economist, Educationist, Sociologist, University
Max Nordau29 July 1849, Hungarian
Sociologist, Physician, Journalist, Writer
Maurice Halbwachs11 March 1877, French
Sociologist, Psychologist, Philosopher, Professor,
Roger Nash Baldwin21 January 1884, American
Sociologist, Trade unionist
Ernst Troeltsch17 February 1865, German
Politician, Theologian, University teacher,
Ernest Burgess16 May 1886, Canadian, American
Sociologist, Criminologist
W. I. Thomas13 August 1863, American
Sociologist, Writer
Othmar Spann01 October 1878, Austrian
Economist, Philosopher, University teacher,
Robert Staughton Lynd26 September 1892, American
Sociologist
Sir James George Frazer01 January 1854, Welsh