Jane Goodall03 April 1934, British
Anthropologist
Ann Dunham29 November 1942, American
Barack Obama's Mother
Alice Roberts19 May 1973, British
Anthropologist
Margaret Mead16 December 1901, American
Cultural Anthropologist
Carlos Castaneda25 December 1925, American
Author
David Harvey31 October 1935, British
Professor of Anthropology & Geography
Louis Leakey07 August 1903, Kenyan, British
Paleoanthropologist and Archaeologist
Paul Farmer26 October 1959, American
Alan Dundes08 September 1934, American
Folklorist
Ralph Regenvanu20 September 1970, Ni-Vanuatu
Ni-Vanuatu Politician
Bruno Latour22 June 1947, French
Philosopher, Anthropologist, Sociologist,
Pierre Bourdieu01 August 1930, French
Philosopher, Sociologist, Anthropologist,
René Girard25 December 1923, French
Philosopher, Anthropologist, Sociologist,
Paul Ekman15 February 1934
Psychologist, Anthropologist, Sociologist,
Joe Medicine Crow27 October 1913, American
Anthropologist, Historian, Author, Non-fiction
Gregory Bateson09 May 1904, British, American
Anthropologist, Philosopher, Sociologist,
David Graeber12 February 1961, American
Anthropologist, University teacher, Writer, Trade
Steven Erikson07 October 1959, Canadian
Anthropologist, Writer
Ivan Illich04 September 1926, Austrian
Writer, Historian, Educationist, Philosopher,
Ruth Benedict05 June 1887, American
Anthropologist, Folklorist, University teacher,
Clifford Geertz23 August 1926, American
Anthropologist, University teacher, Sociologist
Geert Hofstede02 October 1928
Psychologist, University teacher, Anthropologist,
Gayle Rubin1949 AD, American
Anthropologist, university teacher, essayist, LGBT
Mary Leakey06 February 1913, British
Academic, Anthropologist
Arjun Appadurai04 February 1949, Indian, American
anthropologist, sociologist
Ernest Gellner09 December 1925, British
Philosopher, Anthropologist, Professor,
Koenraad Elst07 August 1959, Belgian
Columnist, Anthropologist, Journalist, Writer
Edward T. Hall16 May 1914, American
Anthropologist, Sociologist, University teacher
E. E. Evans-Pritchard21 September 1902, British
Anthropologist, University teacher, Sociologist
Talal Asad1933 AD, American
anthropologist
Mary Douglas25 March 1921, British
Anthropologist, Writer, University teacher
Marshall Sahlins27 December 1930, American
Anthropologist, Educationist, University teacher
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Victor Turner28 May 1920, British
Anthropologist, Sociologist
Carleton S. Coon23 June 1904, American
Anthropologist, Archaeologist, Prehistorian
Dell Hymes07 June 1927, American
Anthropologist, Linguist, University teacher,
Ashley Montagu28 June 1905, British, American
Anthropologist, University teacher
Donald Johanson28 June 1943, American
Anthropologist, Archaeologist, Prehistorian,
Marvin Harris18 August 1927, American
Anthropologist, University teacher, Sociologist
Napoleon Chagnon1938 AD, American
anthropologist, university teacher
Walter J. Ong30 November 1912, American
Anthropologist, Historian, Writer, University
Loren Eiseley03 September 1907, American
Anthropologist, Philosopher, Poet
Jean Rouch31 May 1917, French
Anthropologist, Film director, Screenwriter
Eric Wolf01 February 1923, Austrian, American
Anthropologist, University teacher
Michael Tomasello18 January 1950, American
Anthropologist, Psychologist
Yigael Yadin20 March 1917, Israeli
Anthropologist, Archaeologist, Politician,
Michael Taussig03 April 1940, Australian
Anthropologist, University teacher
Spencer Wells06 April 1969, American
Geneticist
Eugenie Scott24 October 1945, American
Anthropologist, University teacher
Philippe Bourgois1956 AD, American
anthropologist
Scott Atran1952 AD, American
anthropologist, political scientist
Jack Goody27 July 1919, British
Anthropologist, University teacher, Non-fiction
Leslie White19 January 1900, American
Anthropologist
Sidney Mintz16 November 1922, American
Anthropologist, University teacher
Nancy Scheper-Hughes25 September 1944, American
anthropologist
Sherry Ortner19 September 1941, American
Anthropologist, University teacher
Lewis Binford11 November 1931, American
Anthropologist, Archaeologist, prehistorian,
Arnold Gehlen29 January 1904, German
Anthropologist, Philosopher, Sociologist,
Tim D. White24 August 1950, American
Anthropologist, Archaeologist, Prehistorian,
Julian Steward31 January 1902, American
Anthropologist
Akbar S. Ahmed1943 AD, Pakistani, American
anthropologist, diplomat, writer, university
Christopher Johnson McCandless12 February 1968, American
Helen Fisher1947 AD, Canadian
anthropologist
Arturo Escobar1952 AD, American
anthropologist