Famous Philologists

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1 Max Müller

Famous As: Scholar, Philologist

Birthdate: December 6, 1823

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Nationality: German, British

Died: October 28, 1900

Max Müller was a German-born Orientalist and philologist. Müller is credited with co-founding the western academic disciplines of religious studies and Indian studies. In 1874, he was honored with the Pour le Mérite. He received the prestigious Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art in 1875. In India, the Goethe Institutes are named in his honor.

2 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

Famous As: Philosopher

Birthdate: July 1, 1646

Sun Sign: Cancer

Nationality: German

Died: November 14, 1716

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3 William Jones

Famous As: Philologist

Birthdate: September 28, 1746

Sun Sign: Libra

Nationality: British

Died: April 27, 1794

4 James Prinsep

Famous As: Antiquarian

Birthdate: August 20, 1799

Sun Sign: Leo

Nationality: British

Died: April 22, 1840

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5 E. A. Wallis Budge

Famous As: Egyptologist

Birthdate: July 27, 1857

Sun Sign: Leo

Nationality: British

Died: November 23, 1934

6 Sibawayh

Famous As: Grammarian

Birthdate: 0760 AD

Nationality: Iranian

Died: 0796 AD

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7 George Perkins Marsh

Famous As: Environmentalist

Birthdate: March 15, 1801

Sun Sign: Pisces

Nationality: American

Died: July 23, 1882

8 William F. Albright

Famous As: Archaeologist

Birthdate: May 24, 1891

Sun Sign: Gemini

Nationality: American

Died: September 19, 1971

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9 Justus Lipsius

Famous As: Philosopher

Birthdate: October 18, 1547

Sun Sign: Libra

Nationality: Belgian

Died: March 23, 1606

10 John Philoponus

Famous As: Author

Birthdate: 0490 AD

Nationality: Egyptian

Died: 0570 AD

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11 Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi

Famous As: Philologist

Birthdate: 0718 AD

Nationality: Iraqi

Died: 0791 AD

12 J.B. Bury

Famous As: Historian

Birthdate: October 16, 1861

Sun Sign: Libra

Nationality: Irish

Died: June 1, 1927

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13 Samuel ibn Naghrillah

Famous As: Politician

Birthdate: 0993 AD

Nationality: Spanish

Died: 1056 AD

14 Friedrich Schlegel

Famous As: Poet

Birthdate: March 10, 1772

Sun Sign: Pisces

Nationality: German

Died: January 12, 1829

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15 Isaac Casaubon

Famous As: Scholar

Birthdate: February 18, 1559

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Nationality: Swiss

Died: July 1, 1614

16 Motoori Norinaga

Famous As: Scholar

Birthdate: June 21, 1730

Sun Sign: Gemini

Nationality: Japanese

Died: October 5, 1801

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17 Johann Jakob Bachofen

Famous As: Antiquarian

Birthdate: December 22, 1815

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Nationality: Swiss

Died: November 25, 1887

18 Frederic W. H. Myers

Famous As: Poet

Birthdate: February 6, 1843

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Nationality: British

Died: January 17, 1901

19 Germà Colón

Famous As: Philologist

Birthdate: November 30, 1928

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Nationality: Spanish

Died: March 22, 2020

20 Leopoldo Lugones

Famous As: Poet

Birthdate: June 13, 1874

Sun Sign: Gemini

Nationality: Argentinian

Died: February 18, 1938

21 Fujiwara no Teika

Famous As: Poet

Birthdate: 1162 AD

Nationality: Japanese

Died: September 26, 1241

22 Ludwig Uhland

Famous As: Poet

Birthdate: April 26, 1787

Sun Sign: Taurus

Nationality: German

Died: November 13, 1862

23 Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange

Famous As: Historian

Birthdate: December 18, 1610

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Nationality: French

Died: October 23, 1688

24 Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff

Famous As: Author

Birthdate: December 22, 1848

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Nationality: German, Prussian

Died: September 25, 1931

25 Frederick James Furnivall

Famous As: Philologists

Birthdate: February 4, 1825

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Nationality: British

Died: July 2, 1910

26 Rasmus Rask

Famous As: Linguist

Birthdate: November 22, 1787

Sun Sign: Scorpio

Nationality: Danish

Died: November 14, 1832

27 Eugene Aram

Famous As: Philologist

Birthdate: 1704 AD

Nationality: British

Died: August 16, 1759

28 Eldad ha-Dani

Famous As: Merchant

Birthdate: 0851 AD

Died: 0900 AD

29 Louis Lucien Bonaparte

Famous As: Politician

Birthdate: January 4, 1813

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Nationality: French

Died: November 3, 1891

30 Ramón Menéndez Pidal

Famous As: Philologist

Birthdate: March 13, 1869

Sun Sign: Pisces

Died: November 14, 1968

31 Pedro Henriquez Urena

Famous As: Essayist

Birthdate: June 29, 1884

Sun Sign: Cancer

Nationality: Dominican

Died: May 11, 1946

32 Antoine Meillet

Famous As: Linguist

Birthdate: November 11, 1866

Sun Sign: Scorpio

Nationality: French

Died: September 21, 1936

33 Zhang Binglin

Famous As: Philologists

Birthdate: January 12, 1869

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Nationality: Chinese

Died: June 14, 1936

34 William Dwight Whitney

Famous As: Linguist

Birthdate: February 9, 1827

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Nationality: American

Died: June 7, 1894

35 Jonathan Boucher

Famous As: Teacher

Birthdate: May 12, 1738

Sun Sign: Taurus

Nationality: British

Died: April 27, 1804

36 Josef Dobrovský

Famous As: Philologist

Birthdate: August 17, 1753

Sun Sign: Leo

Nationality: Czech, Hungarian

Died: January 6, 1829

37 Pavel Josef Šafařík

Famous As: Poet

Birthdate: May 13, 1795

Sun Sign: Taurus

Nationality: Slovak

Died: June 26, 1861

38 Henri II Estienne

Famous As: Scholar

Birthdate: 1528 AD

Nationality: French

Died: 1598 AD

39 Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu

Famous As: Writer

Birthdate: February 26, 1838

Sun Sign: Pisces

Nationality: Romanian

Died: September 7, 1907

40 Al-Asmaʿi

Famous As: Author

Birthdate: 0740 AD

Nationality: Iraqi

Died: 0828 AD

41 Bedřich Hrozný

Famous As: Orientalist

Birthdate: May 6, 1879

Sun Sign: Taurus

Nationality: Czech

Died: December 12, 1952

42 Shao Yong

Famous As: Philosopher

Birthdate: January 20, 1012

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Nationality: Chinese

Died: July 27, 1077

43 Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo

Famous As: Scholar

Birthdate: November 3, 1856

Sun Sign: Scorpio

Nationality: Spanish

Died: May 19, 1912

44 Friedrich August Wolf

Famous As: Philologist

Birthdate: February 15, 1759

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Nationality: German

Died: August 8, 1824

45 Friedrich Adolf Trendelenburg

Famous As: Philosopher

Birthdate: November 30, 1802

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Nationality: German

Died: January 24, 1872

46 Vincas Krėvė-Mickevičius

Famous As: Author

Birthdate: October 19, 1882

Sun Sign: Libra

Nationality: Lithuanian

Died: July 7, 1954

47 Richard Garnett

Famous As: English librarian

Birthdate: February 27, 1835

Sun Sign: Pisces

Nationality: British

Died: April 13, 1906

48 Matthias Castrén

Famous As: Ethnologist

Birthdate: December 2, 1813

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Nationality: Finnish, Swedish

Died: May 7, 1852

49 Gu Yanwu

Famous As: Geographer

Birthdate: July 15, 1613

Sun Sign: Cancer

Nationality: Chinese

Died: February 15, 1682

50 Franz Cumont

Famous As: Archaeologist

Birthdate: January 3, 1868

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Nationality: Belgian

Died: August 20, 1947