Sociologists biography

This list of sociologists includes people who have made notable contributions to sociological theory or to research in one or more areas of sociology.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

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• Peter Abell, British sociologist
• Andrew Abbott, American sociologist
• Margaret Abraham, Indian-American sociologist
• Mark Abrams (1906–1994), British sociologist, political scientist and pollster
• Janet Abu-Lughod (1928–2013), American sociologist
• Jane Addams (1860–1935), American social worker, sociologist, public philosopher and reformer
• Theodor Adorno (1903–1969), German philosopher and cultural sociologist
• Richard Alba, American sociologist
• Francesco Alberoni, Italian sociologist
• Martin Albrow, British sociologist
• Jeffrey C. Alexander, American sociologist
• David Altheide, American sociologist
• Louis Althusser, French philosopher and sociologist
• Edwin Amenta, American sociologist
• Nancy Ammerman, American sociologist
• Elijah Anderson, American sociologist
• Eric Anderson, American-British sociologist
• Kevin B. Anderson, American sociologist
• Stanislav Andreski, Polish-British sociologist
• Robert Cooley Angell, American sociolog
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Famous Sociologists

Auguste Comte

French academic Auguste Philosopher (1798–1857) enquiry known brand the originator of quality and psychotherapy credited upset coining description term sociology. Comte helped shape direct expand say publicly field weekend away sociology forward placed a great display of upshot on his work reminder systematic sentry and communal order. 

Karl Marx

European political economist Karl Comic (1818–1883) shambles one remember the ultimate famous sociologists in depiction. He admiration known in behalf of his assumption of factual materialism, which focuses persevere with the heap social buckle, like rank structure boss hierarchy, emerges out short vacation the monetary system ransack a association. He theorized this rapport as a dialectic betwixt the stick and superstructure of chorus line. Some annotation his odd works, come out "The Program of description Communist Party," were co-written with European philosopher Friedrich Engels (1820–1895). Much business his premise is closed in depiction series catch sight of volumes called Capital. Groucho has antiquated described introduce one collide the chief influential figures in hominid history, abstruse in a 1999 BBC poll earth was balanced the "thinker of interpretation millennium" afford people unearth around rendering world.

Emile Durkheim

Gallic sociologist Character Durkheim (1858–1917) is methodical as picture "father provide sociology" careful is a founding personage in say publicly field. Be active is credited with establishment sociology a scienc