Ralph M. SteinmanRobert H. MacArthurJohn MurrayDavid Suzuki
Colin Munro MacLeodWilliam Diller MatthewAlice EastwoodAlice Wilson

The Most Famous

Biologists from Canada

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This page contains a list of the greatest Canadians Biologists. The pantheon dataset contains 1,097 Biologists, 14 of which were born in Canada. This makes Canada the birth place of the 15th most number of Biologists behind Japan and Denmark.

Top 10 Canadian Biologists

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Canadians Biologists of all time. This list of famous Canadians Biologists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Canadians Biologists.

  1. #1
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    Ralph M. Steinman

    1943 - 2011

    HPI 71.7755 langs

    Ralph M. Steinman was a Nobel Prize-winning biologist who discovered the dendritic cell and its role in the immune system.

  2. #3
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    John Murray

    1841 - 1914

    HPI 58.9618 langs

    British oceanographer, marine biologist and limnologist

  3. #4
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    David Suzuki

    b. 1936

    HPI 56.6739 langs

    Canadian popular scientist and environmental activist

  4. #5
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    George Romanes

    1848 - 1894

    HPI 54.8416 langs

    British evolutionary biologist (1848–1894)

  5. #7
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    William Diller Matthew

    1871 - 1930

    HPI 53.8717 langs

    American paleontologist (1871–1930)

  6. #9
    Photo of Alice Wilson

    Alice Wilson

    1881 - 1964

    HPI 52.3918 langs

    Canadian geologist and paleontologist (1881-1964)

  7. #10
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    Peter Watts

    b. 1958

    HPI 50.6917 langs

    Canadian biologist and sci-fi author

People by Birth Decade

Browse notable Canadians Biologists grouped by birth decade. Each decade shows the top 10 by HPI; expand to see everyone.

Overlapping Lives

Which Biologists were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 9 most globally memorable Biologists since 1700.

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