This page contains a list of the greatest Estonian Biologists. The pantheon dataset contains 841 Biologists, 3 of which were born in Estonia. This makes Estonia the birth place of the 31st most number of Biologists behind Finland and China.
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Estonian Biologists of all time. This list of famous Estonian Biologists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
With an HPI of 65.69, Karl Ernst von Baer is the most famous Estonian Biologist. His biography has been translated into 46 different languages on wikipedia.
Karl Ernst Ritter von Baer Edler von Huthorn (Russian: Карл Макси́мович Бэр; 28 February [O.S. 17 February] 1792 – 28 November [O.S. 16 November] 1876) was a Baltic German scientist and explorer. Baer was a naturalist, biologist, geologist, meteorologist, geographer, and is considered a, or the, founding father of embryology. He was a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a co-founder of the Russian Geographical Society, and the first president of the Russian Entomological Society, making him one of the most distinguished Baltic German scientists.
With an HPI of 59.30, Jakob von Uexküll is the 2nd most famous Estonian Biologist. His biography has been translated into 22 different languages.
Jakob Johann Freiherr von Uexküll (German: [ˈʏkskʏl]; 8 September [O.S. 27 August] 1864 – 25 July 1944) was a Baltic German biologist who worked in the fields of muscular physiology and animal behaviour studies and was an influence on the cybernetics of life. However, his most notable contribution is the notion of Umwelt, used by semiotician Thomas Sebeok and philosopher Martin Heidegger. His works established biosemiotics as a field of research.
With an HPI of 52.68, Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz is the 3rd most famous Estonian Biologist. His biography has been translated into 22 different languages.
Johann Friedrich Gustav von Eschscholtz (1 November 1793 – 7 May 1831) was a Baltic German physician, naturalist, and entomologist. He was one of the earliest scientific explorers of the Pacific region, making significant collections of flora and fauna in Alaska, California, and Hawaii.
Pantheon has 3 people classified as biologists born between 1792 and 1864. Of these 3, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased biologists include Karl Ernst von Baer, Jakob von Uexküll, and Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz.
1792 - 1876
HPI: 65.69
1864 - 1944
HPI: 59.30
1793 - 1831
HPI: 52.68
Which Biologists were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 3 most globally memorable Biologists since 1700.