The Most Famous
BIOLOGISTS from Haiti
This page contains a list of the greatest Haitian Biologists. The pantheon dataset contains 1,097 Biologists, 1 of which were born in Haiti. This makes Haiti the birth place of the 44th most number of Biologists behind Jordan, and Kenya.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Haitian Biologists of all time. This list of famous Haitian Biologists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. John James Audubon (1785 - 1851)
With an HPI of 65.94, John James Audubon is the most famous Haitian Biologist. His biography has been translated into 66 different languages on wikipedia.
John James Audubon (born Jean-Jacques Rabin, April 26, 1785 – January 27, 1851) was a French-American artist, entrepreneur, naturalist, explorer, and ornithologist. His combined interests in painting and ornithology turned into a plan to make a complete pictorial record of all the bird species of North America. He was notable for his extensive studies of American birds and for his detailed (yet romantic) illustrations, which were engraved in Scotland and England for a large-format (double-elephant folio) color-plate (intaglio) book titled The Birds of America (1827–1838), and five volumes of accompanying text entitled Ornithological Biography (1831–1839). Audubon's scientific contributions were considerable but controversial. He was accused of fraud, plagiarism, and scientific misconduct during his life as well as posthumously. As of 2025, the IOC World Bird List (v.15.1) attributes him as the primary author of 23 bird species (14 of which were based on specimens he purchased or received from colleagues) and 13 subspecies. This tally is an overestimate because it includes at least one ambiguous species (Traill's Flycatcher Muscicapa traillii) that was recently stabilized (as Willow Flycatcher) with a neotype, and one subspecies (northern Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus washingtoniensis) that was based on a plagiarized image and fabricated data. Another of Audubon's new subspecies (northern Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus harrisi) was based on a stolen specimen. Audubon has also been widely criticized for buying and selling slaves, bodysnatching, and trafficking Native American remains. As of 2025, more than two dozen regional Audubon societies across the United States have changed their names. However, the National Audubon Society remains committed to their namesake, and many towns, neighborhoods, and streets across the United States still bear his name (e.g., Audubon, Pennsylvania).
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Haitian biologists born between 1785 and 1785. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Haitian biologists include John James Audubon.
