With 161 biographies, Linguists are the 54th most common occupation in Pantheon, behind Celebrities, Fencers, and Comic Artists.
Pantheon has 179 people classified as linguists born between 500 BC and 1971. Of these 179, 17 (9.50%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living linguists include Noam Chomsky, Jost Gippert, and George Lakoff. The most famous deceased linguists include Ferdinand de Saussure, Max Müller, and William James Sidis. As of April 2022, 18 new linguists have been added to Pantheon including Vasili Eroshenko, Agop Dilâçar, and Albert Sechehaye.
1928 - Present
HPI: 77.50
1956 - Present
HPI: 59.34
1941 - Present
HPI: 57.29
1939 - Present
HPI: 55.68
1927 - Present
HPI: 54.71
1971 - Present
HPI: 54.07
1943 - Present
HPI: 51.39
1941 - Present
HPI: 50.00
1949 - Present
HPI: 46.82
1941 - Present
HPI: 45.15
1952 - Present
HPI: 42.81
1951 - Present
HPI: 42.21
1857 - 1913
HPI: 78.58
1823 - 1900
HPI: 72.38
1898 - 1944
HPI: 72.22
1896 - 1982
HPI: 72.05
1029 - 1101
HPI: 71.32
361 - 440
HPI: 68.98
200 BC - 150 BC
HPI: 67.78
500 BC - Present
HPI: 66.12
1791 - 1867
HPI: 65.76
1858 - 1922
HPI: 65.28
1884 - 1939
HPI: 64.94
1821 - 1868
HPI: 64.47
1890 - 1952
HPI: 53.67
1895 - 1979
HPI: 51.51
1870 - 1946
HPI: 51.23
1890 - 1964
HPI: 48.33
1904 - 2005
HPI: 48.11
1804 - 1886
HPI: 47.66
1940 - 2022
HPI: 47.64
1906 - 1950
HPI: 46.36
1927 - 2009
HPI: 46.32
1941 - Present
HPI: 45.15
1880 - 1944
HPI: 44.95
1894 - 1969
HPI: 44.50
Most linguists were born in Germany (28), United States (19), and United Kingdom (15). By city, the most common birth places were Moscow (7), Paris (4), and Berlin (4).The most common death places of linguists were Germany (25), United States (22), and France (16). By city, these were Berlin (8), Paris (8), and Saint Petersburg (6).
The earliest biographies classified as linguists in Pantheon are Mesrop Mashtots, Patanjali, and Pāṇini. The concentration of linguists was largest during the Newspaper Era, which lasted from 1700 to 1899. Some birth or death locations for earlier linguists are unknown, which may account for timeline differences below.
Which Linguists were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 25 most globally memorable Linguists since 1700.
Linguists are found within the Humanities domain which also includes Writers, Philosophers, Historians, Journalists, and Critics.