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marine biologist Marine biology is the scientific study of the biology of marine life, organisms in the sea. Given that in biology many scientific classification, phyla, family (biology), families and genera have some species that live in the sea and others th ...

* Donald Putnam Abbott (1920–1986), American marine invertebrate zoologist * Isabella Aiona Abbott (1919–2010), American marine botanist * Ali Abdelghany (born 1944), Egyptian marine biologist * Jakob Johan Adolf Appellöf (1857–1921), Swedish marine zoologist *

Leanne Armand Leanne Armand (20 February 1968 – 4 January 2022) was an Australian professor of Oceanography#Branches, marine science. She was an expert in the identification of diatoms in the Southern Ocean. She was known for her contributions to the under ...

(born 1968), Australian marine scientist *

Samuel Stillman Berry Samuel Stillman Berry (March 16, 1887 – April 9, 1984) was an American marine zoologist specialized in cephalopods. Early life Berry was born in Unity, Maine, but the family home was the Winnecook Ranch in Montana, which had been founded by ...

(1887–1984), American marine zoologist *

Henry Bryant Bigelow Henry Bryant Bigelow (October 3, 1879 – December 11, 1967) was an American oceanographer and marine biologist. He is the grandson of Henry Bryant who was an American physician and naturalist. After graduating from Harvard in 1901, he beg ...

(1879–1967), American marine biologist * Jean Bouillon (1926–2009), Belgian marine zoologist *

Rachel Carson Rachel Louise Carson (May 27, 1907 – April 14, 1964) was an American marine biologist, writer, and conservationist whose influential book ''Silent Spring'' (1962) and other writings are credited with advancing the global environmental m ...

(1907–1964), American marine biologist and author *

Carl Chun Carl Chun (1 October 1852 – 11 April 1914) was a German marine biologist. Chun was born in Höchst, today a part of Frankfurt, and studied zoology at the University of Leipzig, where from 1878 to 1883 he was privat-docent of zoology and an a ...

(1852–1914), German marine biologist *

Eugenie Clark Eugenie Clark (May 4, 1922 – February 25, 2015), popularly known as The Shark Lady, was an American ichthyologist known for both her research on shark behavior and her study of fish in the order Tetraodontiformes. Clark was a pioneer in the fie ...

(1922–2015), American marine biologist * Malcolm Clarke (1930–2013), British

cephalopod A cephalopod is any member of the molluscan class Cephalopoda (Greek plural , ; "head-feet") such as a squid, octopus, cuttlefish, or nautilus. These exclusively marine animals are characterized by bilateral body symmetry, a prominent head ...

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Jacques-Yves Cousteau Jacques-Yves Cousteau, (, also , ; 11 June 191025 June 1997) was a French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author. He co-invented the first successful Aqua-Lung, open-circuit SCUBA (self-contained underwater breathing apparatus). Th ...

(1910–1997), French marine explorer, conservationist, and filmmaker *

Charles Darwin Charles Robert Darwin ( ; 12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist, geologist, and biologist, widely known for his contributions to evolutionary biology. His proposition that all species of life have descended fr ...

(1809–1882), wrote ''Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs'' (1842) while aboard *

Paul K. Dayton Paul Kuykendall Dayton (born April 8, 1941 in Tucson, Arizona) is a biological oceanographer and marine ecologist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Dayton works in Benthic zone, benthic ecology, marine conservation, evolution, natural h ...

(born 1941), American benthic marine ecologist noted for work in

kelp forest Kelp forests are underwater areas with a high density of kelp, which covers a large part of the world's coastlines. Smaller areas of anchored kelp are called kelp beds. They are recognized as one of the most productive and dynamic ecosystems on Ea ...

ecology Ecology () is the study of the relationships between living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment. Ecology considers organisms at the individual, population, community, ecosystem, and biosphere level. Ecology overlaps wi ...

Finn Devold Finn Devold (born 24 April 1902 in Bergen, died 26 May 1977) was a Norwegian Arctic explorer, marine biologist and meteorologist. His father was parish priest Harald Ophus Devold. Together with his brother Hallvard Devold, Finn shared an intere ...

(1902–1977), Norwegian marine biologist *

Anton Dohrn Felix Anton Dohrn FRS FRSE (29 December 1840 – 26 September 1909) was a prominent German Darwinist and the founder and first director of the first zoological research station in the world, the Stazione Zoologica in Naples, Italy. He worked ...

(1840–1909), German marine biologist *

Nicole Dubilier Nicole Dubilier is a marine microbiologist and director of the Symbiosis Department at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology since 2013 and a Professor of Microbial Symbioses at the University of Bremen. She is a pioneer in ecological ...

, American marine microbiologist, head of

Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology __NOTOC__ The Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology is located in Bremen, Germany. It was founded in 1992, almost a year after the foundation of its sister institute, the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology at Marburg. In 1996 ...

Patricia Louise Dudley Patricia Louise (Pat) Dudley (1929–2004) was an American zoologist specializing in research of copepods. An early pioneer using an electron microscope to study copepod organs and tissues, she taught at Barnard College for 35 years and served as ...

(1929–2004) American

zoologist Zoology ()The pronunciation of zoology as is usually regarded as nonstandard, though it is not uncommon. is the branch of biology that studies the Animal, animal kingdom, including the anatomy, structure, embryology, evolution, Biological clas ...

specializing in

copepod Copepods (; meaning "oar-feet") are a group of small crustaceans found in nearly every freshwater and saltwater habitat (ecology), habitat. Some species are planktonic (inhabiting sea waters), some are benthos, benthic (living on the ocean floor) ...

s *

Sylvia Earle Sylvia Alice Earle ( née Reade; born August 30, 1935) is an American marine biologist, oceanographer, explorer, author, and lecturer. She has been a National Geographic explorer-in-residence since 1998. Earle was the first female chief scien ...

(born 1935), American oceanographer *

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, marine biologist *

Ruth Gates Ruth Deborah Gates (March 28, 1962 – October 25, 2018) was the Director of the Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology and the first woman to be President of the International Society for Reef Studies. Her research was dedicated to understanding ...

(1962–2018), American marine biologist noted for work on coral reefs * J. Frederick Grassle (1939–2018), American marine biologist *

Judith Grassle Judith Grassle (born on December 4, 1936) is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences at Rutgers University. Grassle is a benthic ecologist known for research on invertebrates, especially polychaete worms including th ...

, marine ecologist * Gordon Gunter (1909–1998), American marine biologist and fisheries scientist notable for pioneering fisheries research in the northern

Gulf of Mexico The Gulf of Mexico ( es, Golfo de México) is an oceanic basin, ocean basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, largely surrounded by the North American continent. It is bounded on the northeast, north and northwest by the Gulf Coast of ...

Ernst Haeckel Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (; 16 February 1834 – 9 August 1919) was a German zoologist, naturalist, eugenicist, philosopher, physician, professor, marine biologist and artist. He discovered, described and named thousands of new sp ...

(1834–1919), German physician, zoologist, marine biologist and evolutionist * Benjamin Halpern, American marine conservationist *

Hans Hass Hans Hass (23 January 1919 – 16 June 2013) was an Austrian biologist and underwater diving pioneer. He was known mainly for being among the first scientists to popularise coral reefs, stingrays, octopuses and sharks. He pioneered the making o ...

(born 1919), Austrian marine biologist and diving pioneer *

Gotthilf Hempel Gotthilf Hempel (born March 8, 1929) is a retired German marine biologist and oceanographer. Hempel studied biology and geology at the universities of Mainz and Heidelberg. In 1952 he gained his Ph.D. with a study on the energetics of grassho ...

(born 1929), German marine biologist *

Stephen Hillenburg Stephen McDannell Hillenburg (August 21, 1961 – November 26, 2018) was an American animator, writer, producer, director, and marine science educator. He is known for creating the Nickelodeon animated television series ''SpongeBob SquarePants' ...

(1961–2018), American animator (creator of ''

SpongeBob SquarePants ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' (or simply ''SpongeBob'') is an American animated comedy television series created by marine science educator and animator Stephen Hillenburg for Nickelodeon. It chronicles the adventures of the title character a ...

''); previously worked as a marine biology teacher for several years *

Hirohito Emperor , commonly known in English-speaking countries by his personal name , was the 124th emperor of Japan, ruling from 25 December 1926 until his death in 1989. Hirohito and his wife, Empress Kōjun, had two sons and five daughters; he was ...

, the Shōwa Emperor (1901–1989),

jellyfish Jellyfish and sea jellies are the informal common names given to the medusa-phase of certain gelatinous members of the subphylum Medusozoa, a major part of the phylum Cnidaria. Jellyfish are mainly free-swimming marine animals with umbrella- ...

taxonomist In biology, taxonomy () is the scientific study of naming, defining ( circumscribing) and classifying groups of biological organisms based on shared characteristics. Organisms are grouped into taxa (singular: taxon) and these groups are given ...

Johan Hjort Johan Hjort (18 February 1869, in Christiania – 7 October 1948, in Oslo) was a Norwegian fisheries scientist, marine zoologist, and oceanographer. He was among the most prominent and influential marine zoologists of his time. The early year ...

(1869–1948), Norwegian marine zoologist and one of the founders of ICES *

Bruno Hofer Bruno Hofer (15 December 1861 – 7 July 1916) was a German fishery scientist, credited with being the founder of fish pathology. Career Hofer was born in Rhein in East Prussia (now Poland) in 1861. He studied natural sciences at the University ...

(1861–1916), German fisheries scientist *

Martin W. Johnson Martin Wiggo Johnson (September 30, 1893 – November 28, 1984), was an American oceanographer at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. He is known as an author of the landmark reference work ''The Oceans: Their Physics, Chemistry and General B ...

(1893–1984), American marine biologist and biological oceanographer *

Benjamin Kahn Benjamin Kahn (born 1955) is an Israeli marine biologist and environmental activist. His work includes ecological improvements of the Red Sea reef, where damage began in 1997 with the advent of fish farming, resulting from tons of waste into t ...

(born 1955), Israeli marine biologist and environmental activist *

Uwe Kils Uwe Kils is a German marine biologist specializing in Antarctic biology. Career His work led to the development of instruments for ''in situ'' observation of underwater fauna, including the ecoSCOPE and the first software for full speed video p ...

(born 1951), German marine biologist * Otto Kinne (1923-2015), German marine biologist *

Nancy Knowlton Nancy Knowlton is a coral reef biologist and a former Sant Chair for Marine Science at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Life She graduated from Harvard University, and from the University of California, Berkeley, with a PhD. ...

coral reef A coral reef is an underwater ecosystem characterized by reef-building corals. Reefs are formed of colonies of coral polyps held together by calcium carbonate. Most coral reefs are built from stony corals, whose polyps cluster in groups. Co ...

biologist and author of ''Citizens of the Sea'' (2010) *

August David Krohn August David Krohn (1803–1891) was a Saint Petersburg born zoologist of German origin. He was the son of Abraham Krohn, the founder of Russia's first brewery, who had left the island of Rügen to serve in the court of Catherine the Great. He w ...

(1803–1891), Russian/German zoologist * Paul L. Kramp (1887–1975), Danish zoologist working on jellyfish *

William Elford Leach William Elford Leach Royal Society, FRS (2 February 1791 – 25 August 1836) was an English zoologist and marine biologist. Life and work Elford Leach was born at Hoe Gate, Plymouth, the son of an attorney. At the age of twelve he began a me ...

(1790–1836), English zoologist and marine biologist *

Nicholai Miklukho-Maklai Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay (russian: Никола́й Никола́евич Миклу́хо-Макла́й; 1846 – 1888) was a Russian Imperial explorer. He worked as an ethnologist, anthropologist and biologist who became famous as one of ...

(1846–1888), Russian marine biologist and anthropologist * Melissa Cristina Márquez, "Mother of Sharks," marine biologist and science communicator * Flower Msuya (born 1959), Tanzanian phycologist * Sir John Murray (1841–1914), Scots-Canadian marine biologist *

Anders Sandøe Ørsted Anders Sandøe Ørsted (21 December 1778 – 1 May 1860) was a Danish lawyer, politician and jurist. He served as the Prime Minister of Denmark in 1853–1854. Biography He studied philosophy and law at the University of Copenhagen and was ...

(1816–1872), Danish marine botanist studied arctic nematodes and marine algae * Robert T. Paine (1933–2016), American marine zoologist known for developing the "

keystone species A keystone species is a species which has a disproportionately large effect on its natural environment relative to its abundance, a concept introduced in 1969 by the zoologist Robert T. Paine. Keystone species play a critical role in maintaini ...

" concept * Joseph R. Pawlik (born 1960), American marine biologist * Ronald C. Phillips (1932–2005), American marine botanist, co-author of ''Seagrasses'' (1980); worldwide development of seagrass science told in autobiographical ''Travels with Seagrass'' (2013) *

Syed Zahoor Qasim Sayed Zahoor Qasim (31 December 1926 – 20 October 2015) was an Indian marine biologist. Qasim helped lead India's exploration to Antarctica and guided the other seven expeditions from 1981 to 1988. He was a Member of the Planning Commission of ...

(born 1926), Indian marine biologist *

Ed Ricketts Edward Flanders Robb Ricketts (May 14, 1897 – May 11, 1948) was an American marine biologist, ecologist, and philosopher. He is best known for ''Between Pacific Tides'' (1939), a pioneering study of intertidal ecology. He is also known as a men ...

(1897–1948), American marine biologist noted for a pioneering study of intertidal ecology *

Harald Rosenthal Harald Rosenthal (born 9 June 1937) is a German hydrobiologist and fisheries scientist known for his work in fish farming, ecology, and international cooperation. Life Rosenthal was born and raised in Berlin. From 1957 to 1962, he studied zoolog ...

(born 1937), German hydrobiologist known for his work in fish farming and ecology * Anne Rudloe (1947–2012), American co-founder of Gulf Specimen Marine Laboratory *

Jack Rudloe Jack Rudloe is a writer, naturalist, and environmental activist from Panacea, Florida, United States, who co-founded Gulf Specimen Marine Laboratory. Biography Jack Rudloe was born in Brooklyn, New York on February 17, 1943. At age 14, he m ...

(born 1943), American co-founder of Gulf Specimen Marine Laboratory and writer of several popular works on the sea including ''The Sea Brings Forth'', and ''The Erotic Ocean''. *

Frederick Stratten Russell Sir Frederick Stratten Russell (3 November 1897 – 5 June 1984) was an English marine biologist. Russell was born in Bridport, Dorset, and studied at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. From 1924 he worked for the Marine Biological Ass ...

(1897–1984), British marine biologist known for his work on zooplankton. * Georg Sars (1837–1927), Norwegian marine biologist *

Michael Sars Michael Sars (30 August 1805 – 22 October 1869) was a Norwegian theologian and biologist. Biography Sars was born in Bergen, Norway. He studied natural history and theology at Royal Frederick University from 1823 and completed a cand.theol. ...

(1809–1869), Norwegian theologian and biologist *

Oscar Elton Sette Oscar Elton Sette (March 29, 1900 - July 25, 1972), who preferred to be called Elton Sette, was an influential 20th-century American fisheries scientist. During a five-decade career with the United States Bureau of Fisheries, United States Fish ...

(1900–1972), American fisheries scientist notable for pioneering modern

fisheries science Fisheries science is the academic discipline of managing and understanding fisheries. It is a multidisciplinary science, which draws on the disciplines of limnology, oceanography, freshwater biology, marine biology, meteorology, conservation, eco ...

and fisheries

oceanography Oceanography (), also known as oceanology and ocean science, is the scientific study of the oceans. It is an Earth science, which covers a wide range of topics, including ecosystem dynamics; ocean currents, waves, and geophysical fluid dynamic ...

Bell M. Shimada Bell M. Shimada (January 17, 1922 - June 2, 1958) was an American fisheries scientist. He is noted for his study during the 1950s of tuna stocks in the tropical Pacific Ocean and its important effect on the development of the post- World War II ...

(1922–1958), American fisheries scientist notable for pioneering studies of

tuna A tuna is a saltwater fish that belongs to the tribe Thunnini, a subgrouping of the Scombridae (mackerel) family. The Thunnini comprise 15 species across five genera, the sizes of which vary greatly, ranging from the bullet tuna (max length: ...

stocks in the equatorial Pacific Ocean * Ronald Shimek (born 1948), American marine biologist noted mainly for his work on scaphopods and turrid gastropods * Charles Wyville Thomson (1832–1882), Scottish marine biologist * Gunnar Thorson (1906–1971), Danish marine biologist * Anne Thynne (1800–1866), British marine zoologist *

Takasi Tokioka was a Japanese zoologist. He published over 200 scientific articles on marine animals such as chaetognaths, ctenophores, and tunicates. He was Professor of Zoology at Kyoto University working at the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory in Shirahama, ...

(1913–2001), Japanese marine biologist known for his work on soft bodied zooplankton and tunicates *

Ruth Turner Ruth Dixon Turner (1914 – April 30, 2000) was a pioneering U.S. marine biologist and malacologist. She was the world's expert on Teredinidae or shipworms, a taxonomic family of wood-boring bivalve mollusks which severely damage wooden ma ...

(1915–2000), marine biologist *

Anna Weber-van Bosse Anna Antoinette Weber-van Bosse (27 March 1852 – 29 October 1942) was a Dutch phycologist, specializing in marine algae. Life Her interest in botany and zoology started at a young age, inspired by regular trips to the Amsterdam zoo. She att ...

(1852–1942), marine phycologist * María Elena Caso (1915-1991), Mexican marine biologist

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