This is a list of notable paleontologists who have made significant contributions to the field of paleontology. Only paleontologists with biographical articles in Wikipedia are listed here.
A
Othenio Abel (Austria, 1875-1946) William Abler (United States) Karel Absolon (Czech Republic, 1877-1960) Louis Agassiz (Switzerland / United States, 1807-1873) Emiliano Aguirre (Spain, 1925-2021) Per E. Ahlberg (Sweden) Gustava Aigner (Austria, 1906-1987) Luis Alcalá (Spain) Truman H. Aldrich (United States, 1848-1932) Richard Aldridge (England, 1945-2014) Annie Montague Alexander (Kingdom of Hawaii / United States, 1867-1950) John Alroy (United States / Australia, 1966- ) Vladimir Prokhorovich Amalitskii (Russia, 1860-1917) Carlos Ameghino (Argentina, 1865-1936) Florentino Ameghino (Argentina, 1854-1911) Charles Anderson (Scotland / Australia, 1876-1944) Elaine Anderson (United States, 1936-2002) Johan Gunnar Andersson (Sweden, 1874-1960) Gábor Andreánszky (Hungary, 1895-1967) Charles William Andrews (England, 1866-1924) Henry Nathaniel Andrews (United States, 1910-2002) Mahala Andrews (Scotland, 1939-1997) Roy Chapman Andrews (United States, 1884-1960) Nicolai Ivanovich Andrusov (Russia, 1861-1924) Alberto Angela (Italy, 1962- ) Ernesto Pérez d'Angelo (Chile, 1932-2013) Mary Anning (England, 1799-1847) Miguel Telles Antunes (Portugal, 1937- ) Esther Applin (United States, 1895-1972) Camille Arambourg (France, 1885-1969) Edward Alexander Newell Arber (England, 1870-1918) Sergio Archangelsky (Argentina, 1931-2022) Adolphe d'Archiac (France, 1802-1868) William Joscelyn Arkell (England, 1904-1958) Chester A. Arnold (United States, 1901-1977) Juan Luis Arsuaga (Spain, 1954- ) Berhane Asfaw (Ethiopia) Hermann Martin Asmuss (Estonia, 1812-1859) Sava Athanasiu (Romania, 1861-1946) Amy Atwater (United States, 1991- ) Walter Auffenberg (United States, 1928-2004) Stanley Awramik (United States, 1946- ) Brian Axsmith (United States, 1962-2020)
B
Catherine E. Badgley (United States, 1950-) William Hellier Baily (England, 1819-1888) Andrew Geddes Bain (South Africa, 1797-1864) Robert T. Bakker (United States, 1945- ) Jean-Christophe Balouet (France, 1956-2021) Harlan Parker Banks (United States, 1913-1998) Mário Costa Barberena (Brazil, 1934-2013) Erwin Hinckly Barbour (United States, 1856-1947) Joachim Barrande (France, 1799-1883) Charles Barrois (France, 1851-1939) Rinchen Barsbold (Mongolia, 1935- ) Ray S. Bassler (United States, 1878-1961) Dorothea Bate (England, 1878-1951) Richard Bateman (United Kingdom, 1958- ) Francis Arthur Bather (England, 1863-1934) Georg Baur (United States, 1859-1898) George Bax Holmes (England, 1803-1887) Allan Bé (United States, died 1983) William Bean (England, 1787-1866) K. Christopher Beard (United States) William Beard (England, 1772-1868) Samuel Beckles (England, 1814-1890) Charles Emerson Beecher (United States, 1856-1904) Hermann Behmel (Germany, 1939- ) Kay Behrensmeyer (United States) Walter A. Bell (Canada, 1889-1969) Romeu Beltrão (Brazil, 1913-1977) Etheldred Benett (England, 1776-1845) Michael Benton (Scotland, 1956- ) Georg Karl Berendt (Germany, 1790-1850) Wolfgang H. Berger (Germany / United States, 1937-2017) Edward W. Berry (United States, 1875-1945) Annalisa Berta (United States) Charles Eugène Bertrand (France, 1851-1917) Paul Bertrand (France, 1879-1944) Heinrich Ernst Beyrich (Germany, 1815-1896) Gertruda Biernat (Poland, 1923-2016) Peter von Bitter (Canada) Alexander Bittner (Austria, 1850-1902) Hans C. Bjerring (Sweden, 1931- ) Philip R. Bjork (United States) Richard S. Boardman (United States, 1923-2011) Birger Bohlin (Sweden, 1898-1990) Johannes Böhm (Germany, 1857-1938) José Bonaparte (Argentina, 1928-2020) Matthew Bonnan (United States) Lieuwe Dirk Boonstra (South Africa, 1905-1975) Pramatha Nath Bose (India, 1855-1934) Marcellin Boule (France, 1861-1942) Michael Boulter (England, 1942–2025) James Scott Bowerbank (England, 1797-1877) Henry Bowman Brady (England, 1835-1891) Charles Kimberlin Brain (South Africa) Wilhelm von Branca (Germany, 1844-1928) Leonard R. Brand (United States, 1941- ) Martin Brasier (England, 1947-2014) Auguste Bravard (France, 1803-1861) William J. Breed (United States, 1928-2013) Stoycho Vassilev Breskovski (Bulgaria, 1934-2004) Derek Briggs (Ireland / United States, 1950- ) Mitja Brodar (Slovenia, 1921-2012) Srečko Brodar (Slovenia, 1893-1987) Pierce Brodkorb (United States, 1908-1992) Magnus Bromelius (Sweden, 1679-1731) Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart (France, 1801-1876) Heinrich Georg Bronn (Germany, 1800-1862) Robert Broom (Scotland / South Africa, 1866-1951) Barnum Brown (United States, 1873-1963) Roland W. Brown (United States, 1893-1961) Michel Brunet (France, 1940- ) Stephen L. Brusatte (United States, 1984- ) Christian Leopold von Buch (Germany, 1774-1853) Walter Hermann Bucher (Germany / United States, 1888-1965) Mary Buckland (England, 1797-1857) William Buckland (England, 1784-1856) Sydney Savory Buckman (England, 1860-1929) Graham Budd (England, 1968- ) Oliver Bulman (England, 1902-1974) Emanuel Bunzel (Austria, 1828-1895) George Busk (England, 1807-1886) Charles Butts (United States, 1863-1946) Alexey Bystrow (Russia / Soviet Union, 1899-1959)
C
Susan Cachel (United States) André Cailleux (France, 1907-1986) Jaci Antonio Louzada Tupi Caldas (Brazil, 1898-1946) Mary Gordon Calder (Scotland, 1906-1992) Jorge O. Calvo (Argentina, 1961- 2023) Adriaan Gilles Camper (Netherlands, 1759-1820) Gustave Campiche (Switzerland, 1809-1871) Ferdinand Canu (France, 1863-1932) Giovanni Capellini (Italy, 1833-1922) Eudald Carbonell (Spain, 1953- ) Daniel Cargnin (paleontologist) (Brazil, 1930-2002) Kenneth Carpenter (Japan, 1949- ) Thomas Carr (paleontologist) (Canada) Robert L. Carroll (United States, 1938-2020) Rodolfo Casamiquela (Argentina, 1932-2008) Ermine Cowles Case (United States, 1871-1953) Marjorie Chandler (England, 1897-1983) Meemann Chang (China, 1936- ) Frederick Chapman (England / Australia, 1864-1943) Wilfrid Chapman (England, 1891-1955) Alan Charig (England, 1927-1997) Edward Charlesworth (England, 1813-1893) Sankar Chatterjee (United States) James Chatters (United States, 1949- ) Alan Cheetham (United States, 1928- ) Feodosy Chernyshov (Russia, 1856-1914) Luis M. Chiappe (Argentina) Karen Chin (United States) Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan (South Africa) Henry Christy (England, 1810-1865) Jenny Clack (England, 1947-2020) T. H. Clark (Canada, 1893-1996) John Mason Clarke (United States, 1857-1928) Preston Cloud (United States, 1912-1991) Grigore Cobălcescu (Romania, 1831-1892) Alberto Cobos (Spain) Edwin Harris Colbert (United States, 1905-2001) Desmond H. Collins (Canada) Margaret Collinson(England, ) Fabio Colonna (Italy, 1567-1640) William Conybeare (England, 1787-1857) Isabel Clifton Cookson (Australia, 1893-1973) Edward Drinker Cope (United States, 1840-1897) Rodolfo Coria (Argentina, 1959- ) Shirley Coryndon (1926-1976) Maurice Cossmann (France, 1850-1924) Joseph Pitty Couthouy (United States, 1808-1864) Carlos de Paula Couto (Brazil, 1910-1982) Leslie Reginald Cox (England, 1897-1965) Henry Crampton (United States, 1875-1956) Peter Crane (England, ) Carl Hermann Credner (Germany, 1841-1913) Irene Crespin (Australia, 1896-1980) Walter Drawbridge Crick (England, 1857-1903) Margaret Crosfield (England, 1859-1952) Ilona Csepreghyné-Meznerics (Hungary, 1906 –1977) Osvaldo Rodrigues da Cunha (Brazil, 1930-2011) Ethel Currie (Scotland, 1899-1901) Philip J. Currie (Canada, 1949- ) Kristina Curry Rogers (United States) Georges Cuvier (France, 1769-1832) Jan Czerski (Poland, 1845-1892)
D
Ted Daeschler (United States) Anne Dambricourt-Malassé (France, 1959- ) Wilhelm Dames (Germany, 1843-1898) Robert Damon (England, 1814-1889) Thomas Davidson (Scotland, 1817-1885) A. Morley Davies (England) William Davies (England, 1814-1891) John William Dawson (Canada, 1820–1899) Mary R. Dawson (United States) Henry De la Beche (England, 1796-1855) Tao Deng (China, 1963- ) Charles Depéret (France, 1854-1929) Peter Dodson (United States) Louis Dollo (France / Belgium, 1857-1931) Dong Zhiming (China, 1937- ) Philip Donoghue (England) Stephen Donovan (England, 1954- ) Erling Dorf (United States, 1905-1984) François Doumergue (France, 1858-1938) Joseph Henri Ferdinand Douvillé (France, 1846-1937) Eugène Dubois (Netherlands, 1858-1940) Émilien Dumas (France, 1804-1873) William Sutherland Dun (Australia, 1868-1934) Carl Owen Dunbar (United States, 1891-1979) Peter Martin Duncan (England, 1824-1891) Wilhelm Dunker (Germany, 1809-1885) David Dunkle (United States, 1911-1984) Gareth J. Dyke (Ireland)
E
Tilly Edinger (Germany / United States, 1897-1967) Dianne Edwards (England, 1942- ) Sir Philip Grey Egerton, 10th Baronet (England, 1806-1881) Niles Eldredge (United States, 1943- ) Andrzej Elżanowski (Poland, 1950- ) Ashton F. Embry (Canada, 1946- ) Cesare Emiliani (Italy / United States, 1922-1995) Douglas Emlong (United States, 1942-1980) Hermann Friedrich Emmrich (Germany, 1815-1879) Stephan Endlicher (Austria, 1804-1849) Michael S. Engel (United States, 1971- ) Bruce Erickson (United States, 1933-2022) Gregory M. Erickson (United States) Gundolf Ernst (Germany, 1930-2002) Douglas Erwin (United States) Kirill Eskov (Russia, 1956- ) Robert Etheridge (England, 1819-1903) Robert Etheridge, Junior (England / Australia, 1847-1920) Constantin von Ettingshausen (Austria, 1826-1897) Eugène Eudes-Deslongchamps (France, 1830-1889) Jacques Amand Eudes-Deslongchamps (France, 1794-1867) Susan E. Evans (England)
F
Hugh Falconer (Scotland, 1808-1865) Paul Fallot (France, 1889-1960) Mikhail Fedonkin (Russia, 1946- ) Carroll Lane Fenton (United States, 1900-1969) Mildred Adams Fenton (United States, 1899-1995) Egidio Feruglio (Italy, 1897-1954) Harold John Finlay (New Zealand, 1901-1951) Clive Finlayson (Gibraltar, 1955- ) Geraldine Finlayson (Gibraltar) Anthony Fiorillo (United States) Paul Henri Fischer (France, 1835-1893) Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim (Germany, 1771-1853) Tim Flannery (Australia, 1956- ) Rousseau H. Flower (United States, 1913-1988) August Foerste (United States, 1862-1936) Michael Foote (United States, 1963- ) Edward Forbes (Isle of Man, 1815-1854) Carlo Fornasini (Italy, 1854-1931) Mikael Fortelius (Finland, 1954- ) Catherine Forster (United States) Clive Forster-Cooper (England, 1880-1947) Richard Fortey (England, 1946- ) John Foster (United States, 1966- ) William Parker Foulke (United States, 1816-1865) William Fox (England, 1813-1881) Eberhard Fraas (Germany, 1862-1915) Georgii Frederiks (Russia / Soviet Union, 1889-1938) Childs Frick (United States, 1883-1965) Antonin Fritsch (Czech Republic, 1832-1913) Karl von Fritsch (Germany, 1838-1906) Michael Frogley (United Kingdom)
G
William More Gabb (United States, 1839-1878) Eugene S. Gaffney (United States) Peter Galton (England, 1942- ) Taiping Gao (China, 1984- ) Kenneth Garrett (United States, 1953- ) Bartolomeo Gastaldi (Italy, 1818-1879) Charles-Théophile Gaudin (Switzerland, 1822-1866) Jean Albert Gaudry (France, 1827-1908) Sabine Gaudzinski-Windheuser (Germany, 1965- ) Jacques Gauthier (United States) Charles Lewis Gazin (United States, 1904-1995) Henry Gee (England, 1962- ) Ross Geller (United States) Paul Gervais (France, 1816-1879) James W. Gidley (United States, 1866-1931) Christoph Gottfried Andreas Giebel (Germany, 1820-1881) Edmund Dwen Gill (Australia, 1908-1986) David Gillette (United States) Charles W. Gilmore (United States, 1874-1945) Philip D. Gingerich (United States, 1946- ) George Herbert Girty (United States, 1869-1939) Bernard du Bus de Gisignies (Netherlands / Belgium, 1808-1874) Martin Glaessner (Austria-Hungary / Australia, 1906-1989)