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A geologist is a contributor to the science of geology. Geologists are also known as earth scientists or geoscientists. The following is a list of notable geologists. Many have received such awards as the Penrose Medal or the Wollaston Medal, or have been inducted into the National Academy of Sciences or the Royal Society. Geoscience specialties represented include geochemistry, geophysics, structural geology, tectonics, geomorphology, glaciology, hydrology, hydrogeology, oceanography, mineralogy, petrology, crystallography, paleontology, paleobotany, paleoclimatology, palynology, petroleum geology, planetary geology, sedimentology, soil science, stratigraphy, and volcanology. In this list, the person listed is a geologist unless another specialty is noted. Only geologists with biographical articles in Wikipedia are listed here.
== A ==
Vladimir Abazarov (1930–2003), Soviet geologist, discoverer of Samotlor oil field Aziz Ab'Saber (1924–2012), Brazilian geomorphologist, member Brazilian Academy of Sciences Otto Wilhelm Hermann von Abich (1806–1886), German mineralogist Louis Agassiz (1807–1873), Swiss-American geologist, work on ice ages, glaciers, Lake Agassiz Georgius Agricola (Georg Bauer) (1494–1555), German naturalist and 'Father of Mineralogy', author of De re metallica Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522–1605), Italian, Renaissance naturalist Claude Allègre (1937–2025), French geochemist, member of the French Academy of Sciences Fernando Flávio Marques de Almeida (1916–2013), Brazilian geologist, member Brazilian Academy of Sciences Walter Alvarez (born 1940), American, co-author of the impact theory for the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event J. Willis Ambrose (1911–1974), first President of Geological Association of Canada Ernest Masson Anderson (1877–1960), Scottish structural geologist, influential in theory of faulting Roy Chapman Andrews (1884–1960), American explorer and naturalist; Mongolian dinosaurs Mary Anning (1799–1847), English pioneer fossil collector Adolphe d'Archiac (1802–1868), French paleontologist, member French Academy of Sciences Giovanni Arduino (1714–1795), Italian, first classification of geological time Richard Lee Armstrong (1937–1991), American/Canadian geochemist, won Logan Medal Rosemary Askin (born 1949), first New Zealand woman to undertake her own research program in Antarctica in 1970. Tanya Atwater (born 1942), California, American geophysicist, marine geologist, plate tectonics specialist
== B ==
Ralph Bagnold (1896–1990), British, studied deserts and the physics of sand Andrew Geddes Bain (1797–1864), South African, prepared first detailed geological map of South Africa Bashiru Ademola Raji, Nigerian geologist and pedogenesist Robert T. Bakker (born 1945), American dinosaur paleontologist; author, The Dinosaur Heresies Octávio Barbosa (1907–1997), Brazilian field geologist and prospector; Gold Medal, Sociedade Brasileira de Geologia Thomas Barger (1909–1986), American, pioneered oil exploration in Saudi Arabia, later CEO of Aramco Anthony R. Barringer (1925–2009), Canadian/American geophysicist and inventor Charles Barrois (1851–1939), French geologist and paleontologist Florence Bascom (1862–1945), American, first woman geologist at the US Geological Survey Éliane Basse (1899–1985), French geologist and research director at the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) Abhijit Basu, Indian born American geologist Robert Bell (1841–1917), considered Canada's greatest explorer-scientist Walter A. Bell (1889–1969), Canadian paleobotanist and stratigrapher Helen Belyea (1913–1986), Canadian geologist best known for her research of the Devonian System. Reinout Willem van Bemmelen (1904–1983), Dutch, structural geology, economic geology and volcanology Etheldred Benett (1776–1845), English, pioneer paleontologist Pierre Berthier (1782–1861), French geologist, discovered the properties of bauxite Luca Bindi (born 1971), Italian geologist, discovered the first natural quasicrystal icosahedrite Eliot Blackwelder (1880–1969), American field geologist, president of the Geological Society of America George Stanfield Blake (1876–1940), British geologist William Blake (1774–1852), President of the Geological Society of London 1815–1816 William Phipps Blake (1826–1910), American geologist Selwyn G. Blaylock (1879–1945), Canadian chemist and mining executive with Cominco Stewart Blusson (born 1939), Canadian, co-discoverer of Ekati Diamond Mine Alexei Alexeivich Bogdanov (1907–1971), Soviet geologist Bruce Bolt (1930–2005), American (born Australia), pioneer engineering seismologist in California José Bonaparte (1928–2020), Argentinian paleontologist, discovered many South American dinosaurs William Borlase (1696–1772), Cornish natural historian, studied the minerals of Cornwall Norman L. Bowen (1887–1956), Canadian, pioneer experimental petrologist Scipione Breislak (1748–1826), Italian mineralogist and geologist, pioneer of volcanic gas collection J Harlen Bretz (1882–1981), American, discovered origin of channeled scablands David Brewster (1781–1868), Scottish physicist, studied the optical properties of minerals. Wallace S. Broecker (1931–2019), American paleoclimatologist and chemical oceanographer Robert Broom (1866–1951), South African palaeontologist, discovered australopithecine hominid fossils Barnum Brown (1873–1963), American, dinosaur hunter and self-taught paleontologist Christian Leopold von Buch (1774–1853), German geologist and paleontologist Mary Buckland (1797–1857), English, paleontologist, marine biologist and scientific illustrator William Buckland (1784–1856), English, wrote the first full account of a fossil dinosaur Judith Bunbury (born 1967), British, geoarchaeologist B. Clark Burchfiel (1934-2024), MIT structural geologist, studied the Tibetan Plateau; member of National Academy of Sciences Perry Byerly (1897–1978), American geophysicist and seismologist
== C ==