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William Maclure (1763–1840), published first geological map of United States (1809) J. Ross Mackay (1915–2014), Canadian permafrost geologist Robert Mallet (1810–1881), Irish, "father of seismology" Vera Malycheff (1886–1964), Russian-born French geologist Joseph A. Mandarino (1929–2007), American mineralogist Othniel Charles Marsh (1831–1899), American, pioneer dinosaur paleontologist; Bone Wars competitor Teresa Maryańska (1937–2019), Polish, paleontologist specializing in dinosaurs Kirtley F. Mather (1888–1978), Harvard professor, Scopes Monkey Trial William Williams Mather (1804–1859), professor, de facto state geologist of Ohio Drummond Matthews (1931–1997), British marine geologist, geophysicist, plate tectonics pioneer Sir Douglas Mawson (1882–1958), Australian Antarctic explorer Sir Frederick McCoy (c. 1817–1899), British and Australian palaeontologist and museum director Edith Merritt McKee (1918–2006), American geologist Dan McKenzie (born 1942), British geophysicist, plate tectonics pioneer Digby McLaren (1919–2004), Canadian paleontologist, Fellow of the Royal Society Marcia McNutt (born 1952), American geophysicist and the 22nd president of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) of the United States, 15th director of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) (and first woman to hold the post) Oscar Edward Meinzer (1876–1948), American hydrologist, "father of groundwater geology" Luiz Alberto Dias Menezes (1950–2014), Brazilian geologist and mineralogist Giuseppe Mercalli (1850–1914), Italian seismologist and volcanologist, developed the Mercalli intensity scale for measuring earthquakes Hans Merensky (1871–1952), South African economic geologist, discovered major diamond, platinum, chrome and copper deposits, including the Merensky Reef John C. Merriam (1869–1945), American, vertebrate paleontologist, studied fossils from La Brea Tar Pits Waman Bapuji Metre (1906–1970), Indian, petroleum geologist Ellen Louise Mertz (1896–1987), was one of Denmark's first female geologists and the country's first engineering geologist. Gerard V. Middleton (1931–2021), Canadian, sedimentologist, awarded Logan Medal Milutin Milanković (1879 - 1958), Serbian, geophysicist, climatologist Hugh Miller (1802–1856), Scottish, geologist, palaeontologist, author, The Old Red Sandstone John Milne (1850–1913), British seismologist and anthropologist, Order of the Rising Sun Andrija Mohorovičić (1857–1936), Croatian meteorologist and seismologist, discovered Mohorovicic Discontinuity Friedrich Mohs (1773–1839), German, devised Mohs' scale of mineral hardness James Monger, Canadian Cordillera geologist, won Logan Medal Eldridge Moores (1938–2018), American plate tectonics pioneer and petrologist who specialized in ophiolites Marie Morisawa (1919–1994), American geomorphology pioneer. The Geological Society of America established the Marie Morisawa Award in her honor. W. Jason Morgan (1935–2023), American plate tectonics pioneer, won National Medal of Science Edelmira Inés Mórtola (1894–1973), Argentine geologist for whom the Mórtola Mineralogy Museum was named. Eric W. Mountjoy (1931–2010), Canadian sedimentologist and petrologist, awarded Logan Medal Roderick Murchison (1792–1871), Scottish, author of The Silurian System (1839) Emiliano Mutti (born 1933), Italian petroleum geologist, won Twenhofel Medal

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Anthony J. Naldrett (1933–2020), Canadian (born England) nickel ore geologist E. R. Ward Neale (1923–2008), Atlantic Canada geologist John Strong Newberry (1822–1892), American, pioneer Western geologist and explorer Ernest (Ernie) H. Nickel (1925–2009), Canadian mineralogist Stephen Robert Nockolds (1909–1990), FRS and Murchison Medallist, petrologist Nils Gustaf Nordenskiöld (1792–1866), Finnish and Russian, mineralogist

== O == Henry Fairfield Osborn (1857–1935), American geologist and paleontologist Halszka Osmólska (1930–2008), Polish paleontologist specializing in dinosaurs John Ostrom (1928–2005), American, dinosaur paleontologist, discovered warm-blooded Deinonychus David Dale Owen (1807–1860), American, first state geologist of Indiana, Kentucky, and Arkansas

== P == Joseph Pardee (1871–1960), American, channeled scablands Clair Cameron Patterson (1922–1995), American, geochemist, fought lead poisoning R.A.F. Penrose, Jr. (1863–1931), American, mining geologist, Penrose Medal Francis J. Pettijohn (1904–1999), American, sedimentologist John Phillips (1800–1874), Yorkshire geologist John Arthur Phillips (1822–1887), FRS, Cornish geologist, metallurgist and mining engineer Vasiliy Podshibyakin (1928–1997), Soviet geologist, discoverer of Urengoy gas field Vladimir Porfiriev (1899–1982), Russian petroleum geologist Henry W. Posamentier (born 1948), American, petroleum geologist John Wesley Powell (1834–1902), American, ex-soldier who mapped the Colorado River, second director of the USGS Raymond A. Price (1933-2024), Canadian, structural and tectonic geologist Raphael Pumpelly (1837–1923), American, geologist and explorer

== Q == Jin Qingmin (1939-1999), Chinese, discovered for the first time the “breccia field peridotite” in Bachu Wajir Tagar in the Tarim Basin

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Bangalore Puttaiya Radhakrishna (1918–2012), a founder and officer of the Geological Society of India John G. Ramsay (1931–2021), British structural geologist Frederick Leslie Ransome (1868–1935), American (born England), USGS economic geologist, National Academy of Sciences David M. Raup (1933–2015), American, paleontologist; author of Extinction: Bad Genes or Bad Luck? Mary Louise Rhodes (1916–1987) American petroleum geologist; Permian Basin field research Charles Richter (1900–1985), American seismologist, devised Richter magnitude scale for earthquakes Ferdinand von Richthofen (1833–1905), German geologist and geographer Ronald Ringsrud (born 1951), American gemologist specializing in emerald research A.E. "Ted" Ringwood (1930–1993), Australian experimental geophysicist and geochemist, Wollaston Medal winner Andrés Manuel del Río (1764–1849), Spanish–Mexican mineralogist, discoverer of vanadium Alfred Rittmann (1893–1980), Swiss volcanologist, three-time president of the IAVCEI, Gustav Steinmann medal winner John Cole Roberts (1935–2016), Welsh geologist, fracture patterning Ralph J. Roberts (1911–2007), American geologist, Nevada gold districts Meyer Rubin (1924–2020), American geologist, known for radiocarbon dating work with the USGS Stanley Keith Runcorn (1922–1995), British geophysicist and plate tectonics pioneer; Fellow of the Royal Society

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