List of geographers
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This list of geographers is presented in English alphabetical transliteration order (by surnames). See also: List of Graeco-Roman geographers.
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A
- Hardo Aasmäe (Estonia, born 1951)
- Aziz Ab'Saber (Brazil, born 1924)
- Diogo Abreu (Portugal, born 1947)
- Peter Adams (Canada, born 1936)
- Agatharchides (Ancient Greece, 2nd century BC)
- Agathedaemon of Alexandria (Ancient Greece, 2nd century AD)
- John A. Agnew
- A. W. Andrews (UK, 1868–1959))
- Alypius of Antioch (Roman Empire, fl. circa 450)
- Ash Amin (UK)
- Jacques Ancel (France, 1879–1943)
- Karl Andree (Germany, 1808–1875)
- Richard Andree (Germany, 1835–1912)
- Aaron Arrowsmith (England, 1750–1823)
- Väinö Auer (Finland, 1895–1981)
- Félix de Azara (Spain, 1742–1821)
B
- Zonia Baber (1862-1955)
- Karl Ernst von Baer (1792–1876)
- Oliver Edwin Baker
- Abu Abdullah al-Bakri (1014–1094)
- Robert Bailey
- Robert Balling
- Keith Barber
- John George Bartholomew
- Ibn Battuta (Morocco, 1304–1369)
- Anthony Bebbington 1962-
- Frederick William Beechey
- Walter Behrmann
- Charles Tilstone Beke
- Lev Semenovich Berg
- Ahmed ibn Sahl al-Balkhi (Persia, 850-934)
- Luiza Bialasiewicz
- Abū Rayhān Bīrūnī (Persia, 973-1048)
- Isaiah Bowman
- Joan Blaeu (Amsterdam 1596-1673)
- Harm de Blij
- Franz Boas
- Edward William Brayley
- Conrad Malte-Brun
- William Bunge
- Philip Burden
- Sir Richard Francis Burton, Royal Geographical Society
- Prince Roland Bonaparte
C
- Manuel Castells
- Richard Cathcart
- Andreas Cellarius
- Samuel de Champlain
- Chen Cheng-Siang Chen
- George Chisholm (geographer)
- Walter Christaller (Germany 1893-1969)
- Richard Chorley
- Václav Cílek (Czechia, born 1955)
- A. Rees Clark
- Claudius Clavus (Claudus Claussøn Swart)
- Philip Cluwer
- Denis Cosgrove (England 1948-2008)
- John Antony Cramer
- George Cressey
- James Croll
- Mike Crang
- Jovan Cvijić (Serbia 1865-1927)
D
- Jack Dangermond
- William Morris Davis (USA, 1850–1934)
- Alexander Dalrymple
- Frank Debenham
- John Dee (England, 1527–1608)
- Jared Diamond (USA, 1937)
- Dicaearchus (Greece, circa 350-285 BC)
- Peter Dicken
- Al-Dinawari (828-898)
- Vasily V. Dokuchaev
- William E. Doolittle
E
- William Gordon East
- Eratosthenes (Greece, 276-194 BC)
- Lewis Evans (surveyor)
- George Everest
F
- Ahmad ibn Fadlan (10th c.)
- Ghazi Falah
- Ibn al-Faqih (10th c.)
- Abu al-Fida (Abulfeda) (Syria, 1273–1331)
- J. Keith Fraser
- Gemma Frisius (Netherlands, 1508–1555)
- Masahisa Fujita
G
- Alfons Gabriel
- Luis García Sáinz (Spain, 1894-1965)
- Francis Galton
- Paul Gallez
- Johann Georg August Galletti
- Abu Said Gardezi (d. 1061)
- Henry Gannett
- William Garrison (geographer)
- Johann Gottlieb Georgi
- Artur Gavazzi (Croatia, Slovenia, 1861–1944)
- John Alan Glennon
- Johann Georg Gmelin
- Reginald G. Golledge
- Michael Frank Goodchild (1944 -)
- Jean Gottman
- Peter Gould
- Derek Gregory
- Lev Gumilev
- Arnold Henry Guyot
H
- Mohammad Reza Hafeznia (Iran)
- Toni Hagen
- Torsten Hägerstrand (Sweden, 1916–2004)
- Peter Haggett
- Mohammad Reza Hafeznia (Iran)
- Yaqut al-Hamawi (1179–1229)
- Hamdani (893-945)
- Richard Hartshorne (United States, 1899–1992)
- Karl Haushofer
- Cole Harris
- David Harvey (United States, Britain, born 1935)
- Henri Hauser
- Ibn Hawqal (d. after 977)
- Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen) (Iraq, 965-1039)
- Zheng He
- John Heap
- Sven Hedin (Sweden, 1865–1952)
- Gamal Hemdan (Egypt, 1928–1993)
- Alfred Hettner
- Hipparchus (Greece, 190-120 BC)
- Filip Hjulström (Sweden, 1092-1982)
- Thomas Holdich
- John Holmes (professor)
- Johann Homann(Germany, 1664–1724)
- J.F. Horrabin
- Robert E. Horton
- Alexander von Humboldt (Germany, 1769–1859)
- Carl Humann
- Ellsworth Huntington
- Thomas Hutchins
I
- Muhammad al-Idrisi (Dreses) (Islamic Spain, 1100–1166)
- Cosmas Indicopleustes
J
- Jane Jacobs
- Kim Jeong-ho
- Alexander Keith Johnston (1804-1871)
- Alexander Keith Johnston (1844-1879)
- Ron J. Johnston
- Ibn Jubayr (1145–1217)
K
- Felix Philipp Kanitz
- Mahmud al-Kashgari (1005–1102)
- Robert Kates
- Ibn Khordadbeh (820-912)
- Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī (780-850)
- Richard Kiepert
- Heinrich Kiepert
- Al-Kindi (Alkindus) (801-873)
- Peter Knight
- Grigorios Konstantas (1753-1844)
- Peter Kozler
- Stepan Krasheninnikov
- Peter Kropotkin
L
- Yves Lacoste
- Joannes de Laet
- William Lambton
- Marcia Langton
- Liu An (China, 177-122 BC)
- Philippe Le Billon
- Peirce F. Lewis
- David Livingstone
M
- Halford John Mackinder (UK, 1861–1947)
- Ahmad Bin Majid (born 1432)
- Conrad Malte-Brun
- Victor Adolphe Malte-Brun
- Kenneth Mason
- Doreen Massey
- Abu al-Hasan 'Alī al-Mas'ūdī (896-956)
- Otto Maull
- Simion Mehedinţi (Romania, 1868–1962)
- D. W. Meinig
- Anton Melik
- Alfred Merz
- Megasthenes
- August Meitzen (Germany 1822-1910)
- Anton Melik (Slovenia, 1890–1966)
- Nicolae Milescu
- Don Mitchell
- Mark Monmonier
- Jedidiah Morse
- William G. Moseley
- Hamdollah Mostowfi (1281–1349)
- Al-Muqaddasi (945-1000)
N
O
- Erich Obst
- Vladimir Obruchev
- Patrick O'Flanagan
- Miles Ogborn
- Gearóid Ó Tuathail
- Orlando Ribeiro (Portugal, 1911–1997)
P
- Joseph Partsch
- Pasqualetti
- Pausanias (Greece, fl. circa 150)
- Albrecht Penck
- Walther Penck
- Chris Philo
- Daniel Philippidis (ca. 1750-1832)
- Posidonius (Greece 135-51 BCE)
- Marco Polo
- Allan Pred
- John Robert Victor Prescott
- Nikolai Przhevalsky
- Pseudo-Scymnus
- Ptolemy (Roman Egypt, circa 85-165)
- Pytheas (Greece, fl. circa 360 BC)
R
- Sarah A. Radcliffe
- Friedrich Ratzel
- Amin Razi (Persia, 16th century)
- Elisee Reclus
- Piri Reis (Turkey, 1465–1554)
- James Rennell
- Orlando Ribeiro
- Ferdinand Baron Von Richthofen 19th Century
- Carl Ritter (Germany, 1779–1859)
- Arthur H. Robinson
- Joseph Rock
- Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs
- Bernard Romans
- Thomas E. Ross
- William Roy
- Ibn Rushd (Averroes) (Islamic Spain, 1126–1198)
- Ibn Rustah (Persia, d. 903)
S
- David Sadler
- Milton Santos (Brazil, 1926—2001)
- Saskia Sassen
- Carl Sauer (USA, 1889—1975)
- Fred K. Schaefer (Berlin, Germany 1904-USA, 1953)
- Henry Schoolcraft
- Scymnus
- Leopold von Schrenck
- Allen J Scott
- Ellen Churchill Semple
- Edward Shackleton, Baron Shackleton
- Pyotr Semenov-Tyan-Shansky
- Shen Kuo (China, 1031–1095)
- Yuly Shokalsky
- Ibn Sina (Avicenna) (Persia, 980-1037)
- Paul Allen Siple
- Andrew Sluyter
- Neil Smith
- Richard_G_Smith
- Edward Soja (Spain, 1942)
- Su Song (China, 1020–1101)
- Oskar Spate
- John Speke, Royal Geographic Society
- Evelyn Stokes (New Zealand, 1936–2005)
- Strabo (Roman Empire, Greece, circa 63/64 - circa 24 BC)
- Ulf Strohmayer
T
- Andres Tarand (Estonia, born 1940)
- Ralph Stockman Tarr
- Peter J. Taylor
- Johann Heinrich von Thünen (Germany, 1783–1850)
- Nigel Thrift
- Waldo R. Tobler
- Wilhelm Tomaschek
- Roger Tomlinson
- George Trebeck
- Emil Trinkler
- Carl Troll
- Yi-Fu Tuan (United States, China, born 1930)
- Billie Lee Turner II
- Marinos of Tyre
U
V
- Paul Vidal de la Blache (France, 1845–1918)
W
- Alfred Russel Wallace
- Michael Watts
- Alfred Weber (Germany, 1868–1958)
- Gilbert F. White
- Alan Wilson
- Charles W. J. Withers
- Denis Wood (United States, 1945 - )
- John Kirtland Wright
- Alfred Lothar Wegener
- Richard Waller
X
Y
- Naomasa Yamasaki
- Ya'qubi (d. 897)
Z
- Wilbur Zelinsky (United States, born 1921)
- Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann
