This list of sociologists includes people who have made notable contributions to sociological theory or to research in one or more areas of sociology.

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• Peter Abell (born 1939), British sociologist

• Andrew Abbott (born 1948), American sociologist

• Rabab Abdulhadi (born 1955), Palestinian-American scholar, activist, educator, editor, academic director, and sociologist

• Margaret Abraham, Indian-American sociologist

• Mark Abrams (1906–1994), British sociologist, political scientist and pollster

• Janet Abu-Lughod (1928–2013), American sociologist

• Jane Addams (1860–1935), American social worker, sociologist, public philosopher and reformer

• Theodor Adorno (1903–1969), German philosopher and cultural sociologist

• Richard Alba (1942–2025), American sociologist

• Francesco Alberoni (1929–2023), Italian sociologist

• Martin Albrow (born 1937), British sociologist

• Jeffrey C. Alexander (born 1947), American sociologist

• David Altheide (born 1845), American sociologist

• Louis Althusser (1918–1990), French philosopher and sociologist

• Edwin Amenta, American sociologist

• Nancy Ammerman (born 1950), American sociologist

• Elijah Anderson, American sociologist

• Eric Anderson (born 1968), American-British sociologist

• Kevin B. Anderson (born 1948), American sociologist

• Stanislav Andreski (1919–2007), Polish-British sociologist

• Robert Cooley Angell (1899–1984), American sociologist

• Aaron Antonovsky (1923–1994), Israeli sociologist

• Arjun Appadurai (born 1949), Indian sociologist

• Andrew Arato (born 1944), Hungarian-American sociologist

• Margaret Archer (1943–2023), British sociologist

• Jason Arday (1985–2026), British sociologist

• Hannah Arendt (1906–1975), German political theorist

• Alcira Argumedo (1940–2021), Argentine sociologist

• Aristoteles (384–322 BC), Ancient Greek philosopher and sociologist

• Signe Arnfred (born 1944), Danish sociologist

• Raymond Aron (1905–1983), French philosopher and sociologist

• Stanley Aronowitz, American sociologist

• Giovanni Arrighi (1937–2009), Italian sociologist

• Johan Asplund (1937–2018), Swedish sociologist

• Vilhelm Aubert (1922–1988), Norwegian sociologist

• Francisco Ayala (1906–2009), Spanish sociologist and novelist

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• Élisabeth Badinter (born 1944), French philosopher and historian

• Patrick Baert (born 1961), British sociologist

• Sergio Bagú (1911–2002), Argentinian sociologist

• Kenneth D. Bailey (born 1943), American sociologist

• Georges Balandier (1920–2016), French sociologist

• Emily Greene Balch (1867–1961), American professor of sociology and Nobel Peace laureate

• Robert Balch, American sociologist

• Étienne Balibar (born 1942), French philosopher and sociologist

• E. Digby Baltzell (1915–1996), American sociologist

• Jack Barbalet, Australian sociologist

• Teresita de Barbieri (1937–2018), Uruguayan-born Mexican feminist sociologist

• Eileen Barker (born 1938), British sociologist and professor

• Barry Barnes (born 1943), British sociologist

• Liberty Barnes, American sociologist

• Roland Barthes (1915–1980), French literary critic, literary and social theorist, philosopher, and semiotician

• Robert Bartholomew (born 1958), American medical sociologist living in New Zealand

• Roger Bartra, Mexican sociologist

• Roger Bastide (1898–1974), French sociologist

• Georges Bataille (1897–1962), French philosopher and sociologist

• Gregory Bateson (1904–1980), English/American cybernetician

• Jean Baubérot (born 1941), French historian and sociologist

• Christian Baudelot (born 1938), French sociologist

• Jean Baudrillard (1929–2007), French cultural theorist

• Zygmunt Bauman (1925–2017), Polish/British sociologist

• Frank Bean (born 1942), American sociologist

• Peter Bearman (born 1956), American sociologist

• Ulrich Beck (1944–2015), German sociologist

• Gary Becker (1930–2014), American economist

• Howard P. Becker (1899–1960), American sociologist

• Howard S. Becker (1928–2023), American sociologist

• Jens Beckert (born 1967), German sociologist

• Richard F. Behrendt (1908–1973), German sociologist

• Daniel Bell (1919–2011), American sociologist

• Wendell Bell (1924–2019), American sociologist

• Robert N. Bellah (1927–2013), American sociologist

• Walden Bello (born 1945), Filipino sociologist

• Edvard Beneš (1884–1948), Czechoslovak sociologist and politician

• Reinhard Bendix (1916–1991), German-American sociologist

• Walter Benjamin (1892–1940), German cultural writer and sociologist

• Albert Benschop (1949–2018), Dutch sociologist

• Joseph Berger (1924–2023), American sociologist

• Peter L. Berger (1929–2017), Austro-American sociologist

• Solveig Bergman (born 1955), Finnish sociologist active in gender studies

• Pierre L. van den Berghe, Belgian sociologist

• Henri Bergson (1859–1941), French philosopher

• Jessie Bernard (1903–1996), American feminist sociologist

• Basil Bernstein (1924–2000), British sociologist

• Eduard Bernstein (1850–1932), German politician and intellectual

• Jean-Michel Berthelot (1945–2006), French sociologist

• Joel Best, America sociologist

• Andre Beteille (1934–2026), Indian sociologist

• Gurminder K. Bhambra, British sociologist

• Krishna Bhattachan, Nepalese sociologist

• Robert Bierstedt (1913–1998), American sociologist

• Norman Birnbaum (1926–2019), American sociologist

• Margunn Bjørnholt (born 1958), Norwegian sociologist and economist

• Donald Black (1941–2024), American sociologist

• Blanc de Saint-Bonnet (1815–1880), French philosopher

• Peter Blau (1918–2002), American sociologist

• Kathleen M. Blee (born 1953), American sociologist

• Gisela Bleibtreu-Ehrenberg (1929–2025), German sociologist, ethnologist, and sexologist

• Danielle Bleitrach (born 1938), French sociologist and journalist

• Fred L. Block (born 1947), American sociologist

• David Bloor (born 1942), British sociologist

• Herbert Blumer (1900–1987), American sociologist

• Olivier Bobineau (born 1972), French sociologist

• Sophie Body-Gendrot (1942–2018), French sociologist

• Donald Bogue (1918–2014), American demographer and sociologist

• Manuela Bojadžijev (born 1971), German academic and sociologist

• Luc Boltanski (born 1940), French sociologist

• Louis de Bonald, French philosopher and politician

• Eduardo Bonilla-Silva (born 1962), American sociologist

• Scott Boorman (born 1949), American sociologist

• Charles Booth (1840–1916), British social researcher

• Ernst Borinski (1901–1983), German sociologist

• Atilio Borón, Argentinian sociologist

• Thomas Bottomore (1920–1992), British sociologist

• Raymond Boudon (1934–2013), French sociologist

• Pierre Bourdieu (1930–2002), French sociologist

• Victor Branford (1863–1930), British sociologist

• Ronald Breiger, American sociologist

• John David Brewer (born 1951), British sociologist

• Carl Brinkmann (1885–1954), German sociologist

• David G. Bromley, American sociologist

• Rogers Brubaker, American sociologist

• Hauke Brunkhorst (born 1945), German sociologist

• José Joaquín Brunner (born 1944), Chilean sociologist

• Hans Henrik Reventlow Bruun (born 1943), Danish sociologist

• Lois Bryson (1937–2024), Australian sociologist

• Walter F. Buckley (1921–2006), American sociologist

• Michael Burawoy (1947–2025), American sociologist

• Ernest Burgess (1886–1966), Canadian sociologist

• Tom R. Burns (1937–2025), European-American sociologist

• Ronald Burt (born 1949), American sociologist

• Judith Butler (born 1956), American gender theorist

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• Werner J. Cahnman (1902–1980), German-American sociologist

• Alain Caillé (born 1944), French sociologist

• Roger Caillois (1913–1978), French sociologist

• Craig Calhoun (born 1952), American sociologist

• Michel Callon (1945–2025), French sociologist

• Charles Camic (born 1951), American sociologist

• Colin Campbell (born 1940), British sociologist

• Elias Canetti (1905–1994), Bulgaria-born novelist and outsider sociologist

• Georges Canguilhem (1904–1995), French intellectual

• Fernando Henrique Cardoso (born 1931), Brazilian sociologist, former President of Brazil

• Gabriel Careaga Medina (1941–2004), Mexican sociologist

• Kathleen Carley, American computational sociologist

• José Casanova (born 1951), Spanish/American sociologist of religion

• Antonio Caso (1883–1946), Mexican sociologist

• Robert Castel (1933–2013), French sociologist

• Julieta Castellanos (born 1952), Honduran sociologist

• Manuel Castells (born 1942), Spanish sociologist and urban planner

• Cornelius Castoriadis (1922–1997), Greek philosopher and political theorist

• Santiago Castro-Gómez (born 1958), Colombian philosopher and sociologist

• Michel de Certeau (1925–1986), French cultural sociologist

• Karen A. Cerulo (born 1957), American sociologist

• Francis Stuart Chapin (1888–1974), American sociologist

• Kathy Charmaz (1939–2020), American sociologist

• Christopher Chase-Dunn (born 1944), American sociologist

• Louis Chauvel (born 1967), French sociologist

• Albert Chavannes (1836–1903), American sociologist

• Andrew Cherlin (born 1948), American sociologist

• Nancy Chodorow (born 1944), American sociologist, psychoanalyst, and gender theorist

• Nicholas A. Christakis (born 1962), American sociologist

• Ann-Dorte Christensen, Danish sociologist

• Chua Beng Huat, Singaporean sociologist

• Aaron Cicourel (1928–2023), American sociologist

• Dieter Claessens (1921–1997), German sociologist

• Adele Clarke (1945–2024), American sociologist

• Simon Clarke (1946–2022), British sociologist

• Lars Clausen (1935–2010), German sociologist

• Marshall B. Clinard (1911–2010), American sociologist (criminology)

• Clifford Clogg (1949–1995), American sociologist

• Richard Cloward (1926–2001), American sociologist

• Ansley J. Coale (1917–2002), American demographer and sociologist

• Philip N. Cohen, American sociologist

• Ronald L. Cohen (1945–2020), American social psychologist

• Stanley Cohen (1942–2013), British sociologist (criminology)

• James Samuel Coleman (1926–1995), American sociologist

• Harry Collins (born 1943), British sociologist

• Patricia Hill Collins (born 1948), American sociologist

• Randall Collins (born 141), American sociologist

• Auguste Comte (1798–1857), French founder of sociology

• Nicolas de Condorcet, French mathematician and early sociologist

• Dalton Conley (born 1969), American sociologist

• R. W. Connell (born 1944), Australian sociologist

• Paul Connerton (1940–2019), British sociologist

• Karen Cook (born 1946), American sociologist

• Charles Cooley (1864–1929), American sociologist

• Anna Julia Cooper (1858–1964), American sociologist

• Lewis A. Coser (1913–2003), American sociologist

• Carl J. Couch (1925–1994), American sociologist

• Douglas E. Cowan (born 1958), Canadian sociologist

• Oliver Cox (1901–1974), Trinidadian-American sociologist

• Maxine Leeds Craig, American sociologist

• Rosemary Crompton (1942–2011), British sociologist

• Colin Crouch (born 1944), British sociologist

• Michel Crozier (1922–2013), French sociologist

• Agustin Cueva (1937–1992), Ecuadorian sociologist

• Stefan Czarnowski (1879–1937), Polish sociologist

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• Robert Dahl (1915–2014), American political scientist

• Ralf Dahrendorf (1929–2009), German-British sociologist and politician

• Dankwart Danckwerts (1933–2012), German sociologist

• Randy David (born 1946), Filipino sociologist

• Leonore Davidoff (1932–2014), American-British sociologist and historian

• Kingsley Davis (1908–1997), American sociologist

• Georges Davy (1883–1976), French sociologist

• Christopher Dawson (1889–1970), British sociologist and Catholic historian

• François de Singly (born 1948), French sociologist

• Régis Debray (born 1940), French mediologist

• Alexander Deichsel (born 1935), German sociologist

• Christine Delphy (born 1941), French sociologist, feminist, and theorist

• Gilles Deleuze (1925–1995), French philosopher

• Donatella della Porta (born 1956), Italian sociologist and political scientist

• Christine Delphy (born 1941), French sociologist

• Bogdan Denitch (1929–2016), American sociologist

• Norman K. Denzin (1941–2023), American sociologist

• Régis Dericquebourg (born 1947), French sociologist of religions

• Jacques Derrida (1930–2004), French philosopher

• Matthew Desmond, American sociologist

• Heinz Dieterich (1943–2026), German-Mexican sociologist

• Bulent Diken (born 1964), Danish sociologist

• Wilhelm Dilthey (1833–1911), German historian, psychologist and sociologist

• Helen Dinerman (1920–1974), American public opinion researcher

• Gail Dines (born 1958), British-American sociologist

• Paul DiMaggio (born 1951), American cultural sociologist

• Georgi Dimitrov Dimitrov (born 1958), Bulgarian sociologist

• Thomas A. DiPrete (bborn 1950), American sociologist

• Stuart C. Dodd (1900–1975), American sociologist

• G. William Domhoff (born 1936), American sociologist

• Orna Donath (born 1976), Israeli sociologist

• Pierpaolo Donati (born 1946), Italian sociologist

• Ronald P. Dore (1925–2018), British sociologist

• Theotônio dos Santos (1936–2018), Brazilian sociologist

• Mary Douglas (1921–2007), British anthropologist and sociologist of perception

• Tommy Douglas (1904–1986), Canadian politician

• W. E. B. Du Bois (1868–1963), American sociologist and civil rights leader

• Denis Duclos (born 1947), French sociologist

• Otis Dudley Duncan (1921–2004), American sociologist

• Mitchell Duneier, American sociologist

• Eric Dunning (1936–2019), British sociologist

• Émile Durkheim (1858–1917), French sociologist

• Troy Duster (born 1936), American sociologist

• Maurice Duverger (1917–2014), French sociologist

• Jean Duvignaud (1921–2007), French sociologist

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• Gerald L. Eberlein (1930–2010), German sociologist

• Alain Ehrenberg (born 1950), French sociologist

• Eugen Ehrlich (1862–1922), German sociologist

• Shmuel Noah Eisenstadt (1923–2010), Israeli sociologist

• Riane Eisler (born 1931), cultural historian, systems scientist, educator, and attorney

• Glen Elder (born 1934), American sociologist

• Norbert Elias (1897–1990), German sociologist

• Jacques Ellul (1912–1994), French sociologist

• Jon Elster (born 1940), Norwegian sociologist

• Mustafa Emirbayer, American sociologist

• Hugo O. Engelmann (1917–2002), American sociologist

• Friedrich Engels (1820–1895), German socialist philosopher

• Paula England (born 1949), American sociologist

• Ronald Enroth (1938–2023), American sociologist

• Kai T. Erikson (1931–2025), American sociologist

• Fernando Escalante Gonzalbo, Mexican sociologist

• Gosta Esping-Andersen (born 1947), Danish sociologist

• Roger Establet ((1938–2026), French sociologist

• Amitai Etzioni (1929–2023), American sociologist

• Peter B. Evans (born 1944), American sociologist

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• Orlando Fals Borda (1925–2008), Colombian sociologist

• Frantz Fanon (1929–1961), Martinican intellectual and sociologist

• Rick Fantasia, American sociologist

• Thomas Fararo (1933–2020), American mathematical sociologist

• Sara R. Farris, Italian sociologist of feminism and migration

• Didier Fassin (born 1955), French sociologist

• Paul Fauconnet (1874–1938), French sociologist

• Joe Feagin (born 1938), American sociologist

• Mike Featherstone, British sociologist

• Fei Xiaotong (1910–2005), Chinese sociologist and anthropologist

• Anuška Ferligoj (born 1947), Slovenian mathematical sociologist

• Florestan Fernandes (1920–1995), Brazilian sociologist

• Myra Marx Ferree (born 1949), American sociologist

• Enrico Ferri (1856–1929), Italian sociologist and criminologist

• Mileva Filipović (1938–2020), Montenegrin sociologist and gender studies pioneer

• Gary Alan Fine (born 1950), American sociologist

• Claude Fischer (born 1948), American author of the subcultural theory of urbanism

• George Fitzhugh (1806–1881), American social theorist

• Crystal Marie Fleming (born 1981), American sociologist and author

• Peter Flora (born 1944), Austrian sociologist

• Heinz von Foerster (1911–2002), Austrian/American cybernetician

• Pim Fortuyn (1948–2002), Dutch sociologist author and politician

• Daniel A. Foss (1940–2014), American sociologist

• John Bellamy Foster (born 1953), American sociologist and journalist

• Michel Foucault (1926–1984), French philosopher

• Alfred Jules Émile Fouillée (1838–1912), French philosopher and sociologist

• Charles Fourier (1772–1837), French proto-sociologist

• Renée Fox (1928–2020), American sociologist

• Frances Fox Piven (born 1932), American sociologist

• Andre Gunder Frank (1929–2005), German economic historian and sociologist

• Mary Frank Fox, American sociologist

• Nancy Fraser (born 1947), American social theorist

• Hans Freyer (1887–1969), German sociologist and philosopher

• Gilberto Freyre (1900–1987), Brazilian sociologist

• Erhard Friedberg (born 1942), Austrian sociologist

• Samuel R. Friedman (born 1942), American sociologist and epidemiologist

• Georges Friedmann (1902–1977), French sociologist

• Steve Fuller (born 1959), American sociologist

• Frank Furstenberg (born 1940), American sociologist

• Celso Furtado (1920–2004), Brazilian economist

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• Luciano Gallino (1927–2015), Italian sociologist

• Francis Galton (1822–1911), English statistician

• Johan Galtung (1930–2024), Norwegian sociologist, mathematician, and founder of peace studies

• Diego Gambetta (born 1952), Italian sociologist

• Herbert J. Gans (1927–2025), American sociologist

• Néstor García Canclini (bon 1939), Argentinian-Mexican sociologist

• Brígida García Guzmán (1947–2020), Dominican-Mexican sociologist

• Delphine Gardey (born 1967), French sociologist

• Harold Garfinkel (1917–2011), American sociologist

• David W. Garland, British sociologist

• Manuel Antonio Garretón (born 1943), Chilean sociologist

• Romeo B. Garrett (1910–2000), American sociologist

• Marcel Gauchet (born 1946), French sociologist

• John Gaventa (born 1949), American-British sociologist

• Patrick Geddes (1854– 1932), Scottish sociologist

• Clifford Geertz (1926–2006), American anthropologist

• Arnold Gehlen (1904–1976), German philosopher and sociologist

• Theodor Geiger (1891–1952), German sociologist

• Ernest Gellner (1925–1995), Czech-British philosopher and social anthropologist

• Uta Gerhardt (born 1938), German sociologist

• Govind Sadashiv Ghurye (1893–1983), Indian sociologist

• Anthony Giddens (born 1938), English sociologist

• Franklin Henry Giddings (1855–1931), American sociologist

• Ayelet Giladi (born 1964), Israeli educational sociologist

• Nigel Gilbert (born 1950), British sociologist

• Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860–1935), American sociologist

• Paul Gilroy (born 1956), British sociologist

• Salvador Giner (1934–2019), Spanish sociologist

• Corrado Gini (1884–1965), Italian statistician

• Morris Ginsberg (1889–1970), British sociologist

• Herbert Gintis (1940– 2023), American behavioral scientist

• Henry Giroux (born 1943), American sociologist of education

• Todd Gitlin (1943–2022), American sociologist

• Barney Glaser (1930–2022), American sociologist

• David Glass (1911–1978), British sociologist

• Barry Glassner (born 1952), American sociologist

• Nathan Glazer (1923–2019), American sociologist

• Max Gluckman (1911–1975), South African/English social anthropologist

• Erving Goffman (1922–1982), Canadian interactionistic sociologist

• Steven J. Gold (born 1955), American sociologist

• Lucien Goldmann (1913–1970), Romanian/French sociologist

• Jack Goldstone (born 1953), American sociologist

• John H. Goldthorpe (born 1935), British sociologist

• Yasunosuke Gonda (1887–1951), Japanese sociologist

• Pablo González Casanova (1922–2023), Mexican sociologist

• Jeff Goodwin (born 1958), American sociologist

• Roger V. Gould (1962–2002), American sociologist

• Alvin Gouldner (1920–1980), American sociologist

• Ziya Gökalp (1876–1924), Turkish sociologist, writer, poet and political activist

• Isacque Graeber (1905–1984), sociologist and Jewish historian

• Antonio Gramsci (1891–1937), Italian Marxist and social theorist

• Mark Granovetter (born 1943), American sociologist

• Richard Grathoff (1934–2013), German sociologist and phenomenologist

• Andrew M. Greeley (1928–2013), American sociologist, priest, writer

• Andrew Greeley (1928–2013), an American Catholic priest, sociologist, journalist and novelist.

• Liah Greenfeld (born 1954), Russian/American sociologist

• Leonid Grinin (born 1958), Russian sociologist

• Wendy Griswold (born 1946), American sociologist

• Ramón Grosfoguel (born 1956), Puerto Rican sociologist

• Jaber F. Gubrium , American sociologist

• Ludwig Gumplowicz (1838–1909), Polish sociologist, one of the founders of European sociology

• Dipankar Gupta (born 1949), Indian sociologist

• Georges Gurvitch (1894–1965), Russian/French sociologist

• Dimitrie Gusti (1880–1955), Romanian sociologist, the creator of the sociological monographic method

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• Jürgen Habermas (born 1929), German social theorist

• Jeffrey K. Hadden (1937–2003), American sociologist

• Maurice Halbwachs (1877–1945), French philosopher and sociologist

• Drew Halfmann (born 1967), American sociologist

• Tomáš Halík (born 1948), Czech Catholic priest, philosopher, sociologist, and theologian

• Bente Halkier (born 1964), Danish sociologist

• John A. Hall (born 1949), British/Canadian sociologist

• Stuart Hall (1932–2014), British cultural theorist

• Jean Halley (born 1967), American sociologist

• Michael T. Hannan (born 1943), American sociologist

• Donna Haraway (born 1944), American gender and technology theorist

• Eszter Hargittai (born 1973), Hungarian sociologist

• Marta Harnecker (1937–2019), Chilean sociologist

• Valérie Harvey (born 1979), Canadian writer and sociologist

• Chandrakala A. Hate (1903–1990), Indian sociologist, social worker, and author

• James Hawdon, American sociologist and professor

• Darnell Hawkins (born 1946), American sociologist, criminologist, and emeritus professor

• Amos Hawley (1910–2009), American sociologist

• Peter Hedström (born 1955), Swedish sociologist

• Samuel Heilman, American sociologist

• Peter Heintz (1920–1983), Swiss sociologist

• Wilhelm Heitmeyer (born 1945), German sociologist

• Dirk Helbing (born 1965), Swiss sociologist

• Horst Helle (1934–2026), German sociologist

• Ágnes Heller (1929–2019), Hungarian philosopher and sociologist

• Celia Stopnicka Heller (1922–2011), American sociologist

• Will Herberg (1901–1977), American sociologist

• John Heritage (born 1946), American sociologist

• Robert Hertz (1881–1915), French sociologist

• Danièle Hervieu-Léger (born 1947), French sociologist

• Michael D. Higgins (born 1941), Irish sociologist and former Irish president

• Reuben Hill (1912–1985), American sociologist

• Ulf Himmelstrand (1924–2011), Swedish sociologist

• Travis Hirschi (1935–2017), American sociologist

• Paul Hirst (1946–2003), British sociologist

• Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679), British philosopher

• Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse (1864–1929), pioneer British sociologist

• Arlie Russell Hochschild (born 1940), American sociologist

• Richard Hoggart (1918–2014), British sociologist

• John Holloway (born 1947), Irish sociologist

• Susanne Holmström (born 1947), Danish sociologist

• Robert J. Holton (born 1946), British sociologist

• George C. Homans (1910–1989), American behavioral sociologist

• Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, American sociologist

• Axel Honneth (born 1949), German social theorist

• Ida R. Hoos (1912–2007), American sociologist

• Max Horkheimer (1895–1973), German social theorist

• Irving Louis Horowitz (1929–2012), American sociologist

• Eugenio María de Hostos (1839–1903), Puerto Rican sociologist

• Michael Hout (born 1950), American sociologist

• François Houtart (1925–2017), Belgian sociologist

• Philip N. Howard (born 19700, Canadian-American sociologist

• Spomenka Hribar (born 1941), Slovenian sociologist, philosopher, politician, and public intellectual

• Joan Huber (1925–2026), American sociologist

• Everett Hughes (1897–1983), American sociologist

• Stephen J. Hunt, British sociologist

• James Davison Hunter (born 1955), American sociologist

• Herbert Hyman (1918–1985), American sociologist

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• Octavio Ianni (1926–2004), Brazilian sociologist

• Ibn Khaldun (1332/ah732–1406/ah808), North African historian, forerunner of modern historiography, sociology, and economics

• Kancha Ilaiah (born 1952), Indian political scientist and social activist

• Eva Illouz (born 1961), Moroccan sociologist

• José Ingenieros (1877–1925), Argentinian sociologist

• Harold Innis (1894–1952), Canadian sociologist who developed staples theory

• John Keith Irwin (1929–2010), American sociologist known for his expertise on the American prison system

• Larry Isaac, American sociologist

J

• Jacquelyne Jackson (1932–2004), American sociologist and educator

• Stevi Jackson (born 1951), British sociologist

• Jane Jacobs (1916–2006), American theorist with wide influence on urban sociology

• Janet L. Jacobs (born 1948), American sociologist

• Michael Hviid Jacobsen (born 1971), Danish sociologist

• Eliezer Jaffe (1933–2017), Israeli-American sociologist

• Marie Jahoda (1907–2001), Austrian-British sociologist and social psychologist

• Marie Jaisson, French sociologist

• Ayesha Jalal, Pakistani-American historian, sociologist, and professor

• Fredric Jameson (1934–2024), American philosopher and social theorist

• Morris Janowitz (1919–1988), American sociologist

• James M. Jasper (born 1957), American sociologist

• Guillermina Jasso, American sociologist

• Gail Jefferson (1938–2008), American sociologist and conversation analyst

• Yasmin Jiwani, feminist academic and activist

• Hans Joas (born 1948), German social theorist

• Carole Joffe, American sociologist

• Benton Johnson (born 1928), American sociologist

• Guy Benton Johnson (1901–1991), American sociologist

• Miriam M. Johnson (1928–2007), American sociologist

• Rodrigo Jokisch (born 1946), German-Mexican sociologist and social theorist

• Frank Lancaster Jones (born 1937), Australian sociologist

• Lewis Wade Jones (1910–1979), African/American sociologist and educator

• Danny Jorgensen (born 1951), American sociologist

• Paul Jorion (born 1946), Belgian American sociologist and cognitive scientist

• Mark Juergensmeyer (born 1940), American sociologist

K

• Dirk Kaesler (born 1944), German sociologist

• Boris Kagarlitsky, Russian sociologist

• Irawati Karve, Indian anthropologist and sociologist

• Alexandr Kapto, Russian and Ukrainian scientist, sociologist, and political scientist; a diplomat, journalist, politician, and statesman

• Elihu Katz, American sociologist

• Nitasha Kaul, Indian Kashmiri sociologist, writer, and poet

• Karl Kautsky, Czech Marxist theorist

• Vytautas Kavolis, Lithuanian-American sociologist and literary critic

• Frances Kellor (1873–1952), American sociologist, social reformer, and investigator

• Stephen A. Kent, Canadian sociologist

• Lane Kenworthy, American sociologist

• Sherin Khankan, Danish sociologist

• Abdelkebir Khatibi (1938–2009), Moroccan literary critic, novelist, philosopher, playwright, poet, and sociologist

• Aquila Berlas Kiani (1921–2012), Indian sociologist and educator

• Benjamin Kidd, British sociologist

• Baruch Kimmerling, Israeli sociologist

• Susan Myra Kingsbury (1870–1949), American sociologist

• Julieta Kirkwood (1936–1985), Chilean sociologist, political scientist, and feminist activist

• Evelyn M. Kitagawa (1920–2007), American sociologist, demographer, and educator

• John Kitsuse, Japanese-American sociologist

• Gabriele Klein (born 1957), sociologist, dance theorist, and educator

• Bernardo Kliksberg, Argentinian sociologist

• Eric Klinenberg, American sociologist

• Karin Knorr Cetina (born 1944), Austrian sociologist

• Antonina Kłoskowska (1919–2001), Polish sociologist

• Karin Knorr Cetina (born 1944), Austrian sociologist

• Katsuya Kodama (born 1959), Japanese sociologist and peace researcher

• Martin Kohli, Swiss sociologist

• Mirra Komarovsky (1905–1999), Russian-American sociologist

• René König (1906–1992), German sociologist

• Andrey Korotayev (born 1961), Russian sociologist

• Reinhart Koselleck (1923–2006), German historian and social theorist

• Maksim Kovalevsky (1851–1916), Russian sociologist

• Siegfried Kracauer, German sociologist

• Julia Kristeva, Bulgarian-French feminist sociologist

• Alfred L. Kroeber (1876–1960), American anthropologist

• Peter Kropotkin (1842–1921), Russian anarchist thinker

• Thomas S. Kuhn (1922–1996), American science theorist

• Eugene M. Kulischer (1891–1956), Russian/American sociologist

• Charles Kurzman, American sociologist

• Martin Kusch, Austrian philosopher and sociologist

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• William Labov (born 1927), American sociolinguist and dialectologist

• Jacques Lacan (1901–1981), French psychoanalyst

• Richard Lachmann (1956 –2021), American sociologist, specialist in comparative historical sociology

• Ernesto Laclau (1935–2014), Argentinian sociologist

• Joyce Ladner (born 1943), American sociologist and activist

• Imre Lakatos (1922–1974), Hungarian philosopher

• Janja Lalich (born 1945), American sociologist

• Michele Lamont, American sociologist

• Diane Lamoureux (born 1954), Canadian sociologist, professor, and writer

• Edgardo Lander (born 1942), Venezuelan sociologist

• David C. Lane (born 1956), American sociologist

• Silvia Lara Povedano (born 1959), Costa Rican politician and sociologist

• Annette Lareau (born 1952), American sociologist

• Ralph Larkin (borrn 1940), American sociologist

• Scott Lash (born 1945), American sociologist

• Harold Lasswell (1902–1978), American political sociologist

• Bruno Latour (born 1947), French sociologist of science

• Pat Lauderdale (1944–2023), American sociologist

• Peter Lavrovich Lavrov (1823–1900), Russian sociologist

• John Law (born 1946), British sociologist

• Paul F. Lazarsfeld (1901–1976), Austrian/American sociologist

• Gustave Le Bon (1841–1931), French social psychologist

• Frederic Le Play (1806–1882), early French sociologist

• Anna Leander, Danish sociologist

• Emil Lederer (1882–1939), German sociologist

• Henri Lefebvre (1901–1991), French Marxist philosopher

• Enrique Leff (born 1946), Mexican sociologist

• Charles Lemert (born 1937), American sociologist

• Vladimir Lenin (1870–1924), Russian revolutionary and intellectual

• Gerhard Lenski (1924–2015), American evolutionary sociologist

• Magdalena León de Leal (born 1939), Colombian sociologist

• Wolf Lepenies (born 1941), German sociologist

• Yuri Levada (1930–2006), Russian sociologist

• John Levi Martin (born 1964), American sociologist

• Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908–2009), French anthropologist

• Jack Levin (born 1941), American sociologist/criminologist

• Barry B. Levine (1941–2020), American sociologist

• Peggy Levitt (born 1957), American sociologist

• Ruth Levitas (born 1949), British sociologist

• Daniel Levy (born 1962), German-American sociologist

• Lucien Lévy-Bruhl (1857–1939), French philosopher, sociologist, and ethnographer

• Kurt Lewin (1890–1947), German social psychologist

• Loet Leydesdorff (1948–2023), Dutch sociologist

• Li Yinhe (born 1952), Chinese sociologist, sexologist, and activist

• Stanley Lieberson (1933–2018), American sociologist

• Nan Lin (born 1938), American sociologist

• Alfred R. Lindesmith (1905–1991), American sociologist of drug policy

• Frederick B. Lindstrom (1915–1998), American sociologist of the arts

• Juan José Linz (1926–2013), Spanish sociologist

• Gilles Lipovetsky (born 1944), French philosopher

• Seymour Martin Lipset (1922–2006), American comparativist sociologist

• Allen Liska (1940 –1998), American sociologist

• Daniel Little (born 1949), American philosopher and sociologist

• Émile Littré (1801–1881), French philosopher and sociologist, disciple of Comte

• Omar Lizardo (born 1974), American sociologist

• John Locke (1632–1704), English philosopher

• David Lockwood (1929–2014), British sociologist

• Joseph Lopreato (1928–2015), American sociologist

• Martina Löw (born 1965), German sociologist

• Leo Löwenthal (1900–1993), German sociologist

• Michael Löwy (born 1938), Brazilian-French sociologist

• Nathalie Luca (born 1966), French sociologist

• Thomas Luckmann (1927–2016), German sociologist

• Anthony Ludovici (1882–1971), British conservative sociologist and philosopher

• Niklas Luhmann (1927–1998), German sociologist (systems theory)

• György Lukács (1885–1971), Hungarian philosopher

• Steven Lukes (born 1941), British social theorist

• George Lundberg (1895–1966), American sociologist (scientific)

• Rosa Luxemburg (1870–1919), German socialist theoretician

• Robert Staughton Lynd (1892–1970), American sociologist

• David Lyon (born 1948), British sociologist

• Jean-François Lyotard (1924–1998), French philosopher

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• Amin Maalouf, Lebanese author with a degree in sociology

• Richard Machalek (born 1946), American sociologist and sociobiologist

• Robert Morrison MacIver (1882–1970), Scottish/American sociologist

• Donald A. MacKenzie, British sociologist

• Annie Marion MacLean (1869–1934), Canadian-American applied sociologist

• Michel Maffesoli, French sociologist

• Henry Maine (1822–1888), British jurist and legal historian

• Sinisa Malesevic (born 1969), Irish political and historical sociologist

• Bronisław Malinowski (1884–1942), Polish social anthropologist

• Thomas Malthus (1766–1834), English demographer

• Roberto Mangabeira Unger, Brazilian social theorist

• Michael Mann (born 1942), British/American sociologist

• Karl Mannheim (1893–1947), Hungarian/German sociologist

• Peter K. Manning (born 1940), American sociologist

• José María Maravall, Spanish sociologist

• Herbert Marcuse (1898–1979), German/American sociologist (Frankfurt School)

• Ruy Mauro Marini, Brazilian sociologist

• Władysław Markiewicz (1920–2017), Polish sociologist

• Catherine Marry, French sociologist

• Dennis Marsden, British sociologist

• Alfred Marshall, English economist

• Thomas Humphrey Marshall, British sociologist

• Everett Dean Martin, American sociologist

• Jean Martin, Australian sociologist

• John Levi Martin, American sociologist

• Harriet Martineau (1802–1876), English writer described as 'first female sociologist'

• Alberto Martinelli, Italian sociologist

• Vladimir Martynenko (born 1957), Russian sociologist, economist, political scientist

• Margaret Maruani (born 1954), Tunisian-French sociologist

• Gary T. Marx, American sociologist

• Karl Marx (1818–1883), German political philosopher, social theorist

• Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, Czech sociologist

• Douglas Massey, American sociologist

• Brian Massumi, Canadian social theorist

• Humberto Maturana, Chilean biologist and sociologist of knowledge

• Marcel Mauss (1872–1950), French sociologist

• Carl R May (born 1961), British medical sociologist

• Claire Maxwell (born 1975), German-Australian sociologist

• Renate Mayntz, German sociologist

• Doug McAdam, American sociologist

• Fayette Avery McKenzie (1872–1957), American sociologist

• Robert McKenzie (1917–1981), Canadian Politics professor and psephologist

• Sara McLanahan, American sociologist

• Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980), Canadian educator, philosopher, and scholar

• George Herbert Mead (1863–1931), American philosopher and social psychologist

• Margaret Mead (1901–1978), American cultural anthropologist

• Cecilia Menjívar, Salvadoran-American sociologist

• Stephen Mennell (born 1944), English sociologist

• Fatema Mernissi (1940–2015), Moroccan feminist writer and sociologist

• Robert K. Merton (1910–2003), American sociologist

• Michael Messner (born 1952), American pro-feminist sociologist

• John W. Meyer, American sociologist

• Robert Michels (1876–1936), Italian-German political sociologist

• Maria Mies, German sociologist

• Ralph Miliband, British sociologist

• C. Wright Mills (1916–1962), American sociologist

• Andrew Milner (born 1950), British-Australian sociologist of literature

• Ann Mische, American sociologist

• Munesuke Mita, Japanese sociologist

• J. Clyde Mitchell (1918–1995), British social anthropologist

• Shinji Miyadai (born 1959), Japanese sociologist

• Tariq Modood, British sociologist

• Abraham Moles (1920–1992), French sociologist, psychologist, and engineer

• Andres Molina Enriquez, Mexican sociologist

• Montesquieu, French philosopher

• James D. Montgomery, American economist and mathematical sociologist

• Barrington Moore, Jr., American political sociologist

• Wilbert E. Moore, American sociologist

• Jacob L. Moreno, Romanian-American psychosociologist, founder of sociometry

• Edgar Morin, French sociologist

• Aldon Morris, American sociologist

• Gaetano Mosca (1858–1941), Italian political and social scientist

• Serge Moscovici, French psychologist and major influence in the study of social representations and social movements

• Chantal Mouffe, Belgian post-Marxist theorist

• Daniel Patrick Moynihan (1927–2003), American sociologist, diplomat and politician

• Radhakamal Mukerjee, Indian sociologist

• Lewis Mumford, American sociologist

• Peter A. Munch (1908–1984), Norwegian/American sociologist

• Richard Münch, German sociologist

• Charles Murray (born 1943), American sociologist

• Alva Myrdal, Swedish sociologist

• Gunnar Myrdal (1898–1987), Swedish economist, sociologist, and politician

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• Ashis Nandy (born 1937), Indian sociologist

• Vicenç Navarro (born 1937), Spanish sociologist

• Victor Nee (born 1945), American sociologist

• Antonio Negri (1933–2023), Italian political philosopher and critic of Luhmann

• Oswald von Nell-Breuning (1890–1991), German Roman Catholic theologian, sociologist and social reformer

• Otto Neurath (1882–1945), Austrian sociologist and political economist

• Otto Newman (1922–2015), Austrian-British sociologist

• Norman H. Nie (1943–2015), Inventor of SPSS

• Robert Nisbet (1913–1996), American sociologist

• Helga Nowotny (born 1937), Austrian sociologist

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• Ann Oakley (born 1944), British sociologist

• Claus Offe (1940–2025), German political sociologist

• William F. Ogburn (1886–1959), American sociologist

• Lloyd Ohlin (1918–2008), American sociologist

• Orlandina de Oliveira (born 1943), Brazilian-Mexican sociologist

• Michael Omi (born 1951), American sociologist

• Gail Omvedt (1941–2021), American/Indian sociologist

• T. K. Oommen (1937–2026), Indian sociologist

• Franz Oppenheimer (1864–1943), German sociologist and political economist

• José Ortega y Gasset (1883–1955), Spanish philosopher

• Stanislaw Ossowski (1897–1963), Polish sociologist

• Dag Østerberg (1938–2017), Norwegian sociologist

• Moisey Ostrogorsky (1853–1921), Russian sociologist

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• Vilfredo Pareto (1848–1923), Italian economist and sociologist

• Robert E. Park (1864–1944), American sociologist

• Frank Parkin, British sociologist

• Talcott Parsons (1902–1979), American sociologist

• C.J. Pascoe, American sociologist

• Jean-Claude Passeron, French sociologist

• Bindeshwar Pathak (born 1943), Indian sociologist

• Orlando Patterson, Jamaican-American sociologist

• Karl Pearson (1857–1936), English statistician

• Willie Pearson Jr, American sociologist

• Jacqueline Peschard (1965), Mexican sociologist

• James Petras (1937–2026), American sociologist

• Jean Piaget (1896–1980), Swiss developmental psychologist

• Andrew Pickering, British sociologist

• Trevor Pinch, British sociologist

• Alessandro Pizzorno, Italian sociologist

• Michael Plekon, American sociologist

• Helmuth Plessner, German sociologist

• Geoffrey Pleyers, Belgian sociologist

• Joel M. Podolny, American sociologist

• Karl Polanyi, Hungarian economist

• Friedrich Pollock, German social scientist

• Heinrich Popitz, German sociologist

• Karl Popper, Austrian philosopher

• Juan Carlos Portantiero, Argentinian sociologist

• John Porter (1921–1979), Canadian sociologist

• Alejandro Portes, Cuban-American sociologist

• Adam Possamai, Belgian-born sociologist

• Dudley L. Poston Jr., American sociologist

• Nicos Poulantzas (1936–1979), Greek political sociologist

• Émile Poulat, French historian and sociologist

• Walter W. Powell, American sociologist

• Margaret Archer, British sociologist

• Ricardo Pozas Arciniega, Mexican sociologist and anthropologist

• Suzana Prates (1940–1988), Brazilian feminist sociologist and academic

• Anette Prehn, Danish sociologist

• Harriet B. Presser (died 2012), American sociologist and demographer

• Samuel H. Preston, American demographer and sociologist

• Ilya Prigogine, Belgian chemist, main contribution to sociology is dissipative structures theory

• Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809–1865), French utopian socialist thinker

• Adam Przeworski, Polish political sociologist

• Jade Puget (born 1973), American musician

• Robert Putnam (born 1941), American political scientist

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• Sigrid Quack (born 1958), German sociologist

• Enrico Quarantelli (1924–2017), American sociologist

• Anne Querrien (born 1945), French sociologist and urban planner

• Adolphe Quetelet (1796–1874), French statistician and sociologist

• Anibal Quijano (1930–2017), Peruvian sociologist

• Richard Quinney (born 1934), American sociologist

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• Alfred Reginald Radcliffe-Brown (1881–1955), British social anthropologist

• Charles C. Ragin, American sociologist

• Gustav Ratzenhofer, Austrian sociologist

• Stephen Raudenbush, American sociologist and statistician

• Aviad Raz (born 1968), Israeli sociologist and anthropologist

• Luis Recasens, Guatemalan-Spanish-Mexican sociologist

• Mark Regnerus, American sociologist

• Juliette Rennes (born 1976), French sociologist

• Sal Restivo, American sociologist

• John Rex (1925–2011), British sociologist

• James Mahmud Rice (born 1972), Australian sociologist

• Paul Ricoeur, French philosopher

• Cecilia L. Ridgeway, American sociologist

• David Riesman, American sociologist

• George Ritzer (born 1940), American sociologist

• Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui, Bolivian sociologist

• Roland Robertson, British sociologist

• William I. Robinson, American sociologist

• Guy Rocher (1924–2025), Canadian sociologist

• Terje Rød-Larsen (born 1947), Norwegian diplomat and sociologist

• Jesús M. de Miguel Rodríguez (born 1947), Spanish sociologist

• Stein Rokkan, Norwegian sociologist

• Hartmut Rosa, German sociologist

• Arnold Marshall Rose, American sociologist

• Gillian Rose, British sociologist

• Nikolas Rose, British sociologist

• Paul Rosenfels (1909–1985), American psychologist and sociologist

• Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy (1888–1973), German social philosopher

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss philosopher

• Peter H. Rossi, American sociologist

• Guenther Roth, German-American sociologist

• Rubén G. Rumbaut, Cuban-American sociologist

• W. G. Runciman, British sociologist

• Arne Runeberg (1912–1979), Finnish sociologist, anthropologist and linguist

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• Harvey Sacks (died 1975), American sociologist and ethnomethodologist

• Renaud Sainsaulieu (1936–2002), French sociologist concerned with the sociology of organizations

• Henri de Saint-Simon (1760–1825), French philosopher and social thinker

• Patricia Salas O'Brien (born 1958), Peruvian sociologist and Minister of Education

• Robert J. Sampson (born 1956), American sociologist

• Pierre Sansot (1928–2005), French sociologist

• Abdelmalek Sayad (1933–1998), Egyptian-French sociologist

• Andrew Sayer (born 1949), British sociologist

• Boaventura de Sousa Santos (born 1940), Portuguese sociologist

• Giovanni Sartori (1924–2017), Italian political scientist

• Saskia Sassen (born 1949), American sociologist

• Peter Saunders (born 1950), Australian sociologist

• Ferdinand de Saussure (1857–1913), Swiss linguist (structuralism)

• Albert Schäffle (1831–1903), German sociologist

• Thomas J. Scheff (1929–2025), American sociologist

• Emanuel Schegloff (1937–2024), American sociologist

• Max Scheler (1874–1928), German philosopher and founder of the sociology of knowledge

• Helmut Schelsky (1912–1984), German sociologist

• Juraj Schenk (born 1948), Slovak sociologist

• Herbert Schiller (1919–2000), American sociologist

• Kurt C. Schlichting (born 1948), American sociologist

• Wolfgang Schluchter(born 1938), German sociologist

• Sylvia Schmelkes (born 1948), Mexican sociologist

• Paul Schnabel (born 1948), Dutch sociologist

• Allan Schnaiberg (1939–2009), American environmental sociologist

• Juliet Schor (born 1955), American sociologist

• Joseph Alois Schumpeter (1883–1950), Austrian economist

• Alfred Schütz (1899–1959), Austrian philosopher and sociologist (phenomenology)

• Michael Schwartz (born 1942), American sociologist

• John Scott (born 1949), British sociologist

• Sue Scott, British sociologist

• Jean Séguy (1925–2007), French sociologist of religions

• Steven Seidman (born 1948), American sociologist

• Pınar Selek (born 1971), Turkish sociologist

• Philip Selznick (1919–2010), American sociologist

• Amartya Sen (born 1933), Indian economist influential in the sociology of development

• Richard Sennett (born 1943), American sociologist and public figure

• Perla Serfaty (born 1944), Moroccan-born French and Canadian academic, sociologist, psychosociologist, writer

• William H. Sewell (1909–2001), American sociologist

• Steven Shapin (born 1943), American sociologist

• Jeremy J. Shapiro (born 1940), American sociologist

• Ali Shariati (1933–1977), Iranian sociologist and writer

• Tamotsu Shibutani (1920–2004), Japanese-American sociologist

• Bahija Ahmed Shihab (1932–2012), Iraqi sociologist and professor

• Edward Shils (1910–1995), American sociologist

• Anson Shupe (1948–2015), American sociologist

• Volkmar Sigusch (1940–2023), German sociologist and sexuologe

• Charles E. Silberman, American criminologist

• Beverly J. Silver (born 1957), American sociologist

• François Simiand (1873–1935), French sociologist

• Georg Simmel (1858–1918), German sociologist and philosopher

• Herbert A. Simon (1916–2001), American social scientist

• Kirsten Simonsen (born 1946), Danish geographer and sociologist

• Theda Skocpol (born 1947), American sociologist and political scientist

• Beverley Skeggs, British feminist sociologist

• Albion Woodbury Small (1854–1926), American sociologist

• Neil Smelser (1930–2017), American sociologist

• Adam Smith (1723–1790), Scottish economist and philosopher

• Christian Smith (born 1960), American sociologist of religion

• Dorothy E. Smith (born 1926), British/American sociologist and gender theorist

• Stephen C. Smith (born 1968), American sociologist

• Tom Snijders (born 1949), Dutch mathematical sociologist

• David A. Snow (born 1942), American sociologist

• Werner Sombart (1863–1941), German economist and sociologist

• Georges Sorel (1847–1922), French philosopher

• Aage B. Sørensen, Danish-American sociologist

• Bernardo Sorj (born 1948), Brazilian sociologist

• Pitirim Sorokin (1889–1968), Russian sociologist

• Herbert Spencer (1820–1903), English philosopher

• Oswald Spengler (1880–1936), German philosopher

• Lynette Spillman, American sociologist

• Hasso Spode (born 1951), German sociologist and historian

• M. N. Srinivas (1916–1999), Indian sociologist

• Susan Star, American sociologist

• Carl Nicolai Starcke (1858–1926), Danish sociologist

• David C. Stark, American sociologist

• Rodney Stark (1934–2022), American sociologist

• Paul Starr (born 1949), American sociologist

• Rodolfo Stavenhagen (1932–2016), Mexican anthropologist and sociologist

• George Steinmetz (born 1957), American sociologist

• Ana María Díaz Stevens, Puerto Rican-American sociologist

• Samuel A. Stouffer (1900–1960), American sociologist

• Anselm L. Strauss (1916–1996), American sociologist

• Wolfgang Streeck (born 1948), German sociologist

• Sheldon Stryker (1924–2016), American sociologist

• Lucy Suchman (born 1951), American sociologist

• Mark Suchman (born 1960), American sociologist

• Thomas Sugrue (born 1962), American historian and sociologist

• William Graham Sumner (1840–1910), American sociologist

• Eilert Sundt (1817–1875), Norwegian sociologist

• Edwin Sutherland (1893–1950), American criminologist

• Maristella Svampa (born 1961), Argentinian sociologist

• Ian Svenonius, American cultural sociologist

• Richard Swedberg (born 1948), Swedish sociologist

• Ann Swidler (born 1944), American sociologist

• Jan Szczepanski (1913–2004), Polish sociologist

• Iván Szelényi (1938–2026), Hungarian-American sociologist

• Piotr Sztompka (born 1944), Polish sociologist

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• Hippolyte Taine (1828–1893), French positivist historian and critic

• Yasuma Takada (1883–1972), Japanese sociologist

• Salim Tamari (born 1945), Palestinian historical sociologist

• Lisa Taraki (born 1948), Palestinian sociologist

• Alexander Tarasov (born 1958), Russian sociologist

• Gabriel Tarde (1843–1904), French sociologist and social psychologist

• Sidney Tarrow (born 1938), American sociologist

• R. H. Tawney (1880–1962), English ethical socialist

• Dorceta Taylor, American environmental sociologist

• Ian Taylor (1944–2001), English sociologist and criminologist

• Laurie Taylor (born 1936), English sociologist and broadcaster

• Göran Therborn (born 1941), Swedish-British sociologist

• W. I. Thomas (1863–1947), American social psychologist

• E. P. Thompson (1924–1993), British socialist historian

• John Thompson (1979–2021), British sociologist of culture and media

• Sarah Thornton (born 1965), Canadian sociologist, writer, and ethnographer

• Ole Thyssen (born 1944), Danish sociologist

• Marta Tienda, American sociologist

• Charles Tilly (1929–2008), American sociologist

• Nicholas Timasheff (1886–1970), Russian sociologist

• Valery Tishkov (born 1941), Russian ethnologist and sociologist

• Alexis de Tocqueville (1805–1859), French essayist and political analyst

• Ferdinand Tönnies (1855–1936), German philosopher and founder of German sociology

• Alain Touraine (1925–2023), French sociologist

• Peter Townsend (1928–2009), British sociologist

• Judith Treas (born 1947), American sociologist

• Renato Treves (1907–1992), Italian sociologist

• Ernst Troeltsch (1865–1923), German sociologist and philosopher

• Zeynep Tufekci, Turkish-American sociologist

• Raimo Tuomela (1940–2020), Finnish philosopher and social theorist

• Sherry Turkle (born 1948), American sociologist

• Bryan S. Turner (born 1945), British sociologist

• Jonathan H. Turner (born 1942), American social theorist

• Stephen Park Turner (born 1951), American sociologist

• France Winddance Twine (born 1960), American sociologist and ethnographer

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• John Urry (1946–2016), British sociologist

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• Mariana Valverde, Canadian sociologist

• Joseph A. Varacalli (born 1952), American sociologist

• Francisco Varela (1946–2001), Chilean biologist and philosopher

• Aninhalli Vasavi (born 1958), Indian sociologist

• Diane Vaughan, American sociologist

• Thorstein Veblen (1857–1929), American sociologist and economist

• Ruut Veenhoven (1942–2024), Dutch sociologist

• Calvin Veltman (born 1941), Canadian sociologist, demographer and sociolinguist

• Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh (born 1966), American sociologist

• Eliseo Verón (1935–2014), Argentinian sociologist

• Alfred Vierkandt (1867–1953), German sociologist

• Marika Vila (born 1949), Spanish comics artist and writer; feminist sociologist

• George Edgar Vincent (1864–1941), American sociologist

• Paul Virilio (1932–2018), French philosopher and social theorist

• Shiv Visvanathan, Indian sociologist and social scientist

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• Loïc Wacquant (born 19600, French sociologist

• Peter Wagner, German sociologist and social theorist

• Linda Waite, American sociologist

• Judy Wajcman, British sociologist

• Sylvia Walby, British sociologist

• Immanuel Wallerstein (1930–2019), American sociologist and historian

• Margit Warburg (born 1952), Danish sociologist

• Lester Frank Ward (1841–1913), founder of American sociology

• Vron Ware, British educator and journalist

• Mary C. Waters (born 19570, American sociologist

• Duncan Watts (born 1971), American mathematical sociologist and network theorist

• Emile Waxweiler (1867–1916), Belgian sociologist

• Beatrice Webb (1858–1943), British socialist and social theorist

• Sidney Webb (1859–1947), British socialist and social theorist

• Alfred Weber (1868–1958), German sociologist

• Marianne Weber (1870–1954), German sociologist

• Max Weber (1864–1920), German sociologist

• Frank Webster (born 1950), British sociologist

• Margaret Weir (born 1952), sociologist and political scientist

• Barry Wellman (born 1942), Canadian/American sociologist

• Ida B. Wells-Barnett (1862–1931), American sociologist, journalist, social worker

• John Westergaard (1931–2003), British sociologist

• Edvard Westermarck (1862–1939), Finnish sociologist and philosopher

• Nathan Whetten (1900–1984), American sociologist and academic administrator

• Douglas R. White (1942–2021), American mathematical sociologist and anthropologist

• Harrison White (1930–2024), American sociologist

• William Foote Whyte (1914–2000), American sociologist

• William H. Whyte (1917–1999), American sociologist, journalist and peoplewatcher

• Saskia Wieringa (born in 1950), Dutch sociologist and professor

• Leopold von Wiese (1876–1969), German sociologist

• Michel Wieviorka (born 1946), French sociologist

• Jean-Paul Willaime (born 1947), French sociologist of religions

• Sidney M. Willhelm (1934–2018), American sociologist, author

• Raymond Williams (1921–1988), British sociologist, novelist, and critic

• Paul Willis (born 1945), British sociologist and social scientist

• Helmut Willke (1945–2024), German sociologist

• William Julius Wilson (born 1935), American sociologist

• Howard Winant (born 1946), American sociologist

• Christopher Winship (born 19500, American sociologist

• Louis Wirth (1897–1952), German/American sociologist

• Edmund Wnuk-Lipinski (1944–2015), Polish sociologist

• José Woldenberg (born 1952), Mexican sociologist

• Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797), British social reformer

• Steve Woolgar (born 1950), British sociologist

• Monroe Work (1866–1945), American sociologist

• Cas Wouters (1943–2025), Dutch sociologist

• Erik Olin Wright (1947–2019), American sociologist

• Robert Wuthnow (born 1946), American sociologist

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• Lewis Yablonsky (1924–2014), American sociologist

• Kazuo Yamaguchi, Japanese sociologist, Department of Sociology, University of Chicago

• Masahiro Yamada, Japanese sociologist

• Hajar Yazdiha (born 1983), American sociologist

• John Milton Yinger (1916–2011), American sociologist, president of the American Sociological Association 1976–1977

• Paul Yonnet (1948–2011), French sociologist

• Michael Young (1915–2002), British sociologist and Labour politician

• Wayland Young (1923–2009), British historian, social thinker and Labour politician

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• Benjamin Zablocki (1941–2020), American sociologist and social psychologist

• Mayer Zald (1931–2012), American sociologist

• Tatyana Zaslavskaya (1927–2013), Russian sociologist

• René Zavaleta Mercado (1935–1984), Bolivian sociologist

• Hans Zeisel (1905–1992), Austrian-American sociologist

• Viviana Zelizer (born 1946), Argentinian sociologist

• Eviatar Zerubavel (born 1948), American cognitive sociologist

• Jean Ziegler (1934–2026), Swiss sociologist

• Carle C. Zimmerman (1897–1983), American sociologist

• Florian Znaniecki (1882–1958), Polish/American sociologist

• Irving Zola (1935–1994), American medical sociologist and disability rights activist

• Tukufu Zuberi (born 1959), American sociologist

• Harriet Zuckerman (born 1937), American sociologist, specializes in science

• Sharon Zukin, American sociologist

• Phil Zuckerman, American sociologist

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