# List of sociologists

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, British sociologist
* Andrew Abbott, American 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, American sociologist
* Francesco Alberoni, Italian sociologist
* Martin Albrow, British sociologist
* Jeffrey C. Alexander, American sociologist
* David Altheide, American sociologist
* Louis Althusser, French philosopher and sociologist
* Edwin Amenta, American sociologist
* Nancy Ammerman, American sociologist
* Elijah Anderson, American sociologist
* Eric Anderson, American-British sociologist
* Kevin B. Anderson, American sociologist
* Stanislav Andreski, Polish-British sociologist
* Robert Cooley Angell, American sociologist
* Aaron Antonovsky, Israeli sociologist
* Arjun Appadurai, Indian sociologist
* Andrew Arato, Hungarian-American sociologist
* Margaret Archer, British sociologist
* Hannah Arendt (1906–1975), German political theorist
* Alcira Argumedo (1940–2021), Argentine sociologist
* Aristoteles (384-322 BCE), Ancient Greek philosopher and sociologist
* Signe Arnfred, Danish sociologist
* Raymond Aron (1905–1983), French philosopher and sociologist
* Stanley Aronowitz, American sociologist
* Giovanni Arrighi, Italian sociologist
* Johan Asplund (1937–2018), Swedish sociologist
* Vilhelm Aubert (1922–1988), Norwegian sociologist
* Francisco Ayala, Spanish sociologist and novelist

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* Élisabeth Badinter (born 1944), French philosopher and historian
* Patrick Baert, British sociologist
* Sergio Bagú, Argentinian sociologist
* Kenneth D. Bailey, American sociologist
* Georges Balandier, French sociologist
* Emily Greene Balch, American professor of sociology and Nobel Peace laureate
* Robert Balch, American sociologist
* E. Digby Baltzell, American sociologist
* Jack Barbalet, Australian sociologist
* Teresita de Barbieri, Uruguayan-born Mexican feminist sociologist
* Eileen Barker (born 1938), British sociologist and professor
* Barry Barnes, 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, French sociologist
* Georges Bataille, French philosopher and sociologist
* Gregory Bateson (1904–1980), English/American cybernetician
* Jean Baubérot (born 1941), French historian and sociologist
* Christian Baudelot, French sociologist
* Jean Baudrillard (1929–2007), French cultural theorist
* Zygmunt Bauman (1925–2017), Polish/British sociologist
* Frank Bean, American sociologist
* Peter Bearman (born 1956), American sociologist
* Ulrich Beck (1944–2015), German sociologist
* Gary Becker, American economist
* Howard P. Becker, American sociologist
* Howard S. Becker (1928–2023), American sociologist
* Jens Beckert, German sociologist
* Richard F. Behrendt (1908–1973), German sociologist
* Daniel Bell (1919–2011), American sociologist
* Wendell Bell, American sociologist
* Robert N. Bellah, American sociologist
* Walden Bello, Filipino sociologist
* Edvard Beneš, Czechoslovak sociologist and politician
* Reinhard Bendix, German-American sociologist
* Walter Benjamin (1892–1940), German cultural writer and sociologist
* Albert Benschop (1949–2018), Dutch sociologist
* Joseph Berger, 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, American feminist sociologist
* Eduard Bernstein, German politician and intellectual
* Jean-Michel Berthelot, French sociologist
* Joel Best, America sociologist
* Andre Beteille, Indian sociologist
* Gurminder K. Bhambra, British sociologist
* Krishna Bhattachan, Nepalese sociologist
* Robert Bierstedt, American sociologist
* Norman Birnbaum, American sociologist
* Margunn Bjørnholt (born 1958), Norwegian sociologist and economist
* Donald Black, American sociologist
* 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, American sociologist
* David Bloor, British sociologist
* Herbert Blumer (1900–1987), American sociologist
* Olivier Bobineau (born 1972), French sociologist
* Sophie Body-Gendrot (1942–2018), French sociologist
* Luc Boltanski, French sociologist
* Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, American sociologist
* Scott Boorman (born 1949), American sociologist
* Charles Booth, British social researcher
* Ernst Borinski (1901–1983), German sociologist
* Atilio Borón, Argentinian sociologist
* Thomas Bottomore (1920–1992), British sociologist
* Raymond Boudon, 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, German sociologist
* José Joaquín Brunner, Chilean sociologist
* Hans Henrik Reventlow Bruun, Danish sociologist
* Lois Bryson, Australian sociologist
* Walter F. Buckley, American sociologist
* Michael Burawoy, American sociologist
* Ernest Burgess (1886–1966), Canadian sociologist
* Tom R. Burns, European-American sociologist
* Ronald Burt, American sociologist
* Judith Butler (born 1956), American gender theorist

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* Alain Caillé, French sociologist
* Roger Caillois, French sociologist
* Craig Calhoun, American sociologist
* Michel Callon, French sociologist
* Charles Camic, American sociologist
* Elias Canetti, Bulgaria-born novelist and outsider sociologist
* Georges Canguilhem, French intellectual
* Fernando Henrique Cardoso (born 1931), Brazilian sociologist, former President of Brazil
* Gabriel Careaga Medina, Mexican sociologist
* Kathleen Carley, American computational sociologist
* Antonio Caso, Mexican sociologist
* Robert Castel, 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, Colombian philosopher and sociologist
* Michel de Certeau, French cultural sociologist
* Karen A. Cerulo, American sociologist
* Francis Stuart Chapin (1888–1974), American sociologist
* Christopher Chase-Dunn, American sociologist
* Louis Chauvel (born 1967), French sociologist
* Albert Chavannes, American sociologist
* Andrew Cherlin, American sociologist
* Nancy Chodorow (born 1944), American sociologist, psychoanalyst, and gender theorist
* Nicholas A. Christakis, American sociologist
* Ann-Dorte Christensen, Danish sociologist
* Chua Beng Huat, Singaporean sociologist
* Aaron Cicourel, American sociologist
* Dieter Claessens (1921–1997), German sociologist
* Adele Clarke (1945–2024), American sociologist
* Simon Clarke, British sociologist
* Lars Clausen (1935–2010), German sociologist
* Marshall B. Clinard (1911–2010), American sociologist (criminology)
* Clifford Clogg, American sociologist
* Richard Cloward (1926–2001), American sociologist
* Ansley J. Coale, American demographer and sociologist
* Philip N. Cohen, American sociologist
* Ronald L. Cohen, American social psychologist
* Stanley Cohen, British sociologist (criminology)
* James Samuel Coleman (1926–1995), American sociologist
* Harry Collins, British sociologist
* Patricia Hill Collins (born 1948), American sociologist
* Randall Collins, American sociologist
* Auguste Comte (1798–1857), French founder of sociology
* Nicolas de Condorcet, French mathematician and early sociologist
* Dalton Conley, American sociologist
* R.W. Connell (born 1944), Australian sociologist
* Paul Connerton, British sociologist
* Karen Cook, American sociologist
* Charles Cooley (1864–1929), American sociologist
* Anna Julia Cooper, American sociologist
* Lewis A. Coser (1913–2003), American sociologist
* Carl J. Couch (1925–1994), American sociologist
* Douglas E. Cowan, Canadian sociologist
* Oliver Cox, Trinidadian-American sociologist
* Maxine Leeds Craig, American sociologist
* Rosemary Crompton, British sociologist
* Colin Crouch, British sociologist
* Michel Crozier, French sociologist
* Agustin Cueva, 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, Filipino sociologist
* Leonore Davidoff (1932–2014), American-British sociologist and historian
* Kingsley Davis (1908–1997), American sociologist
* Georges Davy (1883–1976), French sociologist
* François de Singly, French sociologist
* Régis Debray, 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, Italian sociologist and political scientist
* Christine Delphy, French sociologist
* Bogdan Denitch (1929–2016), American sociologist
* Norman K. Denzin, American sociologist
* Régis Dericquebourg (born 1947), French sociologist of religions
* Jacques Derrida (1930–2004), French philosopher
* Matthew Desmond, American sociologist
* Heinz Dieterich, German-Mexican sociologist
* Bulent Diken, Danish sociologist
* Wilhelm Dilthey (1833–1911), German historian, psychologist and sociologist
* Helen Dinerman (1920–1974), American public opinion researcher
* Gail Dines, British-American sociologist
* Paul DiMaggio, American cultural sociologist
* Georgi Dimitrov Dimitrov, Bulgarian sociologist
* Thomas A. DiPrete, American sociologist
* Stuart C. Dodd (1900–1975), American sociologist
* G. William Domhoff, American sociologist
* Orna Donath, Israeli sociologist
* Pierpaolo Donati, Italian sociologist
* Ronald P. Dore, British sociologist
* Theotônio dos Santos, 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, 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, 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, French sociologist
* Eugen Ehrlich, German sociologist
* Shmuel Noah Eisenstadt (1923–2010), Israeli sociologist
* Riane Eisler (born 1931), cultural historian, systems scientist, educator, and attorney
* Glen Elder, American sociologist
* Norbert Elias (1897–1990), German sociologist
* Jacques Ellul (1912-1994), French sociologist
* Jon Elster, Norwegian sociologist
* Mustafa Emirbayer, American sociologist
* Hugo O. Engelmann (1917–2002), American sociologist
* Friedrich Engels (1820–1895), German socialist philosopher
* Paula England, American sociologist
* Ronald Enroth (born 1938), American sociologist
* Kai T. Erikson (born 1931), American sociologist
* Fernando Escalante Gonzalbo, Mexican sociologist
* Gosta Esping-Andersen, Danish sociologist
* Roger Establet, French sociologist
* Amitai Etzioni (born 1929), American sociologist
* Peter B. Evans, American sociologist

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* Orlando Fals Borda (1925–2008), Colombian sociologist
* Frantz Fanon, 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, French sociologist
* Paul Fauconnet (1874–1938), French sociologist
* Joe Feagin, American sociologist
* Mike Featherstone, British sociologist
* Fei Xiaotong (1910–2005), Chinese sociologist and anthropologist
* Anuška Ferligoj, Slovenian mathematical sociologist
* Florestan Fernandes (1920–1995), Brazilian sociologist
* Myra Marx Ferree (born 1949), American sociologist
* Enrico Ferri, 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, 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, American sociologist and journalist
* Michel Foucault (1926–1984), French philosopher
* Alfred Jules Émile Fouillée, French philosopher and sociologist
* Charles Fourier (1772–1837), French proto-sociologist
* Renée Fox, American sociologist
* Frances Fox Piven, American sociologist
* Andre Gunder Frank (1929–2005), German economic historian and sociologist
* Mary Frank Fox, American sociologist
* Nancy Fraser, American social theorist
* Hans Freyer (1887–1969), German sociologist and philosopher
* Gilberto Freyre (1900–1987), Brazilian sociologist
* Erhard Friedberg, Austrian sociologist
* Georges Friedmann, French sociologist
* Steve Fuller, American sociologist
* Frank Furstenberg, American sociologist
* Celso Furtado (1920–2004), Brazilian economist

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* Luciano Gallino, Italian sociologist
* Francis Galton (1822–1911), English statistician
* Johan Galtung, Norwegian sociologist, mathematician, and founder of peace studies
* Diego Gambetta, Italian sociologist
* Herbert Gans (born 1927), American sociologist
* Néstor García Canclini, Argentinian-Mexican sociologist
* Brígida García Guzmán, Dominican-Mexican sociologist
* Delphine Gardey (born 1967), French sociologist
* Harold Garfinkel (1917–2011), American sociologist
* David W Garland, British sociologist
* Manuel Antonio Garretón, Chilean sociologist
* Romeo B. Garrett, American sociologist
* Marcel Gauchet, French sociologist
* John Gaventa, American-British sociologist
* Patrick Geddes, Scottish sociologist
* Clifford Geertz, 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, German sociologist
* Govind Sadashiv Ghurye (1893–1983), Indian sociologist
* Anthony Giddens (born 1938), English sociologist
* Franklin Henry Giddings, American sociologist
* Nigel Gilbert, British sociologist
* Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American sociologist
* Paul Gilroy, British sociologist
* Salvador Giner, Spanish sociologist
* Corrado Gini (1884–1965), Italian statistician
* Morris Ginsberg, British sociologist
* Herbert Gintis, American behavioral scientist
* Henry Giroux, American sociologist of education
* Todd Gitlin, American sociologist
* Barney Glaser, American sociologist
* David Glass (1911–1978), British sociologist
* Barry Glassner (born 1952), American sociologist
* Nathan Glazer, 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, Romanian/French sociologist
* Jack Goldstone, American sociologist
* John H. Goldthorpe (born 1935), British sociologist
* Yasunosuke Gonda, Japanese sociologist
* Pablo González Casanova, Mexican sociologist
* Jeff Goodwin, American sociologist
* Alvin Gouldner, 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, American sociologist
* Richard Grathoff (1934–2013), German sociologist and phenomenologist
* Andrew M. Greeley, American sociologist, priest, writer
* Liah Greenfeld (born 1954), Russian/American sociologist
* Leonid Grinin (born 1958), Russian sociologist
* Wendy Griswold, American sociologist
* Ramón Grosfoguel, 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, 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
* Bente Halkier, Danish sociologist
* John A. Hall (born 1949), British/Canadian sociologist
* Stuart Hall (1932–2014), British cultural theorist
* Jean Halley, American sociologist
* Donna Haraway (born 1944), American gender and technology theorist
* Eszter Hargittai, Hungarian sociologist
* Marta Harnecker, Chilean sociologist
* Valérie Harvey, Canadian writer and sociologist
* Chandrakala A. Hate (1903–1990), Indian sociologist, social worker, and author
* Darnell Hawkins (born 1946), American sociologist, criminologist, and emeritus professor
* Amos Hawley, American sociologist
* Peter Hedström, Swedish sociologist
* Samuel Heilman, American sociologist
* Peter Heintz, Swiss sociologist
* Wilhelm Heitmeyer, German sociologist
* Dirk Helbing, Swiss sociologist
* Horst Helle, German sociologist
* Ágnes Heller, Hungarian philosopher and sociologist
* Celia Stopnicka Heller (1922–2011), American sociologist
* Will Herberg (1901–1977), American sociologist
* John Heritage, American sociologist
* Robert Hertz, French sociologist
* Danièle Hervieu-Léger, French sociologist
* Michael D. Higgins, Irish sociologist and current Irish president
* Reuben Hill, American sociologist
* Ulf Himmelstrand, Swedish sociologist
* Travis Hirschi, American sociologist
* Paul Hirst, British sociologist
* Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679), British philosopher
* Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse, pioneer British sociologist
* Arlie Russell Hochschild, American sociologist
* Richard Hoggart (1918–2014), British sociologist
* John Holloway, Irish sociologist
* Susanne Holmström, Danish sociologist
* Robert J. Holton, 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, American sociologist
* Eugenio María de Hostos, Puerto Rican sociologist
* François Houtart, Belgian sociologist
* Philip N. Howard, Canadian-American sociologist
* Spomenka Hribar (born 1941), Slovenian sociologist, philosopher politician, and public intellectual
* Joan Huber, American sociologist
* Everett Hughes, American sociologist
* Stephen J. Hunt, British sociologist
* James Davison Hunter, American sociologist
* Herbert Hyman, 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, Moroccan sociologist
* Jose Ingenieros, Argentinian sociologist
* Harold Innis, 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

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* Jacquelyne Jackson (1932–2004), American sociologist and educator
* Stevi Jackson (born 1951), British sociologist
* Jane Jacobs, American theorist with wide influence on urban sociology
* Janet L. Jacobs (born 1948), American sociologist
* Michael Hviid Jacobsen, Danish sociologist
* Eliezer Jaffe, 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, American philosopher and social theorist
* Morris Janowitz, 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, 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, American sociologist
* Paul Jorion, Belgian American sociologist and cognitive scientist
* Mark Juergensmeyer, American sociologist

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* 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

## L

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* William Labov (born 1927), American sociolinguist and dialectologist
* Jacques Lacan (1901–1981), French psychoanalyst
* Richard Lachmann, American sociologist, specialist in comparative historical sociology
* Ernesto Laclau, Argentinian sociologist
* Joyce Ladner, American sociologist and activist
* Imre Lakatos, Hungarian philosopher
* Janja Lalich (born 1945), American sociologist
* Michele Lamont, American sociologist
* Diane Lamoureux (born 1954), Canadian sociologist, professor, and writer
* Edgardo Lander, Venezuelan sociologist
* David C. Lane (born 1956), American sociologist
* Silvia Lara Povedano, Costa Rican politician and sociologist
* Annette Lareau, American sociologist
* Ralph Larkin, American sociologist
* Scott Lash, American sociologist
* Harold Lasswell, American political sociologist
* Bruno Latour (born 1947), French sociologist of science
* Pat Lauderdale, American sociologist
* Peter Lavrovich Lavrov, Russian sociologist
* John Law, British sociologist
* Paul F. Lazarsfeld (1901–1976), Austrian/American sociologist
* Gustave Le Bon (1841–1931), French social psychologist
* Frederic Le Play, early French sociologist
* Anna Leander, Danish sociologist
* Emil Lederer, German sociologist
* Henri Lefebvre (1901–1991), French Marxist philosopher
* Enrique Leff, Mexican sociologist
* Charles Lemert (born 1937), American sociologist
* Vladimir Lenin, Russian revolutionary and intellectual
* Gerhard Lenski, American evolutionary sociologist
* Magdalena León de Leal (born 1939), Colombian sociologist
* Wolf Lepenies, German sociologist
* Yuri Levada, Russian sociologist
* John Levi Martin, 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, American sociologist
* Ruth Levitas, British sociologist
* Daniel Levy, German-American sociologist
* Lucien Lévy-Bruhl (1857–1939), French philosopher, sociologist, and ethnographer
* Kurt Lewin, German social psychologist
* Loet Leydesdorff, Dutch sociologist
* Li Yinhe (born 1952), Chinese sociologist, sexologist, and activist
* Stanley Lieberson, American sociologist
* Nan Lin, 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, Spanish sociologist
* Gilles Lipovetsky, French philosopher
* Seymour Martin Lipset (1922–2006), American comparativist sociologist
* Allen Liska, American sociologist
* Daniel Little, American philosopher and sociologist
* Émile Littré, French philosopher and sociologist, disciple of Comte
* Omar Lizardo, American sociologist
* John Locke, English philosopher
* David Lockwood, British sociologist
* Joseph Lopreato, American sociologist
* Martina Löw, German sociologist
* Leo Löwenthal, German sociologist
* Michael Löwy, 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, Hungarian philosopher
* Steven Lukes, 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, British sociologist
* Jean-François Lyotard (1924–1998), French philosopher

## M

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* External links
* 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
* 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

## N

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* See also
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* External links
* Ashis Nandy, Indian sociologist
* Vicenç Navarro, Spanish sociologist
* Victor Nee, American sociologist
* Antonio Negri, 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 (born Neumann 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

## O

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* See also
* References
* External links
* Ann Oakley, British sociologist
* Claus Offe (born 1940), German sociologist
* William F. Ogburn (1886–1959), American sociologist
* Lloyd Ohlin (1918–2008), American sociologist
* Orlandina de Oliveira, Brazilian-Mexican sociologist
* Michael Omi, American sociologist
* Gail Omvedt (1941–2021), American/Indian sociologist
* T. K. Oommen, 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, Norwegian sociologist
* Moisey Ostrogorsky (1853–1921), Russian sociologist

## P

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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, 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
* 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

## Q

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* References
* External links
* Sigrid Quack, German sociologist
* Enrico Quarantelli (1924–2017), American sociologist
* Adolphe Quetelet (1796–1874), French statistician and sociologist
* Anibal Quijano (1930–2017), Peruvian sociologist
* Richard Quinney (born 1934), American sociologist

## R

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* External links
* 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
* 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, 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

## S

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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, American sociologist
* Pierre Sansot, French sociologist
* Abdelmalek Sayad, Egyptian-French sociologist
* Andrew Sayer, British sociologist
* Boaventura de Sousa Santos, Portuguese sociologist
* Giovanni Sartori (1924–2017), Italian political scientist
* Saskia Sassen (born 1949), American sociologist
* Peter Saunders, Australian sociologist
* Ferdinand de Saussure (1857–1913), Swiss linguist (structuralism)
* Albert Schäffle, German sociologist
* Thomas J. Scheff, American sociologist
* Emanuel Schegloff, American sociologist
* Max Scheler, German philosopher and founder of the sociology of knowledge
* Helmut Schelsky (1912–1984), German sociologist
* Juraj Schenk (born 1948), Slovak sociologist
* Herbert Schiller, American sociologist
* Kurt C. Schlichting, American sociologist
* Wolfgang Schluchter, German sociologist
* Sylvia Schmelkes, Mexican sociologist
* Paul Schnabel, Dutch sociologist
* Allan Schnaiberg (1939–2009), American environmental sociologist
* Juliet Schor, 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, French sociologist of religions (1925–2007)
* Steven Seidman, American sociologist
* Pınar Selek, Turkish sociologist
* Philip Selznick, American sociologist
* Amartya Sen, 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, American sociologist
* Steven Shapin, American sociologist
* Jeremy J. Shapiro, American sociologist
* Ali Shariati (1933–1977), Iranian sociologist and writer
* Tamotsu Shibutani, Japanese-American sociologist
* Bahija Ahmed Shihab (1932–2012), Iraqi sociologist and professor
* Edward Shils, American sociologist
* Anson Shupe, American sociologist
* Volkmar Sigusch, German sociologist and sexuologe
* Charles E. Silberman, American criminologist
* Beverly J. Silver, American sociologist
* François Simiand, French sociologist
* Georg Simmel (1858–1918), German sociologist and philosopher
* Herbert A. Simon, American social scientist
* Theda Skocpol (born 1947), American sociologist and political scientist
* Albion Woodbury Small (1854–1926), American sociologist
* Neil Smelser, 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 and 21st century trend researcher
* Tom Snijders, Dutch mathematical sociologist
* David A. Snow (born 1942), American sociologist
* Werner Sombart (1863–1941), German economist and sociologist
* Georges Sorel, 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, German sociologist and historian
* M N Srinivas (1916–1999), Indian sociologist
* Susan Star, American sociologist
* Carl Nicolai Starcke, Danish sociologist
* David C. Stark, American sociologist
* Rodney Stark, American sociologist
* Paul Starr, American sociologist
* Rodolfo Stavenhagen, Mexican anthropologist and sociologist
* George Steinmetz, American sociologist
* Ana María Díaz Stevens, Puerto Rican-American sociologist
* Samuel A. Stouffer, American sociologist
* Anselm L. Strauss (1916–1996), American sociologist
* Wolfgang Streeck, German sociologist
* Sheldon Stryker, American sociologist
* Lucy Suchman, American sociologist
* Mark Suchman, American sociologist
* Thomas Sugrue, 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, Argentinian sociologist
* Ian Svenonius, American cultural sociologist
* Richard Swedberg, Swedish sociologist
* Ann Swidler, American sociologist
* Jan Szczepanski (1913–2004), Polish sociologist
* Iván Szelényi, Hungarian-American sociologist
* Piotr Sztompka (born 1944), Polish sociologist

## T

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* References
* External links
* Hippolyte Taine (1828–1893), French positivist historian and critic
* Yasuma Takada (1883–1972), Japanese sociologist
* Salim Tamari, Palestinian historical sociologist
* Lisa Taraki, Palestinian sociologist
* Alexander Tarasov, Russian sociologist
* Gabriel Tarde (1843–1904), French sociologist and social psychologist
* Sidney Tarrow, 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, 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, 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, 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, American sociologist
* Bryan S. Turner, British sociologist
* Jonathan H. Turner, American social theorist
* Stephen Park Turner, American sociologist
* France Winddance Twine (born 1960), American sociologist and ethnographer

## U

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* External links
* John Urry (1946–2016), British sociologist

## V

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* Z
* See also
* References
* External links
* Mariana Valverde, Canadian 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, Dutch sociologist
* Calvin Veltman (born 1941), Canadian sociologist, demographer and sociolinguist
* Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh, American sociologist
* Eliseo Verón, 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

## W

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* References
* External links
* Loïc Wacquant, French sociologist
* Peter Wagner, German sociologist and social theorist
* Judy Wajcman, British sociologist
* Sylvia Walby, British sociologist
* Immanuel Wallerstein (1930–2019), American sociologist and historian
* Margit Warburg, Danish sociologist
* Lester Frank Ward (1841–1913), founder of American sociology
* Vron Ware, British educator and journalist
* Mary C. Waters, American sociologist
* Duncan Watts, 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, 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, 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, German sociologist
* William Julius Wilson (born 1935), American sociologist
* Howard Winant, American sociologist
* Christopher Winship, American sociologist
* Louis Wirth (1897–1952), German/American sociologist
* Edmund Wnuk-Lipinski (1944–2015), Polish sociologist
* José Woldenberg, Mexican sociologist
* Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797), British social reformer
* Steve Woolgar, British sociologist
* Monroe Work (1866–1945), American sociologist
* Erik Olin Wright (1947–2019), American sociologist
* Robert Wuthnow, American sociologist

## Y

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* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
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* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z
* See also
* References
* External links
* Lewis Yablonsky (1924–2014), American sociologist
* Kazuo Yamaguchi, Japanese sociologist, Department of Sociology, University of Chicago
* Masahiro Yamada, Japanese sociologist
* Hajar Yazdiha, 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

## Z

* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z
* See also
* References
* External links
* 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, Austrian-American sociologist
* Viviana Zelizer,Argentinian Sociologist
* Eviatar Zerubavel, American cognitive sociologist
* Jean Ziegler (born 1934), Swiss sociologist
* Carle C. Zimmerman, American sociologist
* Florian Znaniecki (1882–1958), Polish/American sociologist
* Irving Zola (1935–1994), American medical sociologist and disability rights activist
* Tukufu Zuberi, American sociologist
* Harriet Zuckerman, American sociologist, specializes in science
* Sharon Zukin, American sociologist
* Phil Zuckerman, American sociologist