List of geographers

This list of geographers is presented in English alphabetical transliteration order (by surnames). See also: List of Graeco-Roman geographers.

A

 * Abdulkadir Garba Gusau (Lagos, Nigeria)
 * Aziz Ab'Saber
 * Anang Tri Nugroho(Jakarta, Indonesia)
 * Peter Adams
 * Agatharchides
 * Agathedaemon of Alexandria
 * Agathemerus
 * John A. Agnew
 * Stuart Aitken
 * John Logan Allen (Wyoming, USA)
 * A. W. Andrews
 * Alypius of Antioch (Roman Empire, fl. circa 450)
 * Hafiz-i Abru (Persia, 15th century)
 * Ash Amin
 * Jacques Ancel
 * Karl Andree (Germany, 1808-1875)
 * Richard Andree
 * Aaron Arrowsmith
 * Väinö Auer
 * Félix de Azara
 * B. Sudhakar (India, 1979)

B

 * Robert Bailey
 * David Baines
 * Oliver Edwin Baker
 * Abu Abdullah al-Bakri (1014-1094)
 * Robert Balling
 * Ahmed ibn Sahl al-Balkhi (Persia, 850-934)
 * Keith Barber
 * John Christopher Bartholomew
 * John George Bartholomew
 * Oliver Bašovský (Slovakia, 1930-2003)
 * Ibn Battuta (Morocco, 1304-1369)
 * Ingeborg de Beausacq
 * Anthony Bebbington 1962-
 * Frederick William Beechey
 * Walter Behrmann
 * Charles Tilstone Beke
 * Lev Semenovich Berg
 * Brian J.L. Berry
 * Luiza Bialasiewicz
 * Abū Rayhĝn Bīrūnī (Persia, 973-1048)
 * Martyn J. Bowden
 * Isaiah Bowman
 * William R. Black
 * Joan Blaeu (Amsterdam 1596-1673)
 * Harm de Blij
 * Henry Bloemen
 * Nick Blomley
 * Alison Blunt
 * Franz Boas
 * Prince Roland Bonaparte
 * Martyn J. Bowden
 * Bruce Braun
 * Edward William Brayley
 * Conrad Malte-Brun
 * Stanley Brunn
 * Philippe Buache
 * William Bunge
 * Philip Burden
 * Sir Richard Francis Burton, Royal Geographical Society
 * Anne Buttimer

C

 * Manuel Castells
 * Richard Cathcart
 * Reily Connaughton
 * Andreas Cellarius
 * Samuel de Champlain
 * Chen Cheng-Siang Chen
 * George Chisholm (geographer)
 * Walter Christaller (Germany 1893-1969)
 * Richard Chorley
 * A. Rees Clark
 * Claudius Clavus (Claudus Claussøn Swart)
 * Paul Cloke
 * Philip Cluwer
 * Ian Cook
 * Denis Cosgrove (England 1948)
 * Kevin Cox
 * Susan Cutter
 * John Antony Cramer
 * George Cressey
 * James Croll
 * Mike Crang
 * Phill Crang
 * Jovan Cvijić (Serbia 1865-1927)
 * Chris Critchlow
 * Georgios Cyprius

D

 * Jack Dangermond
 * William Morris Davis (USA, 1850-1934)
 * Alexander Dalrymple
 * Christian Daudel (France, b. 1955)
 * Frank Debenham
 * John Dee (England, 1527-1608)
 * Jared Diamond (USA, 1937)
 * Al-Dinawari (828-898)
 * Benjamin Y. Dixon
 * Dicaearchus (Greece, circa 350-285 BC)
 * Vasily V. Dokuchaev
 * Ján Drdoš (Slovakia, b. 1934)
 * Erich von Drygalski

E

 * William Gordon East
 * Eratosthenes (Greece, 276-194 BC)
 * Stuart Elden
 * Lawrence Estaville
 * Lewis Evans (surveyor)
 * George Everest

F

 * Ahmad ibn Fadlan (10th c.)
 * Ghazi Falah
 * Ibn al-Faqih (10th c.)
 * Nevin Fenneman
 * Abu al-Fida (Abulfeda) (Syria, 1273-1331)
 * Colin Flint
 * J. Keith Fraser
 * Otis Willard Freeman
 * Gemma Frisius (Netherlands, 1508-1555)
 * Masahisa Fujita

G

 * Alfons Gabriel
 * Johann Georg August Galletti
 * Francis Galton
 * Henry Gannett
 * Abu Said Gardezi (d. 1061)
 * William Garrison (geographer)
 * Artur Gavazzi (Croatia, Slovenia, 1861-1944)
 * Johann Gottlieb Georgi
 * Nicolaus Germanus
 * John Alan Glennon
 * Johann Georg Gmelin
 * Reginald G. Golledge
 * Michael Frank Goodchild (1944 -)
 * Jean Gottman
 * Mark Graham
 * Derek Gregory
 * Pyrs Gruffud
 * Guido of Pisa
 * Lev Gumilev
 * Arnold Henry Guyot

H

 * James Hadden
 * Mohammad Reza Hafeznia (Iran)
 * Toni Hagen
 * Torsten Hägerstrand (Sweden, 1916-2004)
 * Peter Haggett
 * Yaqut al-Hamawi (1179-1229)
 * Hamdani (893-945)
 * Louis-Edmond Hamelin
 * Martin Hampl (Czech Republic, b. 1940)
 * Susan Hansen
 * Chauncy Harris
 * Cole Harris
 * Blake Harrison
 * Richard Hartshorne (United States, 1899-1992)
 * John Patrick Harty
 * David Harvey (United States, Britain, b. 1935)
 * Henri Hauser
 * Karl Haushofer
 * Ibn Hawqal (d. after 977)
 * Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen) (Iraq, 965-1039)
 * Zheng He
 * John Heap
 * Sven Hedin
 * Gamal Hemdan (Egypt, 1928-1993)
 * Peter Herlihy
 * Alfred Hettner
 * Hipparchus (Greece, 190-120 BC)
 * Thomas Holdich
 * John Holmes (professor)
 * Johann Homann (Germany, 1664-1724)
 * J.F. Horrabin
 * Paul D.M. Hughes
 * Carl Humann
 * Alexander von Humboldt (Germany, 1769-1859)
 * Ellsworth Huntington
 * Thomas Hutchins

I

 * Muhammad al-Idrisi (Dreses) (Islamic Spain, 1100-1166)
 * Cosmas Indicopleustes
 * Jack D. Ives

J

 * Jane Jacobs
 * Kim Jeong-ho
 * Alexander Keith Johnston (1804–1871)
 * Alexander Keith Johnston (1844–1879)
 * Terry G. Jordan-Bychkov
 * Ibn Jubayr (1145-1217)

K

 * Felix Philipp Kanitz
 * Mahmud al-Kashgari (1005-1102)
 * Robert Kates
 * David Keeling
 * Artimus Keiffer
 * Ibn Khordadbeh (820-912)
 * Muhammad ibn Mūsĝ al-Khwĝrizmī (780-850)
 * Richard Kiepert
 * Heinrich Kiepert
 * Al-Kindi (Alkindus) (801-873)
 * Anne Kelly Knowles
 * Audrey Kobayshi
 * Peter Kozler
 * Stepan Krasheninnikov
 * Peter Kropotkin
 * Robert Kruse
 * Mark Kemp

L

 * Yves Lacoste
 * Joannes de Laet
 * William Lambton
 * Andrew Latham
 * Eric Laurier
 * Alain Huetz de Lemps
 * Liu An (China, 177-122 BC)
 * Philippe Le Billon
 * Peirce F. Lewis
 * David Ley
 * Michal Lukniš (Slovakia, 1916-1986)
 * Gunawardena Kusuma (Sri Lanka, 1970-2005)
 * Peter Knight

M

 * Alan MacEachren
 * Halford John Mackinder (UK, 1861-1947)
 * Paul MacVean
 * Ahmad Bin Majid (b. 1432)
 * Conrad Malte-Brun
 * Victor Adolphe Malte-Brun
 * Emmanuel de Margerie
 * Kenneth Mason
 * Doreen Massey
 * Abu al-Hasan 'Alī al-Mas'ūdī (896-956)
 * René Matloviĝ (Slovakia, b. 1967)
 * Otto Maull
 * John May
 * Emil Mazúr (Slovakia, 1925-1990)
 * Linda McDowell
 * Donald McNeill
 * Simion Mehedinţi, (Romania, 1868-1962)
 * Megasthenes
 * D. W. Meinig
 * August Meitzen, (Germany 1822-1910)
 * Anton Melik (Slovenia, 1890-1966)
 * Alfred Merz
 * Guenter Meyer (Germany)
 * Vintilă M. Mihăilescu (Romania, 1890-1978)
 * Nicolae Milescu
 * Don Mitchell
 * Jozef Mládek (Slovakia, b. 1939)
 * Brent W. Moll
 * Mark Monmonier
 * Johnathan R. Moravek
 * Jedidiah Morse
 * William G. Moseley
 * Hamdollah Mostowfi (1281-1349)
 * P.O. Muller
 * Al-Muqaddasi (945-1000)

N

 * Christophe Neff
 * Bernard Neitschmann
 * Joseph Nicollet
 * Richard Nostrand
 * Pedro Nunes

O

 * Erich Obst
 * Vladimir Obruchev
 * Patrick O'Flanagan
 * Miles Ogborn
 * Henry Yule Oldham
 * Gunnar Olsson
 * Kenneth Olwig
 * Otero Pedrayo
 * Gearóid Ó Tuathail

P

 * Trevor Paglen
 * Joseph Partsch
 * Mike Pasqualetti
 * Pausanias (Greece, fl. circa 150)
 * Otero Pedrayo
 * Albrecht Penck
 * Walther Penck
 * Chris Philo
 * Pavol Plesník (Slovakia, b. 1920)
 * Marco Polo
 * Philip Porter
 * Posidonius (Greece 135-51 BCE)
 * Doug Powell
 * Allan Pred
 * Nikolai Przhevalsky
 * Pseudo-Scymnus
 * Ptolemy (Roman Egypt, circa 85-165)
 * Pytheas (Greece, fl. circa 360 BC)

R

 * Sarah A. Radcliffe
 * Friedrich Ratzel
 * Erwin Raisz
 * Hugh M. Raup
 * Amin Razi (Persia, 16th century)
 * Elisee Reclus
 * Piri Reis (Turkey, 1465–1554)
 * Edward Relph
 * James Rennell
 * Orlando Ribeiro
 * Ferdinand Baron Von Richthofen 19th Century
 * Barry Riddell
 * Carl Ritter (Germany, 1779-1859)
 * Arthur H. Robinson
 * Joseph Rock
 * Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs
 * Bernard Romans
 * Scott C. Roper
 * Thomas E. Ross
 * William Roy
 * Ibn Rushd (Averroes) (Islamic Spain, 1126-1198)
 * Ibn Rustah (Persia, d. 903)

S

 * David Sadler
 * Arun Saldanha
 * Marwyn Samuels
 * Milton Santos (Brazil, 1926 -- 2001)
 * Saskia Sassen
 * Carl O. Sauer (USA, 1889 -- 1975)
 * Fred K. Schaefer (Berlin, Germany 1904-USA, 1953)
 * Steven Schnell
 * Henry Schoolcraft
 * Scymnus
 * Leopold von Schrenck
 * Allen J Scott
 * Ellen Churchill Semple
 * Johan Sems (Netherlands, 1572-1635)
 * Edward Shackleton, Baron Shackleton
 * Andrew Shears
 * Pyotr Semenov-Tyan-Shansky
 * Shen Kuo (China, 1031-1095)
 * Eric Sheppard
 * Yuly Shokalsky
 * James R. Shortridge
 * Ibn Sina (Avicenna) (Persia, 980-1037)
 * Neil Smith
 * Paul Allen Siple
 * Evelyn Stokes (New Zealand, 1936-2005)
 * Strabo (Roman Empire, Greece, circa 63/64 - circa 24 BC)
 * Su Song (China, 1020-1101)
 * Edward Soja (Spain, 1942)
 * Oskar Spate
 * John Speke, Royal Geographic Society
 * Simon Springer
 * Adolph von Steinwehr
 * Ulf Strohmayer
 * Rana P. B. Singh
 * Ram Lochan Singh

T

 * Ralph Stockman Tarr
 * Johann Heinrich von Thünen (Germany, 1783-1850)
 * Nigel Thrift
 * Waldo R. Tobler
 * Wilhelm Tomaschek
 * Roger Tomlinson
 * George Trebeck
 * Emil Trinkler
 * Carl Troll
 * Yi-Fu Tuan (United States, China, b. 1930)
 * Billie Lee Turner II
 * James A. Tyner
 * Marinos of Tyre

U

 * Edward Ullman

V

 * Villalba Giovanni

W

 * Alfred Russel Wallace
 * Andreas Walsperger
 * Michael Watts
 * Alfred Weber (Germany, 1868-1958)
 * John C. Western
 * Gilbert F. White
 * Alan Wilson
 * Charles W. J. Withers
 * Denis Wood (United States, 1945 - )
 * John Kirtland Wright
 * Thomas James Henry Wallis
 * Alfred Lothar Wegener
 * Richard Waller

X

 * Xu Xiake

Y

 * Naomasa Yamasaki
 * Ya'qubi (d. 897)

Z

 * Michal Zaťko (Slovakia, b. 1933)
 * Martin Zeiller (Germany, 1589-1661)
 * Wilbur Zelinsky (United States, B. 1921)
 * Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann
 * Al-Zuhri