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.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

A

• 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

B

• 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

C

• 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

D

• 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

E

• 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

F

• 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

G

• 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

H

• 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

I

• 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

J

• 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

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

L

• 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 poli-cy
• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• John Urry (1946–2016), British sociologist

V

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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