Famous Conservationists
Name↕ | Nationality↕ | Born↕ | Died (or Active)↕ | Focus↕ | Legacy↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jane Goodall | British | 1,934 | Active | Chimpanzees | Gombe Stream research (1960-), Jane Goodall Institute, UN Messenger of Peace |
David Attenborough | British | 1,926 | Active | Broadcasting, biodiversity | Life on Earth, Planet Earth, Blue Planet, climate advocacy |
Steve Irwin | Australian | 1,962 | 2006 | Reptiles, wildlife | Crocodile Hunter, Australia Zoo, killed by stingray while filming |
Dian Fossey | American | 1,932 | 1985 | Mountain gorillas | Karisoke Research Center Rwanda, Gorillas in the Mist, murdered in Rwanda |
Jacques Cousteau | French | 1,910 | 1997 | Oceans | Co-invented Aqua-Lung, Calypso expeditions, The Silent World (1956 film) |
Rachel Carson | American | 1,907 | 1964 | Pesticides, ecology | Silent Spring (1962) launched environmental movement, DDT ban |
John Muir | Scottish-American | 1,838 | 1914 | Wilderness preservation | Founded Sierra Club (1892), helped create Yosemite and Sequoia National Parks |
Aldo Leopold | American | 1,887 | 1948 | Wildlife ecology, land ethic | A Sand County Almanac (1949), co-founded Wilderness Society |
Wangari Maathai | Kenyan | 1,940 | 2011 | Reforestation, women | Green Belt Movement, Nobel Peace Prize 2004 (first African woman) |
Chico Mendes | Brazilian | 1,944 | 1988 | Amazon rainforest | Rubber tapper union leader, murdered by ranchers, extractive reserves created |
E. O. Wilson | American | 1,929 | 2021 | Biodiversity, ants | Half-Earth project, sociobiology, two Pulitzer Prizes |
Sylvia Earle | American | 1,935 | Active | Oceans | Mission Blue, Hope Spots, first female chief scientist NOAA |
Birute Galdikas | Canadian-Lithuanian | 1,946 | Active | Orangutans | Tanjung Puting Borneo research (1971-), Orangutan Foundation International |
George Schaller | American | 1,933 | Active | Big cats, pandas | Serengeti Lion study, Mountain Gorilla fieldwork that preceded Fossey |
Gerald Durrell | British | 1,925 | 1995 | Captive breeding | Jersey Zoo (Durrell Wildlife Park), My Family and Other Animals |
Paul Watson | Canadian | 1,950 | Active | Marine direct action | Co-founded Greenpeace, founded Sea Shepherd Conservation Society |
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