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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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
  • 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
  • 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 (born 1929), 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Lars Clausen (1935–2010), German sociologist
  • Marshall B. Clinard (1911–2010), American sociologist (criminology)
  • Clifford Clogg, American sociologist
  • Richard Cloward (1926–2001), American 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
  • 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
  • Mary Frank Fox, American sociologist
  • Renée Fox, American sociologist
  • Andre Gunder Frank (1929–2005), German economic historian and 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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[1]
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Bindeshwar Pathak (born 1943), Indian sociologist

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
  • 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
  • Leonard Seabrooke, Australian 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

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
  • 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

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, American 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

References
  1. González, Horácio (2000). Historia crítica de la sociología argentina: Los raros, los clásicos, los científicos, los discrepantes. ISBN 978-950-581-738-2.
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