List of famous professors, with photos, bios, and other information when available. Who are the top professors in the world? This includes the most prominent professors, living and dead, both in America and abroad. This list of notable professors is ordered by their level of prominence, and can be sorted for various bits of information, such as where these historic professors were born and what their nationality is. The people on this list are from different countries, but what they all have in common is that they're all renowned professors.
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From reputable, prominent, and well known professors to the lesser known professors of today, these are some of the best professionals in the professor field. If you want to answer the questions, "Who are the most famous professors ever?" and "What are the names of famous professors?" then you're in the right place. {#nodes}...more
- Barack Hussein Obama born August 4, 1961is an American attorney and politician who served as... more
- William Jefferson Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III; August 19, 1946) is an American... more
- Albert Einstein ( EYEN-styne; German: [ˈalbɛɐ̯t ˈʔaɪnʃtaɪn] (listen); 14 March 1879 – 18 April... more
- Alexander Graham Bell ('Graham' pronounced ) (March 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922) was a ... more
- Ben Shalom Bernanke ( bər-NANG-kee; born December 13, 1953) is an American economist at the... more
- Benjamin Jeremy Stein (born November 25, 1944) is an American writer, lawyer, actor, and... more
- Carl Edward Sagan (; November 9, 1934 – December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer,... more
- David Drew Pinsky (born September 4, 1958), commonly known as Dr. Drew, is an American... more
- Elizabeth Ann Warren (née Herring; born June 22, 1949) is an American politician and former... more
- Alfred Charles Kinsey (; June 23, 1894 – August 25, 1956) was an American biologist, professor... more
- Cornel Ronald West (born June 2, 1953) is an American philosopher, political activist, social... more
- Adam Smith (16 June [O.S. 5 June] 1723 – 17 July 1790) was a Scottish economist, philosopher... more
- Cass Robert Sunstein FBA (born September 21, 1954) is an American legal scholar, particularly... more
- Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam ( (listen); 15 October 1931 – 27 July 2015) was an... more
- Erich Wolf Segal (June 16, 1937 – January 17, 2010) was an American author, screenwriter,... more
- Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (Russian: Дми́трий Дми́триевич Шостако́вич , tr. Dmitriy... more
- William Charles Ayers (; born December 26, 1944) is a former leader of the Weather Underground... more
- Barbara Harbach is a composer, harpsichordist, organist and teacher. Since 2004, she has been... more
- Daniel Clement Dennett III (born March 28, 1942) is an American philosopher, writer, and... more
- Angela Yvonne Davis (born January 26, 1944) is an American political activist, academic, and... more
- Avery Robert Dulles, S.J. (; August 24, 1918 – December 12, 2008) was a Jesuit priest,... more
Atiur Rahman is a Bangladeshi economist and author, currently serving as the Governor of... more- Elena Kagan (; born April 28, 1960) is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United... more
- Brian Randolph Greene (born February 9, 1963) is an American theoretical physicist,... more
- Albert Macovski is an American Professor (Emeritus) at Stanford University, known for his many... more
