List of microbiologists

Major contributions to the science of microbiology (as a discipline in its modern sense) have spanned the time from the mid-17th century month by month to the present day. The following is a list of notable microbiologists who have made significant contributions to the study of microorganisms. Many of those listed have received a Nobel prize for their contributions to the field of microbiology. The others are typically considered historical figures whose work in microbiology had a notable impact in the field. Those microbiologists who currently work in the field have been excluded unless they have received recognition beyond that of being on the faculty in a college or university.

Proto-microbiologists

 * Mahavira
 * Marcus Terentius Varro
 * Avicenna
 * Girolamo Fracastoro
 * Marcello Malpighi
 * Athanasius Kircher
 * Jan Swammerdam
 * Robert Hooke

Living

 * Ilan Chet (born 1939), Israeli microbiologist, professor, and President of the Weizmann Institute of Science
 * Pauline Johnson, immunologist
 * Rita R. Colwell, American environmental microbiologist who studied the ecology of cholera, former director of the National Science Foundation and president of the American Society for Microbiology
 * Wayne Nicholson, American biologist based on microbiology and cell biology
 * Yossef Av-Gay (born 1961), Israeli microbiologist and researcher