Famous Folklorists

The list Famous Folklorists includes Gebrüder Grimm, Vladimir Propp, Richard Chase, Alex Ali and Irish. The list consists of 565 members.

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Gebrüder Grimm

German, Folklorist

Overview: The Brothers Grimm (die Brüder Grimm or die Gebrüder Grimm, ), Jacob Ludwig Karl Grimm (1785–1863) and Wilhelm Carl Grimm (1786–1859), were German academics, philologists, cultural researchers, lexic ...

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Brother duos 189T

19th-century German short story writers 10T

Brothers 24T
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Vladimir Propp

Russian folklorist, philologist and linguist

Overview: Vladimir Yakovlevich Propp (Russian: Владимир Яковлевич Пропп; 29 April [O.S. 17 April] 1895 – 22 August 1970) was a Soviet folklorist and scholar who analysed the basic structural elements ...

Date of birth: 17 April 1895

Date of death: 22 August 1970

Age: 75 (age at death)

Nationality: Russian

Occupation: Folklorist

Gender: Male

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20th-century male writers 5,043T

Soviet male writers 489T

Soviet literary historians 82T
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Alex Ali

Folklorist

Occupation: Folklorist

Gender: Male

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Kerry Noonan

American actor

Overview: Kerry Noonan (born January 25, 1960) is a professor at Champlain College and a former actress. She was born in New York but spent most of her life in Los Angeles, from where she moved to Vermont in 2008 ...

Date of birth: 25 January 1960

Age: 64

Nationality: American

Occupation: Folklorist

Gender: Female

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American women folklorists 100T

Women folklorists 227T

21st-century American women 15,225T
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Anne Vabarna

Estonian singer

Overview: Anne Vabarna (21 December 1877 in Võpolsova – 7 December 1964 in Tonja) was a Seto singer. In her lifetime she recorded over 140,000 verses, most notably her composition of the Seto national epic 'Peko' ...

Date of birth: 21 December 1877

Date of death: 7 December 1964

Age: 86 (age at death)

Nationality: Estonian

Occupation: Folklorist

Gender: Female

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People from Setomaa Parish 5T

19th-century Estonian singers 2T

20th-century Estonian singers 71T
6.

Keigo Seki

Japanese folklorist

Overview: Keigo Seki (関敬吾, Seki Keigo, 1899–1990) was a Japanese folklorist. He was joined a group under Yanagita Kunio, but often came to different conclusions regarding the same folktales. Along with c ...

Date of birth: 1899

Date of death: 1990

Age: 90 (age at death)

Nationality: Japanese

Occupation: Folklorist

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Japanese folklorists 15T

1990 deaths 5,504T

1899 births 5,703T
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Margot Loyola

Chilean musician

Overview: Margot Loyola Palacios (September 15, 1918 – August 3, 2015) was a musician, folk singer and researcher of the folklore of Chile and Latin America in general.

Date of birth: 15 September 1918

Date of death: 3 August 2015

Age: 96 (age at death)

Nationality: Chilean

Occupation: Folklorist

Gender: Female

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Women folklorists 197T

Chilean folklorists 7T

2015 deaths 9,624T
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Vance Randolph

American writer

Overview: Vance Randolph (February 23, 1892 – November 1, 1980) was a folklorist who studied the folklore of the Ozarks in particular. He wrote a number of books on the Ozarks, as well as Little Blue Books and ...

Date of birth: 23 February 1892

Date of death: 1 November 1980

Age: 88 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Folklorist

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People from McDonald County, Missouri 7T

20th-century American non-fiction writers 3,627T

20th-century American writers 4,665T
9.

Jeannie Robertson

British singer

Overview: Jeannie Robertson (1908 – 13 March 1975) was a Scottish folk singer.

Date of birth: 1908

Date of death: 13 March 1975

Age: 66 (age at death)

Nationality: Scottish

Occupation: Folklorist

Gender: Female

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Women folklorists 197T

20th-century women singers 3,624T

20th-century Scottish singers 116T
10.

Oskar Kallas

Estonian linguist

Overview: Oskar Kallas (25 October [O.S. 13 October] 1868 in Kirikuküla, Saaremaa – 26 January 1946 in Stockholm) was an Estonian diplomat, linguist and folklorist. He was the husband of the Finnish writer ...

Date of birth: 25 October 1868

Date of death: 26 January 1946

Age: 77 (age at death)

Nationality: Estonian

Occupation: Folklorist

Gender: Male

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People from Saaremaa Parish 51T

Members of the Estonian Constituent Assembly 145T

Linguists from Estonia 26T
11.

Balan Nambiar

Indian artist

Overview: Balan Nambiar (Malayalam: ബാലൻ നമ്പ്യാര്‍; born 12 November 1937 in Kannapuram) is an Indian painter, sculptor, enamellist, photographer and an academic researcher.

Date of birth: 12 November 1937

Age: 86

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Folklorist

Gender: Male

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Scholars from Kerala 75T

21st-century enamellers 3T

Indian enamellers 2T
12.

Knut Buen

Musician

Overview: Knut Buen (born 31 October 1948) is a Norwegian fiddler, composer, folklorist and publisher. He was born in Kongsberg; the son of folk musician Anders Buen and Margit Tjønn, and is brother of Hauk Buen ...

Date of birth: 31 October 1948

Age: 75

Nationality: Norwegian

Occupation: Folklorist

Gender: Male

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21st-century Norwegian male musicians 157T

Norwegian male composers 173T

21st-century male musicians 9,676T
13.

Nick Burckhardt

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Grimm (TV series) 18T
14.

Shtjefën Gjeçovi

Albanian priest and scholar

Overview: Shtjefën Konstantin Gjeçov-Kryeziu (12 July 1874 – 14 October 1929) was an Albanian Catholic priest, ethnologist, and folklorist. He is regarded as the father of Albanian folklore studies.

Date of birth: 1873

Date of death: 1929

Age: 55 (age at death)

Nationality: Albanian

Occupation: Folklorist

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20th-century Albanian scientists 13T

Albanian ethnographers 4T

Albanian nationalists 47T
15.

Victor E. Neuburg

British historian

Overview: Victor Edward Neuburg (8 March 1924 – January 1996) was a scholar.

Date of birth: 8 March 1924

Date of death: 1996

Age: 71 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Folklorist

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20th-century English historians 340T

20th-century English poets 506T

20th-century English novelists 1,317T
16.

Alexander Dmitriyevich Kastalsky

Russian composer and folklorist

Overview: Alexand(e)r Dmitriyevich Kastalsky (Russian: Александр Дмитриевич Кастальский) (28 November [O.S. 16 November] 1856 – 17 December 1926) was a Russian composer and folklorist.

Date of birth: 28 November 1856

Date of death: 17 December 1926

Age: 70 (age at death)

Nationality: Russian

Occupation: Folklorist

Gender: Male

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20th-century Russian male musicians 214T

20th-century male musicians 12,801T

19th-century male musicians 2,319T
17.

Gustaw Gizewiusz

Polish, Folklorist

Overview: Gustaw Herman Marcin Gizewiusz, or Gustav Gisevius (May 21, 1810 – May 7, 1848) was a Polish political figure, folklorist, and translator. He was married to a Mazur Polish woman, who encouraged him ...

Date of birth: 1810

Date of death: 1848

Age: 37 (age at death)

Nationality: Polish

Occupation: Folklorist

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Polish folklorists 9T

People from Pisz 9T

Polish Lutheran clergy 16T
18.

Arthur Gorovei

Romanian folkorist

Overview: Arthur Gorovei (born 19 February 1864, Fălticeni – d. 19 March 1951, Bucharest) was a Romanian writer, folklorist and ethnographer. In 1940, he was elected an honorary member of the Romanian Academy.

Date of birth: 19 February 1864

Date of death: 19 March 1951

Age: 87 (age at death)

Nationality: Romanian

Occupation: Folklorist

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Honorary members of the Romanian Academy 112T

Romanian ethnographers 22T

Romanian folklorists 55T
19.

Ann Moray

Welsh singer of Scots-Irish background

Overview: Ann Moray (1909–1981) was a Welsh singer and novelist.

Date of birth: 1909

Date of death: 1981

Age: 71 (age at death)

Nationality: Welsh

Occupation: Folklorist

Gender: Female

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20th-century Welsh women singers 37T

20th-century Welsh women writers 100T

20th-century Welsh singers 70T
20.

Ruth Manning-Sanders

British writer

Overview: Ruth Manning-Sanders (21 August 1886 – 12 October 1988) was a Welsh-born English poet and author, well known for a series of children's books in which she collected and related fairy tales from all over ...

Date of birth: 21 August 1886

Date of death: 12 October 1988

Age: 102 (age at death)

Nationality: Welsh

Occupation: Folklorist

Gender: Female

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20th-century English women writers 690T

Women centenarians 1,059T

English women non-fiction writers 402T