Evolutionist

An evolutionist is a person who holds to a belief in evolutionism or the doctrine postulated by the theory of evolution. The following is a list of evolutionists who played an integral role in the history of evolutionism.

There are also a number of other evolutionists who have been prominent in opposing Biblical creation. These are listed under Anticreation.

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Scientists

• Gavin de Beer (1899–1972)
• Charles Bonnet (1720 – 1793)
• Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1727-1775)
• Charles Darwin (1809-1882)
• Erasmus Darwin (1731 – 1802)
• Richard Dawkins
• Theodosius Dobzhansky (1900 - 1975)
• Eugene Dubois (1858 - 1940)
• Niles Eldredge
• Stephen Jay Gould (1941 - 2002)
• Ernst Haeckel (1834 - 1919)
• J.B.S. Haldane (1892 – 1964)
• Stephen Hawking
• Fred Hoyle (1915 - 2001)
• Aldous Huxley (1894 – 1963)
• Julian Huxley (1887 – 1975)
• Thomas Huxley (1825 - 1895)
• Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1744 – 1829)
• Charles Lyell (1797-1875)
• Ernst Mayr (1904 – 2005)
• Colin Patterson (1933 - 1998)
• Bertrand Russell (1872 – 1970)
• Carl Sagan (1934 – 1996)
• Eugenie Scott
• George Simpson (1902 – 1984)
• C.H. Waddington (1905 — 1975)
• Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913)

Non-scientists

• Issac Asimov (1920 – 1992)
• Herbert Spencer (1820 – 1903)

Related References

• 12 Quotes from Leading Evolutionists
• Quotes from Famous Evolutionists

See Also

• Evolutionist Category

External links

• Explaining the Use Evolutionist by Creationists
• The Use of Evolutionist by Creationists