List of well-known Arabists
The list of well-known Arabists includes researchers, scholars and other personalities who are scientifically involved in the Arabic language , literature and culture. You have either completed your habilitation in Arabic studies , are relevant as authors or have made significant contributions to Arabic studies.
A.
- Jacob Georg Christian Adler (1756–1834)
- Wilhelm Ahlwardt (1828–1909)
- Asad Q. Ahmed (* 1977)
- Waleed Saleh Alkhalifa (* 1951)
- Michele Amari (1806-1889)
- Tor Andræ (1885–1947)
- Friedrich August Arnold (1812–1869)
- Rudiger Arnzen
B.
- Carmela Baffioni (* 1951)
- Thomas Bauer (* 1961)
- Charles Barbier de Meynard (1826–1908)
- Alfred Felix Landon Beeston (1911–1995)
- Lale Behzadi
- Richard Bell (1876-1952)
- Simon van den Bergh (1819–1907)
- Gotthelf Bergsträßer (1886–1933)
- Józef Bielawski (1910–1997)
- Louis Jacques Bresnier (1814–1869)
- Ronald JC Broadhurst (1906-1976)
- Carl Brockelmann (1868–1956)
- Frants Buhl (1850-1932)
C.
- Jean Jacques Antoine Caussin de Perceval (1759-1835)
- Thomas Chenery (1826-1884)
- Johann Christian Clodius (1676–1745)
- José Antonio Conde (1766-1820)
- Henry Corbin (1903-1978)
- François Pétis de la Croix (Orientalist, 1622) (1622–1695), French Orientalist
- François Pétis de la Croix (Orientalist, 1653) (1653–1713), French Orientalist
- Salvatore Cusa (1822-1893)
D.
- Janusz Danecki (* 1946)
- Claudia Dantschke (* 1963)
- Hartwig Derenbourg (1844–1908)
- Joseph Derenbourg (1811–1895)
- Werner Diem (* 1944)
- Friedrich Dieterici (1821–1903)
- Albert Dietrich (1912-2015)
- Charles M. Doughty (1843-1926)
- Reinhart Dozy (1820-1883)
- Marek Dziekan (* 1965)
E.
- Johann Gottfried Eichhorn (1752–1827)
- Heidrun Eichner (* 1973)
- Gerhard Endress (* 1939)
- Thomas Erpenius (1584-1624)
- Josef van Ess (* 1934)
F.
- Serafín Fanjul (* 1945)
- Michael Fisch (* 1964)
- August Fischer (1865–1949)
- Wolfdietrich Fischer (1928–2013)
- Heinrich Leberecht Fleischer (1801–1888)
- Manfred Fleischhammer (* 1928)
- Gustav Wing (1802-1870)
- Georg Wilhelm Freytag (1788–1861)
- Johann Wilhelm Fück (1894–1974)
G
- Francesco Gabrieli (1904-1996)
- Antoine Galland (1646-1715)
- Maurice Gaudefroy-Demombynes (1862–1957)
- Hamilton Alexander Rosskeen Gibb (1895–1971)
- Eduard Glaser (1855–1908)
- Shlomo Dov Goitein (1900–1985)
- Ignaz Goldziher (1850-1921)
- Michael Jan de Goeje (1836–1909)
- Emilio García Gómez (1905-1995)
- Emilio González Ferrín (* 1965)
- Hans Ludwig Gottschalk (1904–1981)
- Georg Graf (1875–1955)
- George Grigore (* 1958)
- Gustav Edmund von Grunebaum (1909–1972)
- Sebastian Günther (* 1961)
- Alfred Guillaume (1888–1965)
- Dimitri Gutas (* 1945)
- Stanislas Guyard (1846-1884)
H
- Max Habicht (1775-1839)
- Hendrik Arent Hamaker (1789-1835)
- Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila (* 1963)
- Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall (1774-1856)
- Martin Hartmann (1851-1918)
- Richard Hartmann (1881-1965)
- Max Henning (1861-1927)
- Julius Hirschberg (1843–1925)
- Philip K. Hitti (1886–1978)
- Gerhard Hoffmann (* 1941)
- Maria Höfner (1900–1992)
- Max Horten (1874-1945)
J
- Georg Jacob (1862–1937), the founder of modern Turkology in Germany
- Hans Jansen (1942–2015)
- Jacques Jomier (1914-2008)
K
- Paul Kahle (1875–1964)
- Karel Keller (* 1944)
- Mohammed Khallouk (* 1971)
- Karin Kneissl (* 1965)
- Andrei Vitalievich Korotajew (* 1961)
- Paul Kraus (1904–1944)
- Alfred von Kremer (1828-1889)
- Remke Kruk (* 1942)
L.
- Jacob M. Landau (* 1924)
- Edward William Lane (1801–1876)
- Stanley Lane-Poole (1854-1931)
- Gérard Lecomte (1926–1997)
- Bernard Lewis (1916-2018)
- Julius Lippert (1866-1911)
- Enno Littmann (1875-1958)
- Otto Loth (1844-1881)
- Günter Lüling (1928–2014)
- Charles James Lyall (1845-1920)
M.
- Wilferd Madelung (* 1930)
- Muhsin Mahdi (1926-2007)
- David Samuel Margoliouth (1858-1940)
- Louis Massignon (1883–1962)
- August Ferdinand Mehren (1822–1907)
- Paolo Minganti (1925–1978)
- Georg Misch (1878–1965)
- Gema Martín Muñoz (* 1955)
- Alois Musil (1868–1944)
- Hans von Mžik (1876–1961)
N
- Tilman Nagel (* 1942)
- Carlo Alfonso Nallino (1872–1938)
- Angelika Neuwirth (* 1943)
- Carsten Niebuhr (1733-1815)
- Adolphe Noël des Vergers (1805–1867)
- Theodor Nöldeke (1836–1930)
O
- De Lacy O'Leary (1872-1957)
- Claudia Ott (* 1968)
P
- Edward Henry Palmer (1840-1882)
- Curt Prüfer (1881–1959)
- Rudi Paret (1901–1983)
- Charles Pellat (1914-1992)
- Holger Preißler (1943-2006)
R.
- Lothar Rathmann (* 1927)
- Hermann Reckendorf (1863–1924)
- Johann Jacob Reiske (1716–1774)
- Oskar Rescher (1883–1972)
- Julián Ribera (1858-1934)
- Umberto Rizzitano (1913–1980)
- Robert von Ketton (1110–1160)
- Franz Rosenthal (1914-2003)
- Friedrich Rückert (1788–1866)
- Julius Ruska (1867-1949)
S.
- Abdulghafur Sabuni (* 1940)
- Eduard Sachau (1845–1930)
- Silvestre de Sacy (1758-1838)
- John Herne Sanders (1888-1976)
- George Sarton (1884-1956)
- Sayyed Husain Ali Bilgrami (1844-1926)
- Joseph Schacht (1902–1969)
- Adolf Friedrich von Schack (1815-1894)
- Johann David Schieferdecker (1672–1721)
- Karl Heinrich Schier (1802–1869)
- Annemarie Schimmel (1922-2003)
- Götz Schregle (* 1923)
- Wolfgang G. Schwanitz (* 1955)
- Theodor Seif (1894–1939)
- Fuat Sezgin (1924-2018)
- Francisco Javier Simonet (1829-1897)
- Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje (1857–1936)
- Otto Spies (1901–1981)
- Anton Spitaler (1910-2003)
- Bertold Spuler (1911–1990)
- Samuel Miklos Stern (1920–1969)
- Gotthard Strohmaier (* 1934)
T
- Franz Taeschner (1888–1967)
- Felix Tauer (1893–1981)
- Wilfred Thesiger (1910-2003)
- Jaroslav Tkáč (1871-1927)
- Gerald J. Toomer (* 1934)
- Arthur Stanley Tritton (1881–1973)
- Gérard Troupeau (1927-2010)
U
- Manfred Ullmann (* 1931)
V
- Virginia Vacca (1891–1988)
- Laura Veccia Vaglieri (1893-1989)
- Zeki Velidi Togan (1890-1970)
- Cornelis HM Versteegh (* 1947)
W.
- Richard Rudolf Walzer (1900–1975)
- William Montgomery Watt (1909-2006)
- Hans Wehr (1909–1981)
- Gustav Weil (1808-1889)
- Julius Wellhausen (1844-1918)
- Johann Christoph Wichmannshausen (1663–1727)
- Philipp Wolff (1810-1894)
- Franz Wöpcke (1826–1864)
- William Wright (1830-1889)
- Ferdinand Wüstenfeld (1808–1899)
Z
- Václav Zelenka (1892–1979)
- Karl Vilhelm Zetterstéen (1866–1953)
- Hermann Zotenberg (1836–1909)