List of birdwatchers
This is a list of the birdwatchers who have either seen a very large number of species or who are notable in their own right but also happen to be birdwatchers.
Large life lists
This is a list of the birdwatchers with the largest lifelists, that is, based on the number of species of birds each of them has/had seen. Depending on the taxonomic viewpoint, there are about 8,800–10,200 living bird species.
- Tom Gullick: 8,811 [1]
- Jon Hornbuckle: 8,700[1]
- Hugh Buck: 8,619[1]
- Philip Rostron: 8,475[1]
- Phoebe Snetsinger: 8,400[1] (deceased)
- Claes-Göran Cederlund: 8,341[2]
- Pete Winter: more than 7,700 species[3]
- John Danzenbaker: 7,529[4]
- Jim Clements: 7,200
- Richard Koeppel: over 7,000 [5]
- Harvey Gilston: 6,800 [6]
Birdwatchers famous for achievements in other fields
- Jane Alexander Actress and former Director of the US National Endowment for the Arts
- John James Audubon An early pioneer in nature studies within the US
- Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke British Chief of the Imperial General Staff during the Second World War
- Jimmy Carter President of the United States
- Fidel Castro President of Cuba.
- Agatha Christie Author and playwright
- Jared Diamond American geographer, evolutionary biologist, physiologist, lecturer, and nonfiction author
- Ernst Mayr Evolutionary biologist, tropical explorer, ornithologist, historian of science
- Ian Fleming Author
- Jonathan Franzen Author
- Meriwether Lewis Explorer
- Phil Liggett Cycling commentator
- Steve Martin Writer, comedian, musician
- Per Martin-Löf, Swedish mathematical scientist working on the foundations of mathematical statistics, probability, logic, and computer science.
- Patrick O'Brian Author
- Bill Oddie Actor, Comedian, Television Presenter
- Roger Tory Peterson Invented the first user-friendly field guide; noted mainly for his books studying birds and promoting birdwatching
- George Plimpton Author
- Debby Reynolds, British veterinary surgeon
- Teddy Roosevelt President of the United States
- Mark Salling Actor and musician
- John Stott Author, theologian and evangelical leader
- James D. Watson Nobel laureate, molecular biologist, and co-discoverer of the structure of DNA
- E. B. White Author
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