Dian Fossey

Dian Fossey

female, deceased (1985) (San Francisco, California, United States)
Dian Fossey (January 16, 1932 - December 27, 1985) was an American Zoologist who completed an extended study of several gorilla groups. She...

Gargantua

male, deceased (1949)
Gargantua (1929-1949) was a captive lowland gorilla who was famous in his lifetime and has been credited with saving the Ringling Brothers circus...
Francine Patterson

Francine Patterson

female, 62 years old
Dr. Francine "Penny" Patterson (b. February 13 1947, in Chicago, Illinois) is a researcher who claims to have taught a modified form of American...

Willis O'Brien

male, deceased (1962)
Willis H. "O'Bie" O'Brien (March 2, 1886 - November 8, 1962) was a pioneering motion picture special effects artist who perfected and specialized...

Massa

male, deceased (1984)
Massa (1930-30 December 1984) was the longest lived gorilla ever recorded at 54 years. Massa was born in the wild in Ghana. He was shipped to...
Thomas Huxley

Thomas Huxley

male, deceased (1895)
Thomas Henry Huxley PC, FRS (4 May 1825 Ealing – 29 June 1895 Eastbourne, Sussex) was an English biologist, known as "Darwin's Bulldog" for his ad...
Carl Akeley

Carl Akeley

male, deceased (1926)
Carl Ethan Akeley (19 May 1864 - 17 November 1926) was a taxidermist, artist, biologist, conservationist, and nature photographer, noted for his...
Paul du Chaillu

Paul du Chaillu

male, deceased (1903)
Paul du Chaillu, traveller and anthropologist, was born in either Paris or New Orleans (accounts conflict). (According to his friend Edward Clodd,...
Mark Lenard

Mark Lenard

male, deceased (1996)
Mark Lenard (October 15, 1924 - November 22, 1996) was an American actor, primarily in television. Lenard was known as the actor who played Spock's...
Jordi Sabater Pi

Jordi Sabater Pi

male
Jordi Sabater Pi is a Catalan primatologist and world-wide specialist in ethology (the study of animal behavior) and the discoverer of cultural...