A soil scientist is a contributor to soil science. Soil scientists include agrologists, pedologists and soil classifiers.
The following is a list of notable soil scientists.
| Name | Birth/death | Country | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1888–1974 | USA | ||
| 1959–2015 | Canada | Founding member of University of Northern British Columbia and became its first Canada Research Chair in 2001 | |
| 1923–2011 | USA | First woman soil scientist officially assigned in the field for NRCS | |
| Vera A. Baltz | 1866–1943 | Russia | One of the first female soil scientists in Russia |
| 1885–1937 | USA | ||
| 1940– | Netherlands | ||
| 1939–2017 | UK | Paleopedologist | |
| 1875–1967 | USA | Pioneer of American soil classification | |
| 1828–1894 | Denmark | Pioneer of soil amelioration and naturalist | |
| 1809–1882 | UK | Father of modern soil science. First scholarly treatment of soil forming processes | |
| 1924–2000 | Brazil | Prominent Brazilian agronomist | |
| 1840–1903 | Russia | Variously the father of modern soil science, pedology, soil geography | |
| 1794–1877 | Germany | Founder of modern soil science; coined the term "pedology" | |
| 1899–1972 | Canada | Kemptville Agricultural School lecturer and chairman of the Fertilizer Advisory Board of Ontario | |
| 1867–1927 | Russia | Prominent Russian soil scientist | |
| 1833–1916 | USA | Father of modern soil science in the USA | |
| 1913–2002 | USA | Pedologist and educator | |
| 1935–2017 | Bangladesh | Soil horizon of Bangladesh land | |
| 1899–1992 | USA | Influential pedologist | |
| 1848–1911 | USA | Father of American soil physics | |
| 1896–1973 | Russia | Microbiologist | |
| 1803–1873 | Germany | Father of soil chemistry | |
| 1869–1938 | USA | ||
| 1863–1935 | USA | Father of American pedology | |
| 1874–1949 | Poland | Founder of the Polish pedologie scientific school | |
| 1932–2012 | USA | Micronutrient fertilizer researcher | |
| ~1510–1590 | France | First to research amending soil to replenish minerals | |
| 1920–2020 | Brazil | Prominent Brazilian soil scientist | |
| Nigeria | |||
| 1904–1993 | USA | Soil physicist | |
| 1940– | USA | World food systems visionary | |
| 1529–1619 | France | Promoted crop rotation as a way of preserving soil nutrients | |
| 1884–1969 | USA | ||
| 1907–1981 | USA | ||
| 1888–1973 | USA | Soil microbiologist | |