List of people that have expressed views relating to overpopulation as a problem
The people in this list have expressed concerns about human overpopulation.
List
A
- Edward Abbey author and essayist [1]
- Baroness Amos UN Under-Secretary-General [2]
- David Attenborough naturalist [2]
- Ian Angus socialist [2]
- Kofi Annan UN Secretary-General [2]
- Aristotle philosopher [1][2]
- Margaret Atwood novelist [2]
- Isaac Asimov author [1][2][3][4]
B
- Norman Borlaug “father” of Green Revolution [2][3]
- Albert Bartlett physicist [1][2][3][4]
- Max Born physicist [2]
- Kenneth Boulding economist [1][2][3]
- Julia Bradbury presenter [2]
- Richard Branson business leader [2]
- David Brower environmentalist [1][3]
- Dan Brown author [2]
- Michael Buerk journalist [2]
- George H.W. Bush US President [2]
C
- George Carey Archbishop [2]
- Bernard Chidzero economist and politician [2]
- Hillary Clinton US Secretary of State [2]
- Joel E. Cohen demographer
- Confucius philosopher [2]
- Jacques Cousteau conservationist [1][2][3]
D
- Partha Dasgupta economist [2]
- Christian de Duve biologist [2]
- Cameron Diaz actress [2]
E
- Anne H. Ehrlich coauthor with Paul Ehrlich
- Paul Ehrlich biologist [1][2]
- Albert Einstein physicist [2][3]
- Queen Elizabeth II British monarch [2]
- Ralph Waldo Emerson writer [2]
- Stephen Emmott scientist [2]
- Rupert Everett actor [2]
F
- Peter Farb author, anthropologist, ecologist [3]
- Jane Fonda actor, activist [2]
- David Foreman environmentalist [1]
- Baroness Flather politician [2]
- Morgan Freeman actor [2]
G
- Bill Gates business leader [2]
- Bob Geldof musician [2]
- Jane Goodall primatologist [5]
- Al Gore US Vice President [2][3]
- James P. Grant UN Under-Secretary-General [2]
- Gunther Grass author [2]
- John Gray philosopher [2]
- Jane Goodall conservationist [2]
- John Guillebaud medical doctor, academic [2]
- Tenzin Gyatso 14th Dalai Lama [1][2]
H
- Richard Hakluyt writer [2]
- Garrett Hardin environmentalist [1]
- Stephen Hawking physicist [1][2][3]
- Adrian Hayes polar explorer [2]
- John Holdren scientist, coauthor of Ecoscience
- Kate Humble television presenter [2]
- Aldous Huxley writer [2]
- Douglas Hurd UK Foreign Secretary [2]
I
- Jeremy Irons actor [2]
J
- Boris Johnson politician [2]
- Lyndon B Johnson US President [1][2]
- Goodluck Jonathan President of Nigeria [2]
- Ashley Judd actor [2]
K
- Helen Keller author, activist, lecturer [2][4]
- Henry Way Kendall Nobel Laureate, Physics [2][4]
- Nathan Keyfitz demographer [3]
- John Maynard Keynes economist [2]
- David King chemist [2]
L
- Sam Levenson humourist [2]
- James Lovelock environmentalist [2]
- Martin Luther King, Jr. clergyman, activist [1][2][3][4]
- Joanna Lumley actor [2]
M
- Niccolò Machiavelli writer [2]
- Digby McLaren geologist [2]
- Bill McKibben environmentalist [1]
- Robert McNamara President of World Bank [2]
- James Madison US President [1][2][4]
- Nelson Mandela revolutionary, politician [3]
- Thomas Malthus clergyman, scholar [2]
- Aubrey Manning zoologist [2]
- George Perkins Marsh US diplomat [1]
- John Stuart Mill philosopher [2]
- Spike Milligan comedian [2]
- Helen Mirren actor [2]
- George Monbiot writer [2]
- Farley Mowat author, environmentalist [3]
- Norman Myers environmentalist [2]
N
- Jawaharlal Nehru Prime Minister of India [2]
- Richard M. Nixon US President [1][2]
- Bill Nye educator [2]
O
- Thoraya Obaid UN Under-Secretary-General [2]
- Babatunde Osotimehin UN Under-Secretary-General [2]
P
- Chris Packham naturalist [2]
- Michael Palin comedian [2]
- Sara Parkin activist, politician [2]
- Paul VI Pope [2]
- Alexandra Paul model, childfree population activist
- Fred Pearce environmental writer [2]
- Prince Philip Royal consort [2]
- Jonathon Porritt environmentalist [2]
R
- Ronald Reagan U.S. President [1]
- Charles Lee Remington scientist, cofounder with Ehrlich of ZPG
- John D. Rockefeller, III philanthropist [1]
- Bertrand Russell philosopher [2][3]
S
- Peter Scott founder of WWF [1][2]
- Margaret Sanger birth control activist [3]
- Pete Seeger musician [2]
- Jon Shanklin meteorologist [2]
- Lionel Shriver author [2]
- Karan Singh politician [2]
- William G. Sinkford religious leader [4]
- B.F. Skinner psychologist and author [1][4]
- Maurice Strong UN Under-Secretary-General [2]
T
- Tertullian theologian [2]
- Crispin Tickell environmentalist [2]
- Arnold Toynbee economic historian [1][2]
V
- Gore Vidal writer [2]
W
- Paul Watson environmental activist [3]
- Alan Weisman author, professor, journalist
- E. O. Wilson author, "father of biodiversity" [4]
See also
- human population planning
- Category:Patrons of Population Matters
- Category:Population organizations
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 "Quotes". Vermonters for a Sustainable Population. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 "Quotes". Population Matters. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "Quotes". Population Institute Canada.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Quotes". World Population Balance. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
- ↑ Garcia, Evan (August 19, 2016). "Jane Goodall: 'Human Population Growth' the Biggest Threat to Chimpanzees". WTTW. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
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