Skip to content
229,067 profiles ranked

Eugenie Clark

American ichthyologist (1922-2015) · United States · On the map · Academics · Died at 92

Eugenie Clark, popularly known as The Shark Lady, was an American ichthyologist known for both her research on shark behavior and her study of fish in the order Tetraodontiformes. Clark was a pioneer in the field of scuba diving for research purposes.

Eugenie Clark is read about 75 times a day, in 20 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 18 June 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.

Something wrong?
Compare

A life in dates

2015Died25 February 20152010Florida Women's Hall of FameAward1989Maryland Women's Hall of FameAward1975Gold Medal of the Society of Woman GeographersAward1922Born4 May 1922

People around Eugenie

Family

Is this everyone?

Only relatives with a profile here are drawn, so a family can be larger than this. A line here can also be wrong.

Correct this family

Media & music

Photos 1

Awards

Florida Women's Hall of Fame2010
Maryland Women's Hall of Fame1989
Gold Medal of the Society of Woman Geographers1975
Fulbright Scholarship

About this person

In addition to being regarded as an authority in marine biology, Clark was popularly recognized and used her fame to promote marine conservation.

Country
United States
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1922 to 2015 · aged 92