List of Cartographers - 20th Century

20th Century

• Erik Arnberger (1917–1987)
• Jacques Bertin (France, 1918–2010)
• Roger Brunet (1931– )
• Bernard J. S. Cahill (1867–1944) – Inventor of octahedral "Butterfly Map" of the world
• George Comer (1858–1937)
• James Ireland Craig (1868–1952) – Inventor of the Craig retroazimuthal projection, otherwise known as the Mecca projection
• John Paul Goode (1862–1932) – Created the "Evil Mercator" and Goode’s World Atlas
• Max Eckert-Greifendorff (Germany, 1868–1938)
• Hermann Haack (Germany, 1872–1966)
• Günther Hake (1922–2000)
• Richard Edes Harrison (1901–1994)
• Tom Harrisson (1911–1976)
• Eduard Imhof (1895–1986) – Oversaw the Schweizerischer Mittelschulatlas, the atlas used in Swiss high schools from 1932 until 1976
• George F. Jenks (1916–1996)
• Elrey Borge Jeppesen (1907–1996)
• Edgar Lehmann (1905–1990)
• John P. Snyder (1926–1997) – Developed the space oblique mercator projection
• Rudi Ogrissek (1926–1999)
• Rafael Palacios (1905–1993) – prolific map-drawer for major U.S. publishers
• Arno Peters (1916–2002) – Developed the Gall–Peters projection
• Erwin Raisz (1893–1968)
• Arthur H. Robinson (1915–2004) – Wrote the influential textbook Elements of Cartography and developed the Robinson projection
• William R. Shepherd (1871–1934)
• John C. Sherman (1916–1996)
• Jessamine Shumate (1902–1990)
• Marie Tharp (1920–2006) – oceanographic cartographer
• Bradford Washburn (1910–2007)
• David Woodward (1942–2004)