Famous Mathematicians

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Anaxagoras

499 – 427

5th-century BC Greek philosopher

astronomer mathematician philosopher physicist

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Anthemius of Tralles

474 – 534 · Byzantine Empire

ancient Greek scientist and architect

mathematician physicist

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Apollonius of Perga

261 – 189

ancient Greek geometer and astronomer noted for his writings on conic sections

astronomer mathematician

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Apollonius of Tyana

15 – 100

1st century AD Greek Neopythagorean philosopher

mathematician philosopher

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Archimedes

286 – 211 · Syracuse

Greek mathematician and physicist (c. 287 – c. 212 BC)

astronomer mathematician philosopher physicist

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Archytas

429 – 344

4th-century BC Greek philosopher, mathematician, astronomer and statesman

mathematician philosopher physicist

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Aristoxenus

359 – 299

4th century BC Greek Peripatetic philosopher

mathematician philosopher

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Aryabhata

476 – 550

Pioneer astronomer who formulated zero, quadratic rules, and earth's rotation.

astronomer mathematician

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Boethius

480 – 524 · Ostrogothic Kingdom

Roman senator and philosopher of the early 6th century (480–524)

mathematician philosopher

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Chrysippus of Soli

280 – 207 · Soli

Greek Stoic philosopher (c.279–c.206 BC)

mathematician philosopher

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Democritus

460 – 360 · Greece

Greek philosopher (c. 460–c. 370 BC)

mathematician philosopher

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Dionysius Exiguus

475 – 544

Byzantine saint

mathematician

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Diophantus of Alexandria

200 – 284 · Ancient Rome

3rd century Alexandrian Greek mathematician

mathematician

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Eratosthenes

275 – 193

Greek mathematician, geographer, poet, astronomer, librarian and music theorist

astronomer historian mathematician philosopher

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Euclid

333 – 284 · Classical Athens

ancient Greek mathematician (fl. 300 BC)

mathematician

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Eudoxus of Cnidus

407 – 354 · Doric hexapolis

Greek astronomer and mathematician (c.408–c.355 BC)

astronomer mathematician philosopher physician

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Hero of Alexandria

10 – 75

ancient Greek mathematician and engineer

mathematician physicist

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Hipparchus

189 – 119 · Kingdom of Pergamon

2nd century Greek astronomer, geographer and mathematician

astronomer mathematician

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Hippias

442 – 398 · Classical Athens

5th century BC Greek sophist

astronomer mathematician philosopher

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Hippocrates of Chios

469 – 409

5th-century BC Greek mathematician and astronomer

astronomer mathematician

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Hypatia

360 – 415 · Byzantine Empire

Greek Neoplatonist philosopher

astronomer mathematician philosopher

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Isidore of Miletus

442 – 537 · Byzantine Empire

Byzantine Greek architect

mathematician physicist

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Liu Hui

225 – 295 · Western Jin dynasty

Chinese mathematician from Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms period)

mathematician

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Pappus of Alexandria

290 – 350

4th century Greek mathematician

astronomer mathematician

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Philolaus

469 – 389 · Crotone

Greek philosopher, astronomer and Pythagorean (c.470–c.385 BCE)

astronomer mathematician philosopher

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Posidonius

134 – 50

Greek Stoic philosopher (c.135 – c.51 BC)

astronomer historian mathematician philosopher physicist

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Proclus

412 – 485 · Byzantine Empire

5th-century Greek Neoplatonist philosopher

mathematician philosopher

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Ptolemy

100 – 170 · Ancient Rome

2nd-century Roman mathematician, astronomer, geographer

astronomer mathematician philosopher

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Sima Qian

144 – 85 · Western Han

2nd-century BCE Chinese historian and writer

astronomer historian mathematician philosopher

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Sosigenes of Alexandria

100 – 100

ancient Greek astronomer

astronomer mathematician philosopher

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Wang Chong

27 – 97 · Eastern Han

1st century Chinese meteorologist, astronomer, and philosopher

astronomer mathematician philosopher

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Xenocrates

395 – 313 · Classical Athens

4th-century BC Greek philosopher, mathematician and scholarch

mathematician philosopher

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Zeno of Elea

489 – 424

Greek philosopher (c. 495 – c. 430 BC)

mathematician philosopher

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Zhang Heng

78 – 139 · Eastern Han

Chinese scientist and statesman (78–139)

astronomer mathematician philosopher

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Zu Chongzhi

429 – 501 · Southern Qi

Chinese mathematician-astronomer

astronomer mathematician

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Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi

903 – 986 · Buyid dynasty

Persian astronomer (903-986)

astronomer mathematician

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Abraham ibn Ezra

1092 – 1167

12th-century Sephardic rabbi and astrologer

astronomer mathematician philosopher physician

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Abu Bakr al-Razi

866 – 925

Persian polymath, physician, chemist and philosopher (854-925)

chemist mathematician philosopher physician

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Abu al-Wafa Buzjani

940 – 998

Persian mathematician and astronomer (940–998)

astronomer mathematician

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Al-Battani

858 – 930

Islamic astronomer and mathematician (died 929)

astronomer mathematician

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Al-Biruni

973 – 1048 · Samanid Empire

11th-century Persian scholar and polymath (973–1048)

astronomer chemist historian linguist mathematician philosopher physicist

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Al-Kindi

801 – 870 · Abbasid Caliphate

Muslim Arab philosopher, mathematician and physician (c.801–873)

astronomer mathematician philosopher physician

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Anaximander

609 – 545 · Miletus

pre-Socratic Greek philosopher

astronomer mathematician philosopher physicist

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Avempace

1095 – 1139 · Taifa of Zaragoza

Arab Andalusian polymath (c. 1085 – 1138)

astronomer mathematician philosopher physician physicist

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Avicenna

980 – 1037

Persian polymath, physician and philosopher (c. 980–1037)

astronomer chemist mathematician philosopher physician physicist

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Brahmagupta

598 – 670

Indian mathematician and astronomer (c. 598 – c. 668 CE)

astronomer mathematician

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Fibonacci

1170 – 1240 · Republic of Pisa

Italian mathematician (c.1170–c.1240/50)

mathematician

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Hasan-i Sabbah

1037 – 1124 · Nizari Ismaili state

The founder of the Ismaili state of Alamut and the Imam of the Nizari Ismailis (1081–1124)

astronomer mathematician philosopher

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Hermann of Reichenau

1013 – 1054 · Holy Roman Empire

German 11th-century Benedictine monk

astronomer mathematician

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Hippasus

600 – 500

5th-century BC Pythagorean philosopher

mathematician philosopher

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Ibn al-Haytham

965 – 1039 · Fatimid Egyptian Caliphate

Persian physicist, mathematician and astronomer (c. 965 – c. 1040)

astronomer mathematician philosopher physicist

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Jabir ibn Hayyan

721 – 815

8th-century Islamic alchemist and author

astronomer mathematician philosopher physician

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John XXI

1215 – 1277 · Kingdom of Portugal

pope (1276-1277)

mathematician philosopher physician

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Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi

780 – 850

9th-century Persian mathematician and astronomer

astronomer historian mathematician philosopher

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Nasir Khusraw

1004 – 1088 · Seljuk Empire

11th-century Persian Isma'ili poet, scholar, philosopher, and missionary

mathematician philosopher

N

Nasir al-Din al-Tusi

1201 – 1274 · Khwarazmian Empire

Persian astronomer (1201–1274)

astronomer mathematician philosopher physician

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Nicole Oresme

1320 – 1382 · Kingdom of France

14th century French philosopher and bishop

astronomer economist mathematician philosopher physicist psychologist

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Omar Khayyám

1048 – 1131 · Seljuk Empire

Persian mathematician and poet (1048–1131)

astronomer mathematician philosopher physicist

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Pythagoras

582 – 490 · Samos

Greek philosopher and mathematician (c. 570 – c. 495 BC)

mathematician philosopher

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Robert Grosseteste

1168 – 1253 · Kingdom of England

English bishop and philosopher

astronomer mathematician philosopher physicist

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Roger Bacon

1220 – 1292 · Kingdom of England

English polymath, philosopher and friar (c.1219/20–c.1292)

mathematician philosopher physicist

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Shen Kuo

1031 – 1095 · Song dynasty

Chinese scientist and statesman (1031-1095)

astronomer economist mathematician philosopher physicist

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Shri Bhaskara II (Bhaskaracharya)

1114 – 1185

Indian mathematician and astronomer Mathematical genius who discovered early...

astronomer mathematician

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Thābit ibn Qurra

836 – 901 · Abbasid Caliphate

Mesopotamian astronomer and mathematician

astronomer mathematician physician

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Ulugh Beg

1394 – 1449 · Timurid Empire

Timurid sultan, astronomer and mathematician (1394–1449)

astronomer mathematician

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Varāhamihira

505 – 587

6th-century Hindu polymath, author of Brihat samhita

astronomer mathematician

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al-Jazari

1164 – 1206 · Artuqids

mathematician and engineer from Jazira, Artuqid State (1164–1206)

astronomer mathematician

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al-Yaʿqubi

801 – 905 · Abbasid Caliphate

9th-century Arab geographer and historian

historian mathematician

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Albrecht Dürer

1471 – 1528 · Duchy of Bavaria

German painter, printmaker, mathematician, and theorist (1471-1528)

mathematician

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Bonaventura Cavalieri

1598 – 1647 · Duchy of Milan

Italian mathematician and astronomer (1598–1647)

astronomer mathematician

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Christopher Clavius

1538 – 1612 · Germany

German astronomer and mathematician (1538–1612)

astronomer mathematician

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François Viète

1540 – 1603 · France

French mathematician (*1540 – †1603)

mathematician

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Galileo Galilei

1564 – 1642 · Duchy of Florence

Italian polymath (1564–1642)

astronomer mathematician philosopher physicist

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Georg Joachim Rheticus

1514 – 1574 · Holy Roman Empire

Austrian astronomist and mathematician (1514–1574)

astronomer mathematician physician

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Gerardus Mercator

1512 – 1594 · Habsburg Netherlands

Flemish geographer, cosmographer and cartographer (1512–1594)

mathematician philosopher

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Gerolamo Cardano

1501 – 1576 · Duchy of Milan

Italian Renaissance mathematician, physician, astrologer (1501-1576)

astronomer mathematician philosopher physician

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Giordano Bruno

1548 – 1600 · Kingdom of Naples

Italian Dominican friar, philosopher and mathematician (1548–1600)

astronomer mathematician philosopher

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Girolamo Fracastoro

1478 – 1553 · Republic of Venice

Italian physician

astronomer mathematician physician

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Gérard Desargues

1591 – 1661 · Kingdom of France

French mathematician and engineer

mathematician

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Henry Briggs

1561 – 1630 · Kingdom of England

British mathematician

mathematician

J

Johannes Kepler

1572 – 1630 · Duchy of Württemberg

German mathematician and astronomer (1571–1630)

astronomer mathematician philosopher physicist

J

John Dee

1527 – 1609 · Kingdom of England

16th-century English mathematician, astrologer, and alchemist

astronomer mathematician philosopher

J

John Napier

1550 – 1617 · Kingdom of Scotland

Scottish mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (1550–1617)

astronomer mathematician physicist

J

Juan de Herrera

1530 – 1597 · Spain

Spanish architect (1530-1597)

mathematician

J

Judah Loew ben Bezalel

1520 – 1609

Czech rabbi

mathematician philosopher

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Leon Battista Alberti

1404 – 1472 · Republic of Genoa

Italian architect and writer (1404-1472)

linguist mathematician philosopher

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Leonardo da Vinci

1452 – 1519 · Republic of Florence

Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)

astronomer chemist mathematician physicist

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Lodovico Ferrari

1522 – 1565

Italian mathematician (1522–1565)

mathematician

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Luca Pacioli

1440 – 1517 · Republic of Florence

Italian father of accounting (*~1445 – †1517)

economist mathematician

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Ludolph van Ceulen

1540 – 1610

German-Dutch mathematician (*1540 – †1610)

mathematician

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Marin Mersenne

1588 – 1648 · France

French theologian, philosopher, mathematician and music theorist, often referred to as...

astronomer mathematician philosopher physicist

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Martin Behaim

1459 – 1507 · Holy Roman Empire

German navigator and geographer to the King of Portugal (1459–1507)

astronomer historian mathematician

M

Matteo Ricci

1552 – 1610 · Papal States

Italian Catholic missionary (1552–1610)

mathematician

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Niccolò Tartaglia

1499 – 1557 · Republic of Venice

Italian mathematician (1499–1557)

mathematician

N

Nicholas of Cusa

1401 – 1464 · Holy Roman Empire

German philosopher (1401 – 1464)

astronomer mathematician philosopher

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Nicolaus Copernicus

1473 – 1543 · Kingdom of Poland

Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)

astronomer economist mathematician philosopher physician physicist

N

Nostradamus

1503 – 1566 · Kingdom of France

French seer and astrologer (1503–1566)

astronomer mathematician physician

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Petrus Apianus

1495 – 1552 · Electorate of Saxony

German astronomer, mathematician and cartographer (1495-1552)

astronomer mathematician

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Piero della Francesca

1415 – 1492

Italian painter and mathematician (c. 1416–1492)

mathematician

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Pierre Gassendi

1592 – 1655 · Kingdom of France

French philosopher, astronomer, mathematician, priest, and scientist (*1592 – †1655)

astronomer mathematician philosopher physicist

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Regiomontanus

1436 – 1476 · Holy Roman Empire

German mathematician and astronomer (1436–1476)

astronomer mathematician

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René Descartes

1596 – 1650 · France

French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist (1596–1650)

astronomer mathematician philosopher physicist

R

Robert Recorde

1510 – 1558 · Wales

Welsh mathematician and inventor of the symbol '='

mathematician philosopher physician

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Simon Marius

1573 – 1624 · Principality of Ansbach

German astronomer (1573–1624)

astronomer mathematician physician

S

Simon Stevin

1548 – 1620 · Habsburg Netherlands

Flemish mathematician, physicist and engineer (1548–1620)

astronomer mathematician physicist

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Thomas Harriot

1560 – 1621 · Kingdom of England

British scientist (*~1560 – †1621)

astronomer linguist mathematician

T

Thomas Hobbes

1588 – 1679 · Kingdom of England

English philosopher (1588–1679)

economist historian mathematician philosopher

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Willebrord Snellius

1580 – 1626

Dutch astronomer and mathematician

astronomer mathematician physicist

W

William Oughtred

1574 – 1660 · Kingdom of England

English mathematician and Anglican minister (1574–1660)

astronomer mathematician

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Abraham de Moivre

1667 – 1754 · France

French mathematician (*1667 – †1754)

astronomer mathematician

A

Adolphe Quetelet

1796 – 1874 · Belgium

Belgian astronomer, mathematician, statistician and sociologist (1796-1874)

astronomer mathematician physicist sociologist

A

Adrien-Marie Legendre

1752 – 1833 · France

French mathematician (1752–1833)

mathematician

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Alexis Clairaut

1713 – 1765 · France

French mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist (*1713 – †1765)

astronomer mathematician physicist

A

Anders Celsius

1701 – 1744 · Sweden

Swedish astronomer, physicist, and naturalist (1701-1744)

astronomer chemist mathematician physicist

A

André-Marie Ampère

1775 – 1836 · France

French physicist and mathematician (1775–1836)

chemist mathematician philosopher physicist

A

Athanasius Kircher

1602 – 1680 · Holy Roman Empire

German Jesuit scholar (1601 or 1602-1680)

astronomer biologist historian linguist mathematician philosopher physicist

A

August Ferdinand Möbius

1790 – 1868 · Kingdom of Saxony

German mathematician and astronomer (1790–1868)

astronomer mathematician

A

Auguste Comte

1798 – 1857 · France

French philosopher, mathematician and sociologist (1798–1857)

mathematician philosopher sociologist

A

Augustin-Louis Cauchy

1789 – 1857 · France

French mathematician (1789–1857)

mathematician physicist

B

Bernard Bolzano

1781 – 1848 · Kingdom of Bohemia

Bohemian mathematician and priest (1781–1848)

historian mathematician philosopher

B

Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle

1657 – 1757 · Kingdom of France

French writer and philosopher of the enlightenment (1657–1757)

astronomer mathematician philosopher

B

Blaise Pascal

1623 – 1662 · Kingdom of France

French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and Christian philosopher (1623-1662)

mathematician philosopher physicist

B

Brook Taylor

1685 – 1732 · Kingdom of England

English mathematician (1685–1731)

mathematician

C

Carl Friedrich Gauss

1777 – 1855 · Kingdom of Hanover

German mathematician and physicist (1777–1855)

astronomer mathematician physicist

C

Caroline Herschel

1750 – 1848 · Kingdom of Hanover

German-British astronomer (1750-1848)

astronomer mathematician

C

Charles Babbage

1791 – 1871 · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

English mathematician, philosopher, and engineer (1791–1871)

astronomer computer scientist economist mathematician philosopher

C

Christiaan Huygens

1629 – 1695 · Dutch Republic

Dutch mathematician, physicist and astronomer (1629–1695)

astronomer mathematician physicist

C

Christian Goldbach

1690 – 1764 · Russian Empire

German mathematician

mathematician

C

Christian Wolff

1679 – 1754 · Kingdom of Prussia

German philosopher (1679–1754)

mathematician philosopher

C

Christopher Wren

1632 – 1723 · Kingdom of England

English architect (1632–1723)

astronomer mathematician physicist

C

Claude-Louis Navier

1785 – 1836 · France

French engineer and physicist (1785–1836)

economist mathematician physicist

C

Colin MacLaurin

1698 – 1746 · Kingdom of Scotland

Scottish mathematician (1698–1746)

astronomer mathematician physicist

D

Daniel Bernoulli

1700 – 1782 · Switzerland

Swiss mathematician and physicist (1700-1782)

economist mathematician physician physicist

D

David Brewster

1781 – 1868 · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Scottish astronomer and mathematician (1781–1868)

astronomer mathematician philosopher physicist

D

Denis Papin

1647 – 1713 · Kingdom of France

French physicist, mathematician and inventor (1647–1713)

mathematician physician physicist

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Edmond Halley

1656 – 1742 · Kingdom of England

English astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist, meteorologist and physicist (1656–1742)

astronomer mathematician philosopher physicist

E

Elena Cornaro Piscopia

1646 – 1684 · Republic of Venice

Venetian philosopher (1646–1684)

mathematician philosopher

E

Emmanuel Swedenborg

1688 – 1772 · Sweden

Swedish 18th century scientist and theologian (1688-1772)

mathematician philosopher physicist

E

Ernst Chladni

1756 – 1827 · Kingdom of Prussia

German physicist, mathematician and musician (1756 – 1827)

astronomer mathematician philosopher physicist

E

Evangelista Torricelli

1608 – 1647 · Grand Duchy of Tuscany

Italian physicist and mathematician (1608-1647)

mathematician physicist

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Francesco Maria Grimaldi

1618 – 1663

Italian physicist (1618–1663)

astronomer mathematician physicist

F

François Arago

1786 – 1853 · France

French mathematician, physicist, astronomer and politician (1786-1853)

astronomer mathematician physicist

F

Friedrich Bessel

1784 – 1846 · Kingdom of Prussia

German astronomer and mathematician

astronomer mathematician physicist

F

Friedrich Mohs

1773 – 1839 · Kingdom of Prussia

German geologist and mineralogist (1773-1839)

mathematician physicist

G

Gabriel Lamé

1795 – 1870 · France

French mathematician and physicist (1795-1870)

mathematician physicist

G

Gaspard Monge

1746 – 1818 · France

French mathematician, inventor of descriptive geometry and father of differential...

chemist mathematician physicist

G

Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis

1792 – 1843 · France

French mathematician, mechanical engineer, and scientist (1792–1843)

mathematician physicist

G

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

1742 – 1799 · Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt

German scientist and satirist (1742-1799)

astronomer mathematician philosopher physicist

G

Georg Simon Ohm

1789 – 1854 · Kingdom of Bavaria

German physicist and mathematician

mathematician physicist

G

George Green

1793 – 1841 · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

British mathematical physicist (*1793 – †1841)

mathematician physicist

G

Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon

1707 – 1788 · France

French natural historian (1707-1788)

astronomer biologist mathematician philosopher physicist

G

Giovanni Alfonso Borelli

1608 – 1679 · Kingdom of Naples

Italian physicist (*1608 – †1679)

mathematician physician

G

Giovanni Domenico Cassini

1625 – 1712

Italian/French mathematician, astronomer, engineer, and astrologer (*1625 – †1712)

astronomer biologist mathematician

G

Giuseppe Piazzi

1746 – 1826

Italian Catholic priest, mathematician and astronomer (1746–1826)

astronomer mathematician

G

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

1646 – 1716 · Electorate of Saxony

German mathematician and philosopher (1646–1716)

historian mathematician philosopher physicist

G

Guarino Guarini

1624 – 1683 · Italy

Italian mathematician and architect (1624-1683)

mathematician philosopher

G

Guillaume de l'Hôpital

1661 – 1704 · Kingdom of France

French noble and mathematician (*1661 – †1704)

mathematician

H

Henry Cavendish

1731 – 1810 · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

English natural philosopher, and scientist (1731–1810)

chemist mathematician physicist

I

Immanuel Kant

1724 – 1804 · Kingdom of Prussia

German philosopher (1724-1804)

mathematician philosopher physicist

I

Isaac Barrow

1630 – 1677 · Kingdom of England

English Christian theologian, and mathematician (1630-1677)

mathematician philosopher physicist

I

Isaac Newton

1643 – 1727 · Kingdom of England

English mathematician and physicist (1642–1727)

mathematician philosopher

J

Jacob Bernoulli

1655 – 1705 · Switzerland

Swiss mathematician (1655-1705)

mathematician physician physicist

J

Jakob Steiner

1796 – 1863 · Switzerland

Swiss mathematician (1796-1863)

mathematician

J

James Gregory

1638 – 1675 · Kingdom of Scotland

Scottish mathematician and astronomer

astronomer mathematician

J

James Watt

1736 – 1819 · Scotland

British engineer (1736–1819)

chemist mathematician physicist

J

Jean Le Rond d'Alembert

1717 – 1783 · Kingdom of France

French mathematician, mechanician, physicist, philosopher and music theorist (1717-1783)

astronomer mathematician philosopher physicist

J

Jean Sylvain Bailly

1736 – 1793 · France

French astronomer, mathematician, freemason, and political leader (1736-1793)

astronomer mathematician

J

Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat de Condorcet

1743 – 1794 · France

French philosopher, mathematician, and political scientist (1743–1794)

economist mathematician philosopher sociologist

J

Jean-Baptiste Biot

1774 – 1862 · France

French scientist (1774-1862)

astronomer mathematician physicist

J

Jean-Victor Poncelet

1788 – 1867 · France

French engineer and mathematician (1788-1867)

mathematician physicist

J

Jeremiah Horrocks

1618 – 1641 · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

English astronomer

astronomer mathematician

J

Johan de Witt

1625 – 1672 · Dutch Republic

Grand Pensionary of Holland (1625–1672)

mathematician

J

Johann Bernoulli

1667 – 1748 · Switzerland

Swiss mathematician (1667-1748)

mathematician physician physicist

J

Johann Franz Encke

1791 – 1865 · Kingdom of Prussia

German astronomer (1791–1865)

astronomer mathematician

J

Johann Heinrich Lambert

1728 – 1777 · Republic of Mulhouse

German mathematician, physicist and astronomer (1728-1777)

astronomer mathematician philosopher physicist

J

Johannes Hevelius

1611 – 1687 · Gdańsk

astronomer setting up the cartography of the Moon

astronomer mathematician

J

John Dalton

1766 – 1844 · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

British chemist and mathematician (1766–1844)

chemist mathematician physicist

J

John Frederick William Herschel

1792 – 1871 · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

English polymath, mathematician, astronomer, chemist, inventor and photographer (1792–1871)

astronomer chemist mathematician physicist

J

John Wallis

1616 – 1703 · Kingdom of England

English mathematician (*1616 – †1703)

mathematician philosopher

J

Joseph Fourier

1768 – 1830 · France

French mathematician and physicist (1768 – 1830)

mathematician

J

Joseph-Louis Lagrange

1736 – 1813 · Kingdom of Sardinia

Mathematician and astronomer (1736–1813)

astronomer mathematician physicist

J

Jérôme Lalande

1732 – 1807 · France

French astronomer (*1732 – †1807)

astronomer mathematician

L

Laura Bassi

1711 – 1778 · Papal States

Italian physicist (1711-1778)

biologist mathematician philosopher physicist

L

Lazare Carnot

1753 – 1823 · France

French political, engineering and mathematical figure (1753–1823)

mathematician physicist

L

Leonhard Euler

1707 – 1783 · Old Swiss Confederacy

Swiss mathematician, physicist, and engineer (1707–1783)

astronomer mathematician physicist

M

Maria Gaetana Agnesi

1718 – 1799 · Habsburg monarchy

Italian mathematician and philanthropist (1718–1799)

mathematician philosopher

M

Mary Somerville

1780 – 1872 · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Scottish scientist, writer and polymath (1780–1872)

astronomer mathematician physicist

M

Michel Chasles

1793 – 1880 · France

French mathematician (1793–1880)

mathematician physicist

M

Mikhail Lomonosov

1711 – 1765 · Russian Empire

Russian polymath (1711-1765)

astronomer chemist historian linguist mathematician philosopher physicist

N

Nicolas Carnot

1796 – 1832 · France

French physicist, the "father of thermodynamics" (1796–1832)

mathematician physicist

N

Nicolas Louis de Lacaille

1713 – 1762 · Kingdom of France

French astronomer

astronomer mathematician

N

Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky

1792 – 1856 · Russian Empire

Russian mathematician (1792–1856)

mathematician

O

Ole Rømer

1644 – 1710 · Kingdom of Denmark

Danish astronomer (*1644 – †1710)

astronomer mathematician physicist

P

Pierre Bouguer

1698 – 1758 · Kingdom of France

French astronomer and mathematician (1698-1758)

astronomer mathematician physicist

P

Pierre Méchain

1744 – 1804 · France

French mathematician and astronomer (1744-1804)

astronomer mathematician physicist

P

Pierre de Fermat

1607 – 1665 · France

French mathematician and lawyer

mathematician

P

Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis

1698 – 1759 · France

French mathematician, philosopher and man of letters

astronomer mathematician philosopher physicist

P

Pierre-Simon Laplace

1749 – 1827 · France

French mathematician and astronomer (1749–1827)

astronomer mathematician philosopher physicist

R

René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur

1683 – 1757 · Kingdom of France

French scientist

biologist mathematician philosopher physicist

R

Ruđer Josip Bošković

1711 – 1787 · Republic of Ragusa

Croat physicist (1711–1787)

astronomer historian mathematician philosopher physicist

S

Siméon Denis Poisson

1781 – 1840 · France

French mathematician, mechanician and physicist (1781–1840)

astronomer mathematician physicist

S

Sophie Germain

1776 – 1831 · France

French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (1776-1831)

mathematician philosopher physicist

S

Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

1651 – 1695 · New Spain

Mexican writer, philosopher, playwright and poet

mathematician philosopher

T

Thomas Bayes

1702 – 1761 · Kingdom of Great Britain

British mathematician and Presbyterian minister (1702-1761)

mathematician philosopher

T

Thomas Carlyle

1795 – 1881 · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher (1795–1881)

historian linguist mathematician philosopher

T

Thomas Robert Malthus

1766 – 1834 · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

British political economist (1766–1834)

economist mathematician sociologist

W

William Petty

1623 – 1687 · Kingdom of England

English scientist, philosopher, statistician and economist (1623-1688)

economist mathematician philosopher physician sociologist

W

William Whewell

1794 – 1866 · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

English philosopher and historian of science (1794–1866)

astronomer economist historian mathematician philosopher physicist

É

Émilie du Châtelet

1706 – 1749 · France

Era chiná physicist, and author (1706-1749)

mathematician philosopher physicist

É

Étienne Bézout

1730 – 1783 · Kingdom of France

French mathematician (1730-1783)

mathematician

É

Étienne-Louis Malus

1775 – 1812 · France

French officer, engineer, physicist, and mathematician (1775-1812)

mathematician physicist

A

Ada Lovelace

1815 – 1852 · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

English mathematician (1815–1852)

computer scientist mathematician

A

Adolf Anderssen

1818 – 1879 · Kingdom of Prussia

German chess champion, after Paul Morphy (1858-1860), second unofficial world chess...

mathematician

A

Albert Einstein

1879 – 1955 · Cisleithania

German-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)

mathematician philosopher physicist

A

Aleksandr Lyapunov

1857 – 1918 · Russian Empire

Russian mathematician (1857–1918)

mathematician physicist

A

Alexander Friedmann

1888 – 1925 · Russian Empire

Russian mathematician (1888-1925)

mathematician physicist

A

Alfred North Whitehead

1861 – 1947 · United Kingdom

English mathematician and philosopher (1861–1947)

mathematician philosopher physicist

A

Alfred Russel Wallace

1823 – 1913 · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823–1913)

mathematician

A

Annibale de Gasparis

1819 – 1892 · Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

Italian astronomer (1819–1892)

astronomer mathematician

A

Archibald Hill

1886 – 1977 · United Kingdom

English physiologist and biophysicist (1886-1977)

mathematician physician

A

Arnold Sommerfeld

1868 – 1951 · Germany

German physicist (1868-1951)

mathematician physicist

A

Arthur Cayley

1821 – 1895 · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

English mathematician (1821-1895)

mathematician

A

Arthur Eddington

1882 – 1944 · United Kingdom

British astrophysicist (1882-1944)

astronomer mathematician philosopher physicist

A

Asaph Hall

1829 – 1907 · United States

American astronomer (1829–1907)

astronomer mathematician

A

Augustus De Morgan

1806 – 1871 · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

British mathematician and logician (1806–1871)

mathematician philosopher

B

Bernhard Riemann

1826 – 1866 · Kingdom of Hanover

German mathematician (1826–1866)

mathematician physicist

B

Bertrand Russell

1872 – 1970 · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

British philosopher and logician (1872–1970)

mathematician philosopher

B

Buckminster Fuller

1895 – 1983 · United States

American architect, systems theorist, author, designer, inventor and futurist (1895–1983)

mathematician philosopher

C

Camille Jordan

1838 – 1922 · France

French mathematician (1838-1922)

mathematician

C

Carl David Tolmé Runge

1856 – 1927 · Germany

German mathematician and physicist (1856–1927)

mathematician physicist

C

Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi

1804 – 1851 · Kingdom of Prussia

German mathematician (1804–1851)

mathematician physicist

C

Charles Hermite

1822 – 1901 · France

French mathematician (1822-1901)

mathematician

C

Charles Sanders Peirce

1839 – 1914 · United States

American philosopher, logician, mathematician, and scientist (1839-1914)

linguist mathematician philosopher physicist

C

Charles Wheatstone

1802 – 1875 · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

British scientist and inventor (1802–1875)

mathematician physicist

C

Charles Émile Picard

1856 – 1941 · France

French mathematician (1856-1941)

mathematician

C

Christian Dopplerr

1803 – 1853 · Austrian Empire

Austrian mathematician and physicist (1803-1853)

astronomer mathematician physicist

D

David Hilbert

1862 – 1943 · German Empire

German mathematician (1862–1943)

mathematician philosopher physicist

E

Edgar de Wahl

1867 – 1948 · Russian Empire

Estonian teacher and linguist (1867–1948)

linguist mathematician

E

Edmund Husserl

1859 – 1938 · German Reich

German philosopher, known as the father of phenomenology (*1859 – †1938)

mathematician philosopher

E

Emanuel Lasker

1868 – 1941 · German Empire

former World Chess champion (1868–1941)

mathematician philosopher

E

Emil Artin

1898 – 1962 · Austria–Hungary

Austrian-Armenian mathematician (1898–1962)

mathematician

E

Emmy Noether

1882 – 1935 · Kingdom of Bavaria

German Jewish mathematician (1882–1935)

mathematician physicist

E

Ernst Kummer

1810 – 1893 · Kingdom of Prussia

German mathematician (1810–1893)

mathematician

E

Ernst Zermelo

1871 – 1953 · Germany

German mathematician (1871–1953)

mathematician philosopher

E

Erwin Schrödinger

1887 – 1961 · Cisleithania

Austrian physicist (1887–1961)

mathematician physicist

E

Eugène Charles Catalan

1814 – 1894 · France

French and Belgian mathematician (1814–1894)

mathematician

F

Felix Hausdorff

1868 – 1942 · German Reich

German mathematician (*1868 – †1942)

astronomer mathematician

F

Felix Klein

1849 – 1925 · German Empire

German mathematician, author of the Erlangen Program (1849-1925)

mathematician physicist

F

Ferdinand Georg Frobenius

1849 – 1917 · Kingdom of Prussia

German mathematician (1849–1917)

mathematician

F

Ferdinand von Lindemann

1852 – 1939 · German Reich

German mathematician (1852–1939)

mathematician

F

Francis Galton

1822 – 1911 · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

British eugenist, polymath, and behavioural geneticist (1822–1911)

mathematician philosopher psychologist sociologist

F

Frits Zernike

1888 – 1966 · Kingdom of the Netherlands

Dutch physicist (1888–1966)

chemist mathematician physicist

G

G.H. Hardy

1877 – 1947 · United Kingdom

British mathematician (1877–1947)

mathematician

G

Gaston Bachelard

1884 – 1962 · France

French writer and philosopher (1884-1962)

mathematician philosopher physicist

G

Georg Cantor

1845 – 1918 · German Reich

German mathematician, inventor of set theory (1845–1918)

mathematician philosopher

G

Georg Wittig

1897 – 1987 · Germany

German chemist (1979 Nobel Prize)

chemist mathematician

G

George Biddell Airy

1801 – 1892 · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

English mathematician and astronomer (*1801 – †1892)

astronomer mathematician physicist

G

George Howard Darwin

1845 – 1912 · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

English astronomer, mathematician (1845–1912)

astronomer mathematician

G

George Pólya

1887 – 1985 · United States

Hungarian mathematician (1887-1985)

mathematician

G

Georges Lemaître

1894 – 1966 · Belgium

Belgian astrophysicist and Catholic priest (1894–1966)

astronomer mathematician physicist

G

Giovanni Schiaparelli

1835 – 1910 · Kingdom of Italy

Italian astronomer and science historian (1835-1910)

astronomer mathematician

G

Giuseppe Peano

1858 – 1932 · Kingdom of Italy

Italian mathematician (1858–1932)

linguist mathematician philosopher

G

Gotthold Eisenstein

1823 – 1852 · Kingdom of Prussia

German mathematician (1823–1852)

mathematician

G

Gottlob Frege

1848 – 1925 · Germany

German philosopher, logician, and mathematician (1848–1925)

mathematician philosopher

G

Gregor Mendel

1822 – 1884 · Cisleithania

Moravian scientist and Augustinian friar (1822–1884)

biologist mathematician

G

Gustav Kirchhoff

1824 – 1887 · Kingdom of Prussia

German physicist (1824–1887)

chemist mathematician physicist

H

Harald Bohr

1887 – 1951 · Kingdom of Denmark

Danish mathematician and footballer (1887–1951)

mathematician

H

Hendrik Antoon Lorentz

1853 – 1928 · Kingdom of the Netherlands

Dutch physicist (1853–1928)

mathematician physicist

H

Henri Lebesgue

1875 – 1941 · France

French mathematician (1875–1941)

mathematician

H

Henri Poincaré

1854 – 1912 · France

French mathematician, physicist and engineer (1854–1912)

astronomer mathematician philosopher physicist

H

Henry Adams

1838 – 1918 · United States

American journalist, historian, academic, novelist (1838-1918)

historian mathematician

H

Herman Hollerith

1860 – 1929 · United States

American statistician and inventor（1860-1929）

computer scientist mathematician

H

Hermann Grassmann

1809 – 1877 · Kingdom of Prussia

German polymath, linguist and mathematician (1809–1877)

linguist mathematician philosopher physicist

H

Hermann Minkowski

1864 – 1909 · Kingdom of Prussia

German mathematician and physicist (1864–1909)

mathematician physicist

H

Hermann Oberth

1894 – 1989 · Romania

Austro-Hungarian-born German physicist and rocketry pioneer (1894-1989)

mathematician physician physicist

H

Hermann Weyl

1885 – 1955 · German Empire

German mathematician (1885–1955)

mathematician philosopher physicist

H

Hertha Ayrton

1854 – 1923 · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

English electrical engineer (1854–1923)

mathematician physicist

J

Jacques Hadamard

1865 – 1963 · France

French mathematician (1865–1963)

mathematician

J

James Clerk Maxwell

1831 – 1879 · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Scottish physicist (1831–1879)

mathematician physicist

J

James Hopwood Jeans

1877 – 1946 · United Kingdom

British mathematician and astronomer (1877 – 1946)

astronomer mathematician physicist

J

James Joseph Sylvester

1814 – 1897 · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

English mathematician (1814-1897)

mathematician

J

Jan Łukasiewicz

1878 – 1956 · Second Polish Republic

Polish logician, mathematician, philosopher, rector of the University of Warsaw (1878–1956)

computer scientist mathematician philosopher

J

Jean Gaston Darboux

1842 – 1917 · France

French mathematician (1842–1917)

mathematician

J

Jesse Douglas

1897 – 1965 · United States

American mathematician (1897–1965)

mathematician

J

Johann Jakob Balmer

1825 – 1898 · Switzerland

Swiss mathematician (1825–1898)

mathematician physicist

J

Johann Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet

1805 – 1859

German mathematician (1805–1859)

mathematician

J

Johannes Diderik van der Waals

1837 – 1923 · Kingdom of the Netherlands

Dutch physicist (1837–1923)

chemist mathematician physicist

J

Johannes Rydberg

1854 – 1919 · Sweden

Swedish physicist

mathematician physicist

J

John Charles Fields

1863 – 1932 · Canada

Canadian mathematician (1863–1932)

mathematician

J

John Couch Adams

1819 – 1892 · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

English mathematician and astronomer (1819–1892)

astronomer mathematician

J

John Hasbrouck Van Vleck

1899 – 1980 · United States

American physicist (1899–1980)

mathematician physicist

J

John Maynard Keynes

1883 – 1946 · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

British economist (1883–1946)

economist mathematician philosopher

J

John Venn

1834 – 1923 · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

British logician and philosopher (1834-1923)

mathematician philosopher

J

John William Strutt

1842 – 1919 · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

English physicist (1842–1919)

chemist mathematician physicist

J

Josef Stefan

1835 – 1893 · Austrian Empire

Carinthian Slovene physicist, mathematician and poet (1835-1893)

mathematician physicist

J

Joseph John Thomson

1856 – 1940 · United Kingdom

British physicist (1856-1940)

mathematician physicist

J

Joseph Liouville

1809 – 1882 · France

French mathematician and engineer (1809–1882)

astronomer mathematician

J

Joseph Plateau

1801 – 1883 · Belgium

Belgian physicist (1801–1883)

mathematician physicist

J

Josiah Willard Gibbs

1839 – 1903 · United States

American scientist (1839–1903)

chemist mathematician physicist

J

José Echegaray

1832 – 1916 · Spain

Spanish playwright (1832-1916)

economist mathematician

J

Julius Plücker

1801 – 1868 · Kingdom of Prussia

German mathematician and physicist (1801-1868)

mathematician physicist

J

János Bolyai

1802 – 1860 · Austrian Empire

Hungarian mathematician (1802–1860)

mathematician

K

Karl Pearson

1857 – 1936 · United Kingdom

English mathematician, biometrician, and eugenicist (1857–1936)

historian mathematician philosopher psychologist

K

Karl Weierstraß

1815 – 1897 · Kingdom of Prussia

German mathematician (1815–1897)

mathematician physicist

K

Kazimierz Kuratowski

1896 – 1980 · Russian Empire

Polish mathematician (1896–1980)

mathematician philosopher

K

Konstantin Tsiolkovsky

1857 – 1935 · Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic

Russian and Soviet rocket scientist and pioneer of the astronautic theory (1857-1935)

astronomer mathematician philosopher physicist

K

Konstantinos Carathéodory

1873 – 1950 · German Empire

Greek mathematician (1873-1950)

mathematician

L

Leopold Kronecker

1823 – 1891 · Kingdom of Prussia

German mathematician who worked on number theory and algebra (1823–1891)

mathematician

L

Lewis Carroll

1832 – 1898 · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

British author and scholar (1832–1898)

mathematician philosopher

L

Loránd Eötvös

1848 – 1919 · Hungary

Hungarian physicist (1848–1919)

mathematician physicist

L

Louis Couturat

1868 – 1914 · France

French logician, mathematician, philosopher and linguist (1868–1914)

linguist mathematician philosopher

L

Ludwig Boltzmann

1844 – 1906 · Austria–Hungary

Austrian physicist and philosopher (1844–1906)

chemist mathematician philosopher physicist

L

Ludwig Wittgenstein

1889 – 1951 · United Kingdom

Austrian philosopher and logician (1889–1951)

mathematician philosopher

L

Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer

1881 – 1966 · Kingdom of the Netherlands

Dutch mathematician and logician (1881–1966)

mathematician philosopher

L

Léon Walras

1834 – 1910 · France

French mathematical economist (*1834 – †1910)

economist mathematician

M

Max Born

1882 – 1970 · German Reich

German-Jewish physicist and mathematician (1882–1970)

mathematician physicist

M

Mihajlo Pupin

1858 – 1935 · Austrian Empire

Serbian-American physicist, physical chemist and philanthropist (1858–1935)

chemist mathematician physicist

M

Mikhail Ostrogradsky

1801 – 1862 · Russian Empire

Ukrainian mathematician (1801–1861)

mathematician physicist

M

Mileva Marić

1875 – 1948 · Kingdom of Hungary

Serbian mathematician and wife of Albert Einstein (1875–1948)

mathematician physicist

M

Milutin Milanković

1879 – 1958 · Kingdom of Yugoslavia

Serbian mathematician, astronomer, geophysicist, climatologist, and engineer (1879–1958)

astronomer mathematician physicist

N

Niels Henrik Abel

1802 – 1829 · Norway

Norwegian mathematician (1802–1829)

mathematician

N

Nikolay Zhukovsky

1847 – 1921 · Russian Empire

Russian scientist in mechanics and aerohydrodinamics

mathematician physicist

O

Oliver Heaviside

1850 – 1925 · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

electrical engineer, mathematician and physicist (1850–1925)

mathematician physicist

O

Oswald Spengler

1880 – 1936 · Germany

German historian and philosopher (1880-1936)

historian mathematician philosopher sociologist

O

Otto Schmidt

1891 – 1956 · Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic

Russian geophysicist and polar explorer of Baltic German origin (1891-1956)

astronomer mathematician physicist

P

Pafnuty Chebyshev

1821 – 1894 · Russian Empire

Russian mathematician (1821–1894)

mathematician

P

Paul Ehrenfest

1880 – 1933 · Kingdom of the Netherlands

Austrian and Dutch theoretical physicist (1880–1933)

mathematician physicist

P

Paul Painlevé

1863 – 1933 · France

French mathematician and politician (1863-1933)

mathematician

P

Pavel Aleksandrov

1896 – 1982 · Russian Empire

Russian mathematician (1896–1982)

mathematician

P

Pavel Florensky

1882 – 1937 · Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic

Russian Orthodox theologian, priest, philosopher, mathematician, physicist, electrical...

linguist mathematician philosopher physicist

P

Percival Lowell

1855 – 1916 · United States

American astronomer (1855-1916)

astronomer mathematician

R

Richard Dedekind

1831 – 1916 · Duchy of Brunswick

German mathematician (1831–1916)

mathematician philosopher

R

Robert H. Goddard

1882 – 1945 · United States

American physicist

astronomer mathematician physicist

R

Ronald Fisher

1890 – 1962 · United Kingdom

British statistician, evolutionary biologist and geneticist (1890–1962)

astronomer mathematician

R

Ronald Ross

1857 – 1932 · United Kingdom

British doctor, Nobel laureate, writer, and artist (1857–1932)

mathematician physician

R

Rudolf Clausius

1822 – 1888 · Kingdom of Prussia

German mathematical physicist and professor (1822–1888)

mathematician physicist

S

Satyendra Nath Bose

1894 – 1974 · British Raj

Indian Bengali physicist and polymath (1894–1974)

mathematician physicist

S

Simon Newcomb

1835 – 1909 · United States

American astronomer (1835–1909)

astronomer economist mathematician

S

Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet

1819 – 1903 · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Irish mathematician and physicist (1819–1903)

mathematician physicist

S

Sofia Kovalevskaya

1850 – 1891 · Russian Empire

19th-century Russian mathematician

mathematician physicist

S

Sophus Lie

1842 – 1899 · Norway

Norwegian mathematician (1842–1899)

mathematician

S

Srinivasa Ramanujan

1887 – 1920 · British Raj

Indian mathematician (1887–1920)

mathematician

S

Stefan Banach

1892 – 1945 · Cisleithania

Polish mathematician (1892–1945)

mathematician

T

Theodore von Kármán

1881 – 1963 · German Empire

Hungarian-American mathematician, aerospace engineer and physicist (1881–1963)

astronomer mathematician physicist

T

Thomas Edison

1847 – 1931 · United States

American inventor and businessman (1847–1931)

mathematician physicist

T

Tullio Levi-Civita

1873 – 1941 · Kingdom of Italy

Italian mathematician and physicist (1873–1941)

mathematician physicist

U

Urbain Le Verrier

1811 – 1877 · France

French astronomer (1811-1877)

astronomer mathematician

V

Vilfredo Pareto

1848 – 1923 · Kingdom of Italy

Italian economist and sociologist (1848-1923)

economist mathematician philosopher sociologist

V

Vito Volterra

1860 – 1940 · Kingdom of Italy

Italian mathematician and mathematical physicist (1860-1940)

mathematician physicist

W

Wacław Sierpiński

1882 – 1969 · Poland

Polish mathematician

mathematician

W

Walther Bothe

1891 – 1957 · Germany

German physicist, mathematician and chemist (1891-1957)

chemist mathematician physicist

W

Willem de Sitter

1872 – 1934 · Kingdom of the Netherlands

Dutch cosmologist (*1872 – †1934)

astronomer mathematician physicist

W

William Henry Bragg

1862 – 1942 · United Kingdom

British scientist (1862–1942)

chemist mathematician physicist

W

William Henry Fox Talbot

1800 – 1877 · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

British inventor and photographer (1800–1877)

chemist mathematician physicist

W

William James Sidis

1898 – 1944 · United States

American child prodigy (1898-1944)

historian linguist mathematician

W

William Kingdon Clifford

1845 – 1879 · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

English mathematician and philosopher

mathematician philosopher

W

William Lawrence Bragg

1890 – 1971 · Australia

Australian-born British physicist and X-ray crystallographer

chemist mathematician physicist

W

William Rowan Hamilton

1805 – 1865 · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Irish mathematician and astronomer (1805-1865)

astronomer mathematician physicist

W

William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin

1824 – 1907 · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

British physicist and engineer (1824–1907)

astronomer chemist mathematician physicist

É

Éamon de Valera

1882 – 1975 · Irish Free State

Irish statesman (1882–1975)

mathematician

É

Élie Cartan

1869 – 1951 · France

French mathematician (1869–1951)

mathematician physicist

É

Émile Borel

1871 – 1956 · France

French mathematician and politician (1871-1956)

mathematician physicist

É

Évariste Galois

1811 – 1832 · France

French mathematician (1811-1832)

mathematician

A

Adi Shamir

1952 · Israel

Israeli cryptographer (born 1952)

computer scientist mathematician

A

Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Kathīr al-Farghānī

· Abbasid Caliphate

Abbasid astronomer (c. 800 – 870)

astronomer mathematician

A

Alain Badiou

1937 · France

French writer and philosopher

mathematician philosopher

A

Alain Connes

1947 · France

French mathematician

mathematician

A

Alan Baker

1939 – 2018 · United Kingdom

English mathematician (1939-2018)

mathematician

A

Alan Perlis

1922 – 1990 · United States

American computer scientist (1922–1990)

computer scientist mathematician

A

Alexander Grothendieck

1928 – 2014 · German Reich

French mathematician (1928–2014)

mathematician

A

Alexey Pajitnov

1955 · Soviet Union

Russian video game designer (born 1955)

computer scientist mathematician

A

Alfred Tarski

1901 – 1983 · Russian Empire

Polish-American logician (1901-1983)

mathematician philosopher

A

Alonzo Church

1903 – 1995 · United States

American mathematician and logician (1903–1995)

computer scientist mathematician philosopher

A

Anatoly Fomenko

1945 · Soviet Union

Russian mathematician

mathematician physicist

A

Andrea M. Ghez

1965 · United States

American astronomer

astronomer mathematician

A

Andreas Kaplan

1977 · Germany

German economist, dean, university rector; higher education expert; edtech; social...

economist mathematician

A

Andrew Wiles

1953 · United Kingdom

English mathematician (1953–)

mathematician

A

Andrey Kolmogorov

1903 – 1987 · Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic

Russian mathematician (1903–1987)

computer scientist mathematician physicist

A

Andrey Korotayev

1961 · Soviet Union

Russian anthropologist, economic historian, comparative political scientist, and sociologist

economist historian mathematician philosopher sociologist

A

André Weil

1906 – 1998 · France

French mathematician (1906-1998)

mathematician

A

Atle Selberg

1917 – 2007 · United States

Norwegian mathematician (1917–2007)

mathematician

B

Benoit Mandelbrot

1924 – 2010 · France

Polish-born, French and American mathematician (1924–2010)

computer scientist economist mathematician

B

Brian Greene

1963 · United States

American physicist

mathematician physicist

C

Carl Gustav Hempel

1905 – 1997 · Germany

German philosopher (1905–1997)

computer scientist mathematician philosopher

C

Charles Francis Richter

1900 – 1985 · United States

Seismologist and mathematician

mathematician

C

Claude Shannon

1916 – 2001 · United States

American mathematician and information theorist (1916–2001)

computer scientist mathematician

C

Clive Granger

1934 – 2009 · United Kingdom

British economist

economist mathematician

D

Dana Scott

1932 · United States

American mathematician and computer scientist

computer scientist mathematician philosopher

D

David Mumford

1937 · United Kingdom

British/American mathematician

mathematician

D

Dennis M. Ritchie

1941 – 2011 · United States

American computer scientist, co-inventor of the Unix operating system and the C...

computer scientist mathematician

D

Donald Knuth

1938 · United States

American computer scientist and mathematician (born 1938)

computer scientist mathematician

D

Dudley R. Herschbach

1932 · United States

American chemist

chemist mathematician physicist

E

Edgar F. Codd

1923 – 2003 · United Kingdom

English computer scientist (1923–2003)

computer scientist mathematician

E

Edsger W. Dijkstra

1930 – 2002 · Kingdom of the Netherlands

Dutch computer scientist (1930–2002)

computer scientist mathematician physicist

E

Edward Norton Lorenz

1917 – 2008 · United States

American mathematician and meteorologist (1917–2008)

mathematician

E

Edward Witten

1951 · United States

American theoretical physicist

mathematician physicist

E

Efim Zelmanov

1955 · Soviet Union

Russian-american mathematician

mathematician

E

Enrico Bombieri

1940 · Kingdom of Italy

Italian mathematician (1940-)

mathematician

E

Ernő Rubik

1944 · Hungary

Hungarian inventor (born 1944)

mathematician

E

Eugene Paul Wigner

1902 – 1995 · United States

Hungarian-American physicist and mathematician (1902–1995)

mathematician physicist

F

Frank P. Ramsey

1903 – 1930 · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

British mathematician, philosopher, and economist (1903–1930)

economist mathematician philosopher

F

Fred Brooks

1931 – 2022 · United States

American computer scientist (1931–2022); author of The Mythical Man-Month and 'No...

computer scientist mathematician

F

Fred Hoyle

1915 – 2001 · United Kingdom

British astronomer (1915–2001)

astronomer mathematician physicist

F

Freeman Dyson

1923 – 2020 · United Kingdom

theoretical physicist and mathematician (1923–2020)

mathematician physicist

G

George Bernard Dantzig

1914 – 2005 · United States

American mathematician (1914-2005)

computer scientist mathematician

G

Gerd Faltings

1954 · Germany

German mathematician

mathematician

G

Grace Hopper

1906 – 1992 · United States

American computer scientist and United States Navy officer (1906–1992)

computer scientist mathematician physicist

G

Grigori Perelman

1966 · Soviet Union

Russian mathematician (born 1966)

mathematician

G

Grigory Margulis

1946 · Soviet Union

Russian mathematician

mathematician

G

Gérard Debreu

1921 – 2004 · France

French economist and mathematician (1921–2004)

economist mathematician

H

Henri Cartan

1904 – 2008 · France

French mathematician (1904–2008)

mathematician

H

Herbert A. Hauptman

1917 – 2011 · United States

American mathematician (1917–2011)

chemist mathematician philosopher

H

Hilary Putnam

1926 – 2016 · United States

American philosopher and mathematician

computer scientist mathematician philosopher

H

Howard H. Aiken

1900 – 1973 · United States

pioneer in computing, original conceptual designer behind IBM's Harvard Mark I...

computer scientist mathematician physicist

I

Imre Lakatos

1922 – 1974 · United Kingdom

Hungarian philosopher of mathematics and science (1922-1974)

mathematician philosopher physicist

I

Israel Gelfand

1913 – 2009 · Soviet Union

Soviet-American mathematician

biologist mathematician

J

Jean-Pierre Serre

1926 · France

French mathematician

mathematician

J

Jim Simons

1938 – 2024 · United States

American mathematician and hedge fund manager (1938–2024)

mathematician

J

Johan Galtung

1930 – 2024 · Germany

Norwegian sociologist and peace scholar

mathematician sociologist

J

John Backus

1924 – 2007 · United States

American computer scientist (1924–2007)

computer scientist mathematician

J

John Forbes Nash

1928 – 2015 · United States

American mathematician and economist (1928–2015)

economist mathematician

J

John G. Thompson

1932 · United States

American mathematician

mathematician

J

John Horton Conway

1937 – 2020 · United Kingdom

English mathematician (1937–2020)

mathematician

J

John McCarthy

1927 – 2011 · United States

American computer scientist and cognitive scientist (1927-2011)

computer scientist mathematician

J

John Milnor

1931 · United States

American mathematician

mathematician

J

John Pople

1925 – 2004 · United Kingdom

Nobel prize winning British chemist (1925-2004)

chemist mathematician physicist

J

John Stewart Bell

1928 – 1990 · United Kingdom

Northern Irish physicist (1928–1990)

mathematician physicist

J

John Vincent Atanasoff

1903 – 1995 · United States

American computer pioneer (1903-1995)

computer scientist mathematician physicist

J

John von Neumann

1903 – 1957 · United States

Hungarian and American mathematician and physicist (1903–1957)

computer scientist economist mathematician physicist

J

Julian Seymour Schwinger

1918 – 1994 · United States

American theoretical physicist (1918–1994)

mathematician physicist

K

Karen Uhlenbeck

1942 · United States

American mathematician (born 1942)

mathematician

K

Karl Popper

1902 – 1994 · Cisleithania

Austrian-British philosopher of science and social and política e falsificationism and...

mathematician philosopher sociologist

K

Katherine Johnson

1918 – 2020 · United States

African-American mathematician

computer scientist mathematician physicist

K

Kurt Gödel

1906 – 1978 · Cisleithania

Austrian-American logician, mathematician, and philosopher of mathematics (1906–1978)

computer scientist mathematician physicist

L

Larry Niven

1938 · United States

American writer (born 1938)

mathematician

L

Lars Ahlfors

1907 – 1996 · Grand Duchy of Finland

Finnish mathematician (1907-1996)

mathematician

L

Lars Hörmander

1931 – 2012 · Sweden

Swedish mathematician (1931–2012)

mathematician

L

Laurent Schwartz

1915 – 2002 · France

French mathematician (1915-2002)

mathematician

L

Leo XIV

1955 · Peru

267th Pope of the Catholic Church (2025–)

mathematician

L

Leonid Hurwicz

1917 – 2008 · Poland

Polish-American economist and mathematician (1917–2008)

economist mathematician

L

Leonid Kantorovich

1912 – 1986 · Soviet Union

Russian mathematician (1912-1986)

economist mathematician

L

Leslie Lamport

1941 · United States

American computer scientist

computer scientist mathematician

L

Lev Landau

1908 – 1968 · Azerbaijan Democratic Republic

Soviet theoretical physicist (1908–1968)

mathematician physicist

L

Lloyd Shapley

1923 – 2016 · United States

American economist and mathematician

economist mathematician

L

Lotfi A. Zadeh

1921 – 2017 · Pahlavi Iran

American electrical engineer and computer scientist (1921–2017)

computer scientist mathematician

M

Manjul Bhargava

1974 · United States

Indo-Canadian mathematician

mathematician

M

Margaret Hamilton

1936 · United States

American NASA scientist and mathematician

computer scientist mathematician

M

Marian Rejewski

1905 – 1980 · Poland

Polish mathematician and cryptologist (1905–1980)

mathematician

M

Martin Gardner

1914 – 2010 · United States

American mathematics and science writer (1914–2010)

mathematician philosopher

M

Marvin Minsky

1927 – 2016 · United States

American cognitive scientist (1927-2016)

computer scientist mathematician philosopher

M

Mary Cartwright

1900 – 1998 · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

British mathematician (1900–1998)

mathematician

M

Mary Jackson

1921 – 2005 · Q16162646

American mathematician and aerospace engineer

computer scientist mathematician

M

Maryam Mirzakhani

1977 – 2017 · Iran

Iranian mathematician (1977–2017)

mathematician

M

Maryna Viazovska

1984 · Ukraine

Ukrainian mathematician (born 1984)

mathematician

M

Maurice Wilkes

1913 – 2010 · United Kingdom

British computer scientist (1913–2010)

computer scientist mathematician physicist

M

Max Euwe

1901 – 1981 · Kingdom of the Netherlands

Dutch chess player and mathematician

computer scientist mathematician

M

Michael Atiyah

1929 – 2019 · United Kingdom

British mathematician

mathematician

M

Michael Freedman

1951 · United States

Mathematician and Fields Medalist at Microsoft Station Q

mathematician physicist

M

Mikhail Gromov

1943 · Soviet Union

Russian and French mathematician and academic

mathematician

M

Myron Scholes

1941 · Canada

Canadian economist

economist mathematician

N

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

1960 · Lebanon

Lebanese-American mathematical statistician, option trader, risk analyst and author (born 1960)

economist mathematician philosopher

N

Ngô Bảo Châu

1972 · Vietnam

Vietnamese math professor

mathematician

N

Nicanor Parra

1914 – 2018 · Chile

Chilean writer, poet, mathematician, and physicist (1914-2018)

mathematician physicist

O

Olga Ladyzhenskaya

1922 – 2004 · Soviet Union

Russian mathematician (1922–2004)

mathematician

P

Patanjali

ancient Indian scholar(s) of grammar and linguistics, of yoga, of medical treatises

linguist mathematician philosopher

P

Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac

1902 – 1984 · United Kingdom

British theoretical physicist (1902–1984)

mathematician physicist

P

Paul Cohen

1934 – 2007 · United States

American mathematician

mathematician

P

Paul Erdős

1913 – 1996 · Hungary

Hungarian mathematician (1913–1996)

mathematician

P

Paul M. Romer

1955 · United States

American economist (born 1955)

economist mathematician

P

Peter Lax

1926 – 2025 · United States

American mathematician of Hungarian origin (1926–2025)

mathematician

P

Philip Kotler

1931 · United States

American marketing author, consultant, and professor

economist mathematician

P

Pierre Deligne

1944 · Belgium

Belgian mathematician

mathematician

R

Raymond Queneau

1903 – 1976 · France

French novelist and poet (1903–1976)

mathematician

R

Reinhard Selten

1930 – 2016 · Germany

German economist (1930-2016)

economist mathematician

R

René Thom

1923 – 2002 · France

French mathematician (1923–2002)

mathematician

R

Robert Aumann

1930 · Israel

Israeli-American mathematician

economist mathematician

R

Robert Metcalfe

1946 · United States

American electrical engineer

computer scientist economist mathematician

R

Roger Myerson

1951 · United States

American economist

economist mathematician

R

Roger Penrose

1931 · United Kingdom

English mathematical physicist, recreational mathematician and philosopher

astronomer mathematician philosopher physicist

R

Ron Rivest

1947 · United States

American cryptographer

computer scientist mathematician

S

Sal Khan

1976 · United States

American educator (born 1976)

computer scientist mathematician

S

Saul Kripke

1940 – 2022 · United States

American philosopher and logician (1940–2022)

mathematician philosopher

S

Seymour Papert

1928 – 2016 · South Africa

MIT mathematician, computer scientist, and educator (1928–2016)

computer scientist mathematician psychologist

S

Shafrira Goldwasser

1958 · Israel

American computer scientist

computer scientist mathematician

S

Shakuntala Devi

1929 – 2013 · Dominion of India

Indian writer and mental calculator (1929-2013)

mathematician

S

Shing-Tung Yau

1949 · British Hong Kong

American mathematician from Hong Kong

mathematician

S

Stanisław Ulam

1909 – 1984 · Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria

Polish-American mathematician

mathematician physicist

S

Stephen Smale

1930 · United States

American mathematician

computer scientist mathematician

S

Stephen Wolfram

1959 · United Kingdom

British-American scientist and businessman (born 1959)

computer scientist mathematician physicist

S

Subhash Kak

1947 · India

Indian computer scientist

computer scientist mathematician philosopher physicist

S

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

1910 – 1995 · British Raj

Indian-American astrophysicist

astronomer mathematician physicist

S

Sylvester II

Pope of the Catholic Church from 938 to 1003

astronomer mathematician philosopher

T

Ted Kaczynski

1942 – 2023 · United States

American domestic, mathematician and anarchist (1942–2023)

mathematician philosopher

T

Terence Tao

1975 · Australia

Australian-American mathematician

mathematician

T

Tjalling Koopmans

1910 – 1985 · Kingdom of the Netherlands

Dutch American economist (1910–1985)

economist mathematician physicist

T

Trygve Haavelmo

1911 – 1999 · Norway

Norwegian economist and econometrician

economist mathematician

V

Vladimir Arnold

1937 – 2010 · Soviet Union

Russian mathematician who studied integrable systems and differential equations (1937–2010)

mathematician physicist

V

Vladimir Voevodsky

1966 – 2017 · Soviet Union

Russian mathematician (1966–2017)

mathematician

W

Willard Van Orman Quine

1908 – 2000 · United States

American philosopher and logician (1900–2000)

linguist mathematician philosopher

W

William Thurston

1946 – 2012 · United States

American mathematician (1946–2012)

mathematician