Mathematics

Notable people in Mathematics: explore their research, scientific achievements, important works and role in advancing their field.

Sergey Adyan
Sergey Adyan
Armenia
Russian mathematician, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Cedric Villani
Cedric Villani
France
French mathematician, Fields Medal winner
Spiru Haret
Spiru Haret
Romania
Romanian mathematician and astronomer.
Nurlan Dairbekov
Nurlan Dairbekov
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstani mathematician, doctor of physical and mathematical sciences, professor
Sergey Ablameiko
Sergey Ablameiko
Belarus
Belarusian mathematician
Liviu Libresku
Liviu Libresku
Romania
Romanian mathematician
Giovanni Ceva
Giovanni Ceva
Italy
Italian mathematician
Gennadiy Atanov
Gennadiy Atanov
Ukraine
Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Leopold Kronecker
Leopold Kronecker
Germany
German mathematician
Yan Kovalevsky
Yan Kovalevsky
Poland
Polish cryptographer, mathematician and linguist
Diophantus Alexandria
Diophantus Alexandria
Greece
Ancient Greek mathematician
William Clifford
William Clifford
Great Britain
English mathematician and philosopher.
Pierre Fermat
Pierre Fermat
France
French mathematician, one of the creators of analytical geometry and number theory (Fermat's theorem)
Wilhelm Friedrich von Keussler
Wilhelm Friedrich von Keussler
Livonian teacher and mathematician
Arthur Korn
Arthur Korn
Germany
German physicist, mathematician and inventor
Arthur Cayley
Arthur Cayley
Great Britain
English mathematician.
Jesse Douglas
Jesse Douglas
USA
American mathematician
William Hamilton
William Hamilton
Ireland
Irish mathematician, physicist and mechanic.
Raoul Bricard
Raoul Bricard
France
French engineer and mathematician
John Tate
John Tate
USA
American mathematician
Herman Minkovskiy
Herman Minkovskiy
Germany
German mathematician who developed the geometric theory of numbers and the geometric four-dimensional model of the theory of relativity.
Mhitar Djrbachyan
Mhitar Djrbachyan
Armenia
Armenian Soviet mathematician, academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR.
Yury Neimark
Yury Neimark
Russia
Soviet and Russian mathematician, cyberneticist
Lazare Carnot
Lazare Carnot
France
French statesman and military leader, engineer and scientist
Florimond Beaune
Florimond Beaune
France
French mathematician.
Damodar Dharmananda Kosambi
Damodar Dharmananda Kosambi
India
Indian mathematician, statistician, philologist, historian
Harry Bateman
Harry Bateman
USA
American mathematician
Karl Sundman
Karl Sundman
Finland
Finnish mathematician
Guillaume Lopital
Guillaume Lopital
France
French mathematician, author of the first textbook on mathematical analysis
Jacques Philippe Marie Binet
Jacques Philippe Marie Binet
France
French mathematician, mechanic and astronomer.
Vladimir Drinfeld
Vladimir Drinfeld
Ukraine
Soviet, Ukrainian and American mathematician
Morris Kline
Morris Kline
USA
Professor of mathematics, teacher of history, philosophy and mathematics, prominent popularizer of mathematics.
Ferdinand Gotthold Max Eisenstein
Ferdinand Gotthold Max Eisenstein
Germany
German mathematician
Edward Albert Feigenbaum
Edward Albert Feigenbaum
USA
Computer scientist
Radhanath Sikdar
Radhanath Sikdar
India
Bengali Indian mathematician
Thorvald Nicolai Thiele
Thorvald Nicolai Thiele
Denmark
Danish mathematician and astronomer, considered one of the founders of actuarial calculations
Paul Tannery
Paul Tannery
France
French mathematician and historian of philosophy and science
Bruno de Finetti
Bruno de Finetti
Italy
Italian mathematician
Federico Commandino
Federico Commandino
Italy
Italian mathematician
Augusta King
Augusta King
Great Britain
Mathematician, the language of Ada is named after her
James Joseph Sylvester
James Joseph Sylvester
Great Britain
English mathematician.
Hertha Marks Ayrton
Hertha Marks Ayrton
Great Britain
The first woman elected to membership in the Institution of Electrical Engineers.
Michel Chales
Michel Chales
France
French geometer and historian of mathematics
August Leopold Crelle
August Leopold Crelle
Germany
German mathematician and architect.
Vanik Zaharyan
Vanik Zaharyan
Armenia
Armenian scientist-mathematician
Roman Zulinski
Roman Zulinski
Poland
Polish mathematician and rebel
Peter Gruber
Peter Gruber
Austria
Modern Austrian mathematician
Marco Antonio Cadamosto
Marco Antonio Cadamosto
Italy
Italian mathematician of the second half of the 15th century
Michael Hartley Freedman
Michael Hartley Freedman
USA
American mathematician
John Neumann
John Neumann
USA
An American mathematician who made an invaluable contribution to the development of the first computers.