Mathematics

Discover the renowned mathematicians who have shaped the world of mathematics. Explore their groundbreaking theories, influential works, and captivating stories.

Yan Kovalevsky
Yan Kovalevsky
Poland
Polish cryptographer, mathematician and linguist
Roger Cotes
Roger Cotes
Great Britain
English mathematician and philosopher
John Dee
John Dee
Great Britain
Astrologer, philosopher, mathematician, cartographer, optician, alchemist
Izrail Gelfand
Izrail Gelfand
USA
Mathematician, biologist, teacher and organizer of mathematics education
Ole-Johan Dahl
Ole-Johan Dahl
Norway
Norwegian scientist in the field of computer systems theory, Turing Award winner.
Gerolamo Cardano
Gerolamo Cardano
Italy
Italian mathematician, engineer, philosopher, physician and astrologer, inventor of the cardan shaft
Tullio Levi-Chivita
Tullio Levi-Chivita
Italy
A famous Italian mathematician of Jewish origin.
Johannes Gmunden
Johannes Gmunden
Austria
Austrian mathematician and astronomer
David Kazhdan
David Kazhdan
Israel
Israeli and American mathematician
Luigi Cremona
Luigi Cremona
Italy
Italian mathematician.
Christian von Wolff
Christian von Wolff
Germany
German encyclopedist, philosopher, lawyer and mathematician
William Burnside
William Burnside
Great Britain
English mathematician and algebraist.
Pierre-Henri Hugonio
Pierre-Henri Hugonio
France
French mathematician.
John Derbyshire
John Derbyshire
USA
American mathematician and essayist
William Timothy Gowers
William Timothy Gowers
Great Britain
British mathematician
Richard Courant
Richard Courant
USA
German and American mathematician
Mihael Shtifel
Mihael Shtifel
Germany
German mathematician
Marcel Berger
Marcel Berger
France
French mathematician
Marin Mersenne
Marin Mersenne
France
French mathematician, physicist, philosopher and theologian
Kazimir Kuratovskiy
Kazimir Kuratovskiy
Poland
Polish mathematician.
Al-Abbas Al-Jawhari
Al-Abbas Al-Jawhari
Mathematician and astronomer
Paul Cohen
Paul Cohen
USA
American mathematician, professor at Stanford University.
Johann Bartels
Johann Bartels
Germany
German, later Russian mathematician and educator
Ludwig Bieberbach
Ludwig Bieberbach
Germany
German mathematician.
Eugene-Charles Catalan
Eugene-Charles Catalan
Belgium
Belgian mathematician.
Joseph Louis Lagrange
Joseph Louis Lagrange
France
French mathematician and mechanic, foreign honorary member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences
Theodor Kaluza
Theodor Kaluza
Germany
German scientist
Ogust Lui Koshi
Ogust Lui Koshi
France
French mathematician and mechanic
Edward Kasner
Edward Kasner
USA
American mathematician, professor
Giovanni Campano
Giovanni Campano
Italy
Italian mathematician
Robert John Aumann
Robert John Aumann
USA
Israeli-American mathematician, member of the US National Academy of Sciences
Louis Mordell
Louis Mordell
Great Britain
English mathematician.
Nurlan Temirgaliev
Nurlan Temirgaliev
Kazakhstan
Kazakh mathematician
Michel Chales
Michel Chales
France
French geometer and historian of mathematics
Boris Kit
Boris Kit
USA
Astronaut, mathematician, physicist, chemist, PhD in philosophy
Samuel Karlin
Samuel Karlin
USA
American mathematician
Stephen Cole Kleene
Stephen Cole Kleene
USA
American mathematician and logician.
Abu Mashar Al-Balkhi
Abu Mashar Al-Balkhi
Iran
Persian mathematician, astronomer and astrologer
Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis
Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis
France
French mathematician, astronomer and surveyor
Paul Erdesh
Paul Erdesh
Hungary
Mathematician
William Feller
William Feller
USA
Croatian-American mathematician
Louis Poinsot
Louis Poinsot
France
French mathematician and mechanic, member of the Paris Academy of Sciences.
Alexander Vandermond
Alexander Vandermond
France
French musician and mathematician
Leontiy Magnickiy
Leontiy Magnickiy
Russia
Mathematician and teacher, author of the first Russian printed textbook on arithmetic
Vinchetso Viviany
Vinchetso Viviany
Italy
Italian mathematician and physicist, member of the Florentine Academy of Sciences, student of Galileo Galilei
Edmund Landau
Edmund Landau
Germany
German mathematician
Arend Heyting
Arend Heyting
Netherlands
Dutch mathematician and logician
Martin Gardner
Martin Gardner
USA
American mathematician and science writer
Srinivasa Ramanujan
Srinivasa Ramanujan
India
Indian mathematician, Fellow of the Royal Society of London.
Garrett Birkhoff
Garrett Birkhoff
USA
American mathematician