Mathematics

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

William Morton Kahan
William Morton Kahan
Canada
Canadian scientist in the field of computational mathematics
John Neumann
John Neumann
USA
An American mathematician who made an invaluable contribution to the development of the first computers.
Richard Manning Karp
Richard Manning Karp
USA
American computer scientist
George Dantzig
George Dantzig
USA
American mathematician
Marie-Sophie Germain
Marie-Sophie Germain
France
French mathematician, philosopher and mechanic
Paul Moritz Cohn
Paul Moritz Cohn
Great Britain
English algebraist, specialist in ring theory and universal algebra
Adolf Ketle
Adolf Ketle
Belgium
Belgian mathematician, astronomer, meteorologist, sociologist.
Kristen Nygaard
Kristen Nygaard
Norway
Norwegian computer scientist, Turing Award winner.
Johann August Grunert
Johann August Grunert
Germany
German mathematician and physicist.
Mihail Kravchuk
Mihail Kravchuk
Ukraine
Ukrainian mathematician
Vito Volterra
Vito Volterra
Italy
Italian mathematician and physicist. Corresponding Member of the Physics and Mathematics Department of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1908), Honorary Member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1926).
Isidore Miletus
Isidore Miletus
Turkey
Byzantine mathematician and architect
Lazare Carnot
Lazare Carnot
France
French statesman and military leader, engineer and scientist
Gaspard Monge
Gaspard Monge
France
French geometer, founder of drawing geometry
Evariste Galois
Evariste Galois
France
French mathematician
Richard Bellman
Richard Bellman
USA
American mathematician
Oskar Zariskiy
Oskar Zariskiy
USA
American mathematician
Heinrich Tietze
Heinrich Tietze
Austria
Austrian mathematician
Christian von Wolff
Christian von Wolff
Germany
German encyclopedist, philosopher, lawyer and mathematician
Dana Stewart Scott
Dana Stewart Scott
USA
American mathematician
Mhitar Djrbachyan
Mhitar Djrbachyan
Armenia
Armenian Soviet mathematician, academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR.
Federico Commandino
Federico Commandino
Italy
Italian mathematician
Yan Gendrik van Swinden
Yan Gendrik van Swinden
Netherlands
Dutch mathematician and physicist
Wilhelm Friedrich von Keussler
Wilhelm Friedrich von Keussler
Livonian teacher and mathematician
Charles Babbage
Charles Babbage
Great Britain
English polymath, mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer
Kanat Kudaibergenov
Kanat Kudaibergenov
Kazakhstan
Kazakh mathematician
Arthur Cayley
Arthur Cayley
Great Britain
English mathematician.
Jakob II Bernoulli
Jakob II Bernoulli
Switzerland
Swiss scientist
Boris Kit
Boris Kit
USA
Astronaut, mathematician, physicist, chemist, PhD in philosophy
Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell
Great Britain
Philosopher, logician, mathematician, public figure, Nobel Prize in Literature 1950
William Feller
William Feller
USA
Croatian-American mathematician
Alexis Clairaut
Alexis Clairaut
France
French mathematician, geometer and astronomer.
Agnis Andzans
Agnis Andzans
Latvia
Latvian mathematician
Alexander Markus
Alexander Markus
Israel
Moldovan and Israeli mathematician.
Giovanni Ceva
Giovanni Ceva
Italy
Italian mathematician
Vladimir Golubev
Vladimir Golubev
Soviet mathematician and mechanic, corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences
Vanik Zaharyan
Vanik Zaharyan
Armenia
Armenian scientist-mathematician
David Gilbert
David Gilbert
Germany
German mathematician
Ernst Kummer
Ernst Kummer
Germany
German mathematician.
Giovanni Campano
Giovanni Campano
Italy
Italian mathematician
Ignac Lemoch
Ignac Lemoch
Austria
Czech and Austrian surveyor, mathematician, astronomer, teacher, composer
Karen Uhlenbeck
Karen Uhlenbeck
USA
American mathematician
Harry Bateman
Harry Bateman
USA
American mathematician
James Gregory
James Gregory
Great Britain
Scottish mathematician and astronomer
Cahit Arf
Cahit Arf
Turkey
Turkish mathematician
John Wallis
John Wallis
Great Britain
English mathematician
Bruno de Finetti
Bruno de Finetti
Italy
Italian mathematician
Norman Steenrod
Norman Steenrod
USA
American mathematician
John Napier
John Napier
Great Britain
Scottish mathematician, inventor of logarithms
Rufus Isaacs
Rufus Isaacs
USA
American scientist