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

William Morton Kahan
Canada
CanadaCanadian scientist in the field of computational mathematics

John Neumann
USA
USAAn American mathematician who made an invaluable contribution to the development of the first computers.

Richard Manning Karp
USA
USAAmerican computer scientist

George Dantzig
USA
USAAmerican mathematician

Marie-Sophie Germain
France
FranceFrench mathematician, philosopher and mechanic

Paul Moritz Cohn
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish algebraist, specialist in ring theory and universal algebra

Adolf Ketle
Belgium
BelgiumBelgian mathematician, astronomer, meteorologist, sociologist.

Kristen Nygaard
Norway
NorwayNorwegian computer scientist, Turing Award winner.

Johann August Grunert
Germany
GermanyGerman mathematician and physicist.

Mihail Kravchuk
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian mathematician

Vito Volterra
Italy
ItalyItalian 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
Turkey
TurkeyByzantine mathematician and architect

Lazare Carnot
France
FranceFrench statesman and military leader, engineer and scientist

Gaspard Monge
France
FranceFrench geometer, founder of drawing geometry

Evariste Galois
France
FranceFrench mathematician

Richard Bellman
USA
USAAmerican mathematician

Oskar Zariskiy
USA
USAAmerican mathematician

Heinrich Tietze
Austria
AustriaAustrian mathematician

Christian von Wolff
Germany
GermanyGerman encyclopedist, philosopher, lawyer and mathematician

Dana Stewart Scott
USA
USAAmerican mathematician

Mhitar Djrbachyan
Armenia
ArmeniaArmenian Soviet mathematician, academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR.

Federico Commandino
Italy
ItalyItalian mathematician

Yan Gendrik van Swinden
Netherlands
NetherlandsDutch mathematician and physicist

Wilhelm Friedrich von Keussler
Livonian teacher and mathematician

Charles Babbage
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish polymath, mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer

Kanat Kudaibergenov
Kazakhstan
KazakhstanKazakh mathematician

Arthur Cayley
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish mathematician.

Jakob II Bernoulli
Switzerland
SwitzerlandSwiss scientist

Boris Kit
USA
USAAstronaut, mathematician, physicist, chemist, PhD in philosophy

Bertrand Russell
Great Britain
Great BritainPhilosopher, logician, mathematician, public figure, Nobel Prize in Literature 1950

William Feller
USA
USACroatian-American mathematician

Alexis Clairaut
France
FranceFrench mathematician, geometer and astronomer.

Agnis Andzans
Latvia
LatviaLatvian mathematician

Alexander Markus
Israel
IsraelMoldovan and Israeli mathematician.

Giovanni Ceva
Italy
ItalyItalian mathematician

Vladimir Golubev
Soviet mathematician and mechanic, corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences

Vanik Zaharyan
Armenia
ArmeniaArmenian scientist-mathematician

David Gilbert
Germany
GermanyGerman mathematician

Ernst Kummer
Germany
GermanyGerman mathematician.

Giovanni Campano
Italy
ItalyItalian mathematician

Ignac Lemoch
Austria
AustriaCzech and Austrian surveyor, mathematician, astronomer, teacher, composer

Karen Uhlenbeck
USA
USAAmerican mathematician

Harry Bateman
USA
USAAmerican mathematician

James Gregory
Great Britain
Great BritainScottish mathematician and astronomer

Cahit Arf
Turkey
TurkeyTurkish mathematician

John Wallis
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish mathematician

Bruno de Finetti
Italy
ItalyItalian mathematician

Norman Steenrod
USA
USAAmerican mathematician

John Napier
Great Britain
Great BritainScottish mathematician, inventor of logarithms

Rufus Isaacs
USA
USAAmerican scientist