Mathematics
Discover the renowned mathematicians who have shaped the world of mathematics. Explore their groundbreaking theories, influential works, and captivating stories.
Viktor Kats
USA
USAAmerican mathematician.
Robert Aumann
Israel
IsraelIsraeli mathematician, professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
James Stirling
Great Britain
Great BritainScottish mathematician.
Persi Diaconis
USA
USAAmerican mathematician and professional magician
Ferdinand Gotthold Max Eisenstein
Germany
GermanyGerman mathematician
George Cantor
Germany
GermanyMathematician, developed set theory
Leonid Lakhtin
Russian mathematician
Henry Briggs
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish mathematician
Laszlo Lovasz
Hungary
HungaryHungarian math
John Craig
Great Britain
Great BritainScottish mathematician and clergyman-theologian.
Kristen Nygaard
Norway
NorwayNorwegian computer scientist, Turing Award winner.
Alexander Markus
Israel
IsraelMoldovan and Israeli mathematician.
Norman Steenrod
USA
USAAmerican mathematician
Thorvald Nicolai Thiele
Denmark
DenmarkDanish mathematician and astronomer, considered one of the founders of actuarial calculations
Jean Frederic Auguste Delsarte
France
FranceFrench mathematician
Eugenio Beltrami
Italy
ItalyItalian mathematician
William Rowan Hamilton
Ireland
IrelandIrish mathematician, theoretical mechanician, theoretical physicist
Gennadiy Atanov
Ukraine
UkraineDoctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Petro Cossali
Italy
ItalyItalian mathematician.
Henri Eugene Pade
France
FranceFrench mathematician, student of Charles Hermite
Louis Couturat
France
FranceFrench mathematician, logician
Hermann Hankel
Gabon
GabonGerman mathematician
Jean Bourgain
Belgium
BelgiumBelgian mathematician
Gabriel Cramer
Switzerland
SwitzerlandSwiss mathematician
Kanat Kudaibergenov
Kazakhstan
KazakhstanKazakh mathematician
Irving Kaplansky
USA
USACanadian and American mathematician.
Maria Gaetana Agnesi
Italy
ItalyItalian mathematician and philanthropist
Najmuddin Kazvini
Central Asian mathematician, astronomer and philosopher
Isidore Miletus
Turkey
TurkeyByzantine mathematician and architect
Leo Breiman
USA
USAAmerican mathematician and statistician from the University of California, Berkeley, member of the US National Academy of Sciences (2001).
Evariste Galois
France
FranceFrench mathematician
Herbert Seifert
Germany
GermanyGerman mathematician known for his work in topology
Ludvig Faddeev
Russia
RussiaAcademician-Secretary of the Department of Mathematics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Professor
Izrail Gohberg
Israel
IsraelMoldovan and Israeli mathematician
Raoul Bott
USA
USAAmerican mathematician.
Louis Bachelier
France
FranceFrench mathematician
Levan Gokieli
Georgian mathematician and philosopher
Claus Mebius
Germany
GermanyGerman mathematician who established the existence of one-sided surfaces (the Mobius strip).
Marko Vishik
Ukraine
UkraineSoviet and Russian mathematician.
Ernest William Brown
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish mathematician and astronomer
Jesse Douglas
USA
USAAmerican mathematician
Peter Lax
Hungary
HungaryHungarian and American mathematician, winner of the 1987 Wolf Prize.
Josip Plemelj
Austria
AustriaMathematician
Edward Albert Feigenbaum
USA
USAComputer scientist
Marco Antonio Cadamosto
Italy
ItalyItalian mathematician of the second half of the 15th century
Nicolaas de Bruijn
Netherlands
NetherlandsDutch mathematician
Cedric Villani
France
FranceFrench mathematician, Fields Medal winner
Josef Bertrand
France
FranceFrench mathematician, member of the Paris Academy of Sciences
Alexander Kurosh
Soviet mathematician and algebraist, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Professor at Moscow State University
Heinrich Tietze
Austria
AustriaAustrian mathematician