Mathematics
Discover the renowned mathematicians who have shaped the world of mathematics. Explore their groundbreaking theories, influential works, and captivating stories.
Richard Wesley Hamming
USA
USAAmerican mathematician
Alexander Markus
Israel
IsraelMoldovan and Israeli mathematician.
Robert Aumann
Israel
IsraelIsraeli mathematician, professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Rostislav Grigorchuk
Ukraine
UkraineRussian mathematician of Ukrainian origin
Marcel Grossmann
Switzerland
SwitzerlandSwiss mathematician
Garrett Birkhoff
USA
USAAmerican mathematician
Harald Bohr
Denmark
DenmarkDanish mathematician and footballer
Roger Penrose
Great Britain
Great BritainAn outstanding scientist of our time, actively working in various fields of mathematics, general relativity and quantum theory; author of the twistor theory.
Abram Fet
Russia
RussiaRussian mathematician
Richard Courant
USA
USAGerman and American mathematician
Vadim Adamyan
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian theoretical physicist and mathematician
Dana Stewart Scott
USA
USAAmerican mathematician
Eugenio Beltrami
Italy
ItalyItalian mathematician
Henri Eugene Pade
France
FranceFrench mathematician, student of Charles Hermite
James Stirling
Great Britain
Great BritainScottish mathematician.
Peter Lax
Hungary
HungaryHungarian and American mathematician, winner of the 1987 Wolf Prize.
Hermann Hankel
Gabon
GabonGerman mathematician
Josef Schlesinger
Austria
AustriaAustrian politician, mathematician, economist and agronomist
John Hadley
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish mathematician
Don Coppersmith
USA
USACryptographer and mathematician.
Witold Hurewicz
Poland
PolandPolish and American mathematician.
Martin Wilhelm Kutta
Germany
GermanyGerman mathematician
Paul Erdesh
Hungary
HungaryMathematician
Jean Frederic Auguste Delsarte
France
FranceFrench mathematician
Charles P. Thacker
USA
USAAmerican computer scientist
Paul Moritz Cohn
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish algebraist, specialist in ring theory and universal algebra
Mhitar Djrbachyan
Armenia
ArmeniaArmenian Soviet mathematician, academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR.
Louis Poinsot
France
FranceFrench mathematician and mechanic, member of the Paris Academy of Sciences.
Niels Henrik Abel
Norway
NorwayNorwegian mathematician
Edward Kofler
Switzerland
SwitzerlandPolish and Swiss mathematician
John Derbyshire
USA
USAAmerican mathematician and essayist
Marie Jordan
France
FranceFrench mathematician
Cahit Arf
Turkey
TurkeyTurkish mathematician
Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas Condorcet
France
FranceFrench mathematician, economist, publicist and philosopher
Jean Van Heijenoort
France
FranceFrench scientist and political activist, historian of mathematical logic
Enrico Betti
Italy
ItalyItalian mathematician and physicist
Konstantin Caratheodory
Germany
GermanyGerman mathematician of Greek nationality.
Marin Mersenne
France
FranceFrench mathematician, physicist, philosopher and theologian
Persi Diaconis
USA
USAAmerican mathematician and professional magician
Marko Vishik
Ukraine
UkraineSoviet and Russian mathematician.
Simon Stevin
Belgium
BelgiumFlemish universal mathematician, engineer.
Christian von Wolff
Germany
GermanyGerman encyclopedist, philosopher, lawyer and mathematician
Gustav Gaspar Koriolis
France
FranceA French mechanical physicist whose work played a major role in the creation of the theory of machine dynamics.
Izrail Gelfand
USA
USAMathematician, biologist, teacher and organizer of mathematics education
Lars Ahlfors
Finland
FinlandFinnish and American mathematician
Tullio Levi-Chivita
Italy
ItalyA famous Italian mathematician of Jewish origin.
Elie Joseph Cartan
France
FranceFrench mathematician
Alexander Grothendieck
France
FranceBrilliant French mathematician
Thomas Chalmers
Great Britain
Great BritainScottish mathematician, political economist and leader of the Free Church of Scotland
Roger Cotes
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish mathematician and philosopher