Mathematics
Discover the renowned mathematicians who have shaped the world of mathematics. Explore their groundbreaking theories, influential works, and captivating stories.
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
Alexander Vandermond
France
FranceFrench musician and mathematician
Ctesibius
Greece
GreeceAncient Greek inventor, mathematician and mechanic
Wilhelm Ackermann
Germany
GermanyGerman mathematician and logician.
Henri Leon Lebesgue
France
FranceFrench mathematician
Navaratna Srinivasa Rajaram
India
IndiaIndian mathematician, historian and linguist
Lars Knudsen
Denmark
DenmarkAn outstanding Danish mathematician and cryptanalyst, professor
James Gregory
Great Britain
Great BritainScottish mathematician and astronomer
Johann Bartels
Germany
GermanyGerman, later Russian mathematician and educator
Pierre-Henri Hugonio
France
FranceFrench mathematician.
Salomon Bochner
USA
USAAmerican mathematician
Wilgelm Killing
Germany
GermanyGerman mathematician
Johann Castillon
Italy
ItalyMathematician.
Jean Coulomb
France
FranceFrench mathematician
Juan Caramuel
Spain
SpainTheologian, mathematician, philosopher, logician, architectural theorist.
Lenore Blum
USA
USAAmerican mathematician
Elwin Bruno Christoffel
Germany
GermanyGerman mathematician
Laurent Lafforgue
France
FranceFrench mathematician, professor and scientist
Charles Babbage
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish polymath, mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer
Pietro Antonio Cataldi
Italy
ItalyItalian mathematician
Harry Bateman
USA
USAAmerican mathematician
Sergey Bernstein
Ukraine
UkraineRussian and Soviet mathematician
William Oughtred
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish mathematician
Gerhard Gentzen
Germany
GermanyGerman mathematician and logician
Edmond Nicolas Laguerre
France
FranceFrench mathematician, member of the Paris Academy
Spiru Haret
Romania
RomaniaRomanian mathematician and astronomer.
Dmitriy Zeiliger
Russian and Soviet mathematician, mechanic, professor
Edouard Goursat
France
FranceFrench mathematician, member of the French Academy of Sciences.
Paolo Dagomari
Italy
ItalyItalian mathematician, astronomer and poet.
Francois Jacquier
Italy
ItalyFrench mathematician.
William Feller
USA
USACroatian-American mathematician
Philipp Ludwig Seidel
Germany
GermanyGerman mathematician and astronomer.
Jean Leray
France
FranceFrench mathematician
Jean Dieudonne
France
FranceFrench mathematician, one of the founders of the Bourbaki group
Bonaventura Cavalieri
Italy
ItalyItalian mathematician
Sharl Ermiht
France
FranceFrench mathematician, member of the Paris Academy of Sciences
Karl Pearson
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish scientist, creator of mathematical statistics.
David Gilbert
Germany
GermanyGerman mathematician
Al-Abbas Al-Jawhari
Mathematician and astronomer
Ogust Lui Koshi
France
FranceFrench mathematician and mechanic
Michel Chales
France
FranceFrench geometer and historian of mathematics
Arend Heyting
Netherlands
NetherlandsDutch mathematician and logician
Peter Gruber
Austria
AustriaModern Austrian mathematician
Pierre Fermat
France
FranceFrench mathematician, one of the creators of analytical geometry and number theory (Fermat's theorem)
Thomas Harriot
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish astronomer, mathematician, ethnographer and translator.
Konstantin Posse
Professor of Mathematics at St. Petersburg University
Johann Jakob Balmer
Switzerland
SwitzerlandSwiss mathematician and physicist