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List of mathematicians
The famous mathematicians are listed below in English alphabetical transliteration order (by surname).
- Niels Henrik Abel (Norway, 1802 - 1829)
- Ralph H. Abraham (USA, University of California, Santa Cruz)
- Wilhelm Ackermann (Germany, 1896 - 1962)
- Maria Gaetana Agnesi (Italy, 1718 - 1799)
- Lars Valerian Ahlfors, (Finland, 1907 - 1996)
- Jean Le Rond d'Alembert (France, 1717 - 1783)
- Abu Ja'far Muhammad Ibn Musa Al-Khwarizmi (Persia, 780 - 850)
- Alexander Anderson (Scotland, 1582 - 1620)
- André-Marie Ampere, (France, 1775 - 1836)
- Apollonius of Perga (Asia Minor, 265 B.C. - 170 B.C.)
- Archimedes (Syracuse, 287 B.C. - 212 B.C.)
- Aristotle (Greece, 384 B.C. - 322 B.C.)
- Vladimir Arnol'd (Russia, 1937 - )
- Emil Artin (Austria, 1898 - 1962)
- Michael Francis Atiyah (Britain, 1929 - )
- Charles Babbage (United Kingdom, 1791 - 1871)
- Alan Baker (Britain, 1939 - )
- Stefan Banach (Poland, 1892 - 1945)
- Grigory Isaakovich Barenblatt (Russia, USA, 1927 - )
- Isaac Barrow (England, 1630 - 1677)
- Thomas Bayes (England, 1702 - 1761)
- Eric Temple Bell (Scotland, USA, 1883 - 1960)
- Jakob Bernoulli (Switzerland, 1654 - 1705)
- Johann Bernoulli[?] (Switzerland, 1667 - 1748)
- Joseph Louis Francois Bertrand[?] (France, 1822 - 1900)
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel, (Germany, 1784 - 1846)
- Biruni (Persian Empire, 973 - 1048)
- Farkos Wolfgang Bolyai[?] (Romania, 1775 - 1856)
- János Bolyai (Romania, 1802 - 1860)
- Bernhard Bolzano[?] (Bohemia, 1781 - 1848)
- Enrico Bombieri (Italy, 1940 - )
- George Boole (Britain, 1815 - 1864)
- Richard Ewen Borcherds[?] (Britain, 1959 - )
- Félix Édouard Justin Émile Borel[?] (France, 1871 - 1956)
- Karol Borsuk[?] (Poland, 1905 - 1982)
- Ladislaus Bortkiewicz
- Nicolas Bourbaki (France, dates uncertain)
- Jean Bourgain[?] (Belgium, 1954 - )
- Ruđer Josip Boković (Republic of Dubrovnik, 1711 - 1787)
- Carl Benjamin Boyer (American, 1906 - 1976)
- Henry Briggs (Britain, 1561 - 1630)
- Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer (Netherlands, 1881 - 1966)
- Viggo Brun (Norway, 1885 - 1978)
- Boris Yakovlovic Bukreev[?] (Russia, 1859-1962)
- Georg Ferdinand Cantor (Germany, 1845 - 1918)
- Gerolamo Cardano (Italy, 1501 - 1576)
- Robert Daniel Carmichael[?] (USA, 1879 - 1967)
- Henri Cartan[?] (France, 1904 - )
- Pierre Cartier[?] (???? - )
- Augustin Louis Cauchy (France, 1789 - 1857)
- Bonaventura Cavalieri[?] (Italy, 1598 - 1647)
- Arthur Cayley[?] (Britain, 1821 - 1895)
- Eduard Čech[?] (Czech Republic, 1893 - 1960)
- Ernesto Cesaro[?] (Italy, March 12, 1859 - September 12, 1906)
- Ludolph van Ceulen[?] (Netherlands, 1540 - 1610)
- Giovanni Ceva (Italy, 1648 - 1734)
- Gulbank Don Chakerian[?] (USA)
- Gregory J. Chaitin (USA, ???? - )
- Pafnuty Lvovich Chebyshev, (Russia, (May 16, 1821 - December 8, 1894)
- Ch'in Chiu-Shao[?] (China, 1200s)
- Sarvadaman Chowla[?] (India, 1907 - 1995)
- Alonzo Church (USA, 1903 - 1995)
- John Coates (Australia, born 1945)
- Paul Joseph Cohen (USA, 1934 - )
- Roger Cotes (England, 1682-1716)
- Zuanne de Tonini da Coi (Clolla)[?] (16th century)
- Marquis de Condorcet (France, 1743 - 1794)
- Alain Connes (France, 1947 - )
- John Conway (Britain, 1937 - )
- H.S.M. Coxeter, (Britain and then Canada, 1907 - 2003)
- John Craig (Scotland, 1663 - 1731)
- Gabriel Cramer[?] (Switzerland, 1704 - 1752)
- Harald Cramér (Sweden, 1893 - 1985)
- Jing-Run Chen[?] (Mainland China, May 22, 1933 - 1966)
- Shiing-Shen Chern[?] (October 26, 1911 - )
- Francois d'Aguillon (Belgium, 1566 - 1617)
- Germinal Pierre Dandelin[?] (France, Belgium, 1794 - 1847)
- David van Dantzig[?] (Netherlands, 1900 - 1959)
- Ludwig W. Danzer[?] (Germany, University of Dortmund[?])
- George Dantzig (USA, 1914 - )
- Jean Gaston Darboux[?] (France, August 14, 1842 - February 23, 1917)
- Indraneel Das[?]
- Julius Wilhelm Richard Dedekind, (Germany, 1831 - 1916)
- Bruno de Finetti (Italy, 1906 - 1985)
- Pierre Deligne[?] (Belgium, USA, 1944 - )
- Augustus de Morgan (India, Britain 1806 - 1871)
- René Descartes, (France, 1596 - 1650)
- Edsger Dijkstra (1930 - 2002)
- Diophantus of Alexandria (Ptolemaic Egypt, circa 298 B.C. - 214 B.C.)
- Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet[?] (Germany, 1805 - 1859)
- Simon Donaldson[?] (Britain, 1957 - )
- Adrien Douady[?] (France, 1935 - )
- Jesse Douglas[?] (USA, 1897 - 1965)
- Vladimir Drinfeld[?] (Ukraine, 1954 - )
- Eugene Borisovich Dynkin[?] (USSR, 1924 - )
- Underwood Dudley
- Freeman John Dyson, (England, December 15, 1923 - )
- Gerd Faltings[?] (Germany, 1954 - )
- Charles Fefferman[?] (USA, 1949 - )
- Pierre de Fermat (France, 1601 - 1665)
- Lodovico Ferrari (Italy, 1522 - 1565)
- Scipione dal Ferro[?] (Italy, February 6, 1465 - November 5, 1526)
- Leonardo Pisano Fibonacci (Italy, 1170 - 1250)
- Thomas Fincke (Denmark, 1561 - 1656)
- Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier, (France, 1768 - 1830)
- Adolf Fraenkel[?] (Germany, 1891 - 1965)
- Michael Freedman[?] (USA, 1951 - )
- Evariste Galois (France, 1811 - 1832)
- Carl Friedrich Gauss (Germany, 1777 - 1855)
- Gerhard Gentzen (Germany, 1909 - 1945)
- Sophie Germain (France, 1776 - 1831)
- Kurt Gödel, (Austria, USA, 1906 - 1978)
- Christian Goldbach (Germany, 1690 - 1764)
- William Sealey Gosset (Britain, 1876 - 1937)
- William Timothy Gowers[?] (Britain, 1963 - )
- Hermann Günther Grassmann (Prussia, 1809 - 1877)
- Alexander Grothendieck (France, 1928 - )
- Paul Guldin (Switzerland, 1577 - 1643)
- Jacques Hadamard[?] (France, 1865 - 1963)
- Paul Richard Halmos[?] (Hungary, USA, 1916 - )
- William Rowan Hamilton (Ireland, 1805 - 1865)
- Godfrey Harold Hardy (Britain, 1877 - 1947
- Felix Hausdorff (Germany, 1869 - 1942)
- Thomas Heath (England 1861 - 1940)
- Werner Karl Heisenberg, (Germany, 1901 - 1976)
- Charles Hermite[?] (France, 1822 - 1901)
- David Hilbert (Germany, 1862 - 1943)
- Hipparchus
- Heisuke Hironaka (Japan, 1931 - )
- Vaclav Hlavaty[?] (Czech Republic, 1894 - 1969)
- Otto Hölder (Germany, 1859 - 1937)
- Lars Hörmander[?] (Sweden, 1931 - )
- Guillaume Francois Antoine l'Hospital[?] (France, 1661 - 1704)
- Liu Hui (China, 200s)
- Christiaan Huygens (Netherlands, 1629 - 1695)
- Hypatia (Egypt, d. 415)
- Mark Kac[?] (Poland, USA, 1914 - 1984)
- Leonid Vitalyevich Kantorovich[?] (USSR, 1912 - 1986)
- Ghiyath al-Kashi[?] (Timurid Iran, circa 1370 - 1429)
- Abraham Gotthelf Kästner[?] (Germany, 1719 - 1800)
- Johannes Kepler (Germany, 1571 - 1630)
- Stephen Cole Kleene (USA, 1909 - 1994)
- Felix Klein (Germany, 1849 - 1925)
- Donald Knuth (USA, 1938 - )
- Pelagaeia Polubarinova Kochina[?] (Russia, 1899 - 1999)
- Kunihiko Kodaira[?] (Japan, 1915 - 1997)
- Andrey Nikolaevich Kolmogorov (Russia, 1903 - 1987)
- Helge von Koch (Sweden, 1870 - 1924)
- Maxim Kontsevich (Russia, 1964 - )
- Sofia Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya (Russia, 1850 - 1891)
- Leopold Kronecker[?] (Germany, 1823 - 1891)
- Ernst Eduard Kummer[?] (Germany, 1810 - 1893
- Kazimierz Kuratowski (Poland, 1896 - 1980)
- Martin Wilhelm Kutta[?] (Germany, 1867 - 1944)
- Laurent Lafforgue (France, 1966 - )
- Joseph-Louis de Lagrange (France, 1736 - 1813)
- Ivo Lah (Slovenia, 1896 - 1979)
- Johann Heinrich Lambert (Germany, 1728 - 1777)
- Robert Langlands (Canada, USA, 1936 - )
- Pierre Simon Laplace (France, 1749 - 1827)
- Henri Leon Lebesgue (France, 1875 - 1941)
- Adrien-Marie Legendre (France, 1752 - 1833)
- Derrick Henry Lehmer[?] (USA, 1905 - 1991)
- Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (Germany, 1646 - 1716)
- Solomon Lefschetz[?] (France, USA, 1884 - 1972)
- Jean Leray
- Sophus Lie (Norway, 1842 - 1899)
- Carl Louis Ferdinand von Lindemann[?] (Germany, 1852 - 1939)
- Yuri Vladimirovich Linnik[?] (Russia, 1915 - 1972)
- Jacques-Louis Lions[?] (France, 1956 - )
- Joseph Liouville[?] (France, 1809 - 1882)
- Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky (Russia, 1792 - 1856)
- François-Édouard-Anatole Lucas[?] (France, 1842 - 1891)
- Aleksandr Mikhailovich Lyapunov, (Russia, 1857 - 1918)
- Saunders MacLane[?] (USA, 1909 - )
- Colin Maclaurin (Scotland, 1698 - 1746)
- Grigory Margulis[?] (USSR, USA, 1946 - )
- Andrei Andreevich Markov, (Russia, 1856 - 1922)
- Jerrold E. Marsden[?] (USA, ???? - )
- Lorenzo Mascheroni (Italy, 1750 - 1800)
- Curtis T. McMullen[?] (USA, 1958 - )
- Karl Menger (USA, 1902 - 1985)
- Marin Mersenne (France, 1588 - 1648)
- Franz Mertens (Germany, 1840 - 1927)
- Freda Mihailescu[?]
- John Milnor (USA 1931 - )
- Hermann Minkowski (Germany, 1864 - 1909)
- August Ferdinand Möbius (Germany, 1790 - 1868)
- Georg Mohr (Denmark, 1640 - 1697)
- Abraham de Moivre (France, 1667 - 1754)
- Gaspard Monge (France, 1746 - 1818)
- Shigefumi Mori[?] (Japan, 1951 - )
- David Mumford[?] (Britain, USA, 1937 - )
- John Napier (Scotland, 1550 - 1617)
- John Forbes Nash (USA, 1928 - )
- John von Neumann (Hungary, USA, 1903 - 1957)
- Rolf Nevanlinna (Finland, 1895 - 1980)
- Isaac Newton (Britain, 1643 - 1727)
- Nilakantha Somayaji[?] (India, 1444 - 1544)
- Emmy Noether (Germany, 1882 - 1935)
- Sergei Petrovich Novikov[?] (Russia, 1938 - )
- Petr Sergeevich Novikov[?] (Russia, 1901 - 1935)
- Kristen Nygaard (Norway, 1926 - 2002)
- Pappus of Alexandria[?] (Greece, ca. 260 B.C. - ?)
- Blaise Pascal (France, 1623 - 1662)
- Giuseppe Peano (Italy, 1858 - 1932)
- Grisha Perelman[?] (Russia, Steklov Mathematical Institute[?], Saint Petersburg)
- Roger Penrose (England, 1931 - )
- Julius Petersen (Denmark, 1839 - 1910)
- Charles Emile Picard (France, 1856 - 1941)
- Subbayya Sivasankaranarayana Pillai[?] (India, 1901 - 1950)
- Josip Plemelj (Slovenia, 1873 - 1967)
- Jules-Henri Poincaré, (France, 1854 - 1912)
- Siméon-Denis Poisson (France, 1781 - 1840)
- George Polya (Hungary, USA, 1887 - 1985)
- Victor Alexandre Puiseux[?] (France, 1820 - 1883)
- Pythagoras of Samos (Greece 582 B.C.[?] - 496 B.C.))
- Srinivasa Aaiyangar Ramanujan (India, 1887 - 1920)
- Frank Plumpton Ramsey (Britain, 1903 - 1930)
- Robert Recorde[?] (Wales, 1510 - 1558)
- Regiomontanus (Johannes Müller, Germany, 1436 - 1476)
- Ken A. Ribet[?] (USA, ???? - )
- Jules Richard (France, 1862 - 1956)
- Bernhard Riemann (Germany, 1826 - 1866)
- Adam Riese[?] (Germany, 1492 - 1559)
- Herbert Robbins[?] (USA, Rutgers University)
- Michel Rolle (France, 1652 - 1719)
- Gian-Carlo Rota (Italy, USA, 1932 - 1999)
- Klaus Roth[?] (Germany, Britain, 1925 - )
- Carle David Tolme Runge[?] (Germany, 1856 - 1927)
- Bertrand Russell (Britain, 1872 - 1970)
- Laurent Schwartz[?] (France, 1915 - )
- K. Saradha[?] (India, ???? - )
- Natarajan Saradha[?] (India, ???? - )
- Philippe Satge[?] (France, ???? - )
- Frans van Schooten (Netherlands, 1615 - 1660)
- Laurent Schwartz[?] (France, 1915 - 2002)
- Seki Kowa[?] (Japan, 1642 - 1708)
- Atle Selberg (Norway, USA, 1917 - )
- Jean-Pierre Serre (France, 1926 - )
- Goro Shimura (Japan, 1930 - )
- Peter Shor
- Waclaw Sierpinski (Poland, 1882 - 1969)
- Neil Sloane[?] (USA, ???? - )
- Stephen Smale (USA, 1930 - )
- Willebrord van Roijen Snell (Netherlands, 1580 - 1626)
- Yulian Vasilievich Sokhotski (Russia, 1842 - 1927)
- Sporus of Nicaea (Asia Minor, circa 240 B.C. - circa 300 B.C.)
- Joef Stefan (Austria-Hungary, Slovenia 1835-1893)
- Jakob Steiner[?] (Switzerland, 1796 - 1863)
- Simon Stevin (Netherlands, 1548 - 1620)
- Michael Stifel[?] (Germany, 1487 - 1567)
- Thomas Joannes Stieltjes (Netherlands, 1856 - 1894)
- James Stirling (Scotland, 1692 - 1770)
- Dirk Jan Struik[?] (Netherlands, 1894-2000)
- Ludwig Sylow[?] (Norway, 1832 - 1918)
- James Joseph Sylvester (England, 1814 - 1897)
- Gábor Szegö (Hungary, 1895 - 1985)
- Teiji Takagi (Japan, April 21, 1875 - February 28, 1960)
- Tsuneo Tamagawa[?] (Japanese American, 1925 - )
- Yutaka Taniyama (Japan, 1927 - 1958)
- Michael Tarsi[?] (Israel, Tel Aviv University)
- Alfred Tarski (Poland, 1902 - 1983)
- Nicolo Tartaglia or Nicolo Fontana[?] (1499(1500) - December 15, 1557)
- Niccolo Fontana Tartaglia (Republic of Venice, 1499 - 1557)
- John Tate (USA, (1925-)
- Brook Taylor (Britain, 1685 - 1731)
- Oswald Teichmuller (Germany, 1913 - 1943)
- Thales of Miletus, (circa B.C.624[?] - B.C.547[?])
- René Thom (France, 1923 - )
- John Griggs Thompson[?] (USA, 1932 - )
- William Thurston (1946 - )
- Jacques Tits (Belgium, 1930 - )
- Leonardo Torres y Quevedo (Spain, 1852 - 1936)
- Ehrenfried Walter von Tschirnhaus (Germany, April 10, 1651 - October 11, 1708)
- Chung-Tze Tsen[?] (China, April 2, 1898 - November,1940)
- Albert W. Tucker[?]
- Jerrold Tunnell[?]
- Alan Turing (Britain, 1912 - 1954)
- Helge Tverberg[?]
- Andrey Nikolayevich Tychonoff[?] (USSR, 1906 - 1993)
- Bartel Leendert van der Waerden (Netherlands, 1903 - 1996)
- Edward Waring (England, 1736 - 1798)
- Karl Weierstrass (Germany, 1815 - 1897)
- André Weil (France, 1906 - 1998)
- Hermann Klaus Hugo Weyl (Germany, USA, 1885 - 1955)
- Arthur Wieferich[?] (Germany, 1910s)
- Norbert Wiener (USA, 1894 - 1964)
- Andrew Wiles (Britain, 1953 - )
- Edward Witten (USA, 1951 - )
- Vladimir Voevodsky (Russia, 1966 - )
- Joseph Wolstenholme (England, 1829 - 1891)
- Christopher Wren (England, 1632 - 1723)
- Hans Julius Zassenhaus[?] (Germany, May 28, 1912 - November 21, 1991)
- Doron Zeilberger[?] (Israel, USA, 1950 - )
- Efim Isakovich Zelmanov[?] (USSR, USA, 1955 - )
- Ernst Zermelo (Germany, 1871 - 1953)
- Gunter M. Ziegler[?] (Germany 1963 - )
- Zhang Heng (China, 78 - 139)
- Zhu Shijie (China, 1270 - 1330)
- Yegor Ivanovich Zolotarev[?] (Russia, 1847 - 1879)
- Max A. Zorn (Germany, July 6, 1906 - March 9, 1993)
- Herbert Samuel Zuckerman[?] (1912 - 1970)