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A comprihensive directory of world'd famous mathematicians, along with their biographies.
Mathematicians
Adrien-Marie Legendr... French mathematician Adrien-Marie Legendre invented mathematical theories of Legendre transformation and elliptic functions. He worked on ...
Alexander Grothendie... One of the foremost mathematicians of 20th century, Alexander Grothendieck is a pioneer of modern algebraic geometry. His contributions to ...
Alfred North Whitehe... Alfred North Whitehead was a British Mathematician who is known for his tremendous contributions in algebra, logic, foundations of mathematics, ...
Archimedes Archimedes of Syracuse was an outstanding Greek mathematician, inventor, physicist, engineer and also an astronomer. Although not much is known ...
Arthur Cayley Arthur Cayley was a British mathematician who helped founding the British school of pure mathematics. He is most famous for developing the ...
Augustin-Louis Cauch... Augustin-Louis Cauchy was a French mathematician. He was famous for the countless contributions he made to the domain of mathematics. He made ...
Bernhard Riemann Bio... Georg Friedrich Bernhard Riemann was a prominent German mathematician who bestowed the world with his brilliant contributions to analysis, ...
Blaise Pascal Blaise Pascal was a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer and Catholic philosopher. He did pioneering works in calculating machines ...
Carl F. Gauss Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss was a German mathematician and physical scientist par excellence who made his invaluable contributions in several ...
Carl Ludwig Siegel The man behind the number theory, Carl Ludwig Siegel was a significant mathematician of the 20th century. Son of a postal worker, Siegel, in ...
Charles Hermite Charles Hermite was one of the most famous French mathematicians of the nineteenth century, who researched on orthogonal polynomials, algebra, ...
Christian Doppler Ambitious and indomitable are two words that perfectly describe Christian Doppler’s personality. A leading mathematician and physicist of his ...
David Hilbert David Hilbert was the perfect example of a celebrated, established and meticulous mathematician. His works helped pave the path for modern ...
Emmy Noether Born on March 23, 1882 in Bavaria Germany, Amalie Emmy Noether made several contributions in the field of Mathematics. She is best known for her ...
Euclid Although little is known about Euclid’s early and personal life, he was known as the forerunner of geometrical knowledge and went on to ...
Évariste Galois... Evariste Galois has been hailed by many as the father of modern algebra. In his short lifetime, he did some phenomenal research work on ...
Felix Christian Klei... Felix Christian Klein is appreciated and well-known for his significant works in the field of Geometry. He obtained his Doctorate degree from ...
G. H. Hardy G.H. Hardy was a great British mathematician. He was the person who made the mathematics world look up to England for his massive contributions ...
Georg Cantor A popular German mathematician, Georg Cantor is famous for discovering and building a hierarchy of infinite sets according to their cardinal ...
George Boole British mathematician and logician George Boole discovered Boolean logic. This logical theory acts as the basis of modern digital computer and ...
Gottfried W. Leibniz Gottfried W. Leibniz holds a prominent position in the domains of mathematics and philosophy. Famed as the developer of infinitesimal calculus, ...
Henri Poincare Apart from being a well-known mathematician, Jules Henri Poincare also indulged in the study of philosophy. He learned much during his lifetime ...
Hermann Minkowski Hermann Minkowski was a renowned German mathematician. His contribution to the development of modern mathematics is immense. The development of ...
Jacob Bernoulli Jacob Bernoulli can be rightly called the initiator of the Bernoulli family’s mathematical dynasty. A class of his own, Jacob was bright and ...
Jean Le Rond d’Alemb... A great mathematician, philosopher and music theoretician, Jean Le Rond d’Alembert was among the most influential men of his time. His “Traité ...
Johann Heinrich Lamb... Johann Heinrich Lambert was a man with a vision. Despite coming from a family of tailors, Lambert acclaimed a great deal of success in his life, ...
John Napier David Hume’s personification of the title “a great man” more than aptly describes the prominence and distinction of John Napier. A distinguished ...
John von Neumann John von Neumann was a famous Hungarian-American mathematician, who is still revered for his unparalleled contributions to disciplines like ...
Joseph Louis Lagrang... Joseph Louis Lagrange, originally considered a French Mathematician, was actually of an Italian descent. He was largely self-taught and pushed ...
Karl Weierstrass Karl Theodor Wilhelm Weierstrass, who is known as the Father of modern analysis, was a great German mathematician. With is mathematical ...
Kurt Gödel Kurt Friedrich Gödel was known for his mathematical work in the 20th century, which was the time when most mathematicians were concentrating on ...
Leonhard Euler Leonhard Euler was a leading Swiss mathematician and physicist who made significant discoveries in varied fields such as graph theory and ...
Pythagoras Pythagoras of Samos was a well-known mathematician, scientist and a religious teacher. He was born in Samos and is often hailed as the first ...
René Déscartes... René Descartes was an eminent French Mathematician, philosopher and writer, who has been popularly referred to as ‘Father of Modern Philosophy’. ...
Richard Dedekind A well known German mathematician, Richard Dedekind made immense contribution in the field of abstract algebra, especially, algebraic number ...
Srinivasa Ramanujan Rightly regarded as ‘natural genius’ by the English mathematician G.H. Hardy, Srinivasa Ramanujan displayed an amazing talent in mathematics, ...