Find out more about the greatest 18th Century Mathematicians, including Charles Babbage, Leonhard Euler, Carl Friedrich Gauss, Pierre-Simon Laplace and Daniel Bernoulli.
Charles Babbage26 December 1791, British
Father of the computer
Leonhard Euler15 April 1707, Swiss, Russian
Mathematician, Physicist
Pierre-Simon Laplace23 March 1749, French
Scientist
Daniel Bernoulli08 February 1700, Swiss
Mathematician
Joseph Fourier21 March 1768, French
Mathematician & Physicist
Edmond Halley08 November 1656, British
Astronomer
Augustin-Louis Cauchy21 August 1789, French
Mathematician
Georg Ohm16 March 1789, German
Physicist & Mathematician
Marquis de Condorcet17 September 1743, French
Mathematician, Philosopher
Anders Celsius27 November 1701, Swedish
Astronomer, Physicist, Mathematician
Sophie Germain01 April 1776, French
Mathematician
Adrien-Marie Legendre18 September 1752, French
Mathematician
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon07 September 1707, French
Naturalist
Giovanni Domenico Cassini08 June 1625, Italian
Astronomer and Mathematician
Maria Gaetana Agnesi16 May 1718, Italian
Mathematician, Philosopher, Theologian
Johann Heinrich Lambert26 August 1728, Swiss, German, French
Mathematician, Physicist and Astronomer
Joseph Louis Lagrange25 January 1736, French, Italian
Mathematician and Astronomer
William Hopkins02 February 1793, British
Mathematician, Geologist
Carl F. Gauss30 April 1777, German
Mathematician
Andre Marie Ampere20 January 1775, French
Physicist and Mathematician
Gottfried W. Leibniz01 July 1646, German
Philosopher, Mathematician
Jean Le Rond d’Alembert16 November 1717, French
Mathematician, Physicist, Philosopher And Musical
Carl Friedrich Gauss30 April 1777, German
Mathematician, Geophysicist, Astronomer, Science
Mary Somerville26 December 1780, British, Scottish
Mathematician, Linguist, Translator, Astronomer,
Joseph-Louis Lagrange25 January 1736, French, Italian
Mathematician, Astronomer, Physicist, Politician,
Thomas Bayes1702 AD, British
Mathematician, Statistician
Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot01 June 1796, French
Mathematician, Physicist, Engineer, Scientist
Siméon Denis Poisson21 June 1781, French
Mathematician, Astronomer, Physicist, University
William Whewell24 May 1794, British
Economist, Physicist, Historian, Philosopher,
François Arago26 February 1786, Spanish, French
Astronomer, Mathematician, Physicist, Politician,
Abraham de Moivre26 May 1667, French
Mathematician, Statistician
David Rittenhouse08 April 1732, American
Astronomer
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Lazare Carnot13 May 1753, French
Mathematician, Politician, Engineer, Officer,
Jacques Charles12 November 1746, French
Physicist, Chemist, Inventor, Balloonist,
Colin Maclaurin01 February 1698, British, Scottish
Edinburgh
Brook Taylor18 August 1685, British
Mathematician
William Playfair22 September 1759, British
Economist, Mathematician, Engineer, Statistician
David Brewster11 December 1781, British, Scottish
Botanist, Civil engineer, Physicist, Engineer,
Gaspard Monge09 May 1746, French
Mathematician, Politician, Physicist, University
Friedrich Bessel22 July 1784, German
Astronomer, Mathematician, University teacher
Nathaniel Bowditch26 March 1773, American
Mathematician, Astronomer, Actuary, Physicist,
Jean Sylvain Bailly15 September 1736, French
Astronomer, Politician, Mathematician
John ArbuthnotBritish
Pierre Louis Maupertuis17 July 1698, French
astronomer, philosopher, mathematician, physicist
Thomas Chalmers17 March 1780, British
Mathematician, Theologian, Writer, University
Dugald StewartBritish, Scottish
Jean-Baptiste Biot21 April 1774, French
Mathematician, Physicist, Astronomer, Civil
Giuseppe Piazzi16 July 1746, Italian
Astronomer, University teacher, Mathematician
Gabriel Cramer31 July 1704, Swiss
Mathematician, Physicist, University teacher
Jean Léonard Marie Poiseuille22 April 1797, French
Physician, Physicist, Mathematician
Alexis ClairautFrench
Charles Marie de La CondamineFrench
John PlayfairBritish
Pierre BouguerFrench
Michel RolleFrench
Jean-Robert ArgandFrench
Jean-Charles de BordaFrench
Alexandre-Théophile VandermondeFrench
Jean Baptiste Joseph DelambreFrench
Alexander Wilson1714 AD, British, Scottish
Astronomer
Joseph SauveurFrench
John Keill01 December 1671, British, Scottish
Mathematician
William JonesBritish
Jakob Bernoulli01 January 1655, Swiss
Mathematician
Gaspard de PronyFrench
Robert SimsonBritish
William WalesBritish
Patrick KellyBritish
Émilie du ChâteletFrench