Find out more about the greatest 19th Century French Mathematicians, including Henri Poincare, Pierre-Simon Laplace, Joseph Fourier, Évariste Galois and Joseph-Louis Lagrange.
Pierre-Simon Laplace23 March 1749
Scientist
Évariste Galois25 October 1811
Mathematician
Joseph Fourier21 March 1768
Mathematician & Physicist
Augustin-Louis Cauchy21 August 1789
Mathematician
Sophie Germain01 April 1776
Mathematician
Adrien-Marie Legendre18 September 1752
Mathematician
Charles Hermite24 December 1822
Mathematician
Henri Poincare29 April 1854
Mathematician and Philosopher
Siméon Denis Poisson21 June 1781
Mathematician, Astronomer, Physicist, University
François Arago26 February 1786
Astronomer, Mathematician, Physicist, Politician,
Léon Walras16 December 1834
Economist, University teacher, Mathematician
Lazare Carnot13 May 1753
Mathematician, Politician, Engineer, Officer,
Urbain Le Verrier11 March 1811
Astronomer, Mathematician, Politician
Gaspard Monge09 May 1746
Mathematician, Politician, Physicist, University
Henri Lebesgue28 June 1875
Mathematician, Professor
Jacques Hadamard08 December 1865
Mathematician, Professor
Antoine Augustin Cournot
Camille Jordan05 January 1838
Mathematician, Engineer, Professor
Louis Bachelier11 March 1870
Mathematician, Economist, Non-fiction writer
Jean-Baptiste Biot21 April 1774
Mathematician, Physicist, Astronomer, Civil
Joseph Liouville
Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis
Michel Chasles
Olinde Rodrigues
Jean-Victor Poncelet
Jean-Robert Argand
Jacques Philippe Marie Binet
Gabriel Lamé
Jacques Charles François Sturm29 September 1803
Mathematician
Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre
Gaspard de Prony
Antoine-Augustin Cournot28 August 1801
Philosopher
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Édouard Lucas
Élie Cartan
Émile Borel07 January 1871
Mathematician, Politician, University teacher
Émile Picard