Discover the most famous 20th century mathematicians including Alexander Grothendieck, Andre Weil, Kurt Godel, Alan Turing, Hermann Weyl, John von Neumann and many more. This list of mathematicians born in 20th century includes people from USA, France, UK, India, France, Russia and many more countries.
Alan Turing23 June 1912, British
Computer Scientist
John Forbes Nash Jr.13 June 1928, American
Mathematician
Katherine Johnson26 August 1918, American
Mathematician
John von Neumann28 December 1903, Hungarian, American
Mathematician
James Harris Simons1938 AD, American
Mathematicians & Hedge Fund Manager
Shakuntala Devi04 November 1929, Indian
Human Computer
Tom Lehrer09 April 1928, American
American musician
Kurt Gödel28 April 1906, American
Mathematician, Philosopher
Paul Dirac08 August 1902, British
Physicist
Manjul Bhargava08 August 1974, American
Mathematician
Alexander Grothendieck28 March 1928, French
Mathematician
Eugene Wigner17 November 1902, American
Physicist & Mathematician
Lord Kelvin26 June 1824, British
Mathematician, Physicist
Richard Dedekind06 October 1831, German
Mathematician
Leonid Kantorovich19 January 1912, Russian, Russian
Economist
Herbert A. Hauptman14 February 1917, American
Mathematician
Felix Christian Klein25 April 1849, German
Mathematician
Jonas Kubilius27 July 1921, Lithuanian
Mathematician
Andre Weil06 May 1906, French
Mathematician
Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark05 February 1972, Australian, Danish
Mathematician
Freeman Dyson15 December 1923, British, American
Mathematician, Theoretical physicist, Nuclear
Roger Penrose08 August 1931, British
Mathematician, Physicist, Writer, Philosopher,
Maryam Mirzakhani03 May 1977, Iranian
mathematician, topologist, university teacher
Donald Knuth10 January 1938, American
Mathematician, Computer scientist, Historian of
Claude Shannon30 April 1916, American
Mathematician, Cryptographer, Computer scientist,
Andrew Wiles11 April 1953, British, American
Mathematician, University teacher
Edsger W. Dijkstra11 May 1930, Dutch
Mathematician, Physicist, Computer scientist,
Marvin Minsky09 August 1927, American
Mathematician, Computer scientist, University
Stephen Wolfram29 August 1959, British
Mathematician, Physicist, Computer scientist,
Edward Witten26 August 1951, American
Mathematician, Physicist, University teacher,
Ronald Fisher17 February 1890, British
Mathematician, Geneticist, Statistician
George Dantzig08 November 1914, American
Mathematician, Computer scientist, Statistician
Benoit Mandelbrot20 November 1924, French, Polish, American
Mathematician, Economist, Professor, Scientist,
Norbert Wiener26 November 1894, American
Mathematician, Autobiographer, University teacher,
Bruce Schneier15 January 1963, American
Cryptographer, Mathematician, Computer scientist
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Willard Van Orman Quine25 June 1908, American
Mathematician, Analytic philosopher, Philosopher
Fred Hoyle24 June 1915, British
Screenwriter, Astronomer, Writer, Physicist,
Cédric Villani05 October 1973, French
Mathematician, Physicist, University teacher
Andrey Kolmogorov25 April 1903, Russian
Mathematician
Akshay Venkatesh21 November 1981, Australian, Indian
Mathematician, University teacher
Leslie Lamport07 February 1941, American
Mathematician, Computer scientist, Programmer,
Shing-Tung Yau04 April 1949, American
Mathematician, University teacher
Hilary Putnam31 July 1926, American
Mathematician, Philosopher, University teacher,
Martin Gardner21 October 1914, American
Mathematician, Writer, Journalist, Literary
John Horton Conway26 December 1937, British
Mathematician, University teacher, Computer
Michael Atiyah22 April 1929, British
Mathematician, Topologist, University teacher
Stanislaw Ulam13 April 1909, Polish, Ukrainian, American
Mathematician
Shiing-Shen Chern26 October 1911, Chinese
Mathematician, University teacher
Alonzo Church14 June 1903, American
Mathematician, Philosopher, University teacher,
John Lennox07 November 1943, Irish, British
mathematician, philosopher of science, university
Erik Demaine28 February 1981, Canadian
Mathematician, Computer scientist, University
Edgar F. Codd19 August 1923, British, American
Computer scientist, Mathematician, University
Harish-Chandra11 October 1924, Indian
mathematician, physicist, university teacher
Adi Shamir06 July 1952, Israeli
Mathematician, Cryptologist, Computer scientist
Peter Scholze11 December 1987, German
Mathematician, University teacher
Edward O. Thorp14 August 1932, American
Mathematician, Writer, University teacher
Hermann Weyl09 November 1885, German, American
Mathematician, Physicist, Philosopher, University
Alfred Tarski14 January 1901, Polish, American
Mathematician, Philosopher
Edward Norton Lorenz23 May 1917, American
Mathematician, Meteorologist, University teacher
Michael Spivak1940 AD, American
mathematician
Daniel J. Bernstein29 October 1971, American
Mathematician, Cryptologist, Programmer,
David Berlinski1942 AD, American
philosopher, mathematician, university teacher
Whitfield Diffie05 June 1944, American
Cryptographer, Mathematician, Computer scientist
Jef Raskin09 March 1943, American
Programmer, Computer scientist, Writer, University
John Backus03 December 1924, American
Mathematician, Computer scientist
Peter Shor14 August 1959, American
Mathematician, Computer scientist, University
Lotfi A. Zadeh04 February 1921, Azerbaijani, American
Mathematician, Engineer, Professor, Scientist,
Frank P. Ramsey22 February 1903, British
Mathematician, Philosopher, Economist
Narendra Karmarkar1957 AD, American
Mathematician, Scientist
Leonard Kleinrock13 June 1934, American
Mathematician, Computer scientist, Patent
Stefan Banach30 March 1892, Polish
Mathematician, University teacher
Marcus du Sautoy26 August 1965, British
Mathematician, Academic, University teacher,
Seymour Papert29 February 1928, American, South African
Mathematician, Computer scientist, Educator,
Fred Brooks19 April 1931, American
Mathematician, Computer scientist, Engineer,
Steven Strogatz13 August 1959, American
Mathematician, Physicist, University teacher
Mark Adler03 April 1959, American
Mathematician, Physicist, Computer scientist
Ruth Lawrence02 August 1971, British
Mathematician, Topologist, University teacher
Richard Hamming11 February 1915, American
Mathematician, Computer scientist, Engineer,
Natan Sharansky20 January 1948, Israeli
Politician, Writer, Mathematician, Human rights
Jacob Bronowski18 January 1908, British
Mathematician, Poet, Non-fiction writer
Jean-Pierre Serre15 September 1926, French
Mathematician, Topologist, Professor
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi09 December 1920, Italian
Economist, Politician, Banker
Leonard Adleman31 December 1945, American
Computer scientist, Mathematician, Cryptographer,
Haskell Curry12 September 1900, American
Mathematician, Philosopher, University teacher,
Alan Sokal24 January 1955, American
Mathematician, Physicist, University teacher
Stephen Cook14 December 1939, American
Computer scientist, University teacher,
Alexander Friedmann16 June 1888, Russian
Mathematician, Physicist
Eric W. Weisstein18 March 1969, American
Mathematician, Astronomer, Non-fiction writer
Vladimir Arnold12 June 1937, Ukrainian, Russian
Mathematician, Topologist, Professor, Scientist
Robert Aumann08 June 1930, German, Israeli, American
Mathematician, Economist, Educationist, University
Allen Newell19 March 1927, American
Psychologist, Computer scientist, Mathematician,
Raymond Smullyan25 May 1919, American
Mathematician, Pianist, Philosopher, University
Stephen Smale15 July 1930, American
Mathematician, Computer scientist, University
Christos Papadimitriou16 August 1949, Greek
Writer, Mathematician, Computer scientist,
John Milnor20 February 1931, American
Mathematician, Topologist, University teacher
Rudolf E. Kálmán19 May 1930, American
Mathematician, Engineer, University teacher