Ctesibius

male
Hellenistic civilization, Hellenistic Egyptian, greek, Egyptian, hellenistic world, Museum of Alexandria…mathematician, ancient greek, Ancientmathematician
Ctesibius or Ktesibios or Tesibius was a Greek or Egyptian inventor and mathematician in Alexandria. His contributions to mathematics and science...
Hypatia Of Alexandria

Hypatia Of Alexandria

female, deceased (415)
Christian, Hellenistic Philosophy, Astrologer, Roman Egypt, neoplatonism, theon…ancient greek, mathematician, Ancientmathematician
Hypatia of Alexandria was a Greek Neoplatonist philosopher, the first notable woman in mathematics, and also taught in the fields of astronomy and...
Liu Hui

Liu Hui

male
mathematician, Haidao suanjing, Jiuzhang Suanshu, Gaussian elimination, The Sea Island Mathematical Manual, The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art…Ancientmathematician
Liu Hui 劉徽 was a Chinese mathematician who lived in the 200s AD in the Wei Kingdom. In 263 he edited and published a book with solutions to math...
Zu Chongzhi

Zu Chongzhi

male, deceased (500)
Astronomer, Zhenjiang, Daming calendar, Emperor Xiaowu of Song China, Eastern Jin Dynasty, Southern dynasties…Ancientmathematician, mathematician
Zu Chongzhi (429–500 AD) was a prominent Chinese mathematician and astronomer during the Liu Song and Southern Qi Dynasties (of the Southern Dy...

Menelaus Of Alexandria

male, deceased (140)
greek, Alexandria, mathematician, Egyptian, Ancientmathematician, Astronomer
Menelaus of Alexandria (c. 70 - 140) was a Greek mathematician and astronomer, the first to recognize geodesics on a curved surface as natural...
Zhang Heng

Zhang Heng

male, deceased (139)
engineer, mechanical engineer, neng ling san lun du zhuan ye, make three wheels rotate as if they were one, Geographer, Han Dynasty politician…ancient rome, ancient greece, Ancientmathematician, mathematician
Zhang Heng (78 - 139 AD) was an astronomer, mathematician, inventor, geographer, artist, poet, statesman, and literary scholar of the Eastern Han...
Marinus Of Tyre

Marinus Of Tyre

male, deceased (130)
Ancientmathematician, hipparchus, claudius ptolemy, geographia, Phoenicia, Canary Islands
Marinus of Tyre Phoenician geographer and mathematician, considered to be the founder of mathematical geography. He assigned to each place its...

Sudines

male
Astrologer, Astrology, Ancientmathematician, moon, greek, astronomical
Sudines (fl. c. 240 BC): Babylonian sage. He is mentioned as one of the famous Chaldean mathematicians or astrologers by later Roman writers like...

Ahmes

male
mathematician, Egyptian mathematics, Egyptian, ahmose, Reisner Papyrus, Egyptian fractions…ancient egyptian, Ancientmathematician
Ahmes (more accurately "Ahmose") was an Egyptian scribe who lived during the Second Intermediate Period. A surviving work of Ahmes is part of the...
Li Chunfeng

Li Chunfeng

male, deceased (670)
Astronomer, Medieval astronomer, Chinese mathematics, historian, Ancientmathematician, sui dynasty…mathematician
Li Chunfeng (602-670 C.E.) was a Chinese mathematician, astronomer, and historian who was born during the Sui dynasty in a Shaanxi province. He was...