Blaise Pascal

Blaise Pascal

male, deceased (1662)
Blaise Pascal, (June 19 1623-August 19 1662) was a French mathematician, physicist, and religious philosopher. He was a child prodigy who was...
Jean-Victor Poncelet

Jean-Victor Poncelet

male, deceased (1867)
Jean-Victor Poncelet (July 1, 1788 - December 22, 1867) was a mathematician and engineer who did much to revive projective geometry.

August Ferdinand Möbius

male, deceased (1868)
August Ferdinand Möbius (November 17, 1790 - September 26, 1868, was a German mathematician and theoretical astronomer. He was born in S...

Gérard Desargues

male, deceased (1661)
Gérard Desargues was a French mathematician and engineer, who is considered one of the founders of projective geometry. He is the eponym of D...

Pasquale del Pezzo

male, deceased (1936)
Pasquale Del Pezzo, Duke of Cajanello, (1859-1936), was "the most Neapolitan of Neapolitan Mathematicians". He was born in Berlin (where his father...
Pierre Samuel

Pierre Samuel

male
Pierre Samuel was a French mathematician, known for his work in commutative algebra and its applications to algebraic geometry. The two-volume work...
Michel Chasles

Michel Chasles

male, deceased (1880)
Michel Chasles was a French mathematician. He was born at Épernon in France and studied at the École Polytechnique in Paris under Siméon Denis Poi...
Ruth Moufang

Ruth Moufang

female, deceased (1977)
Ruth Moufang (1905-1977) was a German mathematician. Her research in projective geometry built upon the work of David Hilbert. She obtained her...
Karl Georg Christian von Staudt

Karl Georg Christian von Staudt

male, deceased (1867)
Karl Georg Christian von Staudt was a German mathematician born in the Imperial Free City of Rothenburg, which is now called Rothenburg ob der...
Guido Fubini

Guido Fubini

male, deceased (1943) (Indiana, United States)
Guido Fubini (January 19, 1879 - June 6, 1943) was an Italian mathematician, best known for Fubini's theorem. Born in Venice, he was steered...