Albert Einstein male, deceased

Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist. He is best known for his theory of relativity and specifically mass-energy equivalence, E...

Leonardo da Vinci male, deceased

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was an Italian polymath: scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, painter, sculptor, architect,...

Leonhard Euler male, deceased

Leonhard Euler was one of top mathematicians of the eighteenth century and the greatest mathematician to come out of Switzerland. He made numerous...

René Descartes male, deceased

René Descartes (March 31, 1596 - February 11, 1650), also known as "Renatus Cartesius" (latinized form), was a highly influential French p...

Joseph Louis Lagrange male, deceased

Joseph-Louis Lagrange, comte de l'Empire (January 25, 1736 - April 10, 1813; b. Turin, baptised in the name of "Giuseppe Lodovico Lagrangia") was...

Ernst Mach male, deceased

Ernst Mach (February 18, 1838 - February 19, 1916) was an Austrian physicist and philosopher and is the namesake for the "Mach number" (also known...

Pythagoras male

Pythagoras of Samos was an Ionian (Greek) philosopher and founder of the religious movement called Pythagoreanism. He is often revered as a great...

Archimedes male

Archimedes of Syracuse was an ancient Greek mathematician, physicist and engineer. Although little is known about his life, he is regarded as one...

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz male, deceased

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (also "Leibnitz" or "von Leibniz" (July 1 (June 21 Old Style) 1646 – November 14 1716) was a German polymath who wrote mo...

William Rowan Hamilton male, deceased

Sir William Rowan Hamilton (August 4, 1805 - September 2, 1865) was an Irish mathematician, physicist, and astronomer who made important...