Porphyry

male, deceased (309)
Porphyry of Tyre (Greek: ", c. A.D. 233-c. 309) was a Neoplatonic philosopher. He is important in the history of mathematics because of his "Life...
Democritus

Democritus

male
Democritus (Greek:) was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher (born at Abdera in Thrace ca. 460 BC). Democritus was a student of Leucippus and...

Theaetetus

male
Theaetetus (ca. 417 B.C. - 369 B.C.) of Athens, son of Euphronius, of the Athenian deme Sunium, was a classical Greek mathematician. His principal...
Dmitri Mendeleev

Dmitri Mendeleev

male, deceased (1907)
Dmitri Mendeleev (Dmitriy Ivanovich Mendeleyev) (in Tobolsk - in Saint Petersburg), was a Russian chemist. He is credited as being the primary...
Euclid

Euclid

Euclid (Greek: "'), also known as Euclid of Alexandria"', was a Greek mathematician of the Hellenistic period who flourished in Alexandria, Egypt,...
Martin Heinrich Klaproth

Martin Heinrich Klaproth

male, deceased (1817)
Martin Heinrich Klaproth was a German chemist. Klaproth was born at Wernigerode. During a large portion of his life he followed the profession of...
Theon Of Alexandria

Theon Of Alexandria

male, deceased (405)
Theon was a Greek scholar in Alexandria, Egypt, and the last director of the Library of Alexandria before it was burnt and destroyed by Christian...
Tony Platt

Tony Platt

male
Tony Platt is a music producer/engineer best known for his work with a diverse mix of artists including Sparks, AC/DC, Bob Marley, Iron Maiden,...

Francis Barrett

male
Francis Barrett (born probably in London around 1770-1780) was an English occultist. Barrett, an Englishman, claimed himself to be a student of...
William Prout

William Prout

male, deceased (1850)
William Prout (Horton, Gloucestershire, January 15, 1785 - London, April 9, 1850) was an English chemist, physician and natural theologian. His...