William Rowan Hamilton

William Rowan Hamilton

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

Stephen Wolfram

male, 50 years old
Stephen Wolfram is a scientist, author, and business leader. He is the creator of Mathematica , the author of A New Kind of Science , and the...
John Wallis

John Wallis

male, deceased (1703)
John Wallis was an English mathematician who is given partial credit for the development of modern calculus. Between 1643 and 1689 he served as...
Augustus de Morgan

Augustus de Morgan

male, deceased (1871)
Augustus de Morgan was an Indian-born British mathematician and logician. He formulated De Morgan's laws and was the first to introduce the term,...
Thomas Bayes

Thomas Bayes

male, deceased (1761)
Thomas Bayes was a British mathematician and Presbyterian minister, known for having formulated a special case of Bayes' theorem, which was...
Al-Kindi

Al-Kindi

male, deceased (873)
"' (c. 801-873 CE), also known by the Latinized version of his name Alkindus"' to the West, was a Muslim Arab scientist, philosopher,...
Peter Woit

Peter Woit

male
Peter Woit is a mathematical physicist at Columbia University. He obtained his PhD in particle theory from Princeton University in 1985, followed...
Niels Henrik Abel

Niels Henrik Abel

male, deceased (1829)
Niels Henrik Abel, Norwegian mathematician, was born in Nedstrand, near Finnøy where his father acted as rector. In 1815 he entered the cathedral s...
Luca Pacioli

Luca Pacioli

male, deceased (1517)
Fra Luca Bartolomeo de Pacioli (sometimes "Paciolo") (1445-1514 or 1517) was an Italian mathematician and Franciscan friar, collaborator with...
Johann Bernoulli

Johann Bernoulli

male, deceased (1748)
Johann Bernoulli (Basel, July 27, 1667 - January 1, 1748) was a Swiss mathematician. He was the brother of Jakob Bernoulli, and the father of...