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20th-century mathematicians

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Alexander DewdneyPerson · Film memorabiliaAlexander Keewatin Dewdney (August 5, 1941 – March 9, 2024) was a Canadian mathematician, computer scientist, author, filmmaker, and conspiracy theorist.
Alexander Esenin-VolpinAuthor · BooksAlexander Sergeyevich Esenin-Volpin (Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Есе́нин-Во́льпин; May 12, 1924March 16, 2016) was a Russian-American poet and mathematician known for his foundational role in…
Arild StubhaugAuthor · BooksArild Stubhaug (born 25 May 1948) is a Norwegian biographer and poet. He has won several literary awards for his biographies of Norwegian mathematicians.
Banesh HoffmannPerson · Film memorabiliaBanesh Hoffmann is recorded as having received Gravity Research Foundation and Science Writing Award. Hoffmann was
Benoit MandelbrotAuthor · BooksBenoit B. Mandelbrot (20 November 1924 – 14 October 2010) was a Polish-born French-American mathematician and polymath with broad interests in the practical sciences, especially regarding…
Brian GreeneAuthor · BooksBrian Randolph Greene[1] (born February 9, 1963) is an American physicist known for his research on string theory.[67][68][71] He is a professor of physics and mathematics at Columbia…
Chia-Chiao LinAuthor · Books
Christos PapadimitriouAuthor · BooksChristos Charilaos Papadimitriou (born August 16, 1949) is a Greek-American theoretical computer scientist and the Donovan Family Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University.
Claude BergeArtist · SculptureClaude Jacques Berge (5 June 1926 – 30 June 2002) was a French mathematician, recognized as one of the modern founders of combinatorics and graph theory.
David SklanskyAuthor · Books
Denis GuedjPerson · Film memorabiliaDenis Guedj (1940 – 24 April 2010) was a French novelist and a professor of the History of Science at Paris VIII University. He was born in Setif.
Dennis M. RitchieAuthor · BooksDennis MacAlistair Ritchie (September 9, 1941 – c. October 12, 2011) was an American computer scientist.
Edison DenisovPerson · Music memorabiliaEdison Vasilievich Denisov (6 April 1929 – 24 November 1996) was a Russian composer in the so-called "Underground", "alternative" or "nonconformist" division of Soviet music.
Ernő RubikArtist · Sculpture
Fatos KongoliAuthor · Books
François Le LionnaisAuthor · BooksFrançois Le Lionnais (3 October 1901 – 13 March 1984) was a French chemical engineer and writer. He was a co-founder of the literary movement Oulipo.
Gareth LoyPerson · Music memorabiliaGareth Loy (June 20, 1945 – May 28, 2026) was an American author, composer, musician and mathematician.
Gianni A. SarconeDesigner · Modern designGianni A. Sarcone (born March 20, 1962) is a visual artist and author who collaborates with educational publications, writing articles and columns on topics related to art, science, and…
Graciela SalicrupDesigner · DesignGraciela Beatriz Salicrup López (México City, México, April 7, 1935 – July 29, 1982) was a Mexican architect, archaeologist, and mathematician.
Hans FreudenthalAuthor · BooksHans Freudenthal (17 September 1905 – 13 October 1990) was a Jewish German-born Dutch mathematician.
Helaman FergusonArtist · SculptureHelaman Rolfe Pratt Ferguson (born 1940 in Salt Lake City, Utah) is an American sculptor and a digital artist, specifically an algorist.
Helga KönigsdorfAuthor · BooksHelga Königsdorf (13 July 1938 – 4 May 2014) was an East German statistician and novelist. She is notable for becoming distinguished in two distinct careers - science and literature.
Hervé Le TellierAuthor · BooksHervé Le Tellier (born 21 April 1957) is a French writer and linguist, and a member of the international literary group Oulipo (Ouvroir de Littérature Potentielle, which translates roughly…
Jacobus VerhoeffArtist · SculptureJacobus "Koos" Verhoeff (20 February 1927 – 19 March 2018) was a Dutch mathematician, computer scientist, and artist.
James TurrellArtist · SculptureJames Turrell (born May 6, 1943) is an American artist known for his work within the Light and Space movement.
Jean MeeusAuthor · BooksJean Meeus (born 12 December 1928) is a Belgian meteorologist and astronomer specializing in celestial mechanics, spherical astronomy, and mathematical astronomy.[1][2]
Johan GaltungAuthor · BooksIllustration — Galtung in discussion with Amy Goodman, 2012
John MyhillPerson · Music memorabiliaJohn R. Myhill Sr. (11 August 1923 – 15 February 1987) was a British mathematician.
Jurij MoskvitinPerson · Music memorabiliaJurij Moskvitin (Robert Jurij Moskvitin Hansen, 6 January 1938 – 25 May 2005) was a Danish classical pianist, composer, philosopher, mathematician and boheme.
Karl PopperAuthor · BooksSir Karl Raimund Popper (28 July 1902 – 17 September 1994) was an Austrian–British philosopher, academic and social commentator.
Katherine JohnsonAuthor · BooksKatharine Johnson (disambiguation)Katharine Johnson
Laurence Patrick LeeAuthor · Maps and atlasesLaurence Patrick "Laurie" Lee (1913 – 28 January 1985) was a New Zealand mathematician, geodesist, and cartographer who was the Chief Computer for the Department of Lands and Survey and one…
Leonard MlodinowAuthor · BooksLeonard Mlodinow (born November 26, 1954) is an American theoretical physicist and mathematician, screenwriter and author.
Mario LivioAuthor · BooksThe Story of Phi, the World's Most Astonishing Number (2002)
Martin David KruskalAuthor · BooksMartin David Kruskal (September 28, 1925 – December 26, 2006) was an American mathematician and physicist.
Martin GardnerAuthor · BooksMartin Gardner (October 21, 1914May 22, 2010) was an American writer on popular mathematics and popular science.
Miller PuckettePerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Miller Puckette at the Linux Audio Conference 2014 at ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe
Milton BabbittPerson · Music memorabiliaMilton Byron Babbitt (May 10, 1916 – January 29, 2011) was an American composer, music theorist, mathematician, and teacher.
Natan SharanskyAuthor · BooksNatan Sharansky (born 20 January 1948) is a Ukrainian-born, Israeli politician, professional chess player and author.
Nathan MyhrvoldPhotographer · PhotographyNathan Paul Myhrvold (born August 3, 1959) is an American inventor, scientist, and businessman, former Chief Technology Officer at Microsoft, co-founder of Intellectual Ventures and…
Nicanor ParraAuthor · BooksNicanor Segundo Parra Sandoval (5 September 1914 – 23 January 2018) was a Chilean physicist and poet.
Oswald WienerAuthor · BooksOswald Wiener (5 October 1935 – 18 November 2021) was an Austrian-Canadian writer, cyberneticist, language theorist, musician and restaurateur.
Paul HoffertPerson · Music memorabiliaPaul Matthew Hoffert, LLD, CM (born 22 September 1943, in Brooklyn, New York) is a recording artist, performer, media music composer, author, academic, and corporate executive.
Philip KotlerAuthor · BooksPhilip Kotler (born May 27, 1931) is an American marketing author, consultant, and professor emeritus. From 1962 to 2018, he was the S. C.
Piet HeinDesigner · Modern designPiet Hein (16 December 1905 – 17 April 1996) was a Danish polymath (mathematician, inventor, designer, writer and poet), often writing under the Old Norse pseudonym Kumbel, meaning…
Raymond SmullyanAuthor · BooksRaymond Merrill Smullyan (May 25, 1919 – February 6, 2017) was an American mathematician, magician, concert pianist, logician, Taoist, and philosopher.
Rudy RuckerAuthor · BooksRudolf von Bitter Rucker (born March 22, 1946) is an American mathematician, computer scientist, science fiction author, and one of the founders of the cyberpunk literary movement.
Shakuntala DeviAuthor · BooksShakuntala Devi (4 November 1929 – 21 April 2013) was an Indian mental calculator, astrologer, and writer, popularly known as the "Human Computer".
Simon SinghPerson · Film memorabiliaSimon Lehna Singh, (born 19 September 1964) is a British popular science author and theoretical and particle physicist.
Stephen HawkingAuthor · BooksStephen William Hawking (8January 194214March 2018) was an English theoretical astrophysicist, cosmologist, and author who was director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology…
Subhash KakAuthor · BooksSubhash Kak is an Indian-American computer scientist and Hindutva historical revisionist.
Tatsuya EgawaArtist · Comics and comic artTatsuya Egawa (江川達也, Egawa Tatsuya, born March 8, 1961) is a Japanese manga artist and film director. He is probably best known for his Golden Boy manga series, which debuted in 1992.
Ted KaczynskiAuthor · BooksTheodore John Kaczynski (May 22, 1942 – June 10, 2023), also known as the Unabomber, was an American mathematician and domestic terrorist.[1][66] A mathematics prodigy, he abandoned his…
Tom LehrerPerson · Music memorabiliaThomas Andrew Lehrer (April 9, 1928 – July 26, 2025) was an American musician and mathematician.
Varujan VosganianAuthor · BooksNational Liberal Party (2003–2015, Senator during 2004–2016)
Vernor VingeAuthor · Books1987, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2014 Special Award for Lifetime Achievement
W. Edwards DemingPerson · Music memorabiliaWilliam Edwards Deming (October 14, 1900 – December 20, 1993) was an American business theorist, composer, economist, industrial engineer, management consultant, statistician, and writer.

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