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1815-1852, mathematician; computer pioneer, British

Ada Lovelace

1815 - 1852
1791-1871, mathematician; computer pioneer, England, English; British

Charles Babbage

1791 - 1871
1642-1727, natural philosopher; mathematician, English

Isaac Newton

1642 - 1727
1527-1609, mathematician, astrologer, and antiquary, English

John Dee

1527 - 1609
1564-1642, astronomer; mathematician, Italian

Galileo Galilei

1564 - 1642
1912-1954, mathematician; computer scientist, British

Alan Turing

1912 - 1954
1707-1783, mathematician; physicist, Swiss

Leonhard Euler

1707 - 1783
350-70 - 415, philosopher; astronmer; mathmatician, Alexandria, Roman

Hypatia

Unknown - 415
1785-1870, inventor; mathematician, French

Charles Xavier Thomas

1785 - 1870
1789-1854, natural philosopher and mathematician, German

Georg Simon Ohm

1789 - 1854
1581-1626, mathematician, Welsh; English

Edmund Gunter

1581 - 1626
1802-1877, artist, mathematician; photographer, British; Welsh

Calvert Richard Jones

1804 - 1877
1792-1871, mathematician and astronomer, English; British

John Frederick William Herschel

1792 - 1871
1824-1907, mathematician; physicist, Irish

William Baron Kelvin Thomson

1824 - 1907
1804-1867, mathematician; scientific instrument maker, Swiss

Marc Francois Louis Secretan

1894 - 1867
1766-1832, mathematician; natural philosopher, Scottish; British

John Leslie

1766 - 1832
1682-1744, natural philosopher; optical instrument maker; mathematician, British; English

John Hadley

1682 - 1744
1629-1693, mathematician; astronomer; physicist, Dutch

Christiaan Huygens

1629 - 1695
Lewis Carroll, 1832-1898, writer; mathematician; photographer, British; English

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson

1832 - 1898
1814-1890, mathematician, phonetician, pioneer photographer, British

Alexander John Ellis

1814 - 1890
1608-1647, physicist; mathematician, Italian

Evangelista Torricelli

1608 - 1647
ca. 1318-1389, mathematician; philosopher; astronomer; physician, Italian

Giovanni Dondi dall'Orologio

1318 - 1389
1623-1662, mathematician; physicist; religious philosopher, French

Blaise Pascal

1623 - 1662
first baronet 1819-1903, physicist; professor of mathematics; lecturer, Irish

George Gabriel Stokes

1819 - 1903
1736-1806, mechanical engineer; mathematician, French

Charles Augustin Coulomb

1736 - 1806
c. 1540-c. 1623, scientific instrument maker; engraver; mathematician, Dutch

Adriaan Zeelst

1540 - 1623
1638-1675, mathematician; inventor of the reflecting telescope, Scottish

James Gregory

1638 - 1675
1674-1727, physicist; scientist; mathematician, German

Jacob Leupold

1674 - 1727
1526-1576, mathematician; scientific instrument maker, German

Christian Heiden

1526 - 1576
1819-1912, active 1865-1875, mathematician; inventor of chronograph, British

Francis Bashforth

1819 - 1912
1571-1630, mathematician; astronomer, German

Johannes Kepler

1571 - 1630
1632-1723, architect; mathematician; astronomer, English

Christopher Wren

1632 - 1723
1838-1922, chemist; mathematican, Scottish; British

Alexander Crum Brown

1838 - 1922
1788-1867, mathematician; engineer, French

Jean Victor Poncelet

1788 - 1867
1622-1703, court mathematician; engineer, Italian

Vincenzo Viviani

1622 - 1703
1845-1912, mathematician; geophysicist, British; English

George Howard Darwin

1842 - 1912
1851-1934, mathematician; physicist, German-born; British

Arthur Schuster

1851 - 1934
1473-1543, mathematician; astronomer, Polish

Nicolaus Copernicus

1473 - 1543
1729-1798, mathematician; cartographer, English

Benjamin Donne

1729 - 1798
1717-1783, mathematician; mechanician; physicist; philosopher; music theorist, French

Jean Le Rond D'Alembert

1717 - 1783
1575-1660, mathematician, English

William Oughtred

1575 - 1660
1794-1855, astronomer, British

Richard Sheepshanks

1794 - 1855
1646-1716, mathematician; philospher, German

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

1646 - 1716
1601-1665, mathematician, French

Pierre de Fermat

1601 - 1665
1550-1617, mathematician, Scottish

John Napier

1550 - 1617
1819-1892, mathematician, French

Pierre Ossian Bonnet

1819 - 1892
287-212 BCE, mathematician, Greek

Archimedes

288 - 213
1755-1839, mathematician; engineer, French

Gaspard de Prony

1755 - 1839
1512-1594, cartographer; geographer; mathematician, Belgian

Gerhard Mercator

1512 - 1594
active 1592-1598, mathematician; maker of globes, mathematical instruments & ordnance, English

Emery Molyneux

1560 - 1506