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

Blaise Pascal

1623 - 1662
1765-1844, architectural writer; mathematician, Scottish; British

Peter Nicholson

1765 - 1844
1629-1693, mathematician; astronomer; physicist, Dutch

Christiaan Huygens

1629 - 1695
287-212 BCE, mathematician, Greek

Archimedes

288 - 213
1677-1750, mathematician; astronomer; cartographer, German

Johan Gabriel Doppelmayr

1677 - 1750
1799-1859, mathematician; writer, British

Horace Grant

1799 - 1859
1736-1806, mechanical engineer; mathematician, French

Charles Augustin Coulomb

1736 - 1806
1729-1798, mathematician; cartographer, English

Benjamin Donne

1729 - 1798
first baronet 1819-1903, physicist; professor of mathematics; lecturer, Irish

George Gabriel Stokes

1819 - 1903
c. 1540-c. 1623, scientific instrument maker; engraver; mathematician, Dutch

Adriaan Zeelst

1540 - 1623
1575-1660, mathematician, English

William Oughtred

1575 - 1660
1766-1832, mathematician; natural philosopher, Scottish; British

John Leslie

1766 - 1832
about 190-127 BCE, mathematician; astronomer; geographer, Greek

Hipparchus

190 BCE - 127 BCE
1838-1914, astronomer; mathematician, American

George William Hill

1838 - 1914
1755-1839, mathematician; engineer, French

Gaspard de Prony

1755 - 1839
1767-1839, scientific administrator; mathematician, British

Davies Gilbert

1767 - 1839
1581-1626, mathematician, Welsh; English

Edmund Gunter

1581 - 1626
1789-1854, natural philosopher and mathematician, German

Georg Simon Ohm

1789 - 1854
1526-1576, mathematician; scientific instrument maker, German

Christian Heiden

1526 - 1576
1781-1840, mathematician; geometer; physicist, French

Siméon-Denis Poisson

1781 - 1840
1916-2014, mathematician, Hungarian born, Canadian

Zoltan Dienes

1916 - 2014
1851-1934, mathematician; physicist, German-born; British

Arthur Schuster

1851 - 1934
1596-1650, philosopher; mathematician, French

René Descartes

1596 - 1650
1788-1867, mathematician; engineer, French

Jean Victor Poncelet

1788 - 1867
1849-1925, mathematician, Prussian; German

Christian Felix Klein

1849 - 1925
1831-1916, mathematician, Fellow of Trinity College Cambridge, British; English

Michael Marlow Umfreville Wilkinson

1831 - 1916
active 1885, mathematician, French

Édouard Lucas

1842 - 1891
1622-1703, court mathematician; engineer, Italian

Vincenzo Viviani

1622 - 1703
1819-1912, active 1865-1875, mathematician; inventor of chronograph, British

Francis Bashforth

1819 - 1912
1815-1852, mathematician; computer pioneer, British

Ada Lovelace

1815 - 1852
1794-1855, astronomer, British

Richard Sheepshanks

1794 - 1855
1638-1675, mathematician; inventor of the reflecting telescope, Scottish

James Gregory

1638 - 1675
1682-1744, natural philosopher; optical instrument maker; mathematician, British; English

John Hadley

1682 - 1744
1564-1642, astronomer; mathematician, Italian

Galileo Galilei

1564 - 1642
1845-1912, mathematician; geophysicist, British; English

George Howard Darwin

1842 - 1912
1849-1922, lawyer; mathematician, British

Alfred Bray Kempe

1849 - 1922
1791-1871, mathematician; computer pioneer, England, English; British

Charles Babbage

1791 - 1871
1814-1890, mathematician, phonetician, pioneer photographer, British

Alexander John Ellis

1814 - 1890
1804-1867, mathematician; scientific instrument maker, Swiss

Marc Francois Louis Secretan

1894 - 1867
1646-1716, mathematician; philospher, German

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

1646 - 1716
1792-1871, mathematician and astronomer, English; British

John Frederick William Herschel

1792 - 1871
350-70 - 415, philosopher; astronmer; mathmatician, Alexandria, Roman

Hypatia

Unknown - 415
1625-1712, mathematician; astronomer, French

Giovanni Domenico Cassini

1625 - 1712
1802-1877, artist, mathematician; photographer, British; Welsh

Calvert Richard Jones

1804 - 1877
1796-1863, mathematician, Swiss

Jakob Steiner

1796 - 1863
1473-1543, mathematician; astronomer, Polish

Nicolaus Copernicus

1473 - 1543
1733-1799, mathematician, French

Jean Charles de Borda

1733 - 1799
1571-1630, mathematician; astronomer, German

Johannes Kepler

1571 - 1630
1608-1647, physicist; mathematician, Italian

Evangelista Torricelli

1608 - 1647
1768-1843, mathematician; astronomer; inventor of the eidograph, Scottish; British

William Wallace

1768 - 1843