Buckminster Fuller

Polish philosopher | Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań | Łódź: July 12, 1975 - Moscow: February 16, 1904 | Krzysztof Przybyszewski | Łódź: July 12

Pontifical Lateran University | July 12, 1974 - Saint Petersburg: March 7, 2014 | Prokop Patrik Maturkanič (Prokop Patrik Maturkanic) | July 12, 1974

scientist | Dagestan State Pedagogical University | Makhachkala: July 12, 1974 - Saint Petersburg: November 22, 1892 | Patimat Omarovna Omarova | Makhachkala

first Lady of Albania since 2022 | University of Tirana | Tirana: July 12, 1968 - Maryland: February 8, 2024 | Armanda Begaj | Tirana: July 12, 1968

Portuguese physicist | Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2012) | University of Lisbon, Boston University | July 12, 1968

Ukrainian politologist, doctor of political science | Order of Princess Olga, 3rd class (2018) | Khmelnytskyi National University | Drohobych: July 12, 1967

German mathematician | Karlsruhe Institute of Technology | Krefeld: July 12, 1964 - Paris: May 3, 1961 | Marlis Hochbruck | Krefeld: July 12, 1964 - Paris: May 3, 1961

Spanish theologian, biographer of Benedict XVI | Ratzinger Prize (2023) | Zaragoza: July 12, 1964 - Kraków: January 2, 1474 | Pablo Blanco Sarto | Zaragoza

German politician | Bad Rothenfelde: July 12, 1963 - Labaroche: August 9, 1935 | Enak Ferlemann | Bad Rothenfelde: July 12, 1963 - Labaroche: August 9, 1935

Azerbaijani scholar and politician | Jubilee medal "100 years of Heydar Aliyev (1923-2023)"., medal for the 25 years of Kazakhstan's independence, Shohrat Order

American philosopher | Rhodes Scholarship (1983) | Balliol College, Davidson College | New York City: July 12, 1961 - Auchterarder: December 24, 1937

scientist | Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class, Medal "In Commemoration of the 300th Anniversary of Saint Petersburg" | Saint

Dutch mathematician and university professor | DeGroot Prize (2019), Spinoza Prize (2015), Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion (2019), Fellow of the

British-American sociologist | University of Pittsburgh, Regis High School, Columbia University | New York City: July 12, 1959 - Tampa: April 20, 1999 | Steve

Belgian philosopher | Université Libre de Bruxelles, University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne, Columbia University | July 12, 1956 - Paris: September 23, 1769

British historian and author | Orwell Prize (2006), Somerset Maugham Award (1984), Charlemagne Medal for European Media (2013), Companion of the Order of St

Spanish chemist | University of Valencia | Cádiz: July 12, 1954 - March 14, 1910 | Aurora Seco Torrecillas | Cádiz: July 12, 1954 - March 14, 1910

Serbian inventor, journalist and writer | Šabac: July 12, 1952 - Budapest: November 18, 1971 | Voja Antonić (Voja Antonic) | Šabac: July 12, 1952

researcher | Český Těšín: July 12, 1951 - Saint-Maur-des-Fossés: March 14, 1896 | Bohuslav Gaš (Bohuslav Gas) | Český Těšín: July 12, 1951

Italian historian of science, university teacher and philosopher | Agliana: July 12, 1951 - Kazan: July 15, 2015 | Ferdinando Abbri | Agliana: July 12, 1951

Czech chemist | Prague: July 12, 1951 - Lima: October 25, 1944 | Karel Kosař (Karel Kosar) | Prague: July 12, 1951 - Lima: October 25, 1944

Russian academic | Russian President's Prize in the field of education, Order of Honour, Russian government prize for science and technology, Order of

American logician | Case Western Reserve University | Lancaster: July 12, 1951 - January 27, 1943 | Colin McLarty | Lancaster: July 12, 1951 - January 27, 1943

Polish mountain climber | honorary citizen of Łódź | Łódź: July 12, 1951 - Branford: July 29, 2004 | Piotr Pustelnik | Łódź: July 12, 1951 - Branford

Ph.D. Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg im Breisgau 1976 | University of Freiburg | Kenzingen: July 12, 1950 - January 18, 2024 | Helmut Rieder | Kenzingen

Estonian physicist | Order of the White Star, 4th Class (2011), University of Tartu Grand Medal (2014) | University of Tartu, Tartu Tamme Upper Secondary School

Egyptian physicist | Fellow of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers | Cairo University | Scotland: July 12, 1948

German businessman | Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Honda Prize (2020) | Technical University of Braunschweig

Romanian physicist | Liceul Brassai | Cluj-Napoca: July 12, 1946 - January 1, 1608 | István Pál Vallasek (Istvan Pal Vallasek) | Cluj-Napoca: July 12, 1946

Spanish politician (1946–2024) | Premi Carles Rahola d'assaig (1982), The Jaume Vicens Vives award (2021), Narcís Monturiol Medal (2000) | University of

British physicist (1944–2024) | Max Planck Research Award (1994), Fellow of the Royal Society (2008), Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of

English academic philosopher (born 1944) | Fellow of the British Academy, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences | Trinity College, Clifton College

American businessman (1944-2021) | Northrop University, College for Creative Studies | Dearborn: July 12, 1944 - Los Angeles: January 15, 2021 | Gerald Wiegert

American physicist | Enrico Fermi Award (2014), IEEE Fellow, Fellow of the American Physical Society, Fellow of the Optical Society, George E. Pake Prize

American inventor, American musician | Union College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Kew Gardens: July 12, 1943 - January 1, 1924 | Clifford A.

July 12, 1941 - Valladolid: August 12, 1592 | Harold Baumann | July 12, 1941 - Valladolid: August 12, 1592

Italian theoretical physicist (1941–2015) | Julius Wess Prize (2011), Sakurai Prize (2012), High Energy and Particle Physics Prize (2015) | Sapienza University of Rome

German mathematician (1940-2017) | University of Münster | Staßfurt: July 12, 1940 - Lanzarote: September 17, 2017 | Uwe Storch | Staßfurt: July 12, 1940

French mathematician (1940-2016) | École Normale Supérieure | La Baule-Escoublac: July 12, 1940 - Villejuif: February 17, 2016 | Jean-Jacques Risler

founder of Israeli feminist movement, gender researcher and activist | Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv: July 12, 1939 - August 1, 2023 | Esther Elam | Tel Aviv

scientist | Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow", Merited Scientist of the Russian Federation, Honoured Worker of Higher Professional

Latvian chemist | Order of Andrés Bello, Order of the Three Stars, 4th Class (2016) | University of Delaware, California Institute of Technology | Daugavpils

American ecofeminist | Guggenheim Fellowship (1995), Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2011) | The Death of Nature: Women

American football player (1936–2024) | Golden Plate Award (1965) | Rice University, R. L. Paschal High School | Fort Worth: July 12, 1936 - January 1, 2024

Japanese biochemist (1935 - ) | Robert Koch Gold Medal (1997), Prince Mahidol Award (1997), Canada Gairdner International Award, Order of Culture (2015)

Japanese theoretical chemist | Bourke Award (1990), Person of Cultural Merit (2012), Schrödinger Medal (1991), Imperial Prize of Japan Academy (2008) | Kyoto University

Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí | July 12, 1932 - Geneva: January 22, 1799 | Jose Gonzalez Cordova | July 12, 1932 - Geneva: January 22, 1799

Brazilian physicist | University of São Paulo | São Paulo: July 12, 1932 - April 1, 2011 | Amélia Hamburger (Amelia Hamburger) | São Paulo: July 12, 1932

American chemist | Centenary Prize (1970), Roger Adams Award in Organic Chemistry (1993), Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1998), Japan Prize (1989)

American historian (1928–2018) | Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Berlin Prize (2003), Guggenheim Fellowship (1980) | Metahistory | Wayne

German physicist | honorary doctor of the University of Regensburg, Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, Max Planck Medal (1990), Order of Merit of

German acoustical engineer (1926-2009) | IEEE Fellow, Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, ASA

Italian philosopher and historian (1926–2003) | Genoa: July 12, 1926 - Rome: November 18, 2003 | Antonio Capizzi | Genoa: July 12, 1926 - Rome: November 18, 2003

German mathematician (1926-2010) | Computer Pioneer Award (2008), Konrad Zuse Medal (1993), Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of

hydraulicist and computer scientist (1914–2012) | Officer of the National Order of Merit (1982), Knight of the French Order of Academic Palms (1950), Officer

American physicist (1913–2008) | Guggenheim Fellowship (1960), Rumford Prize (1953), National Medal of Science (2000), honorary doctor of Yeshiva University

Romanian philosopher, essayist and poet (1909–1987) | University of Bucharest | Vitănești: July 12, 1909 - Sibiu: December 4, 1987 | Constantin Noica

American archer, inventor (1909–1979) | Stilwell: July 12, 1909 - June 28, 1979 | Holless Wilbur Allen | Stilwell: July 12, 1909 - June 28, 1979

German-Austrian philosopher (1902–1992) | Sigmund Freud Prize (1992), State Prize for Cultural Journalism (1979), Preis der Stadt Wien für Publizistik

Bulgarian physicist | Silistra: July 12, 1900 - United States: September 16, 1969 | Krastyo Krastev | Silistra: July 12, 1900 - United States: September 16, 1969

Cosmetic chemist | New York University | Paterson: July 12, 1893 - Fairfield: October 2, 1988 | Florence E. Wall | Paterson: July 12, 1893 - Fairfield: October 2, 1988

Peter the Great Saint Petersburg State Polytechnical University, First Kherson Men’s Gymnasium | July 12, 1892 - Geneva: February 20, 1943 | Ilʹko

Korean writer and politician (1886-1921) | Yangpyeong County: July 12, 1886 - Tokyo: February 17, 1921 | Min Won-sik | Yangpyeong County: July 12, 1886

Swedish pilot | Sundstedt-Hannevig seaplane | Örebro: July 12, 1886 - January 1, 1966 | Hugo Sundstedt | Örebro: July 12, 1886 - January 1, 1966

physical chemist (1883-1954) | Rostov Veliky: July 12, 1883 - July 7, 1954 | Saul Dushman | Rostov Veliky: July 12, 1883 - July 7, 1954

mathematician (1882-1929) | Politehnica University of Bucharest, University of Bucharest, Science Faculty of Paris, University of Paris, Supélec | Bucharest

Italian military engineer (1881–1951) | Medal of Military Valour, knight of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus | Polytechnic University of Milan

Hungarian journalist (1877–1931) | Kežmarok: July 12, 1877 - Budapest: September 18, 1931 | Ödön Szelényi (Odon Szelenyi) | Kežmarok: July 12, 1877

American military officer (1876–1950) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Lexington: July 12, 1876 - Walter Reed Army Medical Center: September 20, 1950

Austrian mathematician (1875–1954) | Riesz–Fischer theorem | University of Zurich, University of Göttingen, University of Vienna | Vienna: July 12, 1875

Yale University | July 12, 1872 - New Haven: January 20, 1915 | George Pratt Starkweather | July 12, 1872 - New Haven: January 20, 1915

French physicist | Montyon Science Award (1917), La Caze Prize of the Academy of Sciences (1930), Officer of the Legion of Honour | École Normale Supérieure

French chemist (1867-1954) | Moscow: July 12, 1867 - Paris: September 10, 1954 | Auguste Georges Darzens | Moscow: July 12, 1867 - Paris: September 10, 1954

engineer, mathematician, and Salvadoran soldier (1864-1896) | University of El Salvador | Santa Ana: July 12, 1864 - San Salvador: October 25, 1896 | Juan

German physicist specializing in optics | University of Göttingen | Brunswick: July 12, 1863 - Berlin: July 5, 1906 | Paul Drude - Paul Karl Ludwig Drude

Norwegian biologist (1860-1939) | Oppdal Municipality: July 12, 1860 - June 30, 1939 | Jon Alfred Mjøen (Jon Alfred Mjoen) | Oppdal Municipality: July 12

Swiss chemist (1857-1937) | University of Bonn, TU Dresden | Geneva: July 12, 1857 - Geneva: March 11, 1937 | Amé Pictet (Ame Pictet) | Geneva: July 12, 1857

American entrepreneur, inventor and photographer (1854–1932) | star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Progress Medal, American Institute of Chemists Gold Medal

German chemist (1853–1910) | Leipzig University | Marburg: July 12, 1853 - January 9, 1910 | Carl Schotten | Marburg: July 12, 1853 - January 9, 1910

Fellow of the Chemical Society | July 12, 1852 - January 1, 2015 | Alfred John Greenaway | July 12, 1852 - January 1, 2015 | Fellow of the Chemical Society

British philosopher | Sandbach School, Rugby School, University of Oxford, Balliol College | Manchester: July 12, 1844 - January 1, 1881 | Alfred Barratt

July 12, 1833 - Auckland: September 18, 1954 | Johan Lang | July 12, 1833 - Auckland: September 18, 1954

July 12, 1824 - January 1, 1972 | Jaume Arbós i Tor (Jaume Arbos i Tor) | July 12, 1824 - January 1, 1972

American essayist, poet, and philosopher (1817–1862) | Hall of Fame for Great Americans (1960) | Civil Disobedience, Walden | Harvard College, Harvard University

French philosopher (1813-1899) | Officer of the Legion of Honour (1867), Knight of the Legion of Honour (1846) | Collège Stanislas de Paris, École Normale Supérieure

American educator | Cummington: July 12, 1798 - Princeton: February 19, 1865 | Cyrus Bryant | Cummington: July 12, 1798 - Princeton: February 19, 1865

Russian physicist and mineralogist (1794-1831) | St. Vladimir Seminary Feofanovskaya | Vladimir Governorate: July 12, 1794 - Saint Petersburg: July 8, 1831

French chemist and pharmacist (1764-1844) | Knight of the Legion of Honour | University of Strasbourg | Paris: July 12, 1764 - Paris: August 23, 1844

Spanish/Catalan prominent late-Enlightenment period scientist | University of Toulouse | Barcelona: July 12, 1751 - Barcelona: February 13, 1828 | Francisco

Swiss mathematician | Winterthur: July 12, 1730 - Winterthur: January 5, 1796 | Anna Barbara Reinhart | Winterthur: July 12, 1730 - Winterthur: January 5, 1796

Chinese novelist and poet (1710–1765) | Dream of the Red Chamber | Nanjing: July 12, 1724 - Beijing: January 1, 1760 | Cao Xueqin - 曹霑 (曹雪芹)

German zoologist | Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg | Zeuchfeld: July 12, 1603 - Lutherstadt Wittenberg: August 12, 1658 | Johann Sperling