Étienne Ghys (Etienne Ghys)

Slovene philosopher | Ljubljana: December 29, 1971 - Dresden: March 8, 1988 | Dejan Aubreht | Ljubljana: December 29, 1971 - Dresden: March 8, 1988

Polish political philosopher, cultural and social analyst, and civic activist | Fulbright Scholarship | Maria Curie-Skłodowska University | December 29, 1965

German philosopher | Bautzen: December 29, 1961 - Clairvaux Abbey: August 27, 1153 | Maik Hosang | Bautzen: December 29, 1961 - Clairvaux Abbey: August 27, 1153

Russian scientist | State Prize of the Russian Federation | Yaroslavl State University | Yaroslavl: December 29, 1960 - Aurora: January 3, 1911 | Oleg Zharov

American immunologist and geneticist | honorary doctor of the Aix-Marseille University (2015), Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2011), Stanley J.

British philosopher | Fellow of the British Academy (2024) | King's College, Balliol College | December 29, 1956 - New Delhi: September 3, 2007 | A. W. Moore

Professor of Philosophy at the University of East Anglia (born 1956) | University of Cambridge, King's College | Yeovil: December 29, 1956 - California: December 3, 2010

Russian scientist | Moscow State University | Moscow: December 29, 1954 - January 1, 2008 | Tatyana Goryacheva | Moscow: December 29, 1954 - January 1, 2008

French philosopher & academic | Paris-Sorbonne University - Paris IV | Algiers: December 29, 1949 - Moscow: December 23, 2003 | Marlène Zarader (Marlene

Czech poet, humorist, linguist, literature historian and literature reviewer | Palacký University Olomouc | Seninka: December 29, 1946 - Brno: April 28, 1909

American historian of science | Albert Leon Whiteman Memorial Prize (2012), Guggenheim Fellowship (1980) | Harvard University | Santa Monica: December 29, 1944

French physicist (1942-2019) | 6th arrondissement of Lyon: December 29, 1942 - Chaville: March 12, 2019 | Bertrand Barré - Bertrand René Marie Joseph Barré

Italian physicist | Boltzmann Medal (2007), Henri Poincaré Prize (2018) | Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques, Sapienza University of Rome | Naples

German philosopher | Hohenlimburg: December 29, 1939 - Heidelberg: March 18, 1894 | Friedrich Wilhelm Korff | Hohenlimburg: December 29, 1939 - Heidelberg

Kazakh scientist, academic, and author (1937–2019) | December 29, 1937 - Almaty: November 26, 2019 | Tasbolat Mukhametkaliev | December 29, 1937 - Almaty

Taiwanese physicist | National Tsing Hua University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | December 29, 1934 - July 2, 1980 | Wei-Nong Wang | December 29, 1934

American physicist | City College of New York, California Institute of Technology | New York City: December 29, 1930 - Santa Cruz: April 22, 2016 | Marvin

December 29, 1929 - Trento: January 1, 1954 | Karlheinz Kleinstück (Karlheinz Kleinstuck) | December 29, 1929 - Trento: January 1, 1954

German physicist (1929–2008) | Max Planck Medal (2002) | University of Hamburg | Hamburg: December 29, 1929 - Potsdam: May 20, 2008 | Jürgen Ehlers (Jurgen

American mathematician (1928–2021) | Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013) | University of Chicago | Trieste: December 29, 1928 - St. Louis

American theologian and academic (1927–1997) | University of Basel, Goshen College | Smithville: December 29, 1927 - South Bend: December 30, 1997 | John

Polish academic (1925-2021) | Commander with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Officer of the Order of the British Empire, Fellow of Collegium Invisibile

French mathematician and physicist | Concours général (1941), Marcel Grossmann Award (2003), Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics (2003), CNRS

Senegalese politician, essayist (1923–1986) | Paris-Sorbonne University - Paris IV | Thieytou: December 29, 1923 - Dakar: February 7, 1986 | Cheikh Anta Diop

Danish mathematician (1919–2003) | Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (1988) | University of Copenhagen, Dartmouth College | Copenhagen

American political scientist (1919-2014) | Chicago: December 29, 1919 - La Ferté-Bernard: July 13, 2014 | Alfred de Grazia - Alfred Joseph de Grazia

German-born British theoretical physicist and atomic spy (1911-1988) | Patriotic Order of Merit (1971), Hervorragender Wissenschaftler des Volkes (1986), Order

scientist | Officer of the Order of the British Empire | McGill University, St Paul's School, University College London | Paddington: December 29, 1908

French mathematician (1903-1987) | Servant Prize (1968) | École Normale Supérieure | Châteauneuf-sur-Loire: December 29, 1903 - Paris: August 3, 1987

Norwegian radiochemist (1879–1968) | honorary doctorate from the University of Strasbourg (1948), doctor honoris causa from the University of Paris (1962)

Ukrainian physiologist and therapist (1876-1952) | Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1945), Order of Lenin (1947), Hero of Socialist Labour, Order of Lenin

British sinologist, writer and philosopher (1875–1958) | Wadham College | Sutton: December 29, 1875 - January 22, 1958 | Lionel Giles | Sutton: December 29

French philosopher (1873-1940) | Knight of the Legion of Honour (1931) | Science Faculty of Paris | Chalon-sur-Saône: December 29, 1873 - Paris: January 13, 1940

Japanese literary critic and poet (1868-1894) | Tōkyō Senmon Gakkō | Odawara: December 29, 1868 - Shiba Park: May 16, 1894 | Kitamura Tokoku - 北村

German mathematician (1861–1941) | honorary doctorate of the University of Oslo | Hensel's lemma, Henselian ring | University of Bonn

American photographer, painter, inventor, teacher (1860-1945) | Académie Julian | Jacksonville: December 29, 1860 - Dallas: May 6, 1945 | Frank Reaugh

English chemist | Doctor of Science, Fellow of the Royal Society (1893), Fellow of the Chemical Society, Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chemistry | Liverpool

mathematician (1856–1894) | Petit d'Ormoy, Carriere, Thebault Award (1892), Honorary doctor of Leiden University (1884) | Riemann–Stieltjes integral

Spanish Roman Catholic priest and meteorologist (1856-1930) | Manresa: December 29, 1856 - Roquetes: May 27, 1930 | José María Algué (Jose Maria Algue)

American engineer | Washington University in St. Louis | Council Bluffs: December 29, 1855 - Brooklyn: December 23, 1937 | George H. Pegram | Council Bluffs

1854-1917, German entrepreneur, industrialist and chemical manufacturer, founder of the Carl Gentner chemical factory in Göppingen, pioneer of leather care

French electrical engineer (1843-1918) | Knight of the Legion of Honour (1881), Officer of the Legion of Honour (1883), Fourneyron prize (1883) | Mines ParisTech

29 Dec 1833 - 12 Feb 1908 | Marstrands församling: December 29, 1833 - Kalmar: February 12, 1908 | Oscar Swahn | Marstrands församling: December 29, 1833

Austrian chemist (1826-1887) | University of Graz, Graz University of Technology | Seckau: December 29, 1826 - Graz: February 17, 1887 | Leopold von Pebal

Czech gunsmith and inventor (1825–1903) | Velký Bor: December 29, 1825 - Michle: January 4, 1903 | Sylvester Krnka | Velký Bor: December 29, 1825 - Michle

Russian scientist (1821-1891) | Demidov Prize (1855), Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky (1883) | St. Petersburg State Transport University, Emperor Alexander

Czech writer, poet, journalist, philosopher, translator, literary critic and politician (1813–1877) | Prague: December 29, 1813 - Prague: November 9, 1877

American inventor | National Inventors Hall of Fame (1976) | New Haven: December 29, 1800 - New York City: July 1, 1860 | Charles Goodyear | New Haven

Colombian explorer, historian (1800–1852) | Our Lady of the Rosary University | Guaduas: December 29, 1800 - Guaduas: February 21, 1852 | Joaquín Acosta

German physicist (1796–1877) | Humboldt University of Berlin | Hamburg: December 29, 1796 - Berlin: January 24, 1877 | Johann Christian Poggendorff

Russian philosopher | Order of Saint Anna, 4th class | Saint Petersburg: December 29, 1787 - Akatuy katorga: December 3, 1845 | Michael Lunin | Saint

German philosopher | University of Jena | Gotha: December 29, 1778 - Munich: October 31, 1841 | Georg Anton Friedrich Ast | Gotha: December 29, 1778 - Munich

Austrian physicist, librarian and poet (1774-1849) | Třebíč: December 29, 1774 - Vienna: October 3, 1849 | Johann Philipp Neumann | Třebíč: December 29

British chemist (1766–1843) | Fellow of the Royal Society | Glasgow: December 29, 1766 - Glasgow: July 25, 1843 | Charles Macintosh | Glasgow: December 29

British maths teacher | Old School Room Chapel | Hardwick: December 29, 1751 - Woolwich: May 15, 1821 | John Bonnycastle | Hardwick: December 29, 1751

1695-1765) | Naples: December 29, 1695 - Casamarciano: January 6, 1765 | Giovanni Battista Caracciolo | Naples: December 29, 1695 - Casamarciano: January 6, 1765

English physician and natural philosopher | Harveian Oration (1662), Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London | Gonville and Caius College, St

French mathematician and cartographer (*1494 – †1555) | La Sphère du monde, Oronce Fine astronomical clock | Collège de Navarre, University of Paris