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Friedrich Hirzebruch

  • Hamm: October 17, 1927 celebration
  • Bonn: May 27, 2012 celebration
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    Friedrich Hirzebruch  

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    Germany  

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    Friedrich Hirzebruch

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    Friedrich Ernst Peter Hirzebruch  

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  • celebration Date of birth

    Hamm: October 17, 1927  

  • deceased Rest in Peace

    Bonn: May 27, 2012  

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  • engineering Field of Work

    1. mathematics
    2. number theory
    3. topology
    4. algebraic geometry
    5. complex manifold
     

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    1. Heinz Hopf
     

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  • school Education

    1. ETH Zurich
    2. University of Münster
     

  • trophy Awards & Honors

    1. honorary doctor of the University of Augsburg
    2. honorary doctor of the University of Wuppertal (1987)
    3. honorary doctor of the University of Athens (1993)
    4. Lobachevsky Prize (1989)
    5. Honorary doctor of the University of Oxford (1984)
    6. Cantor medal (2004)
    7. Order of the Sacred Treasure
    8. Pour le Mérite
    9. Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1994)
    10. honorary doctor of the University of Potsdam
    11. Cothenius Medal (1997)
    12. honorary doctor of the University of Göttingen (1982)
    13. honorary doctorate from the University of Notre Dame (1989)
    14. Alfried-Krupp Science Prize (2000)
    15. Helmholtz Medal (2002)
    16. honorary doctorate of Trinity College, Dublin (1992)
    17. Lomonosov Gold Medal (1996)
    18. Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order
    19. doctor honoris causa of the University of Warwick (1980)
    20. Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1993)
    21. Albert Einstein Medal (1999)
    22. Wolf Prize in Mathematics (1988)
     

  • social_leaderboard Notable Works

    1. Grothendieck–Hirzebruch–Riemann–Roch theorem
    2. Hirzebruch–Riemann–Roch theorem
    3. Inoue–Hirzebruch surface
    4. Hirzebruch signature theorem
    5. Hirzebruch surface
    6. Atiyah–Hirzebruch spectral sequence
     
  • German mathematician (1927–2012) | honorary doctor of the University of Augsburg, honorary doctor of the University of Wuppertal (1987), honorary doctor of

1. Stark Chan

  • October 17, 1989 celebration

Hong Kong businessman | Bronze Bauhinia Star (2016) | Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | October 17, 1989 - Rueil-Malmaison: September 10, 2018

2. Randall Munroe

  • Easton: October 17, 1984 celebration

American cartoonist, author and engineer | xkcd, geohashing | Mathematics and Science High School at Clover Hill, Christopher Newport University, Clover Hill High School

3. Andrey Mironov

  • Novokuznetsk: October 17, 1974 celebration

Russian mathematician | Novosibirsk State University | Novokuznetsk: October 17, 1974 - January 1, 1943 | Andrey Mironov | Novokuznetsk: October 17, 1974

4. Nathalie Sinclair

  • Grenoble: October 17, 1970 celebration

Canadian mathematician (1970-) | Simon Fraser University, Queen's University, McGill University | Grenoble: October 17, 1970 - Vienna: January 8, 1979

5. Fedro Carlos Guillén (Fedro Carlos Guillen)

  • Mexico City: October 17, 1959 celebration

Mexican writer and scientist | National Autonomous University of Mexico | Mexico City: October 17, 1959 - Pécs: June 12, 1967 | Fedro Carlos Guillén (Fedro

6. Ameenah Gurib-Fakim

  • Mauritius: October 17, 1959 celebration

scientist and president of Mauritius | doctor honoris causa from the Pierre and Marie Curie University (2013), Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour (2016)

7. Gennady Makin

  • Lipetsk: October 17, 1957 celebration

scientist | Voronezh State Pedagogical University, Voronezh State University | Lipetsk: October 17, 1957 - Ajaccio: November 21, 2013 | Gennady Makin

8. Maxim Sotnikov

  • Soviet Union: October 17, 1957 celebration

Russian scientist | Honoured Master of Sports | MSU Faculty of Physics | Soviet Union: October 17, 1957 - Semmering: March 18, 1916 | Maxim Sotnikov | Soviet

9. Walter Neves

  • Três Pontas: October 17, 1957 celebration

Brazilian academic | University of São Paulo, University of California, Berkeley | Três Pontas: October 17, 1957 - Stockbridge: December 18, 1935 | Walter

10. Jeffrey Shallit

  • Philadelphia: October 17, 1957 celebration

American computer scientist | Princeton University, University of California, Berkeley | Philadelphia: October 17, 1957 - Paris: June 12, 1847 | Jeffrey

11. Mae Jemison

  • Decatur: October 17, 1956 celebration

American doctor and NASA astronaut | Elizabeth Blackwell Medal (2015), Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2021), National

12. Radu Dan Constatinescu

  • Târgu Jiu: October 17, 1955 celebration

Romanian physicist | University of Craiova | Târgu Jiu: October 17, 1955 - January 4, 1892 | Radu Dan Constatinescu | Târgu Jiu: October 17, 1955 - January 4, 1892

13. Helmut Maier

  • Geislingen an der Steige: October 17, 1953 celebration

German mathematician | University of Minnesota | Geislingen an der Steige: October 17, 1953 - Sejny: November 26, 1902 | Helmut Maier | Geislingen an der

14. David W. Oxtoby

  • Bryn Mawr: October 17, 1951 celebration

President of Pomona college | Guggenheim Fellowship, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Marlow Award (1983) | University of California

15. Hans-Rudolf Künsch (Hans-Rudolf Kunsch)

  • October 17, 1951 celebration

Swiss mathematician and statistician | Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (2000) | ETH Zurich | October 17, 1951 - London: April 8, 1912

16. Artur Oscar Lopes

  • Rio de Janeiro: October 17, 1950 celebration

Brazilian mathematician | National Order of Scientific Merit | Instituto Nacional de Matemática Pura e Aplicada | Rio de Janeiro: October 17, 1950 - Jena

17. Jerzy Skucha

  • Proszowice: October 17, 1948 celebration

Polish mathematician | Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta | Proszowice: October 17, 1948 - Derry: February 24, 1899 | Jerzy Skucha | Proszowice: October

18. Huang Chen-tai

  • Tainan: October 17, 1948 celebration

Taiwanese educator and politician | University of Virginia, National Taiwan University, Columbia University | Tainan: October 17, 1948 - Italy: January 7, 1933

19. Wolfgang Welsch

  • Steinenhausen: October 17, 1946 celebration

German philosopher and educationist | Max Planck Research Award (1992) | Steinenhausen: October 17, 1946 - Augsburg: November 26, 1770 | Wolfgang Welsch

20. Yoram (Joram) Michael Hirschfeld

  • October 17, 1940 celebration
  • England: August 10, 2022 deceased

Israeli mathematician and professor (1940-2022) | Yale University, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | October 17, 1940 - England: August 10, 2022 | Yoram (Joram)

21. Eduard Alekseevich Kuraev

  • Apsheronsk: October 17, 1940 celebration
  • Dubna: March 4, 2014 deceased

Soviet and Russian theoretical physicist | National University of Kharkiv | Apsheronsk: October 17, 1940 - Dubna: March 4, 2014 | Eduard Alekseevich Kuraev

22. Éric Werner (Eric Werner)

  • October 17, 1940 celebration

Swiss philosopher, journalist and essayist | Sciences Po | October 17, 1940 - Athens: August 13, 1920 | Éric Werner (Eric Werner) | October 17, 1940 - Athens

23. Akif Gerayzade

  • Guba: October 17, 1938 celebration

scientist | Guba: October 17, 1938 - Moscow: March 29, 1970 | Akif Gerayzade | Guba: October 17, 1938 - Moscow: March 29, 1970

24. Władysław Marek Turski (Wladyslaw Marek Turski)

  • Kraków: October 17, 1938 celebration
  • July 18, 2013 deceased

Polish computer scientist | Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Distinguished Fellow of the British

25. Imre Vizi

  • Leghia: October 17, 1936 celebration
  • Cluj-Napoca: June 2, 2020 deceased

Hungarian mathematician and writer | Leghia: October 17, 1936 - Cluj-Napoca: June 2, 2020 | Imre Vizi | Leghia: October 17, 1936 - Cluj-Napoca: June 2, 2020

26. A. R. Frank Wazzan

  • October 17, 1935 celebration
  • October 1, 2024 deceased

physicist | Guggenheim Fellowship (1966) | October 17, 1935 - October 1, 2024 | A. R. Frank Wazzan | October 17, 1935 - October 1, 2024 | Guggenheim Fellowship (1966)

27. Vojtěch Heřmanský (Vojtech Hermansky)

  • Pardubice Region: October 17, 1934 celebration

Czech academic and inventor | University of Chemistry and Technology | Pardubice Region: October 17, 1934 - Ciudad Obregón: February 17, 2021 | Vojtěch

28. Viktor Danilovich Kabanov

  • Lev-Tolstovsky District: October 17, 1931 celebration
  • October 29, 2024 deceased

Russian scientist | Order of Friendship of Peoples, Russian government prize for science and technology, Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War

29. Ezra T. Newman

  • The Bronx: October 17, 1929 celebration
  • Pittsburgh: March 24, 2021 deceased

American theoretical physicist (1929–2021) | Einstein Prize (2011), Fellow of the American Physical Society | Syracuse University, The Bronx High School of

30. Khwaja Shamsuddin Azeemi

  • Saharanpur: October 17, 1927 celebration
  • Karachi: February 21, 2025 deceased

Pakistani scholar | Saharanpur: October 17, 1927 - Karachi: February 21, 2025 | Khwaja Shamsuddin Azeemi | Saharanpur: October 17, 1927 - Karachi: February 21, 2025

31. Friedrich Hirzebruch

  • Hamm: October 17, 1927 celebration
  • Bonn: May 27, 2012 deceased

German mathematician (1927–2012) | honorary doctor of the University of Augsburg, honorary doctor of the University of Wuppertal (1987), honorary doctor of

32. Mohammad Zaghloul Salaam

  • October 17, 1924 celebration

al-ʾadb fī al-ʿṣr al-fāṭmī | Alexandria University | October 17, 1924 - Blonay: October 5, 2009 | Mohammad Zaghloul Salaam | October 17, 1924

33. Olga Fassatiová (Olga Fassatiova)

  • Prague: October 17, 1924 celebration
  • December 15, 2011 deceased

Czech mycologist | Prague: October 17, 1924 - December 15, 2011 | Olga Fassatiová (Olga Fassatiova) | Prague: October 17, 1924 - December 15, 2011

34. Frits Böttcher (Frits Bottcher)

  • Rotterdam: October 17, 1915 celebration
  • The Hague: November 23, 2008 deceased

Dutch chemist (1915–2008) | Leiden University | Rotterdam: October 17, 1915 - The Hague: November 23, 2008 | Frits Böttcher (Frits Bottcher) | Rotterdam

35. Ellen Savage

  • Quirindi: October 17, 1912 celebration
  • Sydney: April 25, 1985 deceased

Australian army nurse and hospital matron (1912-1985) | George Medal (1944) | Quirindi: October 17, 1912 - Sydney: April 25, 1985 | Ellen Savage | Quirindi

36. Martín Santos Romero (Martin Santos Romero)

  • Valladolid: October 17, 1910 celebration

Spanish politician | Grand Cross of the Military Merit - White Badge (1970), Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise (1977), Knight Grand Officer

37. Józef Feliks Ostaszewski (Jozef Feliks Ostaszewski)

  • October 17, 1904 celebration

Silver Cross of Merit, Cross of Valour, Gold Cross of Merit, "Participation in the defensive war of 1939" Medal, Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta (1972)

38. Roman Mertslin

  • Saratov: October 17, 1903 celebration
  • Saratov: February 9, 1971 deceased

Russian chemist (1903-1971) | Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Honored Scientist of the RSFSR, Order of Lenin | Saratov State University | Saratov: October

39. Nikolai Smirnov

  • Moscow: October 17, 1900 celebration
  • Moscow: June 2, 1966 deceased

Russian mathematician | USSR State Prize, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Stalin Prize | Kolmogorov–Smirnov test, Cramér–von Mises criterion | Faculty

40. Wyatt C. Whitley

  • Tennessee: October 17, 1900 celebration
  • Atlanta: November 5, 1982 deceased

American chemist | Wake Forest University, Georgia Tech, University of Wisconsin–Madison | Tennessee: October 17, 1900 - Atlanta: November 5, 1982 | Wyatt C.

41. Kazimierz Chodkiewicz

  • Lviv: October 17, 1892 celebration
  • London: January 1, 1980 deceased

Polish officer | Gold Cross of Merit (1938), Cross of Valour, Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta (1961), Silver Cross of the Virtuti Militari | Lviv University

42. Dragoș Protopopescu (Dragos Protopopescu)

  • Călărași: October 17, 1892 celebration
  • Bucharest: April 11, 1948 deceased

Romanian philosopher (1892–1948) | Faculty of Letters (Bucharest University), Saint Sava College | Călărași: October 17, 1892 - Bucharest: April 11, 1948

43. Paul Bernays

  • London: October 17, 1888 celebration
  • Zurich: September 18, 1977 deceased

Swiss mathematician (1888–1977) | Von Neumann–Bernays–Gödel set theory, Bernays–Schönfinkel class, Hilbert–Bernays provability conditions

44. Boyan Boev

  • Burgas: October 17, 1883 celebration
  • Sofia: July 21, 1963 deceased

Bulgarian esoteric | Sofia University | Burgas: October 17, 1883 - Sofia: July 21, 1963 | Boyan Boev | Burgas: October 17, 1883 - Sofia: July 21, 1963

45. A. S. Neill

  • Forfar: October 17, 1883 celebration
  • Aldeburgh: September 23, 1973 deceased

Scottish educator and theorist (1883-1973) | The Last Man Alive, Summerhill | University of Edinburgh | Forfar: October 17, 1883 - Aldeburgh: September 23, 1973

46. Győző Zemplén (Gyozo Zemplen)

  • Nagykanizsa: October 17, 1879 celebration
  • Asiago: June 29, 1916 deceased

Hungarian physicist (1879–1916) | Eötvös Loránd University | Nagykanizsa: October 17, 1879 - Asiago: June 29, 1916 | Győző Zemplén (Gyozo Zemplen)

47. Vilhelm Carlheim-Gyllensköld (Vilhelm Carlheim-Gyllenskold)

  • Klara Church Parish: October 17, 1859 celebration
  • Hedvig Eleonora parish: December 13, 1934 deceased

Swedish physicist (1859–1934) | Uppsala University | Klara Church Parish: October 17, 1859 - Hedvig Eleonora parish: December 13, 1934 | Vilhelm

48. Baldomero Bonet y Bonet

  • October 17, 1857 celebration

October 17, 1857 - Heilbronn: March 20, 1878 | Baldomero Bonet y Bonet | October 17, 1857 - Heilbronn: March 20, 1878

49. Karl Feußner (Karl Feussner)

  • Rinteln: October 17, 1855 celebration
  • Berlin: October 24, 1915 deceased

German physicist (1855–1915) | University of Marburg | Rinteln: October 17, 1855 - Berlin: October 24, 1915 | Karl Feußner (Karl Feussner) | Rinteln

50. Enrico Pessina

  • Naples: October 17, 1828 celebration
  • Naples: September 24, 1916 deceased

Italian philosopher, lawyer and politician (1828–1916) | Naples: October 17, 1828 - Naples: September 24, 1916 | Enrico Pessina | Naples: October 17, 1828

51. Édouard Roche (Edouard Roche)

  • Montpellier: October 17, 1820 celebration
  • Montpellier: April 27, 1883 deceased

French astronomer (1820-1883) | Knight of the Legion of Honour (1863) | Roche limit, Hill sphere, Roche lobe | University of Montpellier | Montpellier: October

52. Syed Ahmed Khan

  • Delhi: October 17, 1817 celebration
  • Aligarh: March 27, 1898 deceased

Indian Muslim reformer and social activist (1817–1898) | Anglo Arabic Senior Secondary School, University of Edinburgh | Delhi: October 17, 1817 - Aligarh

53. Georg Büchner (Georg Buchner)

  • Goddelau: October 17, 1813 celebration
  • Zurich: February 19, 1837 deceased

German dramatist and writer of poetry and prose (1813–1837) | Lenz, Woyzeck, The Hessian Courier, Danton's Death, Leonce and Lena | University of Giessen

54. Philip Kelland

  • Dunster: October 17, 1808 celebration
  • May 7, 1879 deceased

British mathematician (1808–1879) | Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Keith Medal (1849), Fellow of the Royal Society | Sherborne School, Queens' College

55. József Horváth Cirill (Jozsef Horvath Cirill)

  • Kecskemét: October 17, 1804 celebration
  • Budapest: November 5, 1884 deceased

Hungarian philosopher (1804-1884) | Kecskemét: October 17, 1804 - Budapest: November 5, 1884 | József Horváth Cirill (Jozsef Horvath Cirill) | Kecskemét

56. Nikolai Nadezhdin

  • Beloomut: October 17, 1804 celebration
  • Saint Petersburg: January 23, 1856 deceased

Russian literary critic and ethnographer (1804–1856) | Order of St. Vladimir, 3rd class, Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class | Moscow Theological Academy, Moscow

57. Karl Karmarsch

  • Vienna: October 17, 1803 celebration
  • Hanover: March 24, 1879 deceased

German chemist, educator, and technologist (1803–1879) | honorary citizen of Hanover (1846) | TU Wien | Vienna: October 17, 1803 - Hanover: March 24, 1879

58. Ross Winans

  • Vernon Township: October 17, 1796 celebration
  • April 11, 1877 deceased

Inventor, locomotive builder | Vernon Township: October 17, 1796 - April 11, 1877 | Ross Winans | Vernon Township: October 17, 1796 - April 11, 1877

59. Johann Karl Tobisch

  • Kadaň: October 17, 1793 celebration
  • March 17, 1855 deceased

1793-1855) | Kadaň: October 17, 1793 - March 17, 1855 | Johann Karl Tobisch | Kadaň: October 17, 1793 - March 17, 1855

60. Sergey Gromov

  • October 17, 1776 celebration
  • March 10, 1856 deceased

Russian physician | Imperial Academy of Medical Surgery | October 17, 1776 - March 10, 1856 | Sergey Gromov | October 17, 1776 - March 10, 1856 | Imperial

61. Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon

  • Paris: October 17, 1760 celebration
  • Paris: May 19, 1825 deceased

French early socialist theorist (1760-1825) | Paris: October 17, 1760 - Paris: May 19, 1825 | Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon | Paris: October

62. Jakob II Bernoulli

  • Basel: October 17, 1759 celebration
  • Saint Petersburg: July 14, 1789 deceased

Swiss mathematician (1759-1789) | University of Basel | Basel: October 17, 1759 - Saint Petersburg: July 14, 1789 | Jakob II Bernoulli | Basel: October 17

63. Mattias Fremling

  • October 17, 1744 celebration

Lund University, University of Greifswald | October 17, 1744 - Néville: January 23, 2019 | Mattias Fremling | October 17, 1744 - Néville: January 23, 2019

64. András Dugonics (Andras Dugonics)

  • Szeged: October 17, 1740 celebration
  • Szeged: July 25, 1818 deceased

writer, mathematician (1740-1818) | Szeged: October 17, 1740 - Szeged: July 25, 1818 | András Dugonics (Andras Dugonics) | Szeged: October 17, 1740 - Szeged

65. Johann Carl Friedrich Meyer

  • Szczecin: October 17, 1739 celebration
  • Berlin: February 20, 1811 deceased

German chemist and pharmacist (1739-1811) | Szczecin: October 17, 1739 - Berlin: February 20, 1811 | Johann Carl Friedrich Meyer | Szczecin: October 17, 1739

66. Marie-Geneviève-Charlotte Thiroux d'Arconville (Marie-Genevieve-Charlotte Thiroux d'Arconville)

  • Paris: October 17, 1720 celebration
  • Paris: December 23, 1805 deceased

French scientist | Paris: October 17, 1720 - Paris: December 23, 1805 | Marie-Geneviève-Charlotte Thiroux d'Arconville - Marie-Geneviève-Charlotte Darlus

67. Ulrich Junius

  • Ulm: October 17, 1670 celebration
  • Leipzig: March 20, 1726 deceased

German mathematician and author (1670-1726) | Leipzig University | Ulm: October 17, 1670 - Leipzig: March 20, 1726 | Ulrich Junius | Ulm: October 17, 1670

68. Jakob Martini

  • Langenstein: October 17, 1570 celebration
  • Lutherstadt Wittenberg: May 30, 1649 deceased

German theologian and philosopher | University of Helmstedt, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg | Langenstein: October 17, 1570 - Lutherstadt

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