Giovanni Battista Riccioli

Hungarian mathematician (* 1977) | Oberwolfach Prize (2010), Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize (2018) | Leipzig University | Debrecen: April 17, 1977 - Mexico

Russian physicist | Princeton University | Moscow: April 17, 1977 - Lichterfelde: January 13, 1937 | Sergei Gukov | Moscow: April 17, 1977 - Lichterfelde

Russian politician | Peter the Great Saint Petersburg State Polytechnical University | Volgograd: April 17, 1976 - Ajaccio: November 21, 2013 | Denis

Russian physicist | Order of Friendship, Russian government prize for science and technology | Lipetsk State Technical University | Bratsk: April 17, 1976

Ukrainian psychologist | Odesa University, The First Moscow Cadet Corps | Odesa: April 17, 1975 - Naples: January 1, 1521 | Oleg Maltsev | Odesa: April 17

scientist | Philological Faculty of Moscow State University | Moscow: April 17, 1974 - March 31, 2022 | A. L. Beglov | Moscow: April 17, 1974 - March 31, 2022

French-Tunisian actor, philosopher, and writer | resident at the Villa Medici | Paris: April 17, 1973 - Strasbourg: May 22, 1992 | Mehdi Belhaj Kacem | Paris

Italian philosopher | Palermo: April 17, 1967 - Colorado: January 23, 1898 | Giuseppe Girgenti | Palermo: April 17, 1967 - Colorado: January 23, 1898

Serbian philosopher | University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy | Belgrade: April 17, 1965 - Odisha: September 10, 1915 | Iva Draškić Vićanović (Iva

Azerbaijani and Ukrainian scientist | Baku State University, Azerbaijan State University of Economics, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and

American mathematician | Guggenheim Fellowship, Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013), Senior Berwick Prize (2014) | Harvard University

Dutch physicist (1957-2024) | Spinoza Prize (2006), Fellow of the American Physical Society (2008) | University of Groningen | Leiden: April 17, 1957 - January 18, 2024

German physicist and rower | Robert Wichard Pohl Prize (2007), Rudolf-Kaiser-Preis (1989) | Lathen: April 17, 1954 - Albany: January 1, 1969 | Dieter Meschede

American mathematician | Gödel Lecturer (2001), Humboldt Prize (2002) | Lower Merion High School, Harvard University | April 17, 1954 - Pavia: March 18, 1882

Belgian theoretical physicist | Vrije Universiteit Brussel | Heist-op-den-Berg: April 17, 1953 - London: March 11, 1955 | Diederik Aerts | Heist-op-den-Berg

Brazilian statistician | University of London, Imperial College London, Federal University of Pernambuco, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro | Recife: April

Swiss physicist | honorary doctor of the Tbilisi State University, Honorary doctor at the University of Bern (2014), Panofsky Prize (2017), High Energy and

British political philosopher (born 1948) | Exeter College | South Shields: April 17, 1948 - May 18, 2021 | John N. Gray | South Shields: April 17, 1948 - May

French philosopher | Paris: April 17, 1948 - Madrid: November 13, 2018 | Martine Groult | Paris: April 17, 1948 - Madrid: November 13, 2018

British American inorganic chemist | Ludwig Mond Award (2008), Fellow of the Royal Society (2018), American Chemical Society Award in Organometallic Chemistry

Russian scientist | Plekhanov Russian Economic University | Kaluga: April 17, 1947 - Lowell: September 18, 1892 | Mihail Nikolaevič Sidorov (Mihail Nikolaevic

German immunologist (1946–1995) | John Scott Award (1984), Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art (1986), Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize (1978), Canada

English biochemist | Fellow of the Royal Society (2018), Max Planck Research Award (1991), Feldberg Foundation (2015), EMBO Membership | University of Birmingham

Soviet and Russian scientist in the field of mechanics | Order of Friendship of Peoples, Medal "Veteran of Labour" | MSU Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics

Israeli historian (1941–2024) | Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Guggenheim Fellowship | From Kulturmystik to Dialogue: An Inquiry into

Harvard University, Princeton University | April 17, 1939 - January 1, 1912 | Parry M. Norling | April 17, 1939 - January 1, 1912 | Harvard University

French physicist | Jean-Perrin Prize (1996), Knight of the French Order of Academic Palms (1993), prix Thibaud (1971) | École polytechnique | Constantine

University of Amsterdam | April 17, 1938 - April 4, 2017 | Johannes Michael Aarts | April 17, 1938 - April 4, 2017 | University of Amsterdam

American chemist (1937-2020) | Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2012), James Flack Norris Award for Outstanding Achievement

Austrian manager (1937-2019) | honorary doctor of the Vienna Technical University, Grashof Commemorative Medal (2003), honorary doctor of ETH Zürich, Lower

Swiss chemist and professor of ETH Zurich | Winterthur: April 17, 1936 - November 22, 2022 | Urs Wild | Winterthur: April 17, 1936 - November 22, 2022

American mathematician | Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013), Guggenheim Fellowship | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, City College of New York

German chemist (1930–2016) | Calbe: April 17, 1930 - Halle (Saale): March 8, 2016 | Joachim Garz | Calbe: April 17, 1930 - Halle (Saale): March 8, 2016

Serbian writer, political philosopher, literary critic, and politician | Isidora Sekulić Award | University of Belgrade, University of Belgrade Faculty of

Romanian mathematician | Brașov: April 17, 1928 - Cluj-Napoca: October 14, 2018 | László Bitay (Laszlo Bitay) | Brașov: April 17, 1928 - Cluj-Napoca

chemical engineer, activist (1913–1943) | Silver Cross of the Virtuti Militari | Warsaw University of Technology | Warsaw: April 17, 1913 - Warsaw: April 20, 1943

German mathematician (1902-1983) | Leroy P. Steele Prize (1981), Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship (1971) | Hopf bifurcation, Wiener–Hopf method, Hopf

Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad", Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin", Jubilee Medal "Thirty

Polish chemist | University of Vienna | Warsaw: April 17, 1887 - Treblinka extermination camp: January 1, 1942 | Stefanie Horovitz | Warsaw: April 17, 1887

Austrian writer and philosopher (1880-1927) | Vienna: April 17, 1880 - Eggersdorf bei Graz: September 26, 1927 | Arthur Trebitsch | Vienna: April 17, 1880

theoretical physicist (1879-1944) | Björkén Prize (1928) | Lund University | Lund: April 17, 1879 - Uppsala: November 7, 1944 | Carl Wilhelm Oseen | Lund

Italian mathematician (1878-1918) | University of Turin | Chiusa di Pesio: April 17, 1878 - Messina: October 4, 1918 | Matteo Bottasso | Chiusa di Pesio: April

Norwegian physicist (1874–1940) | Commander of the Order of St. Olav | Time Municipality: April 17, 1874 - Oslo: April 25, 1940 | Sem Sæland (Sem Saeland)

Dr. phil. Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen 1890 | University of Tübingen, Uhland-Gymnasium Tübingen | Tübingen: April 17, 1866 - Tübingen: May 29, 1948

English mathematician (*1863 – †1940) | Smith's Prize (1887), Fellow of the Royal Society (1894), Adams Prize (1911), Sylvester Medal (1937), De Morgan

French balloonist | Officier de l'Instruction publique, Knight of the Legion of Honour | Paris: April 17, 1861 - 7th arrondissement of Paris: July 27, 1926

Sloven officer and technical writer (1860-1922) | Sevnica: April 17, 1860 - Maribor: August 1, 1922 | Fridolin Kavčič (Fridolin Kavcic) | Sevnica: April 17

Dutch philosopher (1857–1930) | Leiden University | Ferwert: April 17, 1857 - Groningen: February 17, 1930 | Gerardus Heymans | Ferwert: April 17, 1857

American journalist and anarchist (1854-1939) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Dartmouth: April 17, 1854 - Monaco: June 22, 1939 | Benjamin Tucker

American geologist & anthropologist (1853-1912) | Dubuque County: April 17, 1853 - Washington, D.C.: September 4, 1912 | William John McGee | Dubuque County

German mathematician (1853–1928) | Schoenflies problem, Schoenflies notation, Schoenflies displacement | Humboldt University of Berlin | Gorzów

German teacher and mathematician | Niekarzyn: April 17, 1848 - January 1, 1917 | Paul Lindner | Niekarzyn: April 17, 1848 - January 1, 1917

April 17, 1845 - May 14, 2023 | Imre Rudolf Pauer | April 17, 1845 - May 14, 2023

German physicist | University of Tübingen | Kirchheim unter Teck: April 17, 1812 - Stuttgart: July 22, 1891 | Friedrich Eduard Reusch | Kirchheim unter Teck

Danish scientist, engineer and administrator (1811-1872) | Copenhagen: April 17, 1811 - Copenhagen: August 21, 1872 | Christian Gotfried Hummel | Copenhagen

Spanish mathematician and politician (1788-1866) | Carta geométrica de Galicia | University of Santiago de Compostela | Porta do Conde: April 17, 1788

Italian economist and philosopher | Cittanova: April 17, 1784 - New York City: September 2, 1853 | Luigi Chitti | Cittanova: April 17, 1784 - New York City

German mathematician (1774-1861) | Steinau an der Straße: April 17, 1774 - Marburg: March 12, 1861 | Karl Reinhard Müller (Karl Reinhard Muller) | Steinau an

German printer (1774-1833) | Eisleben: April 17, 1774 - Zell am Main: January 17, 1833 | Friedrich Koenig | Eisleben: April 17, 1774 - Zell am Main: January 17, 1833

British physician and scientist | Copley Medal (1788), Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Fellow of the Royal Society | University of Edinburgh

German philosopher | Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg | Lutherstadt Wittenberg: April 17, 1710 - Erlangen: September 10, 1759 | Johann Martin

Italian astronomer | Perinaldo: April 17, 1709 - Perinaldo: November 14, 1788 | Giovanni Domenico Maraldi | Perinaldo: April 17, 1709 - Perinaldo: November 14, 1788

Croatian poet and Franciscan friar | Gradac: April 17, 1704 - Zaostrog: December 14, 1760 | Andrija Kačić Miošić (Andrija Kacic Miosic) | Gradac: April 17

Irish natural philosopher and writer on politics | Fellow of the Royal Society (1686) | Molyneux's problem | Trinity College Dublin | Dublin: April 17, 1656

17th-century German doctor and linguist who discussed the affinity of Hungarian, Finnish and Saami languages | Hamburg: April 17, 1634 - Hamburg: October 21, 1675

German philologist and mathematician | Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg | Delitzsch: April 17, 1570 - Lutherstadt Wittenberg: September 22, 1637

Italian cardinal | Venice: April 17, 1531 - Rome: May 23, 1606 | Agostino Valier | Venice: April 17, 1531 - Rome: May 23, 1606