John Polkinghorne

Argentine writer | Buenos Aires: October 16, 1975 - Nuremberg: January 5, 1705 | Ariel Magnus | Buenos Aires: October 16, 1975 - Nuremberg: January 5, 1705

Azerbaijani chemist | Baku State University 100th anniversary medal | Baku State University | Shaki District: October 16, 1970 - August 13, 2021 | İbrahim

Spanish physicist | University of Valencia | Province of Alicante: October 16, 1970 - 2nd arrondissement of Paris: March 31, 1869 | Pascuala García Martínez

Israeli professor of jurisprudence, head of Van Leer Institute | Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv: October 16, 1970 - Saint Petersburg: December 12, 1790 | Shai

Belgian cryptographer | Advanced Encryption Standard | Sint-Pieterscollege, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven | Leuven: October 16, 1970 - London: December 31, 1691

Nanomedicine researcher | ACS Award for Creative Invention (2023), Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, Packard Fellowship

Polish physicist | University of Wrocław | Wrocław: October 16, 1959 - Warsaw: August 7, 1975 | Andrzej Drzewiński (Andrzej Drzewinski) | Wrocław: October

Bulgarian philosopher | Humboldt University of Berlin, Sofia University | Sofia: October 16, 1959 - Algiers: October 31, 1973 | Yvanka B. Raynova | Sofia

mathematician | Fellow of the Royal Society (2015), Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (2012), Fellow of the American Association for

Hungarian linguist and Esperantist | Esperantist of the Year (2010) | Berzsenyi Daniel College, Eötvös Loránd University | Budapest: October 16, 1957

American astronaut | NASA Distinguished Service Medal (2003) | La Jolla High School, Dartmouth College, Rice University | Federated States of Micronesia

Ukrainian physicist (1953-2016) | University of Kyiv Faculty of Radio Physics, Electronics and Computer Systems | October 16, 1953 - October 8, 2016 | Yuriy

German physicist and musician | Mainz: October 16, 1953 - January 3, 2021 | Detlev Schönauer (Detlev Schonauer) | Mainz: October 16, 1953 - January 3, 2021

Chilean mathematician, musician and songwriter | Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso, Faculty of Sciences, University of Chile | Valparaíso: October

Australian public health advocate, CEO of the Friends of Science in Medicine (born 1951). | Medal of the Order of Australia (2014) | University of Adelaide

American physicist | Fellow of the American Physical Society, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2016), Tsutomu Kanai Award (2006) | quantified self

American chemist (1948–1997) | Columbia University, St. Lawrence University | Plattsburgh: October 16, 1948 - Lyme: June 8, 1997 | Karen Wetterhahn

scientist | Honoured Worker of Higher Professional Education of the Russian Federation | Petrozavodsk State University | Kestenga: October 16, 1946 - Dushanbe

German mathematician | University of Göttingen | Koszalin: October 16, 1944 - May 21, 1948 | Gert-Martin Greuel | Koszalin: October 16, 1944 - May 21, 1948

Hungarian physicist | Eötvös Loránd University | Budapest: October 16, 1942 - Satu Mare: January 21, 2022 | Ádám Kiss (Adam Kiss) | Budapest: October 16

scientist | Vasyl' Stus Donetsk National University | Makiivka: October 16, 1942 - May 18, 2017 | Mikola Troïan (Mikola Troian) | Makiivka: October 16, 1942

American psychologist | Occidental College, Brandeis University | October 16, 1941 - August 8, 2016 | Jean Mercer | October 16, 1941 - August 8, 2016

Russian scientist | Ushinsky Medal, Medal "Veteran of Labour", Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow" | Sholokhov Moscow State University

MSU Faculty of History | October 16, 1937 - Moscow: April 21, 1968 | Yan Chesnov | October 16, 1937 - Moscow: April 21, 1968 | MSU Faculty of History

Norwegian political scientist | October 16, 1936 - Diakonhjemmet Hospital: June 7, 2024 | Arne Olav Brundtland | October 16, 1936 - Diakonhjemmet Hospital: June 7, 2024

physicist from Hungary (1936–2022) | Brașov: October 16, 1936 - December 25, 2022 | Pál Quittner (Pal Quittner) | Brașov: October 16, 1936 - December 25, 2022

Russian psychologist | Kursk Oblast: October 16, 1936 - Kursk: December 15, 2020 | Alexey Sergeevich Chernyshev | Kursk Oblast: October 16, 1936 - Kursk

Russian philosopher | Merited Scientist of the Russian Federation (2002) | Moscow State Institute of International Relations | Moscow: October 16, 1935

University of Barcelona, Coquard | October 16, 1934 - Vinnytsia: January 22, 2016 | Damià Escuder i Lladó (Damia Escuder i Llado) | October 16, 1934

American philosopher (1934–2011) | Cornell University | Cincinnati: October 16, 1934 - Chapel Hill: December 24, 2011 | Bernard Gert | Cincinnati: October

Romanian philosopher (1933–2020) | Gheorghe Dima Music Academy | Ojdula: October 16, 1933 - Cluj-Napoca: November 20, 2020 | István Angi (Istvan Angi)

Russian historian (1932-2010) | Dmitry Likhachev Foundation Prize (2010) | Mishkinsky District: October 16, 1932 - Biysk: November 17, 2010 | Boris Kadikov

American physicist | NASA Group Achievement Award (1969), Arthur S. Flemming Award (1965) | Oberlin College, Columbia University, University of California

Sri Lankan scientist (1923–1994) | Oparin Medal (1980), Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres (1991) | Birkbeck, University of London, University of Madras

Czech designer (1921-2011) | Kladno: October 16, 1921 - Jablonec nad Nisou: February 5, 2011 | Stanislav Lachman | Kladno: October 16, 1921 - Jablonec nad

French Marxist philosopher (1918–1990) | Reading Capital (work level), For Marx, Philosophy and the Spontaneous Philosophy of the Scientists (work level)

Czechoslovakian-American chemical engineer | ACS Award in Polymer Chemistry (1986) | Prague: October 16, 1915 - Greenwich Village: October 29, 2017 | Herbert

Chinese nuclear physicist (1913–1992) | Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (1955) | University of Paris, Tsinghua University | Shaoxing: October

physicist (1897–1955) | Science Faculty of Paris, Gheorghe Lazăr National College | Bucharest: October 16, 1897 - Paris: December 13, 1955 | Alexandru Proca

Italian inventor (1893-1995) | Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic | Messina: October 16, 1893 - Messina: April 3, 1995 | Giovanni Rappazzo

Indian Jagadguru | Shringeri: October 16, 1892 - September 26, 1954 | Chandrasekhara Bharati III | Shringeri: October 16, 1892 - September 26, 1954

scientist | Moscow Imperial University, Faculty of Law | Tartu: October 16, 1891 - January 9, 1972 | A. M. Ladyzhenskiĭ (A. M. Ladyzhenskii) | Tartu: October

British logician (1879–1919) | Cheltenham College, University of Cambridge | Ashbourne: October 16, 1879 - Crookham Village: October 1, 1919 | Philip

Austro-Hungarian-born French parachuting pioneer | Thomas Mann Gymnasium | Štětí: October 16, 1878 - Paris: February 4, 1912 | Franz Reichelt - Franz Karl

American chemist (1875–1955) | Franklin Medal (1946), William H. Nichols Medal (1934), American Institute of Chemists Gold Medal (1933) | October 16, 1875

Romanian mathematician (1873-1939) | Tzitzeica equation, Țițeica curve | University of Bucharest, École Normale Supérieure, Carol I National College

Russian chemist (1873–1922) | Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of Moscow Imperial University | Moscow: October 16, 1873 - Gryazovets: September 26, 1922

English chemist and agricultural scientist | October 16, 1872 - December 2, 1961 | Harold Hart Mann | October 16, 1872 - December 2, 1961

Czech entrepreneur (1868–1938) | Velvary: October 16, 1868 - Mladá Boleslav: August 13, 1938 | Václav Klement (Vaclav Klement) | Velvary: October 16, 1868

University of Zurich | October 16, 1864 - January 1, 1986 | Max Schinz | October 16, 1864 - January 1, 1986 | University of Zurich

French mathematician (1856-1944) | Prix Francoeur (1930), Knight of the Legion of Honour | Lycée Thiers, École polytechnique | Marseille: October 16, 1856

Mexican architect (1854-1927) | London: October 16, 1854 - León de Los Aldama: April 9, 1927 | Luis Long - Cecil Louis Long | London: October 16, 1854 - León

Czech-Austrian Marxist theorist (1854–1938) | Forerunners of Modern Socialism | University of Vienna, Akademisches Gymnasium, Stiftsgymnasium Melk | Prague

October 16, 1839 - Madison: March 30, 1990 | William Frey | October 16, 1839 - Madison: March 30, 1990

Russian physicist (1833-1903) | Imperial St. Petersburg University | Saint Petersburg: October 16, 1833 - Polyany: April 5, 1903 | Robert Lenz | Saint

Welsh sportsman and military officer (1833–1912); inventor of modern tennis | Member of the Royal Victorian Order, International Tennis Hall of Fame (1997)

1828-1892 | Order of Osmanieh, Order of the Cross of Takovo, Order of Saint Stanislaus, 2nd class, Order of Saint Stanislaus, 1st class, Medal "For the

Japanese engineer (1799–1881) | Kurume: October 16, 1799 - November 7, 1881 | Tanaka Hisashige. Thomas Edison du Japon | Kurume: October 16, 1799 - November 7, 1881

German writer and leading Illuminati member (1752–1796) | University of Göttingen | Bredenbeck: October 16, 1752 - Bremen: May 6, 1796 | Adolph Freiherr

Greek humanist | Legion of Honour | University of Padua | Zadar: October 16, 1733 - Milan: July 16, 1824 | Simone Stratigo | Zadar: October 16, 1733 - Milan

Hungarian soldier, writer (1725–1801) | University of Trnava | Rudabánya: October 16, 1725 - Skalica: December 21, 1801 | József Gvadányi (Jozsef

German philosopher (1720 - 1779) | Winterthur: October 16, 1720 - Berlin: February 27, 1779 | Johann Georg Sulzer | Winterthur: October 16, 1720 - Berlin

Italian Catholic missionary (1552–1610) | Kunyu Wanguo Quantu | Roman College, Jesuit College, Sapienza University of Rome | Macerata: October 16, 1552