John Tyndall

Tallinn University of Technology | August 2, 1988 - Heidelberg: April 13, 1853 | Kristiina Kreek | August 2, 1988 - Heidelberg: April 13, 1853

vice president of the United States since 2025 | Good Conduct Medal, Achievement Medal, Audie Award for Nonfiction (2017) | Hillbilly Elegy, Rockbridge Network

Writer and Indian Scientist | Spiritual Wisdom: Guaranteed Prescription of Success & Happiness, Apana Swaroop, Rupantaran Ke Sutr, Mrityu Se Mukti Tak, I Know

Swiss-Czech geographer and writer | University of Lausanne | Prague: August 2, 1978 - 17th arrondissement of Paris: October 14, 2007 | André Ourednik (Andre

German philosopher | Neuss: August 2, 1974 - Bonn: June 2, 1956 | Daniel Cohnitz | Neuss: August 2, 1974 - Bonn: June 2, 1956

Russian and singaporean businessman entrepreneur and investor | MIPT Department of General and Applied Physics | Saint Petersburg: August 2, 1971 - Moscow: June 19, 2001

British–Israeli knot theorist and topologist | Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013) | St Hugh's College, University of Oxford | Brighton

Argentinian mathematician | University of Buenos Aires | Buenos Aires: August 2, 1968 - Lübeck: May 21, 1894 | Pablo Amster | Buenos Aires: August 2, 1968

Polish philosopher | Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń | Jelenia Góra: August 2, 1967 - Mexico City: July 11, 2004 | Janusz Sytnik-Czetwertyński

Lithuanian physicist and politician | Šiauliai University | Šiauliai: August 2, 1966 - London: November 1, 1923 | Valerijus Simulik | Šiauliai: August 2

Russian oncologist | Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class, Order of Pirogov, Russian government prize for science and technology, Order of Honour

August 2, 1963 - Paris: March 9, 1752 | Pascal Etcheber | August 2, 1963 - Paris: March 9, 1752

German philosopher and university teacher (1962-) | German Prize for Philosophy and Social Ethics (2013) | University of Münster, Free University Berlin

scientist | Kazan State Medical University | Kazan: August 2, 1962 - Moscow: June 1, 2022 | Güzäl Olımbäkevä (Guzal Olimbakeva) | Kazan: August 2, 1962

German mathematician | Harvard University, Indiana University Bloomington, University of Giessen | Oberkirchen: August 2, 1960 - Stuttgart: December 18, 1899

American engineer | Fellow of the American Physical Society | Programming the Universe | Phillips Academy, Harvard University, The Rockefeller University

French businesswoman | Officer of the National Order of Merit, Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, manager de l'année (2007), Officer of the Legion of Honour

Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany | August 2, 1957 - February 7, 2024 | Gerd Eißing (Gerd Eissing) | August 2, 1957 - February 7, 2024

Spanish Catholic bishop (born 1956) | Faculty of Theology of Catalonia | Sisante: August 2, 1956 - January 1, 1220 | Josep Àngel Saiz Meneses (Josep Angel

American physicist | Presidential Young Investigator Award | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Gorizia: August 2, 1956 - London: March 22, 1772 | Fulvio

Russian physicist | Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class, Russian government prize for science and technology (2012), French Order of Academic Palms

American politician | William Jewell College | St. Louis: August 2, 1955 - Lublin: January 1, 1599 | Nancy Boyda | St. Louis: August 2, 1955 - Lublin: January 1, 1599

American scholar of comparative theology | Harvard University | Washington, D.C.: August 2, 1953 - Odesa: December 25, 1905 | Graham Schweig | Washington

Dutch historian of chemistry | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam | Venlo: August 2, 1952 - Kuopio: April 18, 2019 | Ernst Homburg | Venlo

German astronomer and mathematician | Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, NYU, New York University | Heidelberg: August 2, 1951 - Iowa City: April 12, 1958

Polish art historian, philosopher and theologian | Gold Cross of Merit | University of Wrocław | Wrocław: August 2, 1950 - Žďár nad Sázavou: December 25, 1901

Japanese businessman | CEDEC Awards - Special Award (2013), Game Developers Choice Award - Lifetime Achievement (2014) | University of Electro-Communications

astrophysicist | Einstein Prize (2021), Fellow of the American Physical Society, Guggenheim Fellowship, ICTP Dirac Medal (2021) | Numerical Recipes

Czechoslovak member of Slovak National Council, member of Czechoslovak parliament, engineer, politician, minister of interior and slovak nation politician (1946-2006)

English mathematician (1946–) | Whitehead Prize (1981), Pólya Prize (2002), The Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences (2016), Fellow of the Royal Society

Russian politician | Moscow State University | Socialist Republic of Romania: August 2, 1946 - Göttingen: June 7, 1816 | Georgiy Orlanov | Socialist Republic

American mathematician | Guggenheim Fellowship, Cole Prize in Algebra (1980) | Harvard University, Stuyvesant High School, Princeton University | Brooklyn

American mathematician (1943-2020) | Stanford University | New York City: August 2, 1943 - Madison: August 14, 2020 | Kenneth Kunen | New York City: August 2

Swedish storyteller and philosopher | August 2, 1941 - Madison: August 19, 1993 | Göran Hemberg - Torsten Göran Hemberg (Goran Hemberg) | August 2, 1941

Algerian university teacher and mathematician | University of Paris-Sud | Aïn Deflaa: August 2, 1941 - Tehran: August 16, 1994 | Ahmed Djebbar | Aïn Deflaa

Canadian philosopher | Wadham College | August 2, 1940 - Ofakim: October 7, 2023 | John A. Leslie | August 2, 1940 - Ofakim: October 7, 2023 | Wadham College

German engineer and chemist | Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany | Immenstadt im Allgäu: August 2, 1940 - Karlsruhe

Russian minerlogist | Saint Petersburg Mining University | Saint Petersburg: August 2, 1939 - Moscow: September 14, 1958 | Yury Marin | Saint Petersburg

Iranian writer, translator, linguist and researcher | University of Tehran | Tehran: August 2, 1938 - Rostock: November 14, 1906 | Dariush Ashoori | Tehran

German mathematician | Order of Merit of Rhineland-Palatinate, Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (2009) | RWTH Aachen University

Estonian philosopher | Tallinn City Cross (2006), Karl Ernst von Baer medal, Scientific Prize of The Republic of Estonia | University of Tartu | Uue-Saaluse

scientist | Merited Scientist of the Russian Federation | Moscow: August 2, 1931 - Moscow: November 13, 2015 | L. D. Gaukhman | Moscow: August 2, 1931

Ukrainian physicist | Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute | Kyiv: August 2, 1930 - Greater China: January 1, 1052 | George Gogotsi | Kyiv: August 2, 1930

American theologian (1930–2017) | Heidelberg University, Luther Seminary | Eau Claire: August 2, 1930 - September 5, 2017 | Robert Jenson | Eau Claire

British mathematician (1927-2018) | Pólya Prize (2006), Fellow of the Royal Society, Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire | Trinity College

English-born Irish Dominican priest, theologian and philosopher (1926-2001) | University of Manchester | Middlesbrough: August 2, 1926 - June 28, 2001

Russian scientist | honorary citizen of Saint Petersburg, State Prize of the Russian Federation, Jubilee Medal "300 Years of the Russian Navy", Jubilee Medal

Serbian writer | Isidora Sekulić Award, Order of St. Sava | University of Belgrade School of Medicine | Belgrade: August 2, 1924 - Belgrade: September 4, 2018

American philosopher (1921-2012) | Wilbur Cross Medal (2000), Guggenheim Fellowship (1953), Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Carus Lectures

Spiritual leader | Hyderabad: August 2, 1918 - Pune: July 12, 2018 | Dada J. P. Vaswani | Hyderabad: August 2, 1918 - Pune: July 12, 2018

German mathematician | Hanover: August 2, 1917 - November 11, 2002 | Helmut Epheser | Hanover: August 2, 1917 - November 11, 2002

Polish mathematician (1914–1992) | Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Stefan Banach Prize (1953)

Spanish politician | Saint George's Cross (1988), Grand Cross of the Order of St. Raymond of Peñafort, Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise

American businessman (1900–1991) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Hotchkiss School, United States Naval Academy, Naval Postgraduate School | New York

French chemist (1899-1978) | ESPCI Paris, PSL University | 5th arrondissement of Paris: August 2, 1899 - Pau: July 14, 1978 | Henri Moureu - Henri Bertrand

Polish chemist | Warsaw University of Technology | Zawiercie: August 2, 1898 - Zawiercie: March 1, 1945 | Marian Masłowski - Marian Piotr Masłowski (Marian Maslowski)

Polish martyr (1898–1914) | Wał-Ruda: August 2, 1898 - Wał-Ruda: November 18, 1914 | Karolina Kózka (Karolina Kozka) | Wał-Ruda: August 2, 1898

British astronomer and historian of science (1890–1978) | Imperial College London | London: August 2, 1890 - Kingston upon Hull: September 4, 1978 | Herbert

Haitian aeroplane racing pilot and businessman (1889–1976) | Knight of the Legion of Honour | Port-au-Prince: August 2, 1889 - France: January 1, 1976

Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Law, Charles University in Prague | August 2, 1888 - Little Akaloa: November 4, 2009 | Bohuš

Baltic German mathematician, statistician and economist (1887–1960) | honorary doctor of the University of Vienna, Fellow of the American Association for the

Russian geologist (1882–1946) | Order of Saint Stanislaus, 3rd class | Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of Moscow Imperial University | Nizhny Novgorod

Russian poet and translator (1879–1947) | Moscow State University | Moscow: August 2, 1879 - Locarno: November 17, 1947 | Lev Kobylinsky (Ellis) | Moscow

born 1875; died 1950 | Verona: August 2, 1875 - Bosco Chiesanuova: August 8, 1950 | Giuseppe Zamboni | Verona: August 2, 1875 - Bosco Chiesanuova: August 8, 1950

Dutch chemist | University of Amsterdam | Warffum: August 2, 1874 - Java: September 21, 1949 | Willem Reinders | Warffum: August 2, 1874 - Java: September 21, 1949

American automotive pioneer (1869–1936) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Brooklyn: August 2, 1869 - La Junta: February 17, 1936 | Hiram Percy Maxim

Spanish author (1861–1915) | Havana: August 2, 1861 - London: March 15, 1915 | Fernando Tarrida del Mármol (Fernando Tarrida del Marmol) | Havana: August 2

Bengali chemist, educationist, poet, historian, industrialist and philanthropist. (1861–1944) | Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire, Knight Commander

German and Swiss mathematician (1856-1929) | honorary doctor of the University of Zurich (1919) | Humboldt University of Berlin, ETH Zurich | Wiesbaden: August

Polish engineer (1856–1914) | Saint Petersburg Mining University | Valoki: August 2, 1856 - Lysva: August 2, 1914 | Adam Onufrowicz | Valoki: August 2, 1856

American electrical engineer | National Inventors Hall of Fame (2007), Elliott Cresson Medal (1897) | Oberlin College | Barnesville: August 2, 1835

Finnish writer, librarian, theater manager and professor | Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class (1897), Order of Saint Anna, 3rd class (1882), Order of St. Vladimir

Russian chemist (1832-1893) | August 2, 1832 - Batishchevo: February 2, 1893 | Alexander Nikolayevich Engelhardt | August 2, 1832 - Batishchevo: February 2, 1893

Swiss engineer (1817-1888) | École Centrale Paris | Boulogne-sur-Mer: August 2, 1817 - Lausanne: February 17, 1888 | Jules Marguet | Boulogne-sur-Mer: August

German pharmacist, chemist and politician (1816-1892) | University of Giessen | Stockstadt am Rhein: August 2, 1816 - Pfungstadt: July 14, 1892 | Wilhelm

French photographer (1802–1872) | Knight of the Legion of Honour | Lille: August 2, 1802 - Lille: April 28, 1872 | Louis Désiré Blanquart-Evrard (Louis

1799-1880) | Order of St. Vladimir, 3rd class | Imperial University of Dorpat | Livonia Governorate: August 2, 1799 - Kharkiv: January 1, 1880 | Friedrich

German chemist | University of Tübingen, University of Göttingen, University of Vienna | Göttingen: August 2, 1788 - Heidelberg: April 13, 1853 | Leopold

German Chemist | Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1827) | University of Göttingen | Göttingen: August 2, 1776 - Göttingen: August 18, 1835 | Friedrich

Imperial historian (1733-1790) | Moscow: August 2, 1733 - Saint Petersburg: December 12, 1790 | Mikhail Shcherbatov | Moscow: August 2, 1733 - Saint

Swiss paleontologist (1672–1733) | Fellow of the Royal Society | Utrecht University | Zurich: August 2, 1672 - Zurich: June 23, 1733 | Johann Jakob

Italian Renaissance humanist (1398–1481) | Commentationes Florentinae de exilo, Letters, Rhetorica ad Alexandrum, Consolatio ad Iacobum Antonium Marcellum de