Józef Feliks Ostaszewski (Jozef Feliks Ostaszewski)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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