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Persi Diaconis

  • New York City: January 31, 1945 celebration
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  • celebration Date of birth

    New York City: January 31, 1945  

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  • engineering Field of Work

    1. mathematics
    2. statistics
    3. stage magic
    4. mathematical statistics
    5. probability theory
     

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    1. City College of New York
    2. Harvard University
     

  • trophy Awards & Honors

    1. MacArthur Fellows Program
    2. Fellow of the American Statistical Association (1994)
    3. Euler Book Prize (2013)
    4. Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013)
    5. Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (1981)
    6. Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship (1997)
    7. honorary doctor of Toulouse-III University (2001)
    8. Rollo Davidson Prize (1982)
    9. Van Wijngaarden Award (2006)
     

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  • American mathematician | MacArthur Fellows Program, Fellow of the American Statistical Association (1994), Euler Book Prize (2013), Fellow of the American

1. Kohei Saito

  • Tokyo: January 31, 1987 celebration

Japanese philosopher, Marxist (1987-) | Deutscher Memorial Prize (2018), Freeman Asian Scholarship Program | Free University Berlin, Humboldt University of

2. Mari Holopainen

  • Espoo: January 31, 1981 celebration

Finnish politician | Espoo: January 31, 1981 - Pasadena: August 17, 1935 | Mari Holopainen | Espoo: January 31, 1981 - Pasadena: August 17, 1935

3. Melanie Stansbury

  • Farmington: January 31, 1979 celebration

United States Representative from New Mexico since 2021 | Cornell University, Saint Mary's College of California, Cibola High School | Farmington: January 31

4. Tatyana Mantatova

  • Zeya: January 31, 1975 celebration

Russian politician (born 1975) | Buryat State University | Zeya: January 31, 1975 - Saint Petersburg: January 23, 1977 | Tatyana Mantatova | Zeya: January 31

5. Mujīr al-Khaṭīb (Mujir al-Khatib)

  • Damascus: January 31, 1971 celebration

Syrian scientist | Tārīkh Madīnat Dimashq (Majmaʻ Dimashq, Vol. 28-29) | Islamic University of Madinah | Damascus: January 31, 1971 - De Knipe: April 3, 2005

6. Daniel Gilbert Nessim

  • Italy: January 31, 1966 celebration

Israeli chemistry professor (born 1966) | École Centrale Paris, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Italy: January 31, 1966 - Frankfurt: December 6, 1925

7. Gregory Loewen

  • January 31, 1966 celebration

Canadian philosopher | January 31, 1966 - Amsterdam: January 14, 1636 | Gregory Loewen | January 31, 1966 - Amsterdam: January 14, 1636

8. Eric Schadt

  • St. Joseph: January 31, 1965 celebration

American scientist | California Polytechnic State University, University of California, Davis, University of California, Los Angeles | St. Joseph: January 31

9. Eugen Maria Schulak

  • Vienna: January 31, 1963 celebration

Austrian philosopher and opinion journalist | Vienna: January 31, 1963 - Bologna: February 17, 1947 | Eugen Maria Schulak | Vienna: January 31, 1963 - Bologna

10. Quassim Cassam

  • January 31, 1961 celebration

British philosopher | Fellow of the British Academy (2022) | Keble College | January 31, 1961 - Dokki: April 17, 2017 | Quassim Cassam | January 31, 1961

11. Garo H. Armen

  • Istanbul: January 31, 1953 celebration

American businessman | Cornell University, Washington University in St. Louis | Istanbul: January 31, 1953 - Riga: January 1, 1873 | Garo H. Armen | Istanbul

12. Mikhail Burlakov

  • Grozny: January 31, 1952 celebration

Russian politician | Chechen State University | Grozny: January 31, 1952 - Saint Petersburg: March 18, 1912 | Mikhail Burlakov | Grozny: January 31, 1952

13. Serge Bramly

  • Tunis: January 31, 1949 celebration

French writer | Vasari award (1988), Prix Biguet (1982), Prix Interallié (2008), Roland de Jouvenel Prize (1983), prix des Libraires (1983), Officer of Arts

14. Ken Wilber

  • Oklahoma City: January 31, 1949 celebration

American writer and public speaker | Sex, Ecology, Spirituality | Duke University | Oklahoma City: January 31, 1949 - Paris: October 13, 1715 | Ken Wilber

15. Dennis C. Liotta

  • Brooklyn: January 31, 1949 celebration

American chemist | Perkin Medal (2022), Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering, Alfred Burger Award (2018) | Brooklyn: January 31, 1949

16. Vladimir Parfyonov

  • Saint Petersburg: January 31, 1949 celebration

Russian computer scientist | Order of Friendship, Prize of the Government of the Russian Federation in the field of education, Russian President's Prize in the

17. Petr Smutný (Petr Smutny)

  • Prague: January 31, 1947 celebration

Czech politician | University of Chemistry and Technology | Prague: January 31, 1947 - Prague: December 15, 1989 | Petr Smutný (Petr Smutny) | Prague: January

18. Mihály Matekovits (Mihaly Matekovits)

  • Arad: January 31, 1946 celebration

Romanian physicist | count Kocsárd Kún prize (1999) | Arad: January 31, 1946 - November 10, 2011 | Mihály Matekovits (Mihaly Matekovits) | Arad: January 31

19. Persi Diaconis

  • New York City: January 31, 1945 celebration

American mathematician | MacArthur Fellows Program, Fellow of the American Statistical Association (1994), Euler Book Prize (2013), Fellow of the American

20. Valentin Mikhailov

  • Vokhomsky District: January 31, 1944 celebration

Russian scientist | Kazan Federal University | Vokhomsky District: January 31, 1944 - London: January 1, 1884 | Valentin Mikhailov | Vokhomsky District

21. Edwin Vedejs

  • Riga: January 31, 1941 celebration
  • Madison: December 2, 2017 deceased

chemist | Order of the Three Stars, 4th Class (2006), Grand Medal of the Latvian Academy of Sciences (2005) | Grand Rapids Community College | Riga: January

22. Bolívar Echeverría (Bolivar Echeverria)

  • Riobamba: January 31, 1941 celebration
  • Mexico City: June 5, 2010 deceased

Ecuatorian academic (1941–2010) | National Autonomous University of Mexico | Riobamba: January 31, 1941 - Mexico City: June 5, 2010 | Bolívar Echeverría

23. Valeriy Vasilevitsj Loenin

  • Uritsky District: January 31, 1940 celebration
  • Moscow: March 9, 2020 deceased

chemist 1940-2020 | Order of Honour, Russian President's Prize in the field of education, State Prize of the Russian Federation, Mikhail Lomonosov Award

24. Anatoly Karatsuba

  • Grozny: January 31, 1937 celebration
  • Moscow: September 28, 2008 deceased

Russian mathematician (1937-2008) | Merited Scientist of the Russian Federation | Karatsuba algorithm | Moscow State University, MSU Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics

25. Yevgeny Dianov

  • Tyoplo-Ogaryovsky District: January 31, 1936 celebration
  • Moscow: January 30, 2019 deceased

Soviet physicist (1936–2019) | Alexander Popov Prize, State Prize of the Russian Federation, USSR State Prize, Sergei Ivanovich Vavilov Gold Medal (2015)

26. Gabriel Salazar

  • Santiago: January 31, 1936 celebration

Chilean historian | Chilean National History Award (2006) | Instituto Pedagógico, University of Hull, Liceo de Aplicación, University of Chile | Santiago

27. Pierre Hassner

  • Bucharest: January 31, 1933 celebration
  • Paris: May 26, 2018 deceased

French university teacher (1933-2018) | Louis Marin Prize (2016), Prix Alexis de Tocqueville (2003) | École Normale Supérieure, University of Chicago

28. Leon Wecke

  • Arnhem: January 31, 1932 celebration
  • Nijmegen: June 13, 2015 deceased

Dutch scientist (1932-2015) | Arnhem: January 31, 1932 - Nijmegen: June 13, 2015 | Leon Wecke | Arnhem: January 31, 1932 - Nijmegen: June 13, 2015

29. Helga Füredi-Milhofer (Helga Furedi-Milhofer)

  • January 31, 1930 celebration

January 31, 1930 - Munich: October 22, 2017 | Helga Füredi-Milhofer (Helga Furedi-Milhofer) | January 31, 1930 - Munich: October 22, 2017

30. Rudolf Mössbauer (Rudolf Mossbauer)

  • Munich: January 31, 1929 celebration
  • Grünwald: September 14, 2011 deceased

German nuclear physicist and Noble Prize in Physics | honorary doctorate from Joseph Fourier University (1974), honorary doctorate from University of Lille-I

31. Heinz Bauer

  • Nuremberg: January 31, 1928 celebration
  • Nuremberg: August 15, 2002 deceased

German mathematician (1928-2002) | Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art (1998), Bavarian Order of Merit, Chauvenet Prize (1980) | University of

32. Michas Mitskevich

  • Minsk: January 31, 1926 celebration
  • May 27, 2020 deceased

Belarusian scientist (1926-2020) | Byelorussian SSR State Prize | Moscow Aviation Institute, Belarusian National Technical University | Minsk: January 31, 1926

33. Manuel Jalón poriro (Manuel Jalon poriro)

  • Logroño: January 31, 1925 celebration
  • Zaragoza: December 16, 2011 deceased

Spanish engineer (1925-2011) | Logroño: January 31, 1925 - Zaragoza: December 16, 2011 | Manuel Jalón poriro - Manuel Jalón Corominas (Manuel Jalon poriro)

34. Igal Talmi

  • Kyiv: January 31, 1925 celebration

Israeli nuclear physicist | Hans A. Bethe Prize (2000), The EMET Prize for Art, Science and Culture (2003), Rothschild prize, Israel Prize (1965), Fellow of

35. Julius Richard Büchi (Julius Richard Buchi)

  • Porto Alegre: January 31, 1924 celebration
  • January 1, 1984 deceased

Swiss mathematician (1924-1984) | ETH Zurich | Porto Alegre: January 31, 1924 - January 1, 1984 | Julius Richard Büchi (Julius Richard Buchi) | Porto Alegre

36. Niko Prijatelj

  • Ljubljana: January 31, 1922 celebration
  • Ljubljana: July 16, 2003 deceased

Slovene mathematician | University of Ljubljana | Ljubljana: January 31, 1922 - Ljubljana: July 16, 2003 | Niko Prijatelj | Ljubljana: January 31, 1922

37. Morteza Motahhari

  • Fariman: January 31, 1919 celebration
  • Tehran: May 1, 1979 deceased

Iranian politician (1919-1979) | Qom Seminary | Fariman: January 31, 1919 - Tehran: May 1, 1979 | Morteza Motahhari | Fariman: January 31, 1919 - Tehran: May 1, 1979

38. Oscar Holmes

  • Dunbar: January 31, 1916 celebration
  • Mitchellville: November 5, 2001 deceased

American pilot, chemist and lawyer (1916-2001) | Ohio State University, Brooklyn Law School, West Virginia State University, Civilian Pilot Training Program

39. Włodzimierz Hubicki (Wlodzimierz Hubicki)

  • Boryslav: January 31, 1914 celebration
  • Lublin: July 13, 1977 deceased

Polish chemist (1914-1977) | Gold Cross of Merit, Medal of the 10th Anniversary of People's Poland, Medal of the 30th Anniversary of People's Poland, Knight of

40. Eric Burhop

  • Hobart: January 31, 1911 celebration
  • London Borough of Camden: January 22, 1980 deceased

Australian physicist and humanitarian | Lenin Peace Prize | University of Melbourne, Ballarat High School | Hobart: January 31, 1911 - London Borough of

41. Czesław Mejro (Czeslaw Mejro)

  • Warsaw: January 31, 1908 celebration
  • Warsaw: March 24, 1986 deceased

Polish electrical engineer | Medal of the 10th Anniversary of People's Poland, Honorary badge "For Merits for Warsaw" | Warsaw University of Technology

42. Xu Fuguan

  • Xishui County: January 31, 1904 celebration
  • Taipei: April 1, 1982 deceased

Taiwanese historian and philosopher (1904–1982) | Meiji University | Xishui County: January 31, 1904 - Taipei: April 1, 1982 | Xu Fuguan | Xishui County

43. Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov (Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov)

  • Srpci: January 31, 1900 celebration
  • Fréjus: December 25, 1986 deceased

Bulgarian philosopher (1900–1986) | Sofia University | Srpci: January 31, 1900 - Fréjus: December 25, 1986 | Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov (Omraam Mikhael

44. Sofya Yanovskaya

  • Pružany: January 31, 1896 celebration
  • Moscow: October 24, 1966 deceased

Russian mathematician (1896–1966) | Order of Lenin (1951) | Institute of Red Professors | Pružany: January 31, 1896 - Moscow: October 24, 1966 | Sofya

45. Ludvig Johannes Lindemann

  • Christiania: January 31, 1893 celebration
  • January 1, 1963 deceased

Norwegian chemist | Christiania: January 31, 1893 - January 1, 1963 | Ludvig Johannes Lindemann | Christiania: January 31, 1893 - January 1, 1963

46. Antoni Czubryński (Antoni Czubrynski)

  • January 31, 1885 celebration

Honorary Member of the World Esperanto Association | January 31, 1885 - Paris: October 10, 1837 | Antoni Czubryński (Antoni Czubrynski) | January 31, 1885

47. Irving Langmuir

  • Brooklyn: January 31, 1881 celebration
  • Woods Hole: August 16, 1957 deceased

American chemist and physicist | John Scott Award (1937), Rumford Prize (1920), Faraday Lectureship Prize (1939), William H. Nichols Medal (1920), Faraday

48. Benedykt Bornstein

  • Warsaw: January 31, 1880 celebration
  • Łódź: November 11, 1948 deceased

Polish philosopher (1880–1948) | Lviv University | Warsaw: January 31, 1880 - Łódź: November 11, 1948 | Benedykt Bornstein | Warsaw: January 31, 1880

49. Edwin Salisbury Carman

  • January 31, 1878 celebration
  • March 20, 1951 deceased

American mechanical engineer (1878-1951) | January 31, 1878 - March 20, 1951 | Edwin Salisbury Carman | January 31, 1878 - March 20, 1951

50. Stefan Tytus Dąbrowski (Stefan Tytus Dabrowski)

  • Warsaw: January 31, 1877 celebration
  • Poznań: March 23, 1947 deceased

Polish scientist and politician (1877–1947) | University of Warsaw, Lviv University, Paris Medical Faculty | Warsaw: January 31, 1877 - Poznań: March 23, 1947

51. Edgar Wedekind

  • Altona: January 31, 1870 celebration
  • Erfurt: October 22, 1938 deceased

German chemist | Altona: January 31, 1870 - Erfurt: October 22, 1938 | Edgar Wedekind | Altona: January 31, 1870 - Erfurt: October 22, 1938

52. Theodore William Richards

  • Germantown: January 31, 1868 celebration
  • Cambridge: April 2, 1928 deceased

United States chemist (1868–1928) | Franklin Medal (1916), Willard Gibbs Award (1912), Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1914), Davy Medal (1910), Faraday

53. Hugh Segar

  • Liverpool: January 31, 1868 celebration
  • Auckland: September 18, 1954 deceased

New Zealand mathematician and university professor (1868–1954) | Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi (1919) | Liverpool College, Trinity College

54. David Emmanuel

  • Bucharest: January 31, 1854 celebration
  • Bucharest: February 4, 1941 deceased

Romanian mathematician | University of Paris | Bucharest: January 31, 1854 - Bucharest: February 4, 1941 | David Emmanuel | Bucharest: January 31, 1854

55. Lev Tikhomirov

  • Gelendzhik: January 31, 1852 celebration
  • Sergiyev Posad: October 16, 1923 deceased

Russian philosopher (1852–1923) | Gelendzhik: January 31, 1852 - Sergiyev Posad: October 16, 1923 | Lev Tikhomirov | Gelendzhik: January 31, 1852 - Sergiyev

56. James Campbell Brown

  • Aberdeen: January 31, 1843 celebration
  • March 14, 1910 deceased

Scottish chemist (1843-1910) | Aberdeen: January 31, 1843 - March 14, 1910 | James Campbell Brown | Aberdeen: January 31, 1843 - March 14, 1910

57. Edward Jan Habich

  • Warsaw: January 31, 1835 celebration
  • Lima: October 31, 1909 deceased

Polish mathematician | École des Ponts ParisTech, Mikhailovskaya Military Artillery Academy | Warsaw: January 31, 1835 - Lima: October 31, 1909 | Edward Jan

58. Nikolay Tol'skiy

  • Lipetsk: January 31, 1832 celebration
  • Moscow: February 3, 1891 deceased

scientist | Medical faculty of Moscow University | Lipetsk: January 31, 1832 - Moscow: February 3, 1891 | Nikolay Tol'skiy | Lipetsk: January 31, 1832

59. Johann Friedrich Steinmann

  • Saint Petersburg: January 31, 1819 celebration
  • Wiesbaden: April 9, 1872 deceased

scientist | Order of Saint Stanislaus, 1st class, Order of St. Vladimir, 3rd class | Faculty of History and Philology of St. Petersburg University | Saint

60. Jean-Augustin Barral

  • Metz: January 31, 1819 celebration
  • Fontenay-sous-Bois: September 10, 1884 deceased

French agronomist and balloonist (1819–1884) | 72 names on the Eiffel Tower | nicotine | École polytechnique | Metz: January 31, 1819 - Fontenay-sous-Bois

61. Charles Bray

  • Coventry: January 31, 1811 celebration
  • Coventry: October 5, 1884 deceased

English philosopher, reformer | Coventry: January 31, 1811 - Coventry: October 5, 1884 | Charles Bray | Coventry: January 31, 1811 - Coventry: October 5, 1884

62. Domenico Scinà (Domenico Scina)

  • Palermo: January 31, 1764 celebration
  • Palermo: July 13, 1837 deceased

Italian physicist and historian | Palermo: January 31, 1764 - Palermo: July 13, 1837 | Domenico Scinà (Domenico Scina) | Palermo: January 31, 1764 - Palermo

63. Antonio Tadini

  • Romano di Lombardia: January 31, 1754 celebration
  • Romano di Lombardia: July 14, 1830 deceased

Italian mathematician and engineer (1754-1830) | Romano di Lombardia: January 31, 1754 - Romano di Lombardia: July 14, 1830 | Antonio Tadini | Romano di

64. Arnold Geulincx

  • Antwerp: January 31, 1624 celebration
  • Leiden: January 1, 1669 deceased

Flemish Cartesian philosopher | Old University of Leuven, Leiden University, Université catholique de Louvain | Antwerp: January 31, 1624 - Leiden: January 1, 1669

65. Daniel Schwenter

  • Nuremberg: January 31, 1585 celebration
  • Altdorf bei Nürnberg: January 19, 1636 deceased

German mathematician | Nuremberg: January 31, 1585 - Altdorf bei Nürnberg: January 19, 1636 | Daniel Schwenter (G. R. Resene | Janus Hercules de Sunde

66. Ludwig Helmbold

  • Mühlhausen: January 31, 1532 celebration
  • Mühlhausen: April 8, 1598 deceased

German classical singer | Mühlhausen: January 31, 1532 - Mühlhausen: April 8, 1598 | Ludwig Helmbold | Mühlhausen: January 31, 1532 - Mühlhausen: April 8, 1598

67. Jacob Milich

  • Freiburg im Breisgau: January 31, 1501 celebration
  • Lutherstadt Wittenberg: November 20, 1559 deceased

German astronomer and mathematician (1501-1559) | University of Freiburg, University of Vienna | Freiburg im Breisgau: January 31, 1501 - Lutherstadt

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