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Beninois writer | August 14, 1995 - June 2, 2015 | Fabroni Bill Yoclounon | August 14, 1995 - June 2, 2015

American entrepreneur and self-taught computer chip designer | C64 Direct-to-TV, C-One, castAR, Tilt5 | Walla Walla University | Georgia: August 14, 1974

American chemist and NASA astronaut | NASA Space Flight Medal, NASA Distinguished Service Medal, Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration" | California State

Ph.D. University of Alberta 1994 | Technical University of Sofia, University of Alberta | Sofia: August 14, 1962 - Randallstown: May 14, 1995 | Martin Pavlov

American biophysicist | Fellow of the American Physical Society, Guggenheim Fellowship (2021), Swartz Prize (2013), Max Delbrück Prize in Biological Physics (2018)

American professor of applied mathematics at MIT | ICTP Dirac Medal (2017), Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship (2010), Dickson Prize in Science (1999), MacArthur

Italian philosopher | Naples: August 14, 1957 - Cambridge: September 22, 1979 | Guido del Giudice | Naples: August 14, 1957 - Cambridge: September 22, 1979

Greek physicist, university professor | National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki | August 14, 1956 - San Jerónimo

Colombian mathematician | Bucaramanga: August 14, 1956 - April 1, 2022 | Jaime García Serrano (Jaime Garcia Serrano) | Bucaramanga: August 14, 1956 - April 1, 2022

Belgian mathematician and information scientist | Derek John de Solla Price Award (2001) | University of Antwerp | Antwerp: August 14, 1949 - Cambridge: January 5, 2001

American mathematician | Moscow State Pedagogical University | Moscow: August 14, 1948 - Sagle: August 2, 2015 | Alexander Soifer | Moscow: August 14, 1948

American mathematician | Chauvenet Prize (1993), Gordon Bell Prize (2008), Sidney Fernbach Award (1993) | Bailey–Borwein–Plouffe formula | Brigham Young

British mathematician | Guggenheim Fellowship (1980), John von Neumann Theory Prize (2003), Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics

American theoretical physicist | Fellow of the American Physical Society, Guggenheim Fellowship | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of

Russian physicist | Merited Scientist of the Russian Federation | Saint Petersburg State University | Saint Petersburg: August 14, 1945 - Kazan: July 15, 2015

Russian scientist | Merited Scientist of the Russian Federation | Bashkir State Medical University | Ufa: August 14, 1944 - Kalmar: February 12, 1908 | Shamil

Brazilian mathematician (1943–2009) | Great Cross of the National Order of Scientific Merit, Prêmio Jabuti (1979) | University of Waterloo, Polytechnic

Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow" | Bauman Moscow State Technical University | August 14, 1943 - August 27, 1996 | Boris Yudin

African-American historian and philosopher; theorist of Afrocentricity | Black Literary Hall of Fame (2004) | Oklahoma Christian University, Pepperdine

Indian physicist | H K Firodia awards (2012), Trieste Science Prize (2005), Fellow of the Royal Society (2000), Padma Shri in science & engineering (2001)

American theoretical physicist | University of California, Riverside, Cornell University, Midwood High School, University of California, San Diego | Brooklyn

Soviet and Azerbaijani scientist | Baku: August 14, 1937 - Baku: April 10, 2020 | Arif İsmayılzadə (Arif Ismayilzadə) | Baku: August 14, 1937 - Baku: April 10, 2020

German chemist | Tharandt: August 14, 1937 - 16th arrondissement of Paris: October 19, 1913 | Otto Wienhaus | Tharandt: August 14, 1937 - 16th arrondissement

Inventor and entrepreneur | Illinois Institute of Technology, University of Minnesota, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | Chicago: August 14, 1937

Indian mathematician | Padma Shri in literature and education, Kenneth O. May Prize | University of Lucknow, Ranchi University | Jhansi: August 14, 1935

American artist (1935-2015) | Guggenheim Fellowship | Brown University, Harvard Graduate School of Design | Cambridge: August 14, 1935 - Boston: November 16, 2015

German physicist (1934-2020) | Robert Wichard Pohl Prize (2004) | August 14, 1934 - Dresden: October 13, 2020 | Hans-Joachim Wilke | August 14, 1934 - Dresden

Russian theoretical physicist (1934-2020) | Fok Prize, Order of Friendship, Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class | Faculty of Physics

Nobel laureate in chemistry (1933–2021) | honorary doctor of Babeș-Bolyai University, Marcel Benoist Prize (1985), honorary doctorate from University of

Israeli physicist | Cairo: August 14, 1924 - Israel: July 26, 2023 | Yitzhak Chavet | Cairo: August 14, 1924 - Israel: July 26, 2023

French playwright, poet, writer and screenwriter (1920-2006) | Nantes Conservatory | Le Croisic: August 14, 1920 - Limoges: June 21, 2006 | Jean-Charles Pichon

Filipino psychologist (1919-2005) | Harvard University | August 14, 1919 - December 15, 2005 | Alfredo Lagmay | August 14, 1919 - December 15, 2005 | Harvard University

American television pioneer | Emmy Award | St. Louis University High School, University of Notre Dame | St. Louis: August 14, 1919 - Stamford: April 20, 2011

American physicist (1917–2008) | St. Olaf College, University of California, Berkeley | Starbuck: August 14, 1917 - San Jose: October 18, 2008 | Eldred C.

British missionary (1915-2003) | King's College, Eton College | Bengaluru: August 14, 1915 - Jerusalem: September 24, 2003 | Derek Prince | Bengaluru: August

American physicist (1914–1995) | Virginia State University, University of Cincinnati | Pocahontas: August 14, 1914 - June 7, 1995 | Herman Branson

philosopher and journalist (1913-2005) | Plainpalais: August 14, 1913 - Cachan: October 2, 2005 | Michel Koch | Plainpalais: August 14, 1913 - Cachan: October 2, 2005

American particle physicist (1912–1985) | Robert A. Millikan Medal (1973), Oersted Medal (1984), Guggenheim Fellowship (1965), Fellow of the American Physical Society

Indian writer, Indian Sage, Indian Philosopher, Yoga Guru (1911-2006) | Guduvancheri: August 14, 1911 - coimbatore: March 28, 2006 | Vethathiri Maharishi

French composer and musicologist (1910-1995) | Qwartz Electronic Music Awards, Prix Sainte-Beuve (1969) | Supélec, École polytechnique, Lycee Notre-Dame

American chemist (1907–1997) | doctor honoris causa from the University of Paris (1965), doctor honoris causa from the University of Paris (1968), Linus

Hungarian-American statistician (1906-1987) | Fellow of the American Statistical Association (1969), Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (1957)

Polish geographer | Medal of the National Education Commission, Medal of Victory and Freedom 1945, Gold Cross of Merit, "Participation in the defensive war of

Belgian physicist (1904-1974) | Francqui Prize (1949) | University of Liège | Charleroi: August 14, 1904 - Copenhagen: March 23, 1974 | Léon Rosenfeld (Leon

August 14, 1895 - Minnesota: May 24, 1933 | Anna Ernestine Maria Bosch | August 14, 1895 - Minnesota: May 24, 1933

Order of the Badge of Honour | Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of the Saint Petersburg University | August 14, 1894 - Krasnodar: March 27, 1919 | Boris

Polish physicist | Jagiellonian University | Kraków: August 14, 1891 - Kraków: March 31, 1941 | Witold Wilkosz | Kraków: August 14, 1891 - Kraków: March 31, 1941

German chemist, arrested by the British as a war criminal, tried, and executed (1890-1946) | Humboldt University of Berlin, University of Göttingen | Berlin

Czech physicist and university educator | Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague, gymnasium | Ostřetín: August 14, 1888 - Prague: September 3, 1956

English chemist (1887–1937) | Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry | University of Leeds | Woodlesford: August 14, 1887 - Bardsey: July 3, 1937 | May

Finnish inventor | Memorial medal of the War of Liberation, Cross of Liberty, 4th Class | Politechnical Institute of Koethen | Helsinki: August 14, 1886 - New

Canadian-American physicist | Fellow of the American Physical Society | University of Chicago, University of Toronto | Toronto: August 14, 1886 - Stuart: March 11, 1950

American physicist und engineer (1883-1970) | Newport: August 14, 1883 - Concord: March 2, 1970 | Daniel Frost Comstock | Newport: August 14, 1883 - Concord

Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great

Russian musical critic (1874–1942) | Saint Petersburg State University | Saint Petersburg: August 14, 1874 - Saint Petersburg: July 29, 1942 | Eduard

Jewish historian (1874–1958) | honorary citizen of Jerusalem, Israel Prize (1958), Bialik Prize (1949), honorary doctor of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1954)

Order of Lenin, Order of Saint Stanislaus, 3rd class, Honored Scientist of the RSFSR, Order of the Red Banner of Labour | August 14, 1867 - Nizhny Novgorod

American mathematician (1867-1962) | University of California, Berkeley, University of Göttingen | Soquel: August 14, 1867 - Berkeley: May 7, 1962 | Charles

Belgian mathematician (*1866 – †1962) | honorary doctorate from the University of Strasbourg (1928), Poncelet Prize (1916), doctor honoris causa from the

Russian novelist, poet, religious thinker, and literary critic | Saint Petersburg State University | Saint Petersburg: August 14, 1865 - Paris: December 7, 1941

Italian mathematician (1865–1952) | doctor honoris causa from the University of Grenoble (1949), Mathematical Prize of the Italian Academy of Sciences (1893)

British chemist (1861–1932) | Fellow of the Royal Society, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire | Clifton College, Gonville and Caius College

American lawyer | Howard University, Howard University School of Law, University of Minnesota | Georgia: August 14, 1858 - Washington, D.C.: January 13, 1925

Japanese chemist and bureaucrat | Order of the Sacred Treasure, 2nd Class | University of Tokyo | Mino Province: August 14, 1857 - Ushigome-ku: February 1, 1911

Irish astronomer (1848–1915) | Dublin: August 14, 1848 - Chelsea: March 24, 1915 | Margaret Lindsay Huggins | Dublin: August 14, 1848 - Chelsea: March 24, 1915

French mathematician (1842–1917) | Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour (1910), Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1902), Grand prix des sciences

Austrian neurologist, psychiatrist, and nobleman (1840–1902) | Psychopathia Sexualis, Textbook of Forensic Psychopathology: Considering the Legislation of

American chemist | Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (1855), Harvard University, University of Göttingen (1856) | Framingham: August 14, 1834

August 14, 1828 - Klara Church Parish: August 7, 1824 | Anton Rosing | August 14, 1828 - Klara Church Parish: August 7, 1824

American jurist, inventor, Assistant US Treasury Secretary (1813-1885) | University of Massachusetts Amherst, Harvard Law School | Chester: August 14, 1813

Jesuit philosopher and writer (1810-1892) | Salerno: August 14, 1810 - Rome: October 18, 1892 | Matteo Liberatore | Salerno: August 14, 1810 - Rome: October 18, 1892

Danish physicist and chemist (1777-1851) | Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1821), Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, Fellow of the American

Swiss philosopher and writer (1753-1795) | Winterthur: August 14, 1753 - Berthelsdorf: March 21, 1795 | Christoph Kaufmann | Winterthur: August 14, 1753

French chemist | Paris: August 14, 1742 - Paris: February 24, 1804 | Antoine-Louis Brongniart | Paris: August 14, 1742 - Paris: February 24, 1804

English mathematician | Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1788), Fellow of the Royal Society (1774), Copley Medal (1778) | University of

Mexican humanist and writer | Royal and Pontifical University of Mexico, East Institute of Puebla, Church of San Francisco Javier, Tepotzotlán | Mexico City

French-English classical scholar (1599–1671) | Eton College | Geneva: August 14, 1599 - Canterbury: July 14, 1671 | Méric Casaubon (Meric Casaubon)

Swedish politician | Säbrå: August 14, 1571 - Stockholm: February 4, 1646 | Anders Bure | Säbrå: August 14, 1571 - Stockholm: February 4, 1646

English courtier, Queens godson and author | King's College, Eton College | Kelston: August 14, 1560 - Somerset: November 20, 1612 | John Harington | Kelston

Persian astrologer and philosopher (787–886) | Balkh: August 14, 0787 - Wasit Governorate: March 13, 0886 | Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi | Balkh: August 14, 0787