William Lyon Phelps

French and Irish applied mathematician | Leslie Fox Prize for Numerical Analysis (2017) | January 2, 1988 - Henan: January 1, 1085 | Nicole Spillane | January

Estonian philosopher and lawyer | University of York, University of Tartu | January 2, 1985 - Washington, D.C.: September 9, 1962 | Mats Volberg | January 2

Indian physicist | Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology (2011), ICTP Prize (2010), TWAS Prize for Physics (2016) | Princeton University

Russian businessman | Order of Friendship (1999), Decoration "For Beneficence", National Order of Merit (2017), Order of Alexander Nevsky (2014) | MSU Faculty

scientist | University of Tartu | Novosibirsk: January 2, 1967 - Minsk: April 2, 2018 | Igor Pilštšikov (Igor Pilstsikov) | Novosibirsk: January 2, 1967

German chemist | Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize (1998) | Reutlingen: January 2, 1966 - Moscow: October 14, 1929 | Matthias Epple | Reutlingen: January 2, 1966

Ukrainian journalist | Kupchyntsi: January 2, 1963 - Kyiv: April 1, 1937 | Oleksandr Vilchynskyi | Kupchyntsi: January 2, 1963 - Kyiv: April 1, 1937

space weather scientist | University of Washington, University of New Hampshire | Walla Walla: January 2, 1962 - Trnava: January 3, 1666 | Liz MacDonald

Russian scientist | Medal for services in conducting the population census | Moscow State University Faculty of Economics | Dessau: January 2, 1961 - Geneva

politician | Order of Merit (Ukraine), 2nd class, Honorary Diploma of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, Honored Worker of Education of Ukraine, Order of

Dutch philosopher | Socrates-challenge cup (2003) | Terneuzen: January 2, 1956 - The Hague: January 5, 1966 | Jos de Mul | Terneuzen: January 2, 1956 - The

Czech translator and writer | Charles University | Cheb: January 2, 1953 - Prague: May 5, 1993 | Josef Rauvolf | Cheb: January 2, 1953 - Prague: May 5, 1993

scientist | Tbilisi State University | January 2, 1953 - January 1, 1878 | Vaxtang Guruli | January 2, 1953 - January 1, 1878 | Tbilisi State University

Israeli politician | Mercaz HaRav Kook, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology | Haifa: January 2, 1953 - Paris: January 1, 1560 | Daniel Hershkowitz

American philosopher | North High School, University of California, Los Angeles, El Camino College | Los Angeles: January 2, 1951 - Erlangen: March 23, 1816

January 2, 1949 - Sydney: June 20, 1994 | Stefaan Peeters | January 2, 1949 - Sydney: June 20, 1994

American philosopher (1949-2006) | Victoria Schuck Award (1991) | Pennsylvania State University, Queens College | New York City: January 2, 1949 - Chicago

Ukrainian scientist | Excellence in Education of Ukraine Badge, Certificate of honor of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine | Odesa State Academy

Indo-Brazilian physicist | Guggenheim Fellowship | Presidency University | January 2, 1948 - Paris: July 28, 1988 | Sadhan Kumar Adhikari | January 2, 1948

Armenian philosopher, literary critic, historian of culture and anthroposophist (1948–2024) | Yerevan State University | Tbilisi: January 2, 1948 - Basel

Ethiopian scientist and academic | Fellow of the Ethiopian Academy of Sciences, Andrei Sakharov Prize (2012) | Addis Ababa University, Indian Institute of

German chemist | honorary doctorate of the Łódź University of Technology (2021), Karl Ziegler Prize, Hermann Staudinger Prize (2016), honorary doctor of

Armenian chemist | Yerevan State University | Akhaltsikhe: January 2, 1946 - Paris: January 6, 1938 | Petros Ghazaryan | Akhaltsikhe: January 2, 1946 - Paris

Library computer scientist from Russia | Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class, Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow"

economist | Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought (2004) | Coral Gables Senior High School, University of California, Berkeley, Georgia Tech

American mathematician | Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (2023), Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013), Guggenheim Fellowship

Iranian writer | University College London | Isfahan: January 2, 1943 - Ankara: August 25, 1965 | Ziya Movahed | Isfahan: January 2, 1943 - Ankara: August 25, 1965

French mathematician (1941-2020) | Rabat: January 2, 1941 - Grand-Laviers: March 6, 2020 | Pierre Audibert | Rabat: January 2, 1941 - Grand-Laviers: March 6, 2020

Indian-American mathematician (1940–) | doctor honoris causa from the Pierre and Marie Curie University (2003), Guggenheim Fellowship, Fellow of the Royal

Polish politician (1940–2014) | Order of the White Eagle, Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta | Faculty of Physics of the University of Warsaw | Warsaw

American computer scientist and electrical engineer (1938–2024) | John Price Wetherill Medal (1985), IEEE Maxwell Award (2015), NCWIT Pioneer in Tech Award

Russian mathematician (1934–2019) | Moscow State Pedagogical University | January 2, 1934 - Moscow: February 14, 2019 | Albert Muchnik | January 2, 1934

Indian botanist (1933-2017) | King's College London, Patna University, Queen Elizabeth College | Bihar: January 2, 1933 - December 26, 2017 | Devendra Prasad

Russian mathematician (1932–2021) | school medal (1949), Prize of the Government of the Russian Federation in the field of education (2008), Paul Erdős Award (1992)

Polish mathematician and statistician (1932-2008) | Medal of the National Education Commission (1985), Odznaka tytułu honorowego „Zasłużony Nauczyciel

Israeli writer and chemist | Technion – Israel Institute of Technology | Lviv: January 2, 1931 - Haifa: July 24, 2022 | Janina Altman - Janina Hescheles

Polish philosopher | Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Gold Cross of Merit, Medal of the National Education Commission, Medal of Merit for National Defence

German mathematician | University of Kiel | Gdańsk: January 2, 1929 - Karlsruhe: December 5, 1978 | Rolf Lingenberg | Gdańsk: January 2, 1929 - Karlsruhe

Romanian nuclear physicist (1924-1987) | Politehnica University of Timișoara | Timișoara: January 2, 1924 - Cluj-Napoca: June 29, 1987 | Victor Mercea

American scientist (1910-2005) | Harvard University, Oberlin College | Owego: January 2, 1910 - San Diego: September 19, 2005 | James Newell Stannard | Owego

physicist (1904-1981) | Marcel Benoist Prize (1969), Fellow of the Royal Society, Max Planck Medal (1968) | Ludwig-Maximilian-University in Munich | Karlsruhe

German physicist (1903–1969) | DECHEMA Medal (1951) | Berlin: January 2, 1903 - Berlin: March 6, 1969 | Bruno Lange | Berlin: January 2, 1903 - Berlin: March 6, 1969

Finnish scientist | St. Sergius Institute | Vyborg: January 2, 1900 - Helsinki: August 15, 1962 | Boris Sove | Vyborg: January 2, 1900 - Helsinki: August 15, 1962

American optical physicist | Frederic Ives Medal (1951) | Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Yale University | Denver: January 2, 1898

Japanese novelist, scholar of comparative literature | Toyo University | Himeji: January 2, 1897 - February 12, 1987 | Naoko Nomizo | Himeji: January 2, 1897

Soviet mathematician | Glivenko–Cantelli theorem, Glivenko's theorem | Moscow State University | Kyiv: January 2, 1897 - Moscow: February 15, 1940 | Valery

Bulgarian chemist | honorary doctor of the University of Provence - Aix-Marseille I (1975), Order of Saints Cyril and Methodius Equal-to-apostles, Commander's

Ukrainian-Israeli chemist and inventor | Peter the Great Saint Petersburg State Polytechnical University | Zolotonosha: January 2, 1897 - Tel Aviv: October 18, 1988

American politician (1895-1968) | primary school | Buffalo: January 2, 1895 - Bethesda: June 25, 1968 | Gordon Leo McDonough | Buffalo: January 2, 1895

Czech philosopher | Examination Board for Teachers at Secondary Schools of Charles University, Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague | Vinohrady

Bengali Chemist | Jashore District: January 2, 1892 - December 5, 1986 | Nil Ratan Dhar | Jashore District: January 2, 1892 - December 5, 1986

American organic chemist (1889–1971) | Golden Plate Award (1961), American Institute of Chemists Gold Medal (1964), Fellow of the American Academy of Arts

Order of the Badge of Honour, Order of Lenin, Order of the Red Star, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Stalin Prize, Honoured Worker of Science and

Polish educator, psychologist and medical doctor | Medal of the National Education Commission, Partisan Cross (Poland), Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta (1954)

Hungarian chemist (1886-1947) | Budapest: January 2, 1886 - July 15, 1947 | Emil Wolf | Budapest: January 2, 1886 - July 15, 1947

German physicist (1882-1938) | University of Wrocław | Province of Posen: January 2, 1882 - Berlin: July 7, 1938 | Erich Waetzmann | Province of Posen

Brazilian politician | São Paulo: January 2, 1881 - December 1, 1941 | Edmundo Navarro de Andrade | São Paulo: January 2, 1881 - December 1, 1941

Dutch astronomer and Marxist theorist (1873-1960) | Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1951) | University of Amsterdam, Leiden University | Vaassen

American chemist and art collector (Barnes collection) 1872-1951 | Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia: January 2

South African chemist and botanist (1869-1965) | Medemblik: January 2, 1869 - Pretoria: June 14, 1965 | Reino Pott | Medemblik: January 2, 1869 - Pretoria: June 14, 1965

Italian botanist (1864-1924) | University of Padua | Venice: January 2, 1864 - Modena: July 31, 1924 | Giovanni Battista de Toni | Venice: January 2, 1864

engineer (1862–1919) | honorary doctor of the Technische Universität Darmstadt | Technical University of Darmstadt | Odesa: January 2, 1862 - Heidelberg

Welsh mathematician and physicist | Fellow of the Royal Society | University of London, Balliol College | Pentre Poeth: January 2, 1856 - January 1, 1901

German teacher and physicist | Krefeld: January 2, 1851 - January 1, 1912 | Victor Mertens | Krefeld: January 2, 1851 - January 1, 1912

chemist (1847-1919) | Heidelberg University | Saint Petersburg: January 2, 1847 - Moscow: December 16, 1919 | Julia Lermontova | Saint Petersburg: January 2

Czech historian, musicologist, and professor of musical aesthetics (1847-1910) | Charles University | Martiněves: January 2, 1847 - New Town: January 19, 1910

German teacher and mathematician (1844-1914) | Order of the Red Eagle 3rd Class, Order of the Red Eagle 4th Class | Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

German chemist (1843–1927) | Kleve: January 2, 1843 - Berlin: May 20, 1927 | Moritz Fleischer | Kleve: January 2, 1843 - Berlin: May 20, 1927

French physicist (1841-1915) | Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1897), Officer of the Legion of Honour

French electrical engineer and inventor (1839-1902) | Knight of the Legion of Honour | Arts et Métiers ParisTech | Descartes: January 2, 1839 - Paris: July 27, 1902

Danish physicist (1833-1907) | Nyborg: January 2, 1833 - Copenhagen: January 11, 1907 | Adam Paulsen | Nyborg: January 2, 1833 - Copenhagen: January 11, 1907

German mathematical physicist and professor (1822-1888) | Iron Cross (1871), Copley Medal (1879), Poncelet Prize (1882), Foreign Member of the Royal Society

British scientist (1821-1890) | Fellow of the Royal Society, Murchison Fund (1876) | Scotland: January 2, 1821 - Perth: December 15, 1890 | James Croll

French chemist and mineralogist (1820-1886) | Commander of the Legion of Honour (1867), Officer of the Legion of Honour (1856) | École polytechnique, Mines ParisTech

Chinese mathematician (1810-1882) | Haining: January 2, 1811 - Beijing: December 9, 1882 | Li Shanlan - 李善蘭 | Haining: January 2, 1811 - Beijing: December 9, 1882

German chemist | Weimar: January 2, 1804 - Pforzheim: April 15, 1872 | Karl Ludwig Reimann | Weimar: January 2, 1804 - Pforzheim: April 15, 1872

Italian mathematician (1803-1869) | University of Pisa | Florence: January 2, 1803 - Fiesole: September 28, 1869 | Guglielmo Libri Carucci dalla Sommaja

German chemist (1800–1858) | Freiberg: January 2, 1800 - Freiberg: January 22, 1858 | Karl Friedrich Plattner | Freiberg: January 2, 1800 - Freiberg: January 22, 1858

German chemist | Zweibrücken: January 2, 1778 - Augsburg: May 19, 1855 | Johann Gottfried Dingler | Zweibrücken: January 2, 1778 - Augsburg: May 19, 1855

Danish military officer | Kronshagen: January 2, 1768 - Rendsburg: March 8, 1841 | Claus Christensen | Kronshagen: January 2, 1768 - Rendsburg: March 8, 1841

British chemist | Fellow of the Royal Society, Copley Medal (1798) | London: January 2, 1765 - London: February 10, 1847 | Charles Hatchett | London: January

German astronomer | Leipzig University | Chojnice: January 2, 1729 - Lutherstadt Wittenberg: December 11, 1796 | Johann Daniel Titius | Chojnice: January 2

Dutch theologian (1635-1711) | University of Franeker | Leeuwarden: January 2, 1635 - Rotterdam: October 30, 1711 | Wilhelmus à Brakel (Wilhelmus a Brakel)