Below is a list of names and accomplishments of the greatest mathematicians of all time. You can read through the list and learn more about these people and how they used their mathematical abilities to …

Born: March 14, 1879, in Ulm, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Empire Died: April 18, 1955 (at age 76) in Princeton, New Jersey Nationality: German Famous For: Father of the Atomic Age. Many …

As one of the most well-known mathematicians of all time, there are many forms of math named after him, including Euclidean geometry, the Euclidean number, and the Euclidean algorithm.

Born: c. 624 BC in Miletus, Turkey Died: c. 547 BC (at about age 77), Location unknown Nationality: Greek Famous For: Formulated the five theorems of geometry Thales remains one of the most …

Born: March 31, 1596, in La Haye en Touraine, Kingdom of France Died: Feb 11, 1650 (at age 53), in Stockholm, Swedish Empire Nationality: French Famous For: Developing the Cartesian coordinate …

Pythagoras was a Greek mathematician known for formulating the Pythagorean Theorem. He was also a philosopher who taught that numbers were the essence of all things. He associated numbers with …

Isaac Newton is one of the most celebrated and recognized mathematicians and physicists in world history. Known for his discovery of gravity, Newton remains to this day a very influential figure from …

He is revered as one of the three greatest mathematicians of all time alongside Carl Gauss and Sir Isaac Newton. Archimedes focused primarily on the discipline of geometry, and he was also a renowned …

He is usually better known by his nickname, Fibonacci, and is considered to be among the foremost European mathematicians of the medieval era. He was instrumental in bringing the widespread use …

Born: June 13, 1928 (age 85), in Bluefield, West Virginia Nationality: American Famous For: Developing the Nash equilibrium John Forbes Nash, Jr. is a mathematician who did his work on differential …