Giovanni Poleni

Russian Federation President Prize in Science and Innovation for Young Scientists (2012) | Vologda State Pedagogical University | August 23, 1976

Russian-British physicist known for graphene work | EPS Europhysics Prize, International Union of Pure and Applied Physics, Fellow of the Royal Society (2011)

Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv | August 23, 1973 - June 22, 1998 | Sergiy Taranenko | August 23, 1973 - June 22, 1998 | Taras Shevchenko

Belarusian scientist | Faculty of History of the Belarusian State University | Navapolack: August 23, 1972 - Kolkata: August 11, 2023 | Uladzimir Lobach

academic researcher | August 23, 1966 - Kingston Harbour: February 11, 1931 | Abbas Rajabifard | August 23, 1966 - Kingston Harbour: February 11, 1931

Scientist, Entrepreneur | Cornell University, University of California, San Francisco, University of Missouri | Jamaica: August 23, 1963 - Bratislava: August 3, 1980

German mathematician (1956–1991) | University of California, Berkeley, Ruhr University Bochum | Duisburg: August 23, 1956 - Bochum: May 15, 1991 | Andreas

American analytical chemist | Purdue University, Wabash College | Bay City: August 23, 1954 - Stuttgart: February 20, 1831 | Gary Glish | Bay City: August 23

American artist | Leonardo da Vinci World Award of Arts | Bowdoin College | August 23, 1953 - Berlin: March 5, 1990 | Todd Siler | August 23, 1953 - Berlin

Polish physicist and chemist | Gold Cross of Merit, Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Fulbright Scholarship | University of Łódź | Zduńska Wola

American Christian apologist and theologian | Humboldt Prize | Wheaton College, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, University of Birmingham

scientist | Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow" | Department of History and Theory of Art, Faculty of History, Moscow State University

Romanian philosopher | honorary doctor of the University of Freiburg, Theodor Heuss Award (2000), Honorary doctor of the Humboldt University of Berlin (2002)

British author, philosopher, historian (born 1946) | Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society | Demanding the Impossible | Steyning Grammar School, University

French politician | honorary doctor of the University of Valencia (2014) | Sorbonne | Tlemcen: August 23, 1946 - April 24, 1649 | Sami Nair | Tlemcen: August

Israeli mathematician | Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Tel Aviv: August 23, 1942 - Frankfurt (Oder): July 17, 1791 | Moshe Jarden | Tel Aviv: August 23, 1942

British philosopher and college principal (born 1941) | Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society (2007), Berggruen Prize (2017), Commander of the Order of the

explorer; author | Merited Master of Sports of the USSR, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Gratitude (1997)

American biochemist (1940–2018) | Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2007), Honorary Doctorate of University of Buenos Aires

Bishop of Saint-Dié des Vosges (France) | Hadol: August 23, 1940 - Nya Kopparberg: November 5, 1917 | Jean-Paul Mathieu | Hadol: August 23, 1940 - Nya

literary scholar (1939- ) | Moscow State Pedagogical University | August 23, 1939 - Protvino: March 1, 1997 | Vladislav Pronin | August 23, 1939 - Protvino

German librarian and priest (1935–2019) | Harburg-Wilhelmsburg: August 23, 1935 - Marienberg Abbey: October 8, 2019 | Ulrich Faust | Harburg-Wilhelmsburg

Catholic cardinal (1934–2022) | University of Madrid | Medina de Rioseco: August 23, 1934 - Guadalajara: April 27, 2022 | Carlos Amigo Vallejo | Medina de

American chemist (1933–2022) | Carbon Medal (1997), James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials (1992), Humboldt Research Fellowship, Honorary Fellow of the

Polish engineer and professor | Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta (1979), Gold Cross of Merit (1973), Silver Cross of Merit (1967), Badge "Well-deserved

German racing cyclist and chemist (1933-95) | Erftstadt: August 23, 1933 - August 21, 1995 | Manfred Donike | Erftstadt: August 23, 1933 - August 21, 1995

Iranian physicist | University of Chicago, University of Tehran, University of Toronto | Zanjan: August 23, 1932 - Hà Nam: January 1, 1784 | Yousef Sobouti

Japanese scientist | Person of Cultural Merit (2007) | Osaka University | Osaka Prefecture: August 23, 1930 - June 19, 1955 | Yasunaru Kawashima | Osaka

Russian mathematician (1928-2009) | Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (2009), Rothschild prize (1985), Hans Schneider Prize (1994)

French philosopher | Paris Nanterre University | Katowice: August 23, 1927 - 15th arrondissement of Paris: November 18, 2021 | Gwendoline Jarczyk - Gwendoline

French physicien | CNRS silver medal (1973), Prix Félix-Robin | 13th arrondissement of Paris: August 23, 1927 - Orsay: April 15, 2002 | Pierre Marin | 13th

Czech philosopher and university educator (1925–2003) | Čestná medaile T. G. Masaryka, Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk | Prague: August 23, 1925

mathematician | Széchenyi Prize (1992), Kossuth Prize (1961) | University of Szeged, Hungarian Academy of Sciences | Novi Sad: August 23, 1925 - Szeged

Dutch physicist and university professor (1923-2015) | Amersfoort: August 23, 1923 - February 11, 2015 | Marcus Johannes Sparnaay | Amersfoort: August 23, 1923

American physicist | Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award (1961) | University of Rochester | Loyston: August 23, 1921 - Santa Barbara: March 28, 2010 | Conrad

American nuclear physicist | Guggenheim Fellowship | James Madison High School, Columbia University | Brooklyn: August 23, 1920 - The Bronx: June 4, 1982

Danish physician and resistance member (1919–2017) | Knight of the 1st Class of the Order of the Dannebrog | University of Copenhagen, Horsens Statsskole

Russian mathematician (1919–1984) | Rokhlin's theorem, standard probability space, Rokhlin lemma | MSU Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics, Moscow State University

Indian meteorologist | Imperial College London | Kingdom of Thiruvithamkoor: August 23, 1918 - Thiruvananthapuram: August 16, 2001 | Anna Mani | Kingdom of

Romanian psychologist and professor | Babeș-Bolyai University | Cluj County: August 23, 1906 - Cluj-Napoca: February 17, 1996 | Alexandru Roșca (Alexandru

University professor (1904-2005) | Guggenheim Fellowship (1942) | Columbia University, Barnard College, University of Paris | Atlantic City: August 23, 1904

Spanish military personnel (1902-1936) | Crosses of Military Merit | Pamplona: August 23, 1902 - Melilla: July 18, 1936 | Virgilio Leret - Virgilio Leret Ruiz

cell biologist | Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize (1970), Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1974), British War Medal (1918), Victory Medal 1914–1918

American mathematician | University of Chicago, Brown University | Norwich: August 23, 1894 - Waterford Township: April 15, 1982 | Marion Elizabeth Stark

August 23, 1892 - Satu Mare: January 21, 2022 | André Girard (Andre Girard) | August 23, 1892 - Satu Mare: January 21, 2022

physicist | University of Graz | Olomouc: August 23, 1891 - January 1, 1979 | Angelika Szekely de Doba | Olomouc: August 23, 1891 - January 1, 1979

Russian and Soviet engineer, rocket designer (1887-1933) | International Space Hall of Fame (1976) | Rīgas politehniskais institūts | Riga: August 23, 1887

American spectroscopist and college educator | Carleton College | Castle Rock: August 23, 1882 - December 9, 1959 | Jennie Lasby Tessmann | Castle Rock: August

Austrian meteorologist (1876-1930) | University of Vienna | Vienna: August 23, 1876 - Vienna: February 7, 1930 | Felix Maria von Exner-Ewarten | Vienna: August

British physicist (1875–1966) | Fellow of the Royal Society | Imperial College London | Barrow-in-Furness: August 23, 1875 - Oxford: April 29, 1966 | William

Hungarian mathematician (1873–1916) | University of Paris, Eötvös Loránd University | Budapest: August 23, 1873 - Budapest: November 26, 1916 | Zoárd

Mexican professionist | Santiago de Querétaro: August 23, 1872 - Santiago de Querétaro: September 4, 1971 | Luis F. Pérez (Luis F. Perez) | Santiago de

German physicist (1872-1902) | Humboldt University of Berlin | Berlin: August 23, 1872 - Berlin: July 23, 1902 | Elsa Neumann | Berlin: August 23, 1872

German chemist (1870-1925) | Leipzig University, University of Wrocław | Wrocław: August 23, 1870 - Berlin: August 4, 1925 | Friedrich Auerbach | Wrocław

Belgian author, librarian and anti-colonial thinker | Mundaneum, Universal Decimal Classification | Catholic University of Leuven, Collège Saint-Michel, Free

Dutch chemist, author and university professor (1859–1953) | Oisterwijk: August 23, 1859 - Bloemendaal: August 10, 1953 | Arnold F. Holleman | Oisterwijk

German chemist and pharmacist (1855-1929) | Brunswick: August 23, 1855 - Bargteheide: September 15, 1929 | Heinrich Beckurts | Brunswick: August 23, 1855

Scottish chemist (1855-1927) | Scotland: August 23, 1855 - California: August 29, 1927 | William Morrison | Scotland: August 23, 1855 - California: August 29, 1927

German psychologist and philosopher (1849–1914) | Munich: August 23, 1849 - Vienna: January 26, 1914 | Friedrich Jodl | Munich: August 23, 1849 - Vienna

Swiss physicist (1847-1892) | Basel: August 23, 1847 - Schopfheim: December 1, 1892 | Rudolf Brefin | Basel: August 23, 1847 - Schopfheim: December 1, 1892

American physicist and astronomer (1847-1927) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Wyoming: August 23, 1847 - Wilbraham: September 12, 1927 | Sarah

Anglo-Irish innovator (1842-1912) | Royal Medal (1888), Dalton Medal (1903), Fellow of the Royal Society (1877), Bakerian Lecture (1897) | Queens' College

German historian of mathematics (1829-1920) | University of Göttingen, Heidelberg University | Mannheim: August 23, 1829 - Heidelberg: April 10, 1920 | Moritz

French physicist (1811-1863) | Officer of the Legion of Honour (1856) | Collège Stanislas de Paris, École polytechnique | Annonay: August 23, 1811 - Le

French mathematician (*1797 – †1886) | Officer of the Legion of Honour (1865), Roman count (1869), Knight of the Legion of Honour (1847) | École

Polish philosopher | Wronskian | Corps of Cadets | Wolsztyn: August 23, 1776 - Paris: August 9, 1853 | Józef Maria Hoene-Wroński - Josef Hoëné (Jozef Maria

German philosopher & scholar | Neue oder anthropologische Kritik der Vernunft | University of Jena, Leipzig University | Barby: August 23, 1773 - Jena: August 10, 1843

French naturalist, zoologist and paleontologist (1769–1832) | Knight of the Legion of Honour, Commander of the Legion of Honour, Grand Officer of the Legion

German philosopher (1761-1833) | University of Wittenberg | Heldrungen: August 23, 1761 - Göttingen: January 14, 1833 | Gottlob Ernst Schulze.

British politician (1751-1804) | Copley Medal (1798), Fellow of the Royal Society | Rugby School, Balliol College | August 23, 1751 - August 11, 1804 | George

Polish-French doctor | University of Strasbourg | Nancy: August 23, 1749 - January 1, 1817 | Karol Józef de Virion (Karol Jozef de Virion) | Nancy: August 23

August 23, 1745 - White Plains: August 11, 2009 | Joachim Michael Geuss | August 23, 1745 - White Plains: August 11, 2009

French chemist | University of Montpellier | Tourbes: August 23, 1723 - Pézenas: October 29, 1775 | Gabriel François Venel (Gabriel Francois Venel)

Korean philosopher (1482-1520) | Joseon: August 23, 1482 - January 10, 1520 | Jo Gwang-jo | Joseon: August 23, 1482 - January 10, 1520