Holden Thorp

Italian mathematician (1985-) | Scuola Normale Superiore, University of Florence | Fiesole: August 16, 1985 - Aix-en-Provence: July 9, 1953 | Guido De

Russian chemist, wikimedian | Moscow State University, MSU Faculty of Materials Science | Moscow: August 16, 1985 - June 14, 1912 | Andrey Volykhov | Moscow

French university professor | Essai sur les données philosophiques du management | Harvard University, University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne, Paris Dauphine

Russian engineer and scientist in aircraft engine technologies | Bauman Moscow State Technical University | Moscow: August 16, 1969 - London: September 15, 1947

Russian scientist | Economics Faculty of Saint Petersburg State University | Voronezh: August 16, 1966 - Moscow: January 30, 2015 | Fyodor Andreyev | Voronezh

Indian scientist | Robert E. Marshak Lectureship (2021) | Harvard University, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay | August 16, 1963 - Pune: July 17, 2023

American astronaut | NASA Distinguished Service Medal (2001) | University of Virginia, Stanford University | Norfolk: August 16, 1958 - Washington, D.C.

French physicist | honorary doctor of the University Paris-Saclay (2023), Commander of the Legion of Honour (2023), Carl Zeiss Research Award (2013), Nobel

State Prize of the Russian Federation (1992), Lenin Komsomol Prize (1986) | Bashkir State University | August 16, 1957 - Nizhny Novgorod: December 21, 1907

American scientist | Fellow of the Optical Society (2013), Herbert P. Broida Prize (2011), Liversidge Award (2017), C.E.K. Mees Medal (2015), William F.

scientist | Masally: August 16, 1955 - August 13, 2021 | İdris Xəlilov (Idris Xəlilov) | Masally: August 16, 1955 - August 13, 2021

Belgian writer and philosopher | Etterbeek: August 16, 1955 - Lviv: July 4, 1941 | Luc Delannoy | Etterbeek: August 16, 1955 - Lviv: July 4, 1941

Canadian filmmaker (born 1954) | California Hall of Fame (2010), Academy Award for Best Picture (1998), Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation (1992), Hugo

British mathematician | Guy Medal in Silver (1994), Michael Faraday Prize (2020), Knight Bachelor, Fellow of the Royal Society, Weldon Memorial Prize (2009)

French astrophysicist | Paris Diderot University (1976), Pierre and Marie Curie University (1973), École Normale Supérieure | 6th arrondissement of Lyon

Indian astrophysicist | Tata Institute of Fundamental Research | Hubballi: August 16, 1950 - Paris: December 9, 1916 | Ajit Kembhavi | Hubballi: August 16

Russian mathematician | State National Research Polytechnical University of Perm | Perm: August 16, 1949 - Tobolsk: October 13, 1847 | Alexander Mikov | Perm

Greek computer scientist (b. 1949) | John von Neumann Theory Prize (2023), EATCS award (2015), ACM Fellow (2001), IEEE John von Neumann Medal (2016), honorary

Russian historian | Altai State Pedagogical University | Kemerovo: August 16, 1945 - Moscow: January 12, 1947 | Valery Skubnevsky | Kemerovo: August 16, 1945

Indian physics professor and scientist | Dakshina Kannada district: August 16, 1944 - Georgetown: February 27, 1879 | K. V. Rao | Dakshina Kannada district

Ukrainian mathematician | State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology, Krylov prize (2003), Pogorelov Prize (2019) | Moscow State University, MSU Faculty

Lithuanian physicist and university teacher (1940-2011) | Gulbiniškė: August 16, 1940 - Vilnius: June 8, 2011 | Zenonas Rudzikas | Gulbiniškė: August 16

Israeli physicist | Cornell University | Haifa: August 16, 1940 - Moscow: June 7, 1968 | Yigal Ronen | Haifa: August 16, 1940 - Moscow: June 7, 1968 | Cornell University

American biostatistician | Fellow of the American Statistical Association (1990) | Harvard University, Boston University | Somerville: August 16, 1940

German mathematician | Humboldt University of Berlin, TU Dresden | Döllnitz: August 16, 1939 - Copenhagen: February 5, 1929 | Herbert Kurke | Döllnitz

Soviet physicist, born 1939 | Andrei Sakharov Prize (2014) | MSU Faculty of Physics | Moscow: August 16, 1939 - Turin: July 9, 1856 | Boris Lvovich Altshuler

Swiss physicist | Robert Wichard Pohl Prize (1996), Charles Stark Draper Prize (2012), European Inventor Award (2013) | Liestal: August 16, 1938 - Geneva

Scottish chemist | Balliol College | London: August 16, 1938 - Tokyo: February 12, 1954 | Paul Sydney Braterman | London: August 16, 1938 - Tokyo: February 12, 1954

Australian doctor | Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (1998), Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (1998), Florey Medal

Russian scientist | USSR State Prize | MSU Faculty of Physics | Moscow: August 16, 1935 - Moscow: January 7, 2021 | Nikolay Kalitkin | Moscow: August 16, 1935

Russian mathematician | Merited Scientist of the Russian Federation | Moscow State University, Rostov State University | Rostov-on-Don: August 16, 1935

German mathematician | University of Giessen | Bad Kreuznach: August 16, 1931 - June 1, 2021 | Georg Johann Rieger | Bad Kreuznach: August 16, 1931 - June 1, 2021

German chemist (1930–2018) | National Prize of East Germany | Leipzig: August 16, 1930 - August 8, 2018 | Günther Schilling (Gunther Schilling) | Leipzig

Russian scientist | Medal "Veteran of Labour", Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class, Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow"

Russian scientist | Order of the Badge of Honour, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Merited Cultural Worker of the RSFSR, Medal "Veteran of Labour" | Voronezh

Dutch chemical engineer and physicist (1926–2008) | Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion (1992) | Delft University of Technology | Rotterdam: August

German physicist (1923–1996) | Otto-Hahn Prize of the City of Frankfurt am Main (1972), Werner von Siemens Ring (1987), Commander's Cross of the Order of

American mathematician (1918–2001) | Princeton University, Harvard University | Binghamton: August 16, 1918 - Sharon: January 19, 2001 | Paul Olum

American academic (1918-2014) | Cornell University, Deep Springs College | Lacon: August 16, 1918 - Pittsford: October 9, 2014 | Robert Sproull | Lacon: August

mathematician (1914–1984) | Jurzykowski Prize (1976), Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship (1967), George David Birkhoff Prize (1978), Guggenheim Fellowship

Serbian mathematician (1907–1993) | Order "For Merit to the People" with golden star (1975), AVNOJ award (1976) | Kurepa Theorem, Kurepa tree, Kurepa

Polish physicist | Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta | University of Zurich | Warsaw: August 16, 1905 - Warsaw: November 30, 1992 | Ludwik Natanson

Polish mathematician and cryptologist (1905–1980) | Silver Medal of Merit for National Defence, War Medal 1939–1945 (2005), Officer of the Order of Polonia

American biochemist and virologist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1946) | Golden Plate Award (1962), Silliman Memorial Lectures (1945), Guggenheim

American mathematician | University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign, West Virginia University, Grinnell College | Quimby: August 16, 1902 - Cuyahoga Falls

Dutch physicist (1897–1988) | honorary doctorate from the University of Strasbourg (1960), doctor honoris causa from the University of Paris (1961)

electrical and electronics research engineer, mathematician and inventor (1894-1935) | American University of Beirut, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

American chemist | William H. Nichols Medal (1931) | The Chemistry of Leather Manufacture | Lehigh University, New York University, University of Leeds

Spanish mathematician (1888–1962) | Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise (1959) | University of Göttingen, Complutense University of Madrid

German physicist (1886–1949) | Humboldt University of Berlin | Racibórz: August 16, 1886 - Freiburg im Breisgau: October 15, 1949 | Max Berek | Racibórz

American inventor, writer, editor and publisher (1884–1967) | Officer of the Order of the Oak Crown (1953), Hugo Award (1960), Science Fiction and Fantasy

French mathematician (1883-1943) | Croix de guerre 1914–1918, Officer of the Legion of Honour | École Normale Supérieure | Clermont-l'Hérault: August 16

Professor of Assyriology and Hebrew (1882–1976) | Vienna: August 16, 1882 - Nijmegen: November 16, 1976 | Franz Marius Theodor de Liagre Böhl (Franz Marius

Romanian scholar | Bucharest: August 16, 1880 - Madrid: July 19, 1954 | Constantin Antoniade | Bucharest: August 16, 1880 - Madrid: July 19, 1954

Finnish author (1879-1956) | Statsrådet Mauritz Hallberg's prize (1940) | University of Helsinki | Karttula: August 16, 1879 - Helsinki: February 21, 1956

German chemist (1878-1956) | Imperial St. Petersburg University | Tallinn: August 16, 1878 - Bonn: June 2, 1956 | Andreas von Antropoff | Tallinn: August 16

German mathematician (1874–1925) | Silver Leibniz medal (1910) | Humboldt University of Berlin | Frankfurt: August 16, 1874 - Berlin: November 16, 1925

French physicist | August 16, 1872 - Paris: March 15, 1936 | Charles Chéneveau (Charles Cheneveau) | August 16, 1872 - Paris: March 15, 1936

Danish inventor (1865–1952) | Kingdom of Denmark: August 16, 1865 - October 5, 1952 | Niels Christensen | Kingdom of Denmark: August 16, 1865 - October 5, 1952

August 16, 1864 - Stuttgart: December 18, 1899 | Hans August Larsen | August 16, 1864 - Stuttgart: December 18, 1899

German-born British philosopher | University of Oxford | Ottensen: August 16, 1864 - Los Angeles: August 6, 1937 | Ferdinand Canning Scott Schiller (A.

British chemist (1863–1949) | Longstaff Prize (1909), Fellow of the Royal Society (1897), Davy Medal (1918), Bakerian Lecture (1936) | The Manchester Grammar

theologian | Chernivtsi University | Vyzhnytsia: August 16, 1859 - Chernivtsi: January 14, 1914 | Teodor Tarnavschi | Vyzhnytsia: August 16, 1859 - Chernivtsi

Russian histologist | Moscow State University, Medical faculty of Moscow University | Moscow: August 16, 1855 - Sergiyev Posad: January 1, 1928 | Ivan

Yale University | August 16, 1854 - New Haven: January 20, 1915 | Jefferson Engel Kershner | August 16, 1854 - New Haven: January 20, 1915

Born: 16 August 1852 in Töss, Zürich, Switzerland; Died: 17 June 1918 in Bern, Switzerland | ETH Zurich, University of Bern | Töss: August 16, 1852 - Bern

university teacher from the Netherlands | Utrecht University, Leiden University | Barneveld: August 16, 1849 - December 7, 1927 | Willem Kapteyn | Barneveld

Danish chemist (1849–1900) | Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog, honorary doctorate of the University of Copenhagen | Jægerspris: August 16, 1849

August 16, 1846 - January 1, 2021 | Jean-Claude Pompeïen-Piraud (Jean-Claude Pompeien-Piraud) | August 16, 1846 - January 1, 2021

Luxembourgish physicist nationalized French (1845-1921) | Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1896), Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour (1919), Progress

German mathematician and chess player (1842-1922) | University of Wrocław | Brody: August 16, 1842 - Wrocław: January 6, 1922 | Jakob Rosanes | Brody: August

Portuguese politician | University of Porto | Porto: August 16, 1839 - January 21, 1912 | Joaquim Albuquerque | Porto: August 16, 1839 - January 21, 1912

August 16, 1838 - Paris: May 1, 1910 | Julius Upmann | August 16, 1838 - Paris: May 1, 1910

mathematician, military person (1837-1906) | Ypres: August 16, 1837 - Munich: August 4, 1906 | Joseph Tilly | Ypres: August 16, 1837 - Munich: August 4, 1906

German entrepreneur and politician, member of the Reichstag (1836-1899) | Giessen: August 16, 1836 - February 21, 1899 | Carl Clemm | Giessen: August 16, 1836

American inventor and professor (1836-1897) | Brown University | August 16, 1836 - March 3, 1897 | John Peirce | August 16, 1836 - March 3, 1897 | Brown University

German physician, physiologist, philosopher and professor (1832-1920) | Pour le Mérite (1912), Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art (1908), honorary

American inventor and businessman best known for his roller bearings (1831-1909) | National Inventors Hall of Fame (1998) | Bremen: August 16, 1831 - San

Spanish inventor and writer (1827-1862) | Ribadeo: August 16, 1827 - Santo Domingo: March 21, 1864 | Ubaldo Pasarón (Ubaldo Pasaron) | Ribadeo: August 16

English mathematician (1821-1895) | De Morgan Medal (1884), Honorary doctor of Leiden University (1875), Fellow of the Royal Society (1852), honorary doctor of

Moscow Imperial University, Faculty of Law | August 16, 1811 - Dublin: September 21, 1950 | Peter Ivanovitch Sevastianov | August 16, 1811 - Dublin

American inventor (1802-1883) | Rochester: August 16, 1802 - July 19, 1883 | Isaac Adams | Rochester: August 16, 1802 - July 19, 1883

German mathematician, philosopher and psychologist (1802-1896) | honorary citizen of Leipzig | Leipzig University, Gymnasium St. Augustin, Alte Nikolaischule (Leipzig)

Italian noble, philosopher and politician (1776-1847) | Recanati: August 16, 1776 - Recanati: April 30, 1847 | Monaldo Leopardi | Recanati: August 16, 1776

French mathematician, astronomer and naturalist (1773-1849) | Knight of the Legion of Honour (1824) | Lycée Saint-Louis, École polytechnique, Faculty of Arts of Paris

French mathematician and astronomer (1744-1804) | Fellow of the Royal Society (1789) | Arc measurement of Delambre and Méchain | École des Ponts ParisTech

English novelist, dramatist, philosopher (1674-1749) | London: August 16, 1674 - Longhorsley: May 11, 1749 | Catharine Trotter | London: August 16, 1674