John Backus

Greek computer scientist | ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award (2008), IMU Abacus Medal (2018), Grace Murray Hopper Award (2018), Kalai Prize (2008), ACM Fellow (2022)

Math Instructor, Maritime Self-Defense Force, Ministry of Defense | Tohoku University | April 29, 1980 - Moscow: January 6, 1990 | Jun Sasaki | April 29, 1980

French philosopher | Roubaix: April 29, 1978 - Olsberg: August 5, 1905 | Thibault Isabel | Roubaix: April 29, 1978 - Olsberg: August 5, 1905

Belarusian university teacher | Euphrosyne Polotskaya State University of Polotsk | Baravucha: April 29, 1976 - Minato: April 20, 1992 | Iryna Pazdniakova

Russian chemist | V. A. Kargin Prize (2002), Russian Federation President Prize in Science and Innovation for Young Scientists (2009) | Moscow State University

New Zealand food scientist (born 1970) | Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Food Science and Technology (2016) | Katholieke Universiteit Leuven | Malang

Russian scientist | MSU Faculty of History | Moscow: April 29, 1968 - January 18, 2005 | Dmitry Bovykin | Moscow: April 29, 1968 - January 18, 2005 | MSU

researcher ORCID ID = 0000-0001-7351-2005 | Autonomous University of Barcelona | Barcelona: April 29, 1968 - New York City: January 26, 2020 | Maria Rosa

Ukrainian astronomer | Honored Scientist of Ukraine, Excellence in Education of Ukraine Badge, Sinelnikov Prize (NAS of Ukraine) | School of Physics and

professor of mathematics | Russian Academy of Sciences, Moldova State University | Chișinău: April 29, 1961 - Kazan: June 12, 1922 | Vadim Olshevsky

Brazilian professor and writer | Tel Aviv University, University of São Paulo, University of Paris | Recife: April 29, 1959 - Eitorf: June 9, 1986 | Luiz

Armenian mathematician | Boghossian Prize, Medal of Anania Shirakatsi | Yerevan State University | Yerevan: April 29, 1958 - Yerevan: December 4, 1997 | Gegham

German physicist | Wiesbaden: April 29, 1958 - Tbilisi: September 8, 1989 | Peter Henning | Wiesbaden: April 29, 1958 - Tbilisi: September 8, 1989

ACS Award for Computers in Chemical and Pharmaceutical Research (2021), ACS Award for Creative Invention (1999) | University of Southern Mississippi

Italian philosopher (1956-) | Sapienza University of Rome | Rome: April 29, 1956 - Madison: August 19, 1993 | Donatella Di Cesare | Rome: April 29, 1956

Polish mathematician | Medal of Wacław Sierpiński (2015), Stefan Banach Prize (2020), Humboldt Prize (2011), Kuratowski Award (1984) | Brandeis University

American mathematician and academic | Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (2009), Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013)

British mathematician | Rollo Davidson Prize (1984), Mayhew Prize (1976) | St John's College, University of Cambridge | Lower Hutt: April 29, 1954 - New

Egyptian chemist and terrorist | Egypt: April 29, 1953 - Waziristan: July 28, 2008 | Midhat Mursi. أبو خباب المصري | Egypt: April 29, 1953

Professor of Ultrafast Physics and Technology at Imperial College London | Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (2022), Faraday Medal and Prize (2019)

scientist | MSU The Institute of Asian and African Studies | Moscow: April 29, 1948 - January 1, 1943 | V. A. Isaev | Moscow: April 29, 1948 - January 1, 1943

Polish mathematician | Gold Cross of Merit, Medal of the National Education Commission | Kruhel Mały: April 29, 1947 - San Giovanni Rotondo: September 21, 1996

computer scientist | IEEE Fellow | Princeton University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | April 29, 1947 - Berlin: June 5, 1906 | Hal Abelson | April

Historian and philosopher | Boulogne-Billancourt: April 29, 1946 - Garches: December 26, 1985 | François Ewald (Francois Ewald) | Boulogne-Billancourt: April

Italian mathematician | Gili Agostinelli Prize (2010), Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (2015) | University of Pavia | Vimercate

Swedish chemist | Lund University | Vetlanda: April 29, 1945 - Wollongong: February 8, 1970 | Anders Hallberg | Vetlanda: April 29, 1945 - Wollongong: February 8, 1970

Austrian university president | Erwin Schrödinger Prize (1994), Heyrovský medal (2004), Great Golden Medal of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria

Polish-American author, physicist, and translator | University of California, Los Angeles, University of California, Irvine | Warsaw: April 29, 1944

philosopher | Moscow State Pedagogical University | Halbstadt: April 29, 1944 - Zamora: March 7, 1886 | Victor Kanke | Halbstadt: April 29, 1944 - Zamora: March 7, 1886

German mathematician and historian of mathematics | Paul R. Halmos - Lester R. Ford Awards | Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg | Polepy: April 29, 1943

German physicist and author | Heinrich-Heine-Preis des Ministeriums für Kultur der DDR (1982) | Ufa: April 29, 1942 - Basel: September 29, 1973 | John

Inorganic chemist, photoelectron spectroscopist (1941-2005) | Wadham College, Merton College | Carmarthen: April 29, 1941 - England: November 19, 2005 | Tony

Polish physicist | University of Wrocław | Chortkiv: April 29, 1939 - Wrocław: November 3, 2012 | Jerzy Przystawa (A.Ł. | Andrzej Łaszcz | Czesław

scientist | Prague: April 29, 1939 - July 22, 2014 | Milan Lašťovka (Milan Lastovka) | Prague: April 29, 1939 - July 22, 2014

Professor emeritus of Organic Chemistry, Johannes-Kepler University Linz | University of Vienna | St. Pölten: April 29, 1939 - Berlin: December 2, 1934

Soviet and Russian ornithologist | Faculty of Biology, Saint Petersburg State University | Saint Petersburg: April 29, 1937 - January 1, 2017 | Vladimir A.

German mathematician and algorithms researcher (b.1936) | Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013), Knuth Prize (2008), Cantor medal (1999), Konrad

French physicist | CNRS silver medal (1969), Officer of the National Order of Merit (1993), Commander of the Legion of Honour | Mines ParisTech | Commercy

philosopher (1926-1999) | Sunderland: April 29, 1926 - Cambridge: January 17, 1999 | Renford Bambrough | Sunderland: April 29, 1926 - Cambridge: January 17, 1999

American engineer (1926–2011) | IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal (1990), Internet Hall of Fame (2012), National Inventors Hall of Fame (2007), EFF Award

April 29, 1922 - Washington, D.C.: December 22, 1991 | Roland Epstein | April 29, 1922 - Washington, D.C.: December 22, 1991

Dutch astronomer, university professor, pioneer of space science, science communicator and opponent of pseudoscience (1921–2021) | Gold Medal of the Royal

American mathematician (1915-2010) | Guggenheim Fellowship, Leroy P. Steele Prize (1980) | Princeton University, University of Cape Town | Berlin: April 29

academic (1915-2009) | University of Paris | City of Brussels: April 29, 1915 - Lausanne: January 29, 2009 | René Berger (Rene Berger) | City of Brussels

Italian priest and philosopher (1914-2004) | Alcamo: April 29, 1914 - Alcamo: November 22, 2004 | Giuseppe Barone | Alcamo: April 29, 1914 - Alcamo: November 22, 2004

French astronomer (1914-2008) | Commander of the Legion of Honour, Commander of the Order of Leopold II, Commander of the French Order of Academic Palms

April 29, 1913 - Vadstena: March 24, 1381 | Adolf Knappwost | April 29, 1913 - Vadstena: March 24, 1381

Medal "For the Defence of Moscow", Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow", Hero of Socialist Labour

Polish engineer, Silesian insurgent | Lviv Polytechnic | Przemyśl: April 29, 1900 - Gliwice: July 17, 1970 | Włodzimierz Burzyński (Wlodzimierz Burzynski)

British physical chemist, photochemist, geologist (1898-1980) | The Brackenbury Scholarship (1914), Liversidge Award (1965), Fellow of the Royal Society

Austrian nuclear physicist (1894–1970) | Lieben Prize (1937), Prize of the City of Vienna for Natural Sciences (1967), Haitinger Prize (1936), Erwin

American physical chemist | Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (1962), Golden Plate Award (1966), Arthur L. Day Medal (1969), Leonard Medal (1969)

French chemist (1891–1976) | Honorary doctors of Ghent University, Commander of the French Order of Academic Palms, honorary doctor of the University of

Polish chemist | Medal of the 10th Anniversary of People's Poland (1955) | Saint Petersburg: April 29, 1891 - Warsaw: November 27, 1967 | Bolesław Kuryłowicz

April 29, 1889 - Saint Petersburg: January 23, 1952 | Josef M. Kadlec | April 29, 1889 - Saint Petersburg: January 23, 1952

American immunologist (1888-1991) | doctor honoris causa from the University of Nancy (1960), honorary doctorate from the University of Strasbourg (1952)

American sculptor and painter (1886-1978) | Desert Maiden, Bust of Alfons Mucha, Untitled (Duck Vase), Untitled (Squirrel Candleholders), Untitled (Native

Polish philosopher and historian of philosophy, victim of Nazi terror | Heidelberg University, Ludwig-Maximilian-University in Munich, Jagiellonian University

French mathematician (1876-1975) | Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour, Prix Francoeur (1918), Petit d'Ormoy, Carriere, Thebault Award (1929), Poncelet Prize

Russian chemist | Saint Petersburg: April 29, 1874 - Saint Petersburg: September 15, 1938 | Boris Nikolaevich Menshutkin | Saint Petersburg: April 29, 1874

English-born New Zealand inventor and entrepreneur | honorary doctor of the University of New Zealand (1940), Kernot Memorial Medal (1939), Knight Bachelor

American astronomer and mathematician of the XXth century (1872–1952) | Albion College, University of Chicago | Le Roy: April 29, 1872 - Wilmette: December 7, 1952

Japanese philosopher | Keio University | Mino: April 29, 1870 - June 19, 1955 | Teiichi Kawai | Mino: April 29, 1870 - June 19, 1955 | Keio University

American bacteriologist and food scientist (1869-1937) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Purdue University | Stratford: April 29, 1869 - San Francisco

Italian lawyer, jurist and politician (1867-1941) | Verona: April 29, 1867 - Merano: October 30, 1941 | Luigi Rossi | Verona: April 29, 1867 - Merano: October 30, 1941

French mathematician, physicist and engineer (1854–1912) | Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1894), Commander of the Legion of Honour, Royal Order of the

American mathematician (1850–1930) | Harvard University, Leipzig University | Boston: April 29, 1850 - Worcester: April 10, 1930 | William Edward Story

Danish chemist and crystallographer (1842-1935) | Skælskør: April 29, 1842 - Frederiksberg: December 31, 1935 | Haldor Topsøe (Haldor Topsoe) | Skælskør

Russian engineer, inventor, pedagogue (1838-1912) | Order of St. Vladimir, 4th class (1883) | Imperial Moscow Technical School | Moscow: April 29, 1838

Spanish politician (1824–1901) | University of Barcelona | Barcelona: April 29, 1824 - Madrid: November 29, 1901 | Francisco Pi y Margall | Barcelona: April

American inventor (1810-1862) | Brandon: April 29, 1810 - October 5, 1862 | Emily Davenport | Brandon: April 29, 1810 - October 5, 1862

Austrian psychiatrist, poet and philosopher (1806-1849) | Tintern Grammar, University of Vienna | Vienna: April 29, 1806 - Vienna: September 3, 1849 | Ernst

April 29, 1797 - February 7, 1989 | Petrus Johannes Izaak de Fremery | April 29, 1797 - February 7, 1989

German inventor of early form of bicycle and typewriter (1785-1851) | Heidelberg University | Karlsruhe: April 29, 1785 - Karlsruhe: December 10, 1851 | Karl

French philosopher (1741-1816) | Lyon: April 29, 1741 - Paris: September 22, 1816 | Jean-Baptiste-Claude Delisle de Sales (Brutus | Emmanuel Ralph | Henri

German philologist, philosopher and linguist | Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Sächsisches Landesgymnasium Sankt Afra zu Meißen | Lutherstadt

Scottish physician, satirist and polymath in London (1667-1735) | Harveian Oration (1727), Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London (1710), Fellow

German philosopher | University of Jena | Weimar: April 29, 1596 - Jena: June 22, 1655 | Paul Slevogt | Weimar: April 29, 1596 - Jena: June 22, 1655 | University of Jena

April 29, 1560 - August 31, 1895 | Franciscus Parcovius | April 29, 1560 - August 31, 1895

Reformer, humanist (1494-1566) | Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg | Eisleben: April 29, 1494 - Berlin: October 2, 1566 | Johannes Agricola | Eisleben

Florentine astronomer | University of Padua | Florence: April 29, 1397 - Florence: May 19, 1482 | Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli | Florence: April 29, 1397