John Kirk

Dutch former politician | Sliedrecht: December 19, 1984 - Bern: July 1, 1876 | Peter Kwint | Sliedrecht: December 19, 1984 - Bern: July 1, 1876

Italian writer (1982-) | Strega Prize (2008) | University of Turin | Turin: December 19, 1982 - March 5, 2025 | Paolo Giordano | Turin: December 19, 1982

Galician philosopher and writer | Ramón Piñeiro Essay Award (2005) | University of Santiago de Compostela | Ourense: December 19, 1979 - Köpenick: July 13, 1807

French mathematician | CNRS bronze medal (2007) | École Normale Supérieure de Lyon | Clichy: December 19, 1975 - Belgium: February 15, 2024 | Nicolas

December 19, 1967 - Bucyrus: June 15, 1879 | Niclas Persson Tenhuinen | December 19, 1967 - Bucyrus: June 15, 1879

American illusionist (born 1967) | star on Hollywood Walk of Fame (2017) | East Meadow High School | East Meadow: December 19, 1967 - Vienna: March 20, 1881

mathematician | Fellow of the Royal Society (2022), Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (2018) | Université Libre de Bruxelles

scientist | Ural State University | Sverdlovsk Oblast: December 19, 1965 - Vladikavkaz: January 1, 1937 | Sergei Kadochnikov | Sverdlovsk Oblast: December 19

Russian scientist | Tomsk State University | Iskitim: December 19, 1963 - Nizhny Novgorod: June 20, 2011 | Sergey Avanesov | Iskitim: December 19, 1963

Chinese physicist | State Preeminent Science and Technology Award (2023), Future Science Prize (2016), Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize (2024), TWAS

Bulgarian mathematician | University of Pennsylvania | Ruse: December 19, 1961 - January 1, 1910 | Ludmil Katzarkov | Ruse: December 19, 1961 - January 1, 1910

American physicist, professor (born 1961) | Samuel Wesley Stratton Award (1995), Honorary doctorate from university of Florence, Alan T. Waterman Award (1997)

American ecophilosopher, radical environmentalist, and anti-civilization advocate | A Language Older Than Words, Endgame, The Culture of Make Believe

American mathematician | Cole Prize in Algebra (1995), Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013) | Brandeis University, Harvard University

Spanish writer | Madrid: December 19, 1952 - Vilnius: November 6, 2023 | Javier Cacho Gomez | Madrid: December 19, 1952 - Vilnius: November 6, 2023

Danish mathematician (1949–2015) | Ole Rømer Medal (1989), honorary doctor of the East China Normal University (2013) | University of Copenhagen | Kolding

Chilean chemist | Santiago: December 19, 1949 - London: January 17, 1691 | José Zagal Moya (Jose Zagal Moya) | Santiago: December 19, 1949 - London: January 17, 1691

Indian physicist | Padma Shri in science & engineering | University of Calcutta, St. John's University, Carnegie Mellon University, University of Alberta

American philosopher and educator | Cornell University, Pennsylvania State University | December 19, 1947 - New Orleans: September 30, 1843 | Michael Peter

Dutch mathematician | University of Amsterdam | Zaanstad: December 19, 1947 - Mauthausen concentration camp: October 24, 1942 | Jan Karel Lenstra | Zaanstad

French physicist & academic | Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour (2015), Officer of the Legion of Honour (2005), Commander of the Legion of Honour (2011)

American mathematical physicist (1944–2019) | Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award (1982), Clarivate Citation Laureates (2017), Dickson Prize in Science (1988)

Spanish professor | Saint George's Cross (2006), Valencian of the year award (2001), Narcís Monturiol Medal (1991) | University of Barcelona, ETH Zurich

American mathematician (1943–2024) | The Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences (2011), Shaw Prize (2011), Steele Prize for Seminal Contribution to Research

Sudanese philosopher and scientist | December 19, 1939 - Warsaw: November 23, 2015 | Ibrahim Ahmed Omer | December 19, 1939 - Warsaw: November 23, 2015

chemist | Jubilee medal "100 years of Heydar Aliyev (1923-2023)". (2024), Honored Scientist of Azerbaijan, Medal "Veteran of Labour", Medal "For Labour

Russian scientist in aerodynamics (1939-2010) | Tupolev Prize, Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class, State Prize of Ukraine in Science

Australian nuclear scientist | ANZAAS Medal (2007), Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering, Officer of the Order of Australia (2015)

American mathematician | Oswald Veblen Prize in Geometry (1966), National Medal of Science (2011), Guggenheim Fellowship, Fellow of the American Mathematical

Moscow Power Engineering Institute | December 19, 1936 - Saint Petersburg: July 23, 1939 | Vladimir Pavlovich Vizgin | December 19, 1936 - Saint Petersburg

Soviet AI specialist (1932–2019) | MSU Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics | December 19, 1932 - Moscow: October 30, 2019 | Dmitry Pospelov | December 19

Czech scientist (1932–2019) | Prague: December 19, 1932 - July 9, 2019 | Slavoj Černý (Slavoj Cerny) | Prague: December 19, 1932 - July 9, 2019

Argentinian physicist and philosopher of science (1932-2005) | University of Buenos Aires | December 19, 1932 - June 13, 2005 | Eduardo H. Flichman | December

Ukrainian scientist | December 19, 1931 - October 17, 2018 | Inna Koshevaya | December 19, 1931 - October 17, 2018

American inventor and chemist | IEEE Jack A. Morton Award (1994) | Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, University of Connecticut | Brooklyn: December 19, 1930

Uruguayan philosopher and epistemologist | University of the Republic | Montevideo: December 19, 1929 - Montevideo: December 20, 2013 | Mario Héctor Otero

Soviet physicist (1929-1997) | Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Kurchatov Medal, Lenin Prize | MSU Faculty of Physics, Moscow State University | Moscow

Soviet-Russian public figure (1927–2016) | Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class, Order of the October Revolution, Order "For Merit to the

American rabbi (1927–2020) | New York University Tandon School of Engineering, Yeshiva Torah Vodaas, Yeshiva University, Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary

American mathematician (1926–2011) | Guggenheim Fellowship | Harvard University, The Bronx High School of Science, New York University | New York City

Polish academic (1925–1978) | Bronze Medal of Merit for National Defence, Gold Medal of Merit for National Defence, Gold Cross of Merit, Bronze Medal "Armed

scientist | Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Stalin Prize, Order of Lenin | Turkmen State Pedagogical Institute | Ashgabat: December 19, 1917 - January 18, 2005

British-Australian physicist | Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (1958), Royal Medal (1976), Torbern Bergman Medal (1976), Fellow of the Royal

December 19, 1915 - June 28, 1882 | Milka Minić (Milka Minic) | December 19, 1915 - June 28, 1882

Ukrainian soviet and Ukrainian surgeon (1913–2002) | Medal "For the Capture of Königsberg", VDNKh gold medal, Order of the Patriotic War 1st class, Order of

German rocket scientist (1913-2008) | Stuhlinger Medal (2005), Rontgen-Preis (1968) | Kepler-Gymnasium Tübingen, University of Tübingen | Creglingen

German mathematician (1910–2001) | Wielandt theorem, Wintner-Wielandt theorem | Frederick William University Berlin | Niedereggenen: December 19, 1910

French physicist (1909–1943) | December 19, 1909 - Wolfenbüttel: December 3, 1943 | Louis Cartan | December 19, 1909 - Wolfenbüttel: December 3, 1943

Commander of the Order of the Lion of Finland, Cross of Liberty, 4th Class | December 19, 1908 - Espoo: May 30, 2010 | Matti Koskenniemi | December 19, 1908

Russian mathematician (1906-1978) | Order of Friendship of Peoples (1977), Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1963), Medal "For Labour Valour" (1946), Deserved

German electrical engineer, inventor and entrepreneur (1901–2002) | honorary citizen of Kiel, Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal

Institute of Linguistics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Leningrad Orient Institute

American chemist | Silver Snoopy award (1970), Garvan–Olin Medal (1950) | Columbia University, Missouri State University, Pennsylvania State University

Mexican philosopher (1883–1946) | Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun of Peru, Honorary Doctorate from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (1933)

Czech lexicographer, musicologist, publicist, educator, publicist, university educator and singer (1882-1961) | Order of Labour (Czechoslovakia) | Ptení

French chimiste (1881–1950) | Aromatherapy | 3rd arrondissement of Lyon: December 19, 1881 - Casablanca: April 21, 1950 | René-Maurice Gattefossé - Maurice

French inventor and industrial | ESPCI Paris, PSL University | December 19, 1880 - December 29, 1957 | Gabriel Boreau | December 19, 1880 - December 29, 1957

Japanese businessman and inventor | Kushimoto: December 19, 1880 - Tatura: June 26, 1944 | Yasukichi Murakami | Kushimoto: December 19, 1880 - Tatura: June 26, 1944

Serbian mathematician and wife of Albert Einstein (1875–1948) | University of Zurich, Heidelberg University, ETH Zurich | Titel: December 19, 1875 - Zurich

Indian physician (1873–1946) | Rao Bahadur, Knight Bachelor | University of Calcutta, Presidency University, Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata

Swedish design engineer and inventor | December 19, 1872 - January 1, 1954 | Erik Anton Rundlöf (Erik Anton Rundlof) | December 19, 1872 - January 1, 1954

Chinese scholar, active in New Culture movement | Hosei University | Chengdu: December 19, 1872 - Chengdu: January 1, 1949 | Wu Yu | Chengdu: December 19, 1872

Polish historian and chemist (1871–1952) | Jagiellonian University, University College London | Kraków: December 19, 1871 - Kraków: April 8, 1952 | Tadeusz

1863-1932 | Kursk: December 19, 1863 - Moscow: July 4, 1932 | Vladimir Adaryukov | Kursk: December 19, 1863 - Moscow: July 4, 1932

French mathematician and physicist (1854-1948) | Concours général, Officer of the Legion of Honour, La Caze Prize of the Academy of Sciences (1912)

Polish physicist (1852–1931) | Henry Draper Medal (1916), Dennis Gabor Medal and Prize (1929), Franklin Medal (1923), doctor honoris causa from the

Moscow Imperial University, Faculty of Law | December 19, 1846 - Tbilisi: January 14, 1889 | Pyotr Astafyev | December 19, 1846 - Tbilisi: January 14, 1889

American engineer | Hoover Medal (1936), National Inventors Hall of Fame (2006), John Fritz Medal (1924), ASME Medal (1933), Franklin Medal (1932) | Exeter

Irish chemist and physicist (1813–1885) | Royal Medal (1844), Fellow of the Royal Society, Bakerian Lecture (1876), Bakerian Lecture (1869), honorary degree

French mathematician | Knight of the Legion of Honour (1815) | Brianchon's theorem, nine-point circle | École polytechnique | Sèvres: December 19, 1783

Danish philosopher | University of Copenhagen | Copenhagen: December 19, 1756 - Frederiksberg: February 1, 1830 | Johannes Boye | Copenhagen: December 19, 1756

Swiss inventor and politician (1752-1828) | Paris: December 19, 1752 - Sion: July 30, 1828 | François Isaac de Rivaz (Francois Isaac de Rivaz) | Paris

Scottish scientist | December 19, 1746 - March 19, 1815 | James Dinwiddie | December 19, 1746 - March 19, 1815

German abbess and writer | Frankfurt: December 19, 1723 - Frankfurt: December 13, 1774 | Susanne von Klettenberg | Frankfurt: December 19, 1723 - Frankfurt

mathematician, physicist and astronomer and acting president of Harvard University in 1769 and 1773 | Fellow of the Royal Society | Harvard University

French clergyman and physicist (1700-1770) | Fellow of the Royal Society (1735) | Collège de Beauvais | Pimprez: December 19, 1700 - Paris: April 24, 1770

Dutch mathematician and astronomer | University of Franeker, Leiden University | Alkmaar: December 19, 1571 - Franeker: September 6, 1635 | Adriaan Metius

German astronomer | University of Ingolstadt | Blaubeuren: December 19, 1452 - Blaubeuren: February 26, 1531 | Johannes Stöffler (Johannes Stoffler)