John Lighton Synge

American user interface designer and icon artist | Seattle: March 23, 1986 - Freiburg im Breisgau: October 26, 1957 | Mike Matas | Seattle: March 23, 1986

Canadian educator and Wikimedian | WikiProject Cégep de Chicoutimi, WikiProject Université du Québec à Chicoutimi | Université du Québec à Chicoutimi

Czech physician, teacher, scientist, activist and politician | Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University

Russian scientist | Kemerovo State University | Novokuznetsk: March 23, 1972 - Cedar Rapids: February 11, 1976 | Albert Nasibulin | Novokuznetsk: March 23

German psychologist | Free University Berlin, Trier University | Germany: March 23, 1971 - May 21, 2014 | Claus-Christian Carbon | Germany: March 23, 1971 - May 21, 2014

Russian journalist | Moscow: March 23, 1970 - Moldino: April 11, 1918 | Konstantin Frumkin | Moscow: March 23, 1970 - Moldino: April 11, 1918

German university teacher | March 23, 1966 - Fort St. David: July 29, 1751 | Olaf Müller (Olaf Muller) | March 23, 1966 - Fort St. David: July 29, 1751

Israeli sociologist | Stanford University, Tel Aviv University | Jerusalem: March 23, 1962 - Rome: July 31, 1373 | Gili Drori | Jerusalem: March 23, 1962

University of Santiago de Compostela, Vigo University | March 23, 1961 - Kokomo: April 13, 1925 | María Victoria Besada Montenegro (Maria Victoria Besada Montenegro)

Polish philosopher | AGH University of Science and Technology | Przemyśl: March 23, 1960 - January 1, 0780 | Aleksander Bobko | Przemyśl: March 23, 1960

British physicist | Rutherford Medal and Prize (2016) | University of Liverpool | March 23, 1958 - Helsinki: March 28, 1899 | John C. B. Simpson | March 23

Lithuanian politician | Vilnius University | Kelmė: March 23, 1957 - Moline: May 17, 1886 | Kęstutis Masiulis (Kestutis Masiulis) | Kelmė: March 23, 1957

Canadian activist | University of Toronto (1984) | March 23, 1957 - Beijing: July 29, 1986 | Denis Rancourt | March 23, 1957 - Beijing: July 29, 1986

Canadian writer | University of Toronto, York University | Ottawa: March 23, 1955 - December 22, 2002 | B. W. Powe | Ottawa: March 23, 1955 - December 22, 2002

Russian scientist | Novosibirsk State University | Lviv: March 23, 1954 - Arequipa: August 10, 1864 | Alexander Sobolev | Lviv: March 23, 1954 - Arequipa

March 23, 1953 - Sutton Scotney: June 1, 1999 | Ajai R. Singh | March 23, 1953 - Sutton Scotney: June 1, 1999

Indian American physicist | Fulbright Scholarship | University of Delhi | Puri: March 23, 1953 - Copenhagen: September 23, 1931 | Ashok Das (physicist) | Puri

American physicist | Newcomb Cleveland Prize, Davisson–Germer Prize in Atomic or Surface Physics (2001), IBM Fellow, Fellow of the American Physical Society

French statistician | Upper Alsace University | Saint-Mandé: March 23, 1950 - November 29, 2012 | Eric Walter | Saint-Mandé: March 23, 1950 - November 29, 2012

British philosopher | Fellow of the British Academy | University of Salzburg, University of Manchester | March 23, 1950 - September 27, 1943 | Peter Simons

Danish scientist | Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog (2010) | Aarhus University | Slagelse: March 23, 1949 - April 12, 1645 | Peter Øhrstrøm (Peter

American mathematician | Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | San Francisco: March 23, 1948 - Sokoto

Israeli artist, painter, photographer, theorist and psychoanalyst | Paris Diderot University | Tel Aviv: March 23, 1948 - Bagneux: August 31, 1918 | Bracha L.

computer scientist | Stanford University | Yokohama: March 23, 1947 - Tatura: June 26, 1944 | Yasuo Matsuyama | Yokohama: March 23, 1947 - Tatura: June 26, 1944

Greek-American mathematician | Guggenheim Fellowship, Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013), Carol Karp Prize (2003), Gödel Lecturer (1998)

Israeli mathematician | Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv: March 23, 1945 - Tartu: September 27, 1852 | Moshe Goldberg | Tel Aviv: March 23, 1945 - Tartu

American logician (1943–2011) | University of California, Berkeley | Wichita: March 23, 1943 - Hanover: December 28, 2011 | James Earl Baumgartner | Wichita

Israeli sociologist and linguist | Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv: March 23, 1939 - March 23, 2013 | Itamar Even-Zohar | Tel

professor emeritus of mathematics (1937–2024) | Sloan Fellowship (1977), Noether Lecture (1995) | University of Chicago (1971) | Manhattan: March 23, 1937

Egyptian scientist (1937–2017) | Honorary doctor of the Technical University of Graz, Right Livelihood Award (2003) | Mashtūl as Sūq: March 23, 1937

French physicist (1936–2024) | Global Energy Prize (2006) | École polytechnique | Oran Department: March 23, 1936 - Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon: September 23, 2024

German philosopher | Esslingen am Neckar: March 23, 1936 - Matrei am Brenner: September 7, 2005 | Wolfgang Fritz Haug | Esslingen am Neckar: March 23, 1936

Russian mathematician and physicist (1934–2017) | Shaw Prize, Max Planck Medal (1996), honorary citizen of Saint Petersburg (2010), honorary doctorate from

1932–2012) | Szeged: March 23, 1932 - Budapest: December 20, 2012 | L. Guczi | Szeged: March 23, 1932 - Budapest: December 20, 2012

American scientist and inventor (1931–2016) | VDNKh gold medal, VDNKh bronze medal | Moscow: March 23, 1931 - Boston: June 10, 2016 | Alexander Gorlov

Russian mathematician | Order of Friendship, Honored Scientist of the RSFSR, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Honoured Worker of Science and Technology of

American computer scientist (1928-2017) | NCWIT Pioneer in Tech Award (2013), ACM Distinguished Service Award (1985), SIGPLAN Distinguished Service Award

Norwegian scientist | Fridtjof Nansen Award of Excellence, Mathematics-Natural sciences class (1970) | University of Oslo | Måsøy Municipality: March 23

German and later American aerospace engineer and space architect (1912–1977) | Langley Gold Medal (1967), Elliott Cresson Medal (1962), National Medal of

soviet physicist | Order of the Red Banner of Labour | Kyiv: March 23, 1912 - Moscow: August 28, 1995 | Yakov Feld | Kyiv: March 23, 1912 - Moscow: August 28

American mathematician (1907–1989) | Leroy P. Steele Prize (1985), National Medal of Science (1976), Paul R. Halmos - Lester R. Ford Awards (1969), Wolf

British physicist (1905–1984) | John Price Wetherill Medal (1958), Knight Bachelor, Honorary member of the British Biophysical Society, Fellow of the Royal

Dutch physicist (1905-1993) | Fellow of the American Statistical Association (1959) | Utrecht University | Langedijk: March 23, 1905 - Eindhoven: September 7, 1993

Military Academy of the Signal Corps | March 23, 1901 - Moscow: June 26, 2014 | Nikolay Ilyin | March 23, 1901 - Moscow: June 26, 2014 | Military Academy of

German sociologist and psychoanalyst (1900–1980) | Goethe Plaque of the City of Frankfurt (1978), Humanist of the Year (1966), Nelly Sachs Prize (1979) | The

March 23, 1899 - Lisbon: January 28, 1924 | Ota Hynie | March 23, 1899 - Lisbon: January 28, 1924

Hungarian writer and philosopher (1897–1968) | Kossuth Prize (1990), Hungarian Heritage Award (1996) | Eötvös Loránd University | Prešov: March 23, 1897

University of Ljubljana | March 23, 1896 - Theresienstadt concentration camp: May 2, 1945 | Alma Sodnik | March 23, 1896 - Theresienstadt concentration

Spanish engineer and inventor (1895–1984) | Medalla de Honor al Fomento de la Invención (1969) | Elorrio: March 23, 1895 - Madrid: January 30, 1984

Austrian legal scientist (1890-1970) | Prize of the City of Vienna for the Humanities (1968) | University of Vienna | Vienna: March 23, 1890 - Vienna: August 22, 1970

Italian historian and politician (1888–1948) | University of Naples Federico II | Naples: March 23, 1888 - Rome: December 29, 1948 | Guido De Ruggiero

Austrian physicist (1888-1976) | Ring of Honour of the City of Vienna | University of Vienna | Vienna: March 23, 1888 - Vienna: March 22, 1976 | Hans Thirring

French inventor (1886-1948) | Conservatoire national des Arts et Métiers | Dieuze: March 23, 1886 - Clichy: March 4, 1948 | Lucien Rouzet | Dieuze: March 23

French naval officer and inventor (1885-1963) | École Navale | Lorient: March 23, 1885 - Nice: June 1, 1963 | Yves le Prieur | Lorient: March 23, 1885 - Nice

Canadian politician (1885-1974) | Montfort-sur-Meu: March 23, 1885 - September 27, 1974 | Louis Even - Louis Pierre Marie Even | Montfort-sur-Meu: March 23

German Jewish mathematician (1882–1935) | Ackermann–Teubner Memorial Award (1932) | Noether's theorem | University of Erlangen–Nuremberg, Heidelberg

German chemist, winner of the 1953 Nobel Prize in Chemistry | Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1953), Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the

Italian mathematician (1879–1949) | University of Turin | Porto Maurizio: March 23, 1879 - Padua: December 29, 1949 | Ernesto Laura | Porto Maurizio: March

British mathematician, physicist, engineer and parapsychologist | March 23, 1879 - October 29, 1952 | George Nugent Merle Tyrrell | March 23, 1879 - October 29, 1952

Turkish writer and sociologist (1876–1924) | Altın Işık, Türkçülüğün Esasları, Muasırlaşmak, Kızıl Elma | veterinary education, Istanbul University

Russian Soviet doctor, pathophysiologist, immunologist, endocrinologist, and professor | Honored Scientist of the RSFSR | Moscow: March 23, 1873 - Moscow

Japanese bacteriologist (1873-1938) | Okayama University | Masuda: March 23, 1873 - Tokyo: November 22, 1938 | Sahachiro Hata | Masuda: March 23, 1873 - Tokyo

French mathematician and engineer (1870-1943) | Poncelet Prize (1932), Officer of the Legion of Honour (1931), Knight of the Legion of Honour (1918), Commander

American chemist (1867-1954) | William H. Nichols Medal (1905), Priestley Medal (1932), Charles Lathrop Parsons Award (1952) | Cornell University, Cushing Academy

German mathematician (1862-1930) | University of Strasbourg, Leipzig University, Ludwig-Maximilian-University in Munich | Coburg: March 23, 1862 - Bonn: January 6, 1930

Japanese writer (1861–1930) | How I Became a Christian, Consolations of a Christian, Seeking Peace of Mind, Japan and the Japanese | Tokyo School of Foreign

French inventor and industrialist | former 1st arrondissement of Paris: March 23, 1859 - 20th arrondissement of Paris: November 3, 1947 | Henri Gautreau

Japanese educator (1858–1929) | University of Tokyo | Kanazawa: March 23, 1858 - April 27, 1929 | Hōjō Tokiyuki (Hojo Tokiyuki) | Kanazawa: March 23, 1858

Medical faculty of Moscow University | March 23, 1855 - Innsbruck: August 19, 1953 | Alexander Gubarev | March 23, 1855 - Innsbruck: August 19, 1953

Czech composer, choirmaster, organist and inventor | Order of Saint Anna, 3rd class, Order of Saint Stanislaus, 3rd class | Ledeč nad Sázavou: March 23, 1849

University of Vienna | March 23, 1848 - Oxford: March 15, 1936 | Josef Moeller | March 23, 1848 - Oxford: March 15, 1936 | University of Vienna

Romanian historian (1847–1920) | Marcelin Guérin Prize (1896) | Alexandru Ioan Cuza University | Iași: March 23, 1847 - Bucharest: February 27, 1920

American mathematician (1842-1921) | Vassar College | Virginia: March 23, 1842 - January 24, 1921 | Susan Jane Cunningham | Virginia: March 23, 1842 - January 24, 1921

French engineer (1840–1924) | Order of Merit, Cross of Naval Merit, Order of Christ, Order of Saint Stanislaus, 1st class, Commander of the Order of the Lion

Austrian meteorologist (1839-1921) | Buys Ballot Medal (1893), Cothenius Medal (1888), Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order | University of Vienna

British philosopher (1835–1908) | Fellow of the British Academy, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Doctor of Letters | University of Glasgow, Balliol

American inventor (1829–1886) | National Inventors Hall of Fame (2007) | Lancashire: March 23, 1829 - Worcester: December 16, 1886 | George Crompton

French agronomist | Officer of the Legion of Honour | Pont-Saint-Esprit: March 23, 1824 - Paris: February 22, 1897 | Georges Ville | Pont-Saint-Esprit: March

American academic administrator | Miami University, Columbia Law School, Princeton Theological Seminary | Ohio County: March 23, 1824 - Asheville: January 9, 1921

German philosopher (1806-1884) | Humboldt University of Berlin | Brody: March 23, 1806 - Halle (Saale): January 11, 1884 | Hermann Ulrici | Brody: March 23

Norwegian mathematician (1795–1850) | Oslo Cathedral School, University of Oslo | Vang: March 23, 1795 - Christiania: March 28, 1850 | Bernt Michael Holmboe

Director of the US Mint (1787-1854) | Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences | University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia: March 23, 1787

Italian astronomer, microscopist, and botanist (1786-1863) | Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus, Order of Saint Joseph | University of Bologna | Modena: March

British scientist (1783-1844) | March 23, 1783 - March 30, 1844 | Samuel Tertius Galton | March 23, 1783 - March 30, 1844

Austrian chemist (1778-1864) | Mediaș: March 23, 1778 - Neuwaldegg: July 9, 1864 | Paul Traugott Meissner | Mediaș: March 23, 1778 - Neuwaldegg: July 9, 1864

French astronomer, mathematician, chemist and physicist | Gaugrehweiler: March 23, 1760 - January 29, 1843 | Jean-Louis-Alexandre Herrenschneider

Slovene mathematician, physicist and artillery officer (1754-1802) | Knight of the Order of Maria Theresa (1796) | Jezuitski kolegij v Ljubljani | Zagorica pri

French mathematician and astronomer (1749-1827) | Knight of the Legion of Honour (1803), Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Reunion (1813), Fellow of the

Swiss chemist and translator (1738-1818) | Winterthur: March 23, 1738 - Winterthur: November 15, 1818 | Johann Heinrich Ziegler | Winterthur: March 23, 1738

Swedish theologian, philosopher and philologist | March 23, 1637 - Uppsala Cathedral Assembly: October 23, 1677 | Petrus Aurivillius | March 23, 1637 - Uppsala

German mathematician and theologian | Greifswald: March 23, 1607 - Greifswald: January 16, 1658 | Johann Bering | Greifswald: March 23, 1607 - Greifswald