John Preskill

Politician, lawyer, philosopher, writer and opinion leader. | University of the Andes, New York University | Popayán: January 19, 1978 - June 25, 2022

Burkinabè politician and mathematician | University Joseph Ki-Zerbo | Burkina Faso: January 19, 1975 - January 19, 2025 | Stanislas Ouaro | Burkina Faso

mathematician | Levitzki prize (2003) | Bar-Ilan University | January 19, 1972 - Kiel: November 7, 2016 | Uzi Vishne | January 19, 1972 - Kiel: November 7

Norwegian writer, editor and politician | Conservative Party of Norway | University of Bergen | Mo i Rana: January 19, 1968 - Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy: August 25, 2023

German sociologist and physicist | University of Göttingen | Aalen: January 19, 1965 - Auschwitz: February 11, 1944 | Dirk Helbing | Aalen: January 19, 1965

Russian mathematician, Professor, Dr.Sc., a professor at the Faculty of Computer Science at the Moscow State University. | Medal of the Order "For Merit to the

Astroparticle physicist and professor | Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2012), Fellow of the American Physical Society

American professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering | Batchelor Prize (2008), G. I. Taylor Medal (2018), Presidential Young Investigator Award (1989)

French philosopher | Saint-Étienne: January 19, 1960 - Cambridge: May 9, 2022 | Jean-Marc Ghitti | Saint-Étienne: January 19, 1960 - Cambridge: May 9, 2022

Belarusian journalist and philosopher | Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences of the Belarusian State University | Minsk: January 19, 1958 - Almaty: May 15, 1989

American philosopher and educator | Bryn Mawr College, University of Tampere, Uppsala University | New Haven: January 19, 1956 - Rendsburg: March 8, 1841

German chemist, professor and author | Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg | Halle (Saale): January 19, 1956 - Cagliari: January 25, 2001 | Michael

French visual artist and historian | School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences | Paris: January 19, 1956 - San Diego: January 1, 1968 | Laurent

French mathematician | Knight of the National Order of Merit, Knight of the Legion of Honour | École Centrale Paris, Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 | Rouen

scientist | Lviv University | Magadan: January 19, 1951 - June 28, 1982 | Irina Benatova | Magadan: January 19, 1951 - June 28, 1982 | Lviv University

Russian scientist | Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class, Honoured Worker of Higher Professional Education of the Russian Federation

Soviet philosopher, writer and musicologist | Honored Scientist of Ukraine | Gnessin Russian Academy of Music | Luhansk: January 19, 1949 - January 10, 2019

American astronomer and physicist | New Mexico State University, Calvin University | Kalamazoo: January 19, 1948 - January 1, 1930 | Harold Reitsema

Belarusian physicist | Certificate of Honour of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus (2007) | Faculty of Physics of the Belarusian State University

Soviet aeronautical engineer, scientist, Latvian entrepreneur | Riga Civil Aviation Engineers Institute | Riga: January 19, 1947 - Kazan: July 15, 2015

Italian speleologist | San Giuseppe della Chiusa: January 19, 1947 - April 30, 2021 | Stojan Sancin | San Giuseppe della Chiusa: January 19, 1947 - April 30, 2021

Russian mathematician | Maltsev Prize (2000), Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2015) | Moscow State University, MSU Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics

German mathematician | Gay-Lussac-Humboldt-Prize (1990) | University of Cologne | Düsseldorf: January 19, 1945 - Warsaw: November 15, 2009 | Ulrich

mathematician, Ph.D. Université Paris-Sud XI - Orsay 1972 | University of Paris-Sud | Toul: January 19, 1945 - Munich: July 4, 1981 | Pierre Vogel | Toul

Italian philosopher | Nuoro: January 19, 1942 - Santiago de Compostela: October 12, 1890 | Antonio Delogu | Nuoro: January 19, 1942 - Santiago de Compostela

Slovenian photographer (1938–2024) | Bjelovar: January 19, 1938 - July 28, 2024 | Tihomir Pinter | Bjelovar: January 19, 1938 - July 28, 2024

American physicist | Guggenheim Fellowship, Fellow of the American Physical Society, Lilienfeld Prize (2012), Sakurai Prize (2017) | University of Minnesota

American political scientist | Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star (2014), Rhodes Scholarship (1958), honorary doctor of the Shandong University

Israeli mathematician | Technion – Israel Institute of Technology | Haifa: January 19, 1935 - Tel Aviv: March 11, 2013 | Ilan Amit | Haifa: January 19, 1935

Japanese biophysicist | Clarivate Citation Laureates (2009), Canada Gairdner International Award (2003), Max Delbrück Prize in Biological Physics (1996)

Businessman, scientist, politician | Rutgers University, Pennsylvania State University | Westfield: January 19, 1932 - Indio: November 11, 2014 | Harry

Russian scientist | Surikov State Academic Institute of Fine Arts | Moscow: January 19, 1931 - Moscow: March 13, 2016 | Mariya Chegodayeva | Moscow: January

American philosopher (1929–2022) | Women and Evil | Montclair State University, Rutgers University, Stanford University | Irvington: January 19, 1929 - Key

City of Brno Award (2002), Czech Medal of Merit (2012) | January 19, 1929 - Rottenburg am Neckar: September 28, 1961 | Lumír Sommer (Lumir Sommer)

American mathematician (1927-2013) | Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2010), Fellow of the American Mathematical Society

American theoretical physicist and textbook author (1925–2016) | Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Fellow of the American Physical

French physicist (1919–1977) | Commander of the French Order of Academic Palms, Croix de guerre 1939–1945, Officer of the Legion of Honour | Mines

American physicist (1917–2002) | University of California, Berkeley, City College of New York, University of Wisconsin–Madison | Maspeth: January 19, 1917

Russian mathematician (1917–1996) | Order of the Badge of Honour | Irkutsk State Pedagogical College | Suvo: January 19, 1917 - Perm: October 26, 1996 | Ivan

British mathematician (1917–2008) | Fellow of the Royal Society (1958), De Morgan Medal (1974), Sylvester Medal (1979), Senior Berwick Prize (1962) | HNN

French astrologer (1916–1962) | Paris: January 19, 1916 - Nice: December 27, 1962 | Serge Raynaud | Paris: January 19, 1916 - Nice: December 27, 1962

Russian mathematician (1912-1986) | doctor honoris causa from the University of Grenoble (1966), honorary doctorate from the University of Nice-Sophia

American mathematician (1911–1996) | honorary doctor of the University of Lille (1960), Paul R. Halmos - Lester R. Ford Awards (1974), George David Birkhoff

American chemist (1904-1997) | Garvan–Olin Medal (1957), Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences | Mount Holyoke College, University of Illinois

Chinese chemist | Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (1955) | Yenching University | Beijing: January 19, 1902 - September 7, 1979 | Ying Fu

American physicist | Guggenheim Fellowship (1927) | University of Chicago, Ohio State University | Mount Gilead: January 19, 1900 - Edinburgh: August 22, 1968

German writer | Kulturpreis der deutschen Freimaurer (1966), Lessing Ring (1966), Escudo Silesiano, Nelly Sachs Prize (1965), Order of St. Olav, Peace Prize of

American film personality and fashion designer (1897-1966) | Salt Lake City: January 19, 1897 - Pasadena: June 5, 1966 | Natacha Rambova | Salt Lake City

1896-1976) | Morganfield: January 19, 1896 - Los Angeles: September 26, 1976 | Thomas Lyle Williams | Morganfield: January 19, 1896 - Los Angeles: September 26, 1976

Italian physicist and polar explorer (1896–1928) | Medal of Military Valour | Sapienza University of Rome, Polytechnic University of Milan | Milan: January

Italian historian and philosopher (1895-1944) | Tivoli: January 19, 1895 - Tivoli: May 26, 1944 | Vincenzo Pacifici | Tivoli: January 19, 1895 - Tivoli: May 26, 1944

Romanian physicist (1890–1972) | Order of the Star of Romania | Gheorghe Roșca Codreanu National College, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University | Bârlad: January

Italian mathematician (1879-1943) | Mathematical Prize of the Italian Academy of Sciences (1908) | Fubini's theorem, Fubini–Study metric | Scuola Normale

Swiss chemist, film scientist, lecturer in photography and cinematography, head of the Photographic Institute at ETH Zurich | Oberriet: January 19, 1878

Greek theologian, philosopher and university professor (1869-1935) | Leipzig University, Halki seminary | Gemlik: January 19, 1869 - Athens: November 3, 1935

Swedish engineer (1866–1907) | Polhem Prize (1895) | Voxna socken: January 19, 1866 - Färnebo parish: August 15, 1907 | Ernst Danielson | Voxna socken

British mathematician (1865-1935) | Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, Royal Medal (1916), Officer of the Order of the British Empire, Smith's Prize

entomologist (1860–1940) | Honored Scientist of the RSFSR, Order of the Red Banner of Labour | Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of Moscow Imperial

Ph.D. Universität Berlin 1880 | Humboldt University of Berlin | Gdańsk: January 19, 1855 - Zielona Góra: March 2, 1939 | Amandus Wendt | Gdańsk: January

January 19, 1853 - Sofia: August 1, 2019 | Ivan Salabashev | January 19, 1853 - Sofia: August 1, 2019

Scottish philosopher (1852-1902) | University of Edinburgh | Edinburgh: January 19, 1852 - Glasgow: February 5, 1902 | Robert Adamson | Edinburgh: January 19

Austrian mathematician (1851-1925) | Czech Technical University in Prague | Prague: January 19, 1851 - Gnigl: August 22, 1925 | Emanuel Czuber | Prague

Dutch astronomer, best known for his extensive studies of the Milky Way and as the first discoverer of evidence for galactic rotation (1851-1922) | Pour le

Dutch chemist and botanical collector (1851 – 1915) | Nijkerk: January 19, 1851 - Groningen: January 7, 1915 | Johan Frederik Eijkman | Nijkerk: January 19

German teacher, performer, musicologist and author (1848-1924) | Leipzig University, Kreuzschule | Olbernhau: January 19, 1848 - Berlin: May 10, 1924 | Hermann

Austrian chemist (1842-1915) | honorary doctor of the University of Vienna | University of Vienna | Bruntál: January 19, 1842 - Vienna: October 14, 1915

American psychologist, educator and philosopher (1842–1921) | Order of the Rising Sun, 2nd class | Andover Theological Seminary, Case Western Reserve University

German chemist and politician (1838-1920) | Silver Leibniz medal (1907) | Munich: January 19, 1838 - Nonn: February 26, 1920 | Carl Alexander von Martius

Dutch linguist and cryptographer (1835–1903) | University of Liège | Nuth: January 19, 1835 - Paris: August 9, 1903 | Auguste Kerckhoffs - Jean Guillaume

German mathematician (1833–1872) | Poncelet Prize (1868) | Humboldt University of Berlin, University of Königsberg | Kaliningrad: January 19, 1833

Chilean politician | Instituto Nacional General José Miguel Carrera | Santiago: January 19, 1823 - Buenos Aires: February 9, 1865 | Francisco Bilbao

Hungarian engineer and university teacher (1819-1890) | Budapest University of Technology and Economics | Subotica: January 19, 1819 - Budapest: May 11, 1890

Norwegian professor and theologian (1816–1897) | Nøtterøy: January 19, 1816 - Oslo: December 30, 1897 | Marcus Jacob Monrad | Nøtterøy: January 19, 1816

Swiss philosopher (1815-1895) | Lausanne: January 19, 1815 - Lausanne: January 21, 1895 | Charles Secrétan (Charles Secretan) | Lausanne: January 19, 1815

British engineer (1813-1898) | Knight Bachelor, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Fellow of the Royal Society, Albert Medal (1872), National

Apostle of the LDS Church (1811–1881) | Hartford: January 19, 1811 - Salt Lake City: October 3, 1881 | Orson Pratt | Hartford: January 19, 1811 - Salt Lake

American political philosopher, essayist, pamphlet writer, Unitarian, abolitionist, individualist anarchist, legal theorist, a member of the socialist First

American inventor | Easton: January 19, 1808 - Colchester: July 18, 1865 | Nathaniel Hayward | Easton: January 19, 1808 - Colchester: July 18, 1865

German mathematician and physicist (1806–1886) | University of Jena, Kreuzschule | Dachsenhausen: January 19, 1806 - Jena: August 12, 1886 | Karl Snell

French philosopher, mathematician and sociologist (1798–1857) | Lycée Joffre, École polytechnique | Montpellier: January 19, 1798 - Paris: September 5, 1857

Swedish poet (1790–1855) | Uppsala University | Åsbo church parish: January 19, 1790 - Stockholm City: July 21, 1855 | Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom | Åsbo

Italian mathematician, physicist and philosopher | Vieste: January 19, 1787 - Naples: May 4, 1837 | Lorenzo Fazzini | Vieste: January 19, 1787 - Naples: May 4, 1837

1785-1845) | Wenns: January 19, 1785 - Michelstadt: November 26, 1845 | Christian Tschuggmall | Wenns: January 19, 1785 - Michelstadt: November 26, 1845

Italian engineer | Mémoires sur diverses intégrales définies | University of Turin | Casalnoceto: January 19, 1781 - Turin: August 25, 1839 | Giorgio Bidone

British engineer (1736–1819) | honorary doctorate of the University of Glasgow (1806), Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scottish Engineering Hall of

French chemist (1733-1777) | Clermont-Ferrand: January 19, 1733 - August 5, 1777 | Philibert Trudaine de Montigny | Clermont-Ferrand: January 19, 1733 - August 5, 1777

Chinese scholar | Xiuning County: January 19, 1724 - Beijing: July 1, 1777 | Dai Zhen | Xiuning County: January 19, 1724 - Beijing: July 1, 1777

Japanese Zen Buddhist master (1686-1769) | Hara-juku: January 19, 1685 - Shōin-ji: January 1, 1768 | Hakuin Ekaku - 長沢岩次郎 | Hara-juku: January 19