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Johann Heinrich Lambert

  • Mulhouse: August 26, 1728 celebration
  • Berlin: September 25, 1777 celebration
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    Johann Heinrich Lambert  
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    France, Republic of Mulhouse  
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    Johann Heinrich Lambert
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    Jean-Henri Lambert  
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  • celebration Date of birth

    Mulhouse: August 26, 1728  
  • deceased Rest in Peace

    Berlin: September 25, 1777  
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  • engineering Field of Work

    1. mathematics
     
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    1. University of Göttingen
     
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    1. Beer–Lambert law
    2. Lambert W function
    3. Lambert conformal conic projection
    4. Lambertian reflectance
    5. Lambert's cosine law
    6. Lambert series
    7. Photometria
    8. Cosmologische Briefe
    9. Neues Organon oder Gedanken über die Erforschung und Bezeichnung des Wahren
     
  • German mathematician, physicist and astronomer (1728-1777) | Beer–Lambert law, Lambert W function, Lambert conformal conic projection, Lambertian

1. Hugo Duminil-Copin

  • Châtenay-Malabry: August 26, 1985 celebration

French mathematician, Fields Medal winner in 2022 | Rollo Davidson Prize (2012), EMS Prize (2016), Fields medal (2022), Oberwolfach Prize (2013), Cours Peccot

2. César Sánchez Pérez (Cesar Sanchez Perez)

  • Navalmoral de la Mata: August 26, 1978 celebration

Spanish politician | University of Alicante | Navalmoral de la Mata: August 26, 1978 - Ústí nad Labem: February 11, 2021 | César Sánchez Pérez (Cesar

3. Anatoly Rykov

  • Saint Petersburg: August 26, 1978 celebration

Russian professor, art historian, and theorist | Saint Petersburg State Institute of History | Saint Petersburg: August 26, 1978 - Moscow: July 16, 1999

4. Yuzef Dremlyug

  • Saint Petersburg: August 26, 1974 celebration

Russian scientist | Herzen University | Saint Petersburg: August 26, 1974 - September 23, 2000 | Yuzef Dremlyug | Saint Petersburg: August 26, 1974 - September 23, 2000

5. Takurō Mochizuki (Takuro Mochizuki)

  • August 26, 1972 celebration

mathematician in Japan | Japan Academy Prize (2011) | Kyoto University | August 26, 1972 - January 1, 1067 | Takurō Mochizuki (Takuro Mochizuki) | August 26

6. Marcus du Sautoy

  • London: August 26, 1965 celebration

British professor of mathematics | Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013), Berwick Prize (2001), Christopher Zeeman Medal (2014), Michael Faraday

7. Jürgen Richter-Gebert (Jurgen Richter-Gebert)

  • Darmstadt: August 26, 1963 celebration

German mathematician | Ars legendi award for excellent university teaching (2011), Communicator Award of DFG (2021), Gauss Lectureship (2013) | Royal Institute

8. Oleksandr Yeremenko

  • August 26, 1959 celebration

D. I. Chyzhevsky Prize (2009) | University of Luhansk | August 26, 1959 - Paris: May 20, 2007 | Oleksandr Yeremenko | August 26, 1959 - Paris: May 20, 2007

9. Tine Wilde

  • Nijmegen: August 26, 1955 celebration

Dutch artist | Nijmegen: August 26, 1955 - March 14, 2016 | Tine Wilde - Martina Christina Wilde | Nijmegen: August 26, 1955 - March 14, 2016

10. Andrea Saltelli

  • Rome: August 26, 1953 celebration

Italian mathematician (1953-) | Sapienza University of Rome | Rome: August 26, 1953 - Paris: November 6, 1904 | Andrea Saltelli | Rome: August 26, 1953

11. Rainer Beckert

  • Dresden: August 26, 1952 celebration

German chemist and author | Dresden: August 26, 1952 - Vienna: September 15, 1954 | Rainer Beckert | Dresden: August 26, 1952 - Vienna: September 15, 1954

12. Edward Witten

  • Baltimore: August 26, 1951 celebration

American theoretical physicist | Crafoord Prize, Nemmers Prize in Mathematics (2000), Albert Einstein World Award of Science (2016), Clay Research Award

13. Swapan Chattopadhyay

  • Kolkata: August 26, 1951 celebration

Indian physicist | University of Calcutta, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur | Kolkata: August 26, 1951 - Kolkata: March 28, 1899 | Swapan Chattopadhyay

14. Paul van Tongeren

  • Deventer: August 26, 1950 celebration

Dutch philosopher and university teacher (*1950) | Socrates-challenge cup (2013) | Katholieke Universiteit Leuven | Deventer: August 26, 1950 - Leiden: August 12, 1874

15. Don W. Cleveland

  • Waynesville: August 26, 1950 celebration

American cancer biologist and neurobiologist | Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2009), Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences

16. Jorge Adrian Beloqui

  • August 26, 1949 celebration
  • Buenos Aires: March 9, 2023 deceased

university professor and researcher active in Brazil | University of Buenos Aires, Instituto Nacional de Matemática Pura e Aplicada | August 26, 1949 - Buenos

17. Susanna Mkrtchyan

  • Yerevan: August 26, 1949 celebration

Armenian Wikimedian | Wikimedian of the Year – Honorable mention (2015) | Yerevan State University | Yerevan: August 26, 1949 - Karachi: February 21, 2025

18. Amos Smith

  • Lewisburg: August 26, 1944 celebration
  • Merion Station: February 3, 2025 deceased

American chemist | William H. Nichols Medal (2014), American Chemical Society Award for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic Chemistry (1997), Guggenheim

19. Hugh Montgomery

  • Muncie: August 26, 1944 celebration

American mathematician (born 1944) | Rhodes Scholarship, Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013), Adams Prize (1972), Salem Prize (1974)

20. Mahmud Malikov

  • Kulob District: August 26, 1939 celebration

scientist | Tajik National University | Kulob District: August 26, 1939 - Giessen: March 16, 1922 | Mahmud Malikov | Kulob District: August 26, 1939 - Giessen

21. Andreas Dress

  • Berlin: August 26, 1938 celebration
  • February 23, 2024 deceased

German mathematician (1938–2024) | University of Kiel, University of Tübingen, Free University Berlin | Berlin: August 26, 1938 - February 23, 2024

22. Zafar Usmanov

  • Dushanbe: August 26, 1937 celebration
  • October 13, 2021 deceased

Soviet and Tajik mathematician | Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" | MSU Faculty of Mechanics and

23. Ugo Amaldi

  • Rome: August 26, 1934 celebration

Italian physicist, son of Edoardo Amaldi | honorary doctorate of Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 (1997), Wolfgang Paul Lecture (1996) | Sapienza University of Rome

24. Horst Schumann

  • Leipzig: August 26, 1929 celebration
  • August 8, 2020 deceased

German mathematician (1929-2020) | Leipzig University | Leipzig: August 26, 1929 - August 8, 2020 | Horst Schumann | Leipzig: August 26, 1929 - August 8, 2020

25. Henry W. Gould

  • Portsmouth: August 26, 1928 celebration

mathematician | National Radio Institute, University of Virginia | Portsmouth: August 26, 1928 - Spandau: August 26, 1865 | Henry W. Gould | Portsmouth: August

26. Sangharakshita

  • Tooting: August 26, 1925 celebration
  • Hereford: October 30, 2018 deceased

Founder of the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order (1925–2018) | Tooting: August 26, 1925 - Hereford: October 30, 2018 | Sangharakshita - Dennis Philip

27. Ernest Michael

  • Zurich: August 26, 1925 celebration
  • Seattle: April 29, 2013 deceased

American mathematician (1925-2013) | Guggenheim Fellowship, Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013) | Cornell University, University of Chicago

28. Alain Peyrefitte

  • Najac: August 26, 1925 celebration
  • 16th arrondissement of Paris: November 27, 1999 deceased

French scholar and politician (1925–1999) | grand prix de la Société de géographie (1995), Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres (1974), Officer of the

29. Dušan Hadži (Dusan Hadzi)

  • Ljubljana: August 26, 1921 celebration
  • September 24, 2019 deceased

Slovenian chemist | Order "For Merit to the People", Boris Kidrič Fund award, Kidrič Prize, Order of the Republic | Ljubljana: August 26, 1921 - September 24, 2019

30. Shimshon Amitsur

  • Jerusalem: August 26, 1921 celebration
  • Jerusalem: September 5, 1994 deceased

Israeli mathematician (1921–1994) | honorary doctor of Ben-Gurion University (1990), Israel Prize (1953), Rothschild prize (1969) | Amitsur–Levitzki

31. Sonja Lyttkens

  • Engelbrekt church parish: August 26, 1919 celebration
  • Helga Trefaldighet: December 18, 2014 deceased

Swedish mathematician | Uppsala University | Engelbrekt church parish: August 26, 1919 - Helga Trefaldighet: December 18, 2014 | Sonja Lyttkens | Engelbrekt

32. Guy von Dardel

  • Stockholm: August 26, 1919 celebration
  • Geneva: August 28, 2009 deceased

Swedish physicist (1919–2009) | Royal Institute of Technology | Stockholm: August 26, 1919 - Geneva: August 28, 2009 | Guy von Dardel | Stockholm: August 26

33. Katherine Johnson

  • White Sulphur Springs: August 26, 1918 celebration
  • Newport News: February 24, 2020 deceased

African-American mathematician | Arthur B.C. Walker II Award (2016), NCWIT Pioneer in Tech Award (2015), honorary degree from Spelman College (2017), Hubbard

34. Chi-Ming Chu

  • Yixing: August 26, 1917 celebration
  • January 6, 1998 deceased

Chinese scientist | Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (1980) | Fudan University Shanghai Medical College, University of Cambridge | Yixing: August

35. Albert Sabin

  • Białystok: August 26, 1906 celebration
  • Washington, D.C.: March 3, 1993 deceased

Jewish-Polish-American physician and epidemiologist who developed oral polio vaccines (1906-1993) | Bavarian Order of Merit, Howard Taylor Ricketts Prize

36. Wolfgang Krull

  • Baden-Baden: August 26, 1899 celebration
  • Bonn: April 12, 1971 deceased

German mathematician (1899-1971) | Krull ring, Krull dimension, Krull–Schmidt theorem, Krull's theorem, Krull's principal ideal theorem, Krull–Akizuki

37. Eduard Baumgarten

  • Freiburg im Breisgau: August 26, 1898 celebration
  • Frankfurt: August 15, 1982 deceased

German sociologist and philosopher (1898-1982) | Freiburg im Breisgau: August 26, 1898 - Frankfurt: August 15, 1982 | Eduard Baumgarten | Freiburg im Breisgau

38. Elizebeth Smith Friedman

  • Huntington: August 26, 1892 celebration
  • Plainfield: October 31, 1980 deceased

American cryptanalyst and author (1892-1980) | College of Wooster, Hillsdale College (1915) | Huntington: August 26, 1892 - Plainfield: October 31, 1980

39. Hans Pettersson

  • Forshälla församling: August 26, 1888 celebration
  • Vasa parish: January 25, 1966 deceased

Swedish oceanographer, physicist and explorer (1888–1966) | Patron’s Medal (1949), Vega Medal (1950), Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1956)

40. Jerome Clarke Hunsaker

  • Creston: August 26, 1886 celebration
  • Boston: September 10, 1984 deceased

American aviator (1886–1984) | Medal for Merit, Distinguished Service Cross, Navy Cross, Langley Gold Medal (1955), Franklin Medal (1942), Daniel Guggenheim

41. Enrique Moles Ormella

  • Barcelona: August 26, 1883 celebration
  • Madrid: March 30, 1953 deceased

Spanish scientist (1883-1953) | Legion of Honour | University of Geneva, Ludwig-Maximilian-University in Munich, University of Barcelona, Leipzig University

42. James Franck

  • Hamburg: August 26, 1882 celebration
  • Göttingen: May 21, 1964 deceased

German physicist (1882–1964) | Hanseatic Cross, Iron Cross, Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1964), Nobel Prize in Physics (1925), Rumford Prize (1955)

43. Panait Cerna

  • Cerna: August 26, 1881 celebration
  • Leipzig: March 26, 1913 deceased

Romanian writer and academic (1881-1913) | Humboldt University of Berlin, University of Bucharest, Leipzig University | Cerna: August 26, 1881 - Leipzig: March 26, 1913

44. Giorgio Del Vecchio

  • Bologna: August 26, 1878 celebration
  • Genoa: November 28, 1970 deceased

Italian legal philosopher (1878-1970) | Gautieri Award (1921), honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense (1961) | University of Genoa | Bologna

45. Stefan Ossowiecki

  • Moscow: August 26, 1877 celebration
  • Warsaw: January 1, 1944 deceased

Polish engineer (1877–1944) | Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology | Moscow: August 26, 1877 - Warsaw: January 1, 1944 | Stefan Ossowiecki

46. Gottlob Honold

  • Langenau: August 26, 1876 celebration
  • Stuttgart: March 17, 1923 deceased

German engineer (1876–1923) | Langenau: August 26, 1876 - Stuttgart: March 17, 1923 | Gottlob Honold | Langenau: August 26, 1876 - Stuttgart: March 17, 1923

47. Giuseppe Vitali

  • Ravenna: August 26, 1875 celebration
  • Bologna: February 29, 1932 deceased

Italian mathematician (1875-1932) | Mathematical Prize of the Italian Academy of Sciences (1927) | Vitali set, Vitali covering lemma, Vitali–Hahn–Saks

48. Lee de Forest

  • Council Bluffs: August 26, 1873 celebration
  • Hollywood: June 30, 1961 deceased

American inventor (1873–1961) | Elliott Cresson Medal (1923), Edison Medal (1946), star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Academy Honorary Award (1960), National

49. Morita Kumando

  • August 26, 1858 celebration

Yale University | August 26, 1858 - Warsaw: January 1, 1847 | Morita Kumando | August 26, 1858 - Warsaw: January 1, 1847 | Yale University

50. Émile Boirac (Emile Boirac)

  • Guelma: August 26, 1851 celebration
  • Dijon: September 20, 1917 deceased

French philosopher, parapsychologist, promoter of Esperanto and writer (1851–1917) | Knight of the Legion of Honour | University of Bordeaux | Guelma: August

51. Richard Godeffroy

  • Vienna: August 26, 1847 celebration
  • Vienna: October 22, 1895 deceased

Austrian chemist (1847–1895) | Vienna: August 26, 1847 - Vienna: October 22, 1895 | Richard Godeffroy | Vienna: August 26, 1847 - Vienna: October 22, 1895

52. William Ivey

  • Hobart: August 26, 1838 celebration
  • April 13, 1892 deceased

New Zealand agricultural scientist and director (1838-1892) | Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry | Royal Agricultural University | Hobart: August 26

53. Henry P. H. Bromwell

  • Baltimore: August 26, 1823 celebration
  • Denver: January 9, 1903 deceased

American politician | McKendree University | Baltimore: August 26, 1823 - Denver: January 9, 1903 | Henry P. H. Bromwell | Baltimore: August 26, 1823 - Denver

54. Janez Puhar

  • Kranj: August 26, 1814 celebration
  • Kranj: August 7, 1864 deceased

Slovenian catholic priest, inventor and photographer (1814–1864) | Kranj: August 26, 1814 - Kranj: August 7, 1864 | Janez Puhar | Kranj: August 26, 1814

55. Ludwig Kambly

  • August 26, 1811 celebration
  • August 17, 1887 deceased

German teacher and mathematician (1811-1887) | August 26, 1811 - August 17, 1887 | Ludwig Kambly | August 26, 1811 - August 17, 1887

56. Karl von Espenberg

  • Hõbeda: August 26, 1761 celebration
  • Huuksi manor: July 31, 1822 deceased

Baltic German physician and explorer (1761-1822) | University of Erlangen | Hõbeda: August 26, 1761 - Huuksi manor: July 31, 1822 | Karl von Espenberg

57. Antoine Lavoisier

  • Paris: August 26, 1743 celebration
  • place de la Concorde: May 8, 1794 deceased

French chemist | 72 names on the Eiffel Tower, Concours général, gold medal (1766), Fellow of the Royal Society, Hommes illustres | conservation of mass

58. Joseph-Michel Montgolfier

  • Davézieux: August 26, 1740 celebration
  • Balaruc-les-Bains: June 26, 1810 deceased

French inventor, older of the 18th-century Montgolfier brothers | Knight of the Legion of Honour | hot air balloon | Davézieux: August 26, 1740

59. Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle (Jean-Baptiste L. Rome de l'Isle)

  • Gray: August 26, 1736 celebration
  • Paris: March 7, 1790 deceased

French geologist | Collège Sainte-Barbe | Gray: August 26, 1736 - Paris: March 7, 1790 | Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle (Jean-Baptiste L. Rome de l'Isle)

60. Johann Heinrich Lambert

  • Mulhouse: August 26, 1728 celebration
  • Berlin: September 25, 1777 deceased

German mathematician, physicist and astronomer (1728-1777) | Beer–Lambert law, Lambert W function, Lambert conformal conic projection, Lambertian

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