Rifa'a at-Tahtawi

Russian scientist | Kazan Federal University | Mendeleyevsk: October 15, 1988 - Tübingen: December 21, 1848 | Danis Şakirof (Danis Sakirof) | Mendeleyevsk

Spanish physics | Facultad de Ciencias Físicas (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), EUDE Business School | Madrid: October 15, 1985 - Hanover: April 17, 1920

German philosopher | King's College London | Wetzlar: October 15, 1973 - Pamplona: November 2, 2023 | Stefan Lorenz Sorgner | Wetzlar: October 15, 1973

South Korean politician | University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign, Seoul National University | Yeongdeungpo District: October 15, 1965 - January 16, 0919

Russian physicist | Saint Petersburg State University | October 15, 1965 - Santiago de Compostela: March 21, 1961 | Vladimir G. Dubrovskii | October 15, 1965

stientist | Medal "For Impeccable Service", 3rd class, Medal "10 years to the Armed Forces of Ukraine", Honored Scientist of Ukraine, Medal "For Distinction in

scientist | Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class, Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class | North Ossetian State University

Polish university teacher | Eugeniusz Piasecki Academy of Physical Education in Poznań | Szczecinek: October 15, 1959 - Poznań: February 23, 2024 | Leszek

Italian mathematician | Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, NYU, University of L'Aquila, New York University | Pratola Peligna: October 15, 1958

Finnish researcher, translator, illustrator and writer | Vantaa cultural prize (2008), Eino Leino Prize (2002) | University of Helsinki | Espoo: October 15

Israeli academic and entrepreneur | Technion – Israel Institute of Technology | Israel: October 15, 1957 - Budapest: January 13, 1931 | Shlomo Ben-Haim

British physicist | Sam Edwards Medal and Prize (2021), Fellow of the Institute of Physics, Fellow of the Royal Society (2013) | Wolfson College, Somerville

creator of the Tcl/Tk development environment | ACM Fellow (1994), ACM Software System Award (1997), IEEE Reynold B. Johnson Information Storage Systems Award

Swiss mathematician | Heriot-Watt University, University of Geneva | Alexandria: October 15, 1953 - Philadelphia: June 14, 1856 | Bernard Dacorogna

Russian historian and philosopher | State Prize of the Russian Federation | Moscow University's Department of Philosophy | Moscow: October 15, 1953 - May 13, 1974

scientist | Lankaran District: October 15, 1953 - Nesovice: May 15, 1772 | Isa mammadov | Lankaran District: October 15, 1953 - Nesovice: May 15, 1772

Chemist and Professor at University Augsburg | Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2019) | Winterthur: October 15, 1952

American scientist who studies human vision and its changes across the life span | University of Kansas, Brown University | Humphrey: October 15, 1951 - Rome

German physicist | Oppenau: October 15, 1949 - Hamburg: June 25, 1995 | Bruno Thomauske | Oppenau: October 15, 1949 - Hamburg: June 25, 1995

American scientist and politician | Joseph A. Burton Forum Award (2017), ASCB Public Service Award (2014), Philip Hauge Abelson Prize (2010) | New York

American musician | Grammy Awards (2002), North Carolina Award for Fine Arts (2021), North Carolina Award (2021) | Palisades Charter High School | Gatesville

Swiss mathematician | Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (2008) | ETH Zurich | Rohr: October 15, 1945 - Budapest: March 24, 1945 | Erwin

British chemist; (1945-2015) | American Chemical Society Award in Inorganic Chemistry (1989), Davy Medal (1999), Guggenheim Fellowship, Centenary Prize (1994)

Romanian physicist | Babeș-Bolyai University | Cluj-Napoca: October 15, 1943 - Massachusetts: January 1, 2001 | Ildikó Mócsy (Ildiko Mocsy) | Cluj-Napoca

Argentine musician | University of Buenos Aires | October 15, 1942 - Valencia: August 8, 2019 | Carlos Núñez Cortés (Carlos Nunez Cortes) | October 15, 1942

Swiss mathematician | University of Neuchâtel | October 15, 1941 - March 7, 2025 | Alain M. Robert | October 15, 1941 - March 7, 2025 | University of Neuchâtel

East Siberia State University of Technology and Management | October 15, 1940 - Moscow: February 27, 2010 | Boris Tanganov | October 15, 1940 - Moscow

Polish chemist | Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Medal of the 40th Anniversary of People's Poland, honorary doctorate of the Łódź University of

French literary critic (1938–2021) | Officer of Arts and Letters (2015) | University of Nice Sophia Antipolis | Paris: October 15, 1938 - Ensenada: November 8, 2021

Lithuanian physicist (1935-2014) | Vilnius University | Kaunas: October 15, 1935 - Vilnius: October 5, 2014 | Ramūnas Katilius (Ramunas Katilius) | Kaunas

Canadian-American philosopher | Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand, The Ominous Parallels | New York University, University of Manitoba | Winnipeg

Canadian chemist (1931–2012) | Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Kołos Medal (2000), Guggenheim Fellowship | McMaster University | Kitchener: October

Iranian-American transhumanist philosopher and futurist | City of Brussels: October 15, 1930 - New York City: July 8, 2000 | FM-2030 | City of Brussels

Russian physicist | Order of Friendship of Peoples, USSR State Prize, Medal "For Distinguished Labour" | Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology | Saint

Italian nuclear physicist | honorary doctor of the Peking University (1990), Enrico Fermi Prize (2001), Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

American philosopher (1929–2017) | Barwise Prize (2005), honorary doctor of Erasmus University Rotterdam, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and

Indian Professor of Physics | Fulbright Scholarship | University of Wisconsin–Madison, Banaras Hindu University | Vijayapura: October 15, 1927 - January 14, 2022

British organic chemist (1927-2006) | Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, honorary doctor of the University of Leicester, Fellow of the Royal Society

German historian of mathematics (1927–2011) | Kenneth O. May Prize (1993) | Leipzig University | Waldheim: October 15, 1927 - Leipzig: April 26, 2011 | Hans

Spanish writer (1926–2012) | Premio Nacional a la Obra de un Traductor (2006), Premio Nacional de Literatura Dramática (1999), National Award of Essay (1990)

French philosopher (1926–1984) | Discipline and Punish, The Order of Things, The History of Sexuality, The Archaeology of Knowledge, L'usage des plaisirs

Soviet inventor and writer (1926–1998) | theory of inventive problem solving | Azerbaijan State Oil and Industrial University | Tashkent: October 15, 1926

French physicist (1925–2012) | Officer of the Legion of Honour, Blondel Medal (1966) | French Civil Aviation University, Science Faculty of Paris, École

Hungarian economist, philosopher (1925–2019) | University of Western Australia, Nuffield College | Aba: October 15, 1925 - Néville: January 23, 2019

Slovenian physicists | Kidrič Prize, Order of Labour | University of Ljubljana | Ljubljana: October 15, 1923 - Ljubljana: April 5, 2022 | Peter Gosar

Roman Catholic priest and educator (1922–2005) | Desio: October 15, 1922 - Milan: February 22, 2005 | Luigi Giussani | Desio: October 15, 1922 - Milan

American geneticist (1921–2007) | doctor honoris causa from the Pierre and Marie Curie University (1983), Gruber Prize in Neuroscience (2004), International

German physicist (1920–1990) | Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award (1977) | Technische Universität Berlin | Berlin: October 15, 1920 - Lunds

Thai science educator | October 15, 1919 - July 6, 1971 | Stang Mongkolsuk | October 15, 1919 - July 6, 1971

October 15, 1917 - Albuquerque: January 6, 1972 | Howard Clayton Eberline | October 15, 1917 - Albuquerque: January 6, 1972

American inventor and architect (1917–1998) | National Inventors Hall of Fame (2015) | Rosemont College, Yale University, Yale School of Architecture

Ukrainian chemist | National University of Kharkiv | Grayvoron: October 15, 1913 - Kyiv: November 25, 2001 | Ivan Ushenko | Grayvoron: October 15, 1913 - Kyiv

Order of the Red Star, Order of the Badge of Honour, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War

Italian theoretical physicist (1909-1992) | Matteucci Medal (1980), Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics (1967) | University of Turin | Turin

German-born British mathematician | Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (1964), Adams Prize (1952), Matthew Flinders Medal and Lecture (1984), Fellow

Chinese scientist (1907-1968) | Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (1955) | Zhejiang University, Tsinghua University | Kaifeng: October 15, 1907

South African entomologist (1902–2000) | Prieska: October 15, 1902 - United States: December 6, 2000 | Botha de Meillon - Schalk Jacobus Botha de Meillon

Danish mathematician (1890–1959) | Nielsen–Schreier theorem, Fenchel–Nielsen coordinates, Nielsen theory, Nielsen–Thurston classification, Nielsen transformation

French military officer and mathematician (1875–1918) | Officer of the Order of the Star of Romania (1917), Officer of the French Order of Academic Palms

German mathematician (1873–1942) | Humboldt University of Berlin | Berlin: October 15, 1873 - Berlin: October 26, 1942 | Rudolf Rothe | Berlin: October 15

Faculty of Law, Saint Petersburg State University | October 15, 1873 - Celle: August 13, 1934 | A. A. Zhizhilenko | October 15, 1873 - Celle: August 13, 1934

Uruguayan philosopher (1872–1958) | University of the Republic | Montevideo: October 15, 1872 - Montevideo: January 3, 1958 | Carlos Vaz Ferreira - Carlos

Belgian politician | Tongeren: October 15, 1868 - Leuven: November 19, 1927 | Simon Deploige | Tongeren: October 15, 1868 - Leuven: November 19, 1927

French physicist (1868–1917) | mort pour la France, Officer of the Legion of Honour, Officier de l'Instruction publique | École Navale | Brest: October 15

Swiss physicist (1866-1942) | doctor honoris causa from the University of Paris (1926) | University of Geneva | Champvent: October 15, 1866 - Geneva: July 15, 1942

American-born French medical doctor (1859-1927) | Officer of the Legion of Honour | Paris Medical Faculty | San Francisco: October 15, 1859 - Paris: November 5, 1927

Poet and writer (1859–1936) | Law School of the University of Coimbra | Aveiro: October 15, 1859 - Eixo: February 26, 1936 | Jaime de Magalhães Lima (Jaime

Dutch mathematician (1848–1922) | Utrecht University | Groningen: October 15, 1848 - The Hague: February 9, 1922 | Jacob Cardinaal | Groningen: October 15

American chemist (1848–1920) | Amherst College, University of Göttingen | Cambridge: October 15, 1848 - Maine: September 8, 1920 | Harmon Northrop Morse

Russian mathematician (1846-1907) | National University of Kharkiv | Kropyvnytskyi: October 15, 1846 - Zhovid: August 22, 1907 | Platon Poretsky

German philosopher (1844–1900) | Thus Spoke Zarathustra | Leipzig University, University of Bonn, Domgymnasium Naumburg, Landesschule Pforta | Röcken

October 15, 1841 - Saint Petersburg: October 20, 1913 | Auguste Mauler | October 15, 1841 - Saint Petersburg: October 20, 1913

German mathematician (1837-1921) | Humboldt University of Berlin, Heidelberg University, Friedrich-Wilhelms-Gymnasium of Posen | Poznań: October 15, 1837

Czech philosopher (1837–1902) | Hořice: October 15, 1837 - Malá Strana: June 30, 1902 | Josef Durdík (Josef Durdik | Jan Bušil) | Hořice: October 15

German physicist (1836–1913) | University of Edinburgh | Barth: October 15, 1836 - Greifswald: September 27, 1913 | Wilhelm Holtz | Barth: October 15, 1836

German physicist (1834-1909) | University of Zurich, University of Königsberg, Heidelberg University | Varel: October 15, 1834 - Wrocław: April 21, 1909

British physicist | University College London, University of Marburg | London: October 15, 1833 - London: October 21, 1886 | Frederick Guthrie | London

German astronomer (1832-1895) | Humboldt University of Berlin | Garnholt: October 15, 1832 - Berlin: June 21, 1895 | Friedrich Tietjen | Garnholt: October 15

American astronomer (1829–1907) | Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1879), Lalande Prize (1877), Knight of the Legion of Honour (1896) | New-York

Modern Russian philosopher (1828–1891) | Moscow Theological Academy | Novorzhevskij County: October 15, 1828 - Sergiyev Posad: December 15, 1891 | Viktor

Spanish scientist | Commander of the Order of Isabella the Catholic | Real Instituto Industrial de Madrid | Badajoz: October 15, 1827 - Seville: October 29, 1888

German teacher, geographer and philosopher (1808-1896) | University of Bonn | Ludwigsstadt: October 15, 1808 - Düsseldorf: January 30, 1896 | Ernst Kapp

French mathematician (1797-1870) | École polytechnique | Lauterbourg: October 15, 1797 - Strasbourg: July 27, 1870 | Pierre Joseph Étienne Finck (Pierre

German philologist (1797–1855) | Humboldt University of Berlin | Oldenburg: October 15, 1797 - Berlin: November 25, 1855 | Karl Wilhelm Ludwig Heyse

Danish chemist | University of Copenhagen | Slagelse: October 15, 1789 - Copenhagen: November 12, 1847 | William Christopher Zeise | Slagelse: October 15, 1789

Spanish poet (1775-1848) | University of Seville | Seville: October 15, 1775 - Seville: October 5, 1848 | Alberto Lista - Alberto Rodríguez de Lista y Aragón

German mathematician and physicist (1763-1822) | University of Göttingen | Hamburg: October 15, 1763 - London: November 19, 1822 | Johann Georg Tralles

Italian inventor, agronomist | Angera: October 15, 1750 - Como: March 29, 1821 | Teresa Ciceri Castiglioni | Angera: October 15, 1750 - Como: March 29, 1821

British engraver and instrument maker | Copley Medal (1795), Fellow of the Royal Society (1786), Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1798) | optical

1729–1812) Hungarian inventor and mechanical engineer | Rechnitz: October 15, 1729 - Vienna: June 13, 1812 | Tódor Batthyány (Todor Batthyany) | Rechnitz

1612-1666) | Moers: October 15, 1612 - Groningen: January 29, 1666 | Anton Deusing | Moers: October 15, 1612 - Groningen: January 29, 1666

Italian physicist and mathematician (1608-1647) | barometer, Gabriel's Horn, Torricelli's law, Torricelli's equation, torricellian chamber, Torricelli's

Scottish diplomat | October 15, 1590 - March 21, 1666 | William Macdowell | October 15, 1590 - March 21, 1666

German humanist | University of Erfurt | Homberg (Efze): October 15, 1470 - Gotha: April 9, 1526 | Konrad Mutian | Homberg (Efze): October 15, 1470 - Gotha