Sylvester James Gates

American politician | Needham B. Broughton High School | Ottawa: December 15, 1993 - January 1, 1921 | Nida Allam | Ottawa: December 15, 1993 - January 1, 1921

Italian philosopher (born 1976) | Humboldt Research Fellowship | Messina: December 15, 1976 - Beverly Hills: August 30, 1938 | Cinzia Arruzza | Messina

researcher | University of Cambridge, National Taiwan University | Taichung: December 15, 1970 - London: March 10, 2009 | Jiun-Huei Proty Wu | Taichung

Russian mathematician | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Moscow: December 15, 1969 - January 1, 0434 | Dmitry Kaledin | Moscow: December 15, 1969

French chemist (electrochemistry, nanoscience) | Grand prix Pierre-Süe (2019), CNRS silver medal (2015), Clarivate Citation Laureates (2018) | December 15

Russian historian | Herzen University | Saint Petersburg: December 15, 1964 - Kraków: July 12, 2011 | Aleksey Bocharov | Saint Petersburg: December 15, 1964

Russian linguist | Philological Faculty of Moscow State University | Moscow: December 15, 1963 - Saint Petersburg: January 1, 1937 | Alexey Gippius | Moscow

American academic, LGBT+ activist | Judy Grahn Award (1999), Guggenheim Fellowship (2024) | University of California, Berkeley, University of Minnesota

French mathematician | Scientific Grand Prize of the NRJ Fondation (2016) | University of Paris, Paris Diderot University, École Normale Supérieure | Rouen

French academic, specialist in political philosophy | prix Pétrarque de l'essai (2020), Knight of the Legion of Honour (2021) | Paris 8 University | Paris

Soviet and Russian scientist | State Prize of the Russian Federation, Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class, Merited worker of culture of

Uruguayan entomologist | Montevideo: December 15, 1956 - Jerusalem: October 11, 1993 | Carmen Viera | Montevideo: December 15, 1956 - Jerusalem: October 11, 1993

American literary critic and historian | Guggenheim Fellowship (1991) | Stanford University | Manhattan: December 15, 1953 - June 2, 1975 | Debora Shuger

Valencian chemist | honorary doctor of Toulouse-III University (2019), Medalla de Honor al Fomento de la Invención (2004), Honorary doctor of the University

Mathematician and Carnival Producer | Rio de Janeiro: December 15, 1949 - Barcelona: March 13, 1137 | Luiz Fernando Reis | Rio de Janeiro: December 15, 1949

French chemistry and physical metallurgy scholar | Stanford University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University | Tehran: December 15, 1949

biography of Niaz Ahmad Chaudhry | Jhang: December 15, 1949 - January 1, 2012 | Niaz Ahmad Chaudhry | Jhang: December 15, 1949 - January 1, 2012

French writer | Economics Book Prize (2002), Prix du livre incorrect (2012), Prix Renaudot (1997), Prix Médicis essai (1995) | Paris Diderot University, Lycée Henri-IV

American actress | West Haven High School, Adelphi University | New Haven: December 15, 1948 - Basel: July 18, 1952 | Melanie Chartoff | New Haven: December

Russian mathematician | MSU Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics | Khabarovsk: December 15, 1947 - Vienna: September 2, 2019 | Olga Semenovna Mazhorova

American physicist | Mountbatten Medal (2010), IEEE Photonics Award (2012), R. W. Wood Prize (1996), Harvey Prize (2012), Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter

Croatian philosopher and political scientist | University of Zagreb, V Gymnasium | Zagreb: December 15, 1946 - Paris: October 15, 1937 | Žarko Puhovski (Zarko

American physicist | Sakurai Prize (2011), Fellow of the American Physical Society | Yale University, University of California, Berkeley | United States Naval

Slovenian Catholic Archbishop | Catholic University of Paris, University of Ljubljana | Donačka Gora: December 15, 1942 - Copenhagen: August 5, 1910 | Anton

British physicist | Leo Szilard Lectureship Award (2013) | University of Cambridge, Stanford University | Taunton: December 15, 1940 - Moscow: October 9, 1976

Soviet and Uzbek mathematician (*1939 – †2006) | Moscow State University | Andijan: December 15, 1939 - Tashkent: September 22, 2006 | Satimov Numan

American mathematician | Paris Kanellakis Award (2003) | Solovay model | University of Chicago | Brooklyn: December 15, 1938 - Salisbury: July 6, 1851 | Robert

Ukrainian scientist | Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class | Crimean Agrotechnological University | Novoprokopivka: December 15, 1938 - Levanger Municipality

Spanish physicist (1938-2006) | University of Barcelona, Pontifical Lateran University | Zaragoza: December 15, 1938 - Pamplona: December 23, 2006 | Mariano

historian of medieval philosophy | Fulbright Scholarship | University of Toronto | December 15, 1938 - Rome: January 6, 1718 | R. James Long - Raymond James

Russian mathematician | Mikhail Lomonosov Award | Moscow State University, MSU Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics | Voskresensk: December 15, 1937 - January 1, 1909

State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology | Faculty of Physics of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv | December 15, 1934 - Kharkiv: June 3, 1932

Belarusian nuclear physicist and politician (1934—2022) | Byelorussian SSR State Prize (1988), Belarusian Democratic Republic 100th Jubilee Medal (2019)

Welsh chemist (1932–2020) | Sven Berggren prize (2010), Longstaff Prize (1996), Faraday Lectureship Prize (1989), Davy Medal (1994), Bakerian Lecture (1990)

Soviet mathematician (1929-2013) | Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1979), Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1975), Lomonosov Gold Medal (1987), Lenin Prize (1970)

scientist | Order of Friendship | Moscow University's Department of Philosophy | Qarğalı: December 15, 1928 - Moscow: December 3, 2014 | A. M. Kulʹkin (A.

Australian chemist (1924-2019) | Centenary Prize (1990), Matthew Flinders Medal and Lecture (1994), Officer of the Order of Australia (1993), Fellow of the

American mathematician who worked on asymptotic analysis, special functions (1924-2013) | Department of Commerce Gold Medal | University of London | Croydon

theoretical physicist and mathematician (1923–2020) | National Book Critics Circle Award in Nonfiction (1984), Harkness Fellowship (1947), Great Immigrants

Israeli firearm designer (1923-2002) | Israel Defense Prize | Weimar: December 15, 1923 - Philadelphia: September 7, 2002 | Uziel Gal | Weimar: December 15

New Zealand-born English physicist and biologist | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1962), EMBO Membership, Honorary member of the British Biophysical

French physicist | Pleudihen-sur-Rance: December 15, 1915 - 13th arrondissement of Paris: April 12, 1992 | Jean Rose | Pleudihen-sur-Rance: December 15, 1915

French physicist (1914-2011) | Holweck Prize (1958), Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Commander of the French Order of Academic Palms

Canadian chemist | honorary doctorate of the Université de Clermont-Ferrand (1967), Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Companion of the Order of Canada

German physicist (1912–2011) | Patriotic Order of Merit in Silver, National Prize of East Germany | Leipzig: December 15, 1912 - February 26, 2011 | Werner

mathematician (1912–1989) | University of Bucharest, University of Montpellier, Supélec, University of Pennsylvania | Bucharest: December 15, 1912

Soviet geologist | Order of the Patriotic War 2nd class, Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR", Order of the Badge of Honour, Jubilee Medal

French scientist | Officer of the Legion of Honour, Montyon Science Award (1943) | École polytechnique | December 15, 1909 - January 23, 1968 | Pierre Depoid

Soviet construction engineer (1907-1973) | Stalin Prize (1951), Merited civil engineer of RSFSR, Lenin Prize (1970), Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Order

Polish chemist | Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Medal of the 10th Anniversary of People's Poland, Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta

South Korean chemist | Sudang Prize (1977) | Kyushu University | December 15, 1900 - July 13, 1994 | Jo Byeok-hyeon | December 15, 1900 - July 13, 1994

Romanian chemist | Technical University of Munich | Mărgineni: December 15, 1887 - Bucharest: March 4, 1971 | Constantin Cândea (Constantin Candea)

Slovenian academic (1885-1971) | University of Vienna | Postojna: December 15, 1885 - Ljubljana: June 30, 1971 | Leonid Pitamic | Postojna: December 15, 1885

Russian scientist | Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow" | Faculty of

American chemist (1881-1942) | Chemical Industry Medal (1942) | University of Rochester, Earlham College | Georgetown: December 15, 1881 - Washington, D.C.

German physicist (1878–1913) | Berlin: December 15, 1878 - Berlin: April 8, 1913 | Ernst Walter Ruhmer | Berlin: December 15, 1878 - Berlin: April 8, 1913

Polish chemist (1869-1946) | Order of the Dannebrog, Gold Cross of Merit, Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta | ETH Zurich | Włocławek: December 15

French mathematician | Boileau prize (1906), Grand prix des sciences mathématiques (1896), Officer of the Legion of Honour (1929), Poncelet Prize (1912)

American chemist | Perkin Medal (1931) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Boston: December 15, 1863 - Northeast Harbor: August 1, 1935 | Arthur Dehon

American automobile manufacturer (1861-1938) | Canton: December 15, 1861 - Philadelphia: September 28, 1938 | Charles Edgar Duryea | Canton: December 15, 1861

Faroese physician and scientist of Icelandic descent | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1903), Cameron Prize of the University of Edinburgh | University

Polish-Jewish physician and inventor of Esperanto (1859-1917) | Commander of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (1909), Honorary President of the World

French physicist (1852–1908) | Barnard Medal for Meritorious Service to Science (1905), Officer of the Legion of Honour (1900), Rumford Medal (1900), Nobel

Russian and Hawaiian politician (1850–1930) | Order of the Star of Romania | Mogilev Male Gymnasium, University of Bucharest, Taras Shevchenko National

American Navy rear admiral | West Indies Campaign Medal | Lowell: December 15, 1846 - Washington, D.C.: December 30, 1919 | John E. Pillsbury | Lowell

Russian chemist (1842-1915) | Imperial University of St. Vladimir | Warsaw: December 15, 1842 - Kyiv: January 13, 1915 | Nikolai Andreevich Bunge | Warsaw

American astronomer (1834–1908) | Janssen Medal (1890) | Dartmouth College | Hanover: December 15, 1834 - Hanover: January 3, 1908 | Charles Augustus Young

British mathematician (1827–1913) | De Morgan Medal (1896), Fellow of the Royal Society | University of London, Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Horncastle

British theologian (1820–1898) | Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh | University of Edinburgh, Greenock Academy, University of Glasgow | Greenock

Russian mathematician (1804-1889) | Cauchy–Schwarz inequality | University of Paris | Bar: December 15, 1804 - Saint Petersburg: December 12, 1889 | Viktor

Swiss physicist (1802-1893) | Grand prix des sciences mathématiques (1827), Fourneyron prize (1884) | Geneva: December 15, 1802 - Geneva: June 30, 1893

Hungarian mathematician (1802–1860) | non-Euclidean geometry | Theresian Military Academy | Cluj-Napoca: December 15, 1802 - Târgu Mureș: January 27, 1860

Italian physician and scientist (1801-1868) | San Piero Patti: December 15, 1801 - Palermo: February 4, 1868 | Giovanni Gorgone | San Piero Patti: December 15

French physicist | Knight of the Legion of Honour | Bourmont: December 15, 1769 - Nancy: November 26, 1852 | Charles de Haldat du Lys | Bourmont: December 15

Norwegian physicist and mathematician | Royal Order of the Polar Star | Bergen: December 15, 1768 - June 26, 1850 | Søren Rasmussen (Soren Rasmussen)

German educationist, officer and mathematician | Oberensingen: December 15, 1758 - Stuttgart: December 16, 1836 | Karl August Friedrich Duttenhofer

founder of the Sokoto Caliphate | Maratta: December 15, 1754 - Sokoto: January 1, 1817 | Uthman Dan Fodio | Maratta: December 15, 1754 - Sokoto: January 1, 1817

auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius (1735–1803) | Vilnius University | Grodno powet: December 15, 1735 - Vilnius: December 4, 1803 | Dawid Pilchowski | Grodno powet

mathematician (1732-1787) | University of Rostock, University of Jena, Domschule Güstrow | Neubrandenburg: December 15, 1732 - Halle (Saale): April 17, 1787

German legal scholar and logician (1684–1761) | University of Erfurt, Leipzig University | Penig: December 15, 1684 - Leipzig: May 1, 1761 | August Friedrich

British mathematician and doctor; (1684-1750) | Fellow of the Royal Society (1717), Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London (1718) | Christ's

Philosopher, theologian (1635-1697) | Leipzig University | Wleń: December 15, 1635 - Leipzig: September 19, 1697 | Valentin Alberti | Wleń: December 15, 1635

French theologian (1588-1641) | Vauxbuin: December 15, 1588 - Paris: January 17, 1641 | Charles de Condren | Vauxbuin: December 15, 1588 - Paris: January 17, 1641