Antoni van Leeuwenhoek

Peruvian mathematician | Harvard University | Peru: October 24, 1997 - Bremen: October 4, 1885 | Raúl Chávez Sarmiento (Raul Chavez Sarmiento) | Peru

Polish geographer, physicist, audio engineer | University of Warsaw, Chopin University of Music | October 24, 1988 - Geneva: January 5, 1945 | Robert Migas

researcher (ORCID 0000-0003-2049-0599) | Pardubice: October 24, 1979 - Ascain: August 5, 1949 | Jakub Horák (Jakub Horak) | Pardubice: October 24, 1979

Azerbaijani scientist | Taraggi Medal | Istanbul University | Baku: October 24, 1974 - Cleveland: June 25, 2011 | Vugar Abdulkarimov | Baku: October 24, 1974

French philosopher | prix des Rencontres philosophiques d'Uriage (2015), Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres (2016) | École normale supérieure de

biophysicist, biomaterial scientist | CNRS silver medal (2016), Knight of the National Order of Merit (2012), French Academy of Sciences | Grenoble Alpes University

mathematician | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, California Institute of Technology | October 24, 1969 - January 1, 1888 | Allen Knutson | October 24

Swedish philosopher & translator | University of Gothenburg | Gothenburg: October 24, 1962 - Moscow: October 12, 2011 | Mats Rosengren | Gothenburg: October

French mathematician | CNRS innovation medal (2013), Officer of the Legion of Honour (2023), Blaise-Pascal Award (1997) | fast wavelet transform | University

Indian microbiologist | Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru | Pune: October 24, 1960 - Nice: January 29, 1891 | Yogesh Shouche | Pune: October 24, 1960

Dutch philosopher | Erasmus University Rotterdam, Leiden University | Rotterdam: October 24, 1959 - Rotterdam: February 21, 2018 | Michiel Wielema - Michiel

Austrian mathematician | Johannes Kepler University Linz | Salzburg: October 24, 1955 - Bonn: February 13, 1793 | Franz Winkler | Salzburg: October 24, 1955

Canadian computer scientist and mathematician | Euler Medal (2003) | University of Toronto, University of Waterloo | Toronto: October 24, 1953 - Suresnes: March 22, 2011

American physicist | Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2008), Fellow of the American Physical Society, Einstein Prize for

scientist | Honoured Worker of Higher Professional Education of the Russian Federation, Order of Friendship, Medal "For Labour Valour" | Perm State University

Polish physicist (1950-2020) | Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń | Bydgoszcz: October 24, 1950 - April 21, 2020 | Stanisław Chwirot (Stanislaw Chwirot)

Iranian chemist and philosopher (1949–2017) | October 24, 1949 - May 18, 2017 | Mohsen Ghanebasiri | October 24, 1949 - May 18, 2017

German mathematician | Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize (1994), Brouwer Medal (1996), Heinz Gumin Prize for Mathematics (2020) | University of Cologne

Canadian chemist | Guggenheim Fellowship, Prix Marie-Victorin (2013), Acfas Urgel-Archambeault Award (2008), Alfred Bader Award (2001), Rutherford Memorial

French philologist and philosopher (1947-) | Officer of the National Order of Merit (2019), CNRS Gold medal (2018), Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres (2020)

Russian scientist | Macarius Prize (2019) | Saint Petersburg State Institute of History | Rostov-on-Don: October 24, 1947 - Pyatigorsk: September 26, 1965

Norwegian mathematician and professor (1946-2015) | Fridtjof Nansen Award of Excellence, Mathematics-Natural sciences class (2004), the Norwegian Research

Russian scientist | Order of Friendship | October 24, 1944 - Petrozavodsk: September 24, 2005 | Anatoly Burtsev | October 24, 1944 - Petrozavodsk: September 24, 2005

Spanish university teacher | Pontifical Gregorian University, University of Münster, Complutense University of Madrid, Pontifical Lateran University

Professor of Medicine at Imperial College London where he leads the Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism division | Knight Bachelor, Fellow of the Royal

Indian space scientist | Padma Bhushan in science & engineering, Theodore von Kármán Award (2007), Allan D. Emil Memorial Award (2004), Padma Shri in science

egyptian-German pharmacist | Cairo: October 24, 1939 - February 5, 2021 | Ahmed Hegazy | Cairo: October 24, 1939 - February 5, 2021

American physicist (1937-2008) | Samuel Wesley Stratton Award (1978), Medard W. Welch Award (1985) | Loyola Blakefield, University of Notre Dame, Loyola

German chemist | Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Carl

American nuclear physicist, novelist | Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science | Lamar High School, Rice University | Houston

French physicist | Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (1996), honorary doctorate at the Laval University (1995), Holweck Prize (1968), Lorentz Medal

Norwegian sociologist and peace scholar | honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense (2017), Prices of the Norwegian Association of Sociology

Belarusian scientist | Kyrgyz National University, Moscow State University | Poltava: October 24, 1928 - August 18, 1999 | Adam Evgenʹevich Suprun (Adam

theoretical physicist | Officer's Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit (2010) | Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Bolyai University, Reformed

Hungarian mathematician (1924-1969) | Eötvös Loránd University | Budapest: October 24, 1924 - Budapest: August 31, 1969 | Kató Rényi - Katalin Schulhof

Hero of the Soviet Union | Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR", Order of the Patriotic War 1st class, Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of

French mathematician (1920–1996) | Peano Prize (2001), Montyon Prize (1964) | Chomsky–Schützenberger representation theorem, Chomsky–Schützenberger

American aerospace engineer (1919–2008) | National Aviation Hall of Fame (2002), National Medal of Technology and Innovation (1986), Commander of the Cross

October 24, 1916 - January 31, 2025 | Andree Troost | October 24, 1916 - January 31, 2025

American administrator, physicist, educator, and engineer (1916–2010) | Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, National Medal of Science (1991)

Italian physicist (1915–2002) | Matteucci Medal (1998) | Sapienza University of Rome | Siena: October 24, 1915 - Rancho Santa Fe: April 13, 2002 | Oreste

Swedish politician (1909–2001) | Stockholm University, Uppsala University | Malmö Karoli church parish: October 24, 1909 - Oscar Parish: September 30, 2001

Swiss traditional author (1908-1984) | Florence: October 24, 1908 - Lausanne: January 15, 1984 | Titus Burckhardt | Florence: October 24, 1908 - Lausanne

Norwegian mathematician | Narvik: October 24, 1904 - Oslo: April 24, 1987 | Ingebrigt Johansson | Narvik: October 24, 1904 - Oslo: April 24, 1987

Soviet chemist | Hero of Socialist Labour, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Order of Lenin, Olin Palladium Award (1959), Stalin Prize | Odesa University

austro-hungarian-israel chemist and politician | Ostrava: October 24, 1894 - Netanya: October 24, 1984 | Erich Böhm (Erich Bohm) | Ostrava: October 24, 1894

Order of Lenin, Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" | Moscow Theological Academy | October 24, 1890 - January 1, 1986 | Sergey

Indian physicist (1890–1963) | Fellow of the Royal Society, Padma Bhushan, Member of the Order of the British Empire | University College of Science

French mathematician and university teacher | Cours Peccot (1920) | École Normale Supérieure | Grenoble: October 24, 1888 - 16th arrondissement of Paris

French politician and mathematician (1883-1960) | Cours Peccot (1911), Grand prix des sciences mathématiques (1950), Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour

British mathematician (1873-1956) | Copley Medal (1954), Smith's Prize (1897), Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1912), Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice

American chemist | University of West Tennessee College of Medicine and Surgery, Lane College | Mason: October 24, 1872 - November 11, 1948 | Beebe Steven Lynk

Russian mathematician (1872–1946) | Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv | Prilukskij County: October 24, 1872 - Kyiv: September 10, 1946 | Georgii

American philosophy professor (1865–1944) | Bates College, Harvard University | Auburn: October 24, 1865 - West Newton: December 16, 1944 | Herbert Ernest

Austrian crystal glass industrialist, founder of D. Swarovski KG company (1862–1956) | Knight of the Order of St. Gregory the Great | Jiřetín pod Bukovou

Hungarian electrical engineer | Budapest University of Technology and Economics, University of Vienna | Bač: October 24, 1854 - Merano: March 3, 1938 | Miksa

Dutch chemist (1854–1907) | Leiden University | Alkmaar: October 24, 1854 - Amsterdam: February 2, 1907 | Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom | Alkmaar: October

mathematician (1853–1908) | Maschke's theorem | University of Göttingen | Wrocław: October 24, 1853 - Chicago: March 1, 1908 | Heinrich Maschke | Wrocław

German botanist (1851-1918) | Schleusingen: October 24, 1851 - Greiz: July 21, 1918 | Friedrich Ludwig | Schleusingen: October 24, 1851 - Greiz: July 21, 1918

English physicist | Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London, Harveian Oration (1912) | University of Aberdeen | October 24, 1845 - May 28, 1916

Russian chemist (1842-1907) | Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of the Saint Petersburg University, Saint Peter's School | Saint Petersburg: October 24, 1842

Kazan Theological Academy | October 24, 1841 - Chicago: November 24, 1953 | V. A. Snegirev | October 24, 1841 - Chicago: November 24, 1953

Polish engineer (1841-1904) | Knight of the Legion of Honour (1871) | Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Science Faculty of Paris, École des Ponts ParisTech

British engineer and inventor | Kendal: October 24, 1837 - August 5, 1878 | Thomas Whitwell | Kendal: October 24, 1837 - August 5, 1878

writer | October 24, 1831 - Prague: December 9, 1898 | Karel Starý (Karel Stary) | October 24, 1831 - Prague: December 9, 1898

Scottish poet, philosopher, and historian (1829–1894) | Peebles: October 24, 1829 - Peebles: September 3, 1894 | John Veitch | Peebles: October 24, 1829

Norwegian mathematician and physicist (*1825 – †1903) | Order of St. Olav, Legion of Honour, Order of the Dannebrog | University of Oslo | Christiania

Russian literary critic, journalist and translator | Ryazan: October 24, 1824 - Saint Petersburg: January 20, 1868 | Yevgeny Edelson | Ryazan: October 24, 1824

German mathematician, optician and astronomer (1821-1896) | Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art (1876), ennoblement (1882), Order of Saint Michael (1870)

German philosopher (1819–1880) | University of Kiel | Kiel: October 24, 1819 - Berlin: April 5, 1880 | Friedrich Harms | Kiel: October 24, 1819 - Berlin: April 5, 1880

chemist (1817-1880) | gold medal (1858), Knight of the Legion of Honour (1861) | margarine | Draguignan: October 24, 1817 - Paris: May 31, 1880 | Hippolyte

German physicist (1804–1891) | Cothenius Medal (1879), Matteucci Medal (1879), honorary doctor of the University of Königsberg, Foreign Member of the Royal

British politician (1765-1832) | Fellow of the Royal Society | University of Aberdeen, University of Edinburgh, University of Aberdeen School of Law

Italian scientist (1746-1825) | University of Padua | Molfetta: October 24, 1746 - Naples: April 7, 1825 | Giuseppe Saverio Poli | Molfetta: October 24, 1746

French physicist (1719-1809) | Faculté de théologie catholique de Paris, College of Sorbonne | October 24, 1719 - Mâcon: November 10, 1809 | Pierre Sigorgne

Japanese linguist, poet and philosopher | Nagoya: October 24, 1702 - July 15, 1783 | Yokoi Yayū (Yokoi Yayu) | Nagoya: October 24, 1702 - July 15, 1783

Polish physicist, author and theologian | Leipzig University | Rawicz: October 24, 1642 - Leipzig: March 12, 1723 | Johann Cyprian | Rawicz: October 24, 1642

Italian philosopher, poet and diplomat (1637-1712) | Fellow of the Royal Society | University of Pisa | Rome: October 24, 1637 - Florence: March 2, 1712