George Sarton

Czech chemist | Třebíč: August 31, 1993 - Hammersmith: December 30, 1695 | Jan Břížďala (Jan Brizdala) | Třebíč: August 31, 1993 - Hammersmith

Iranian inventor and author | Tehran: August 31, 1985 - Jerusalem: November 25, 2003 | Masoud Shafaghi | Tehran: August 31, 1985 - Jerusalem: November 25, 2003

researcher ORCID ID = 0000-0002-2202-8069 | Moscow State University, Steklov Institute of Mathematics | Moscow: August 31, 1982 - Aurora: January 3, 1911

Spanish science communicator | University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, National University of Distance Education, Complutense University of Madrid | Spain

researcher | Russian National Research Medical University | Moscow: August 31, 1979 - Ulm: February 2, 1366 | Musa Khaitov | Moscow: August 31, 1979 - Ulm

Chernivtsi University | August 31, 1969 - Rüdersdorf bei Berlin: June 27, 1880 | Nadiya Fedchyshyn | August 31, 1969 - Rüdersdorf bei Berlin: June 27, 1880

Swedish biophysical chemist | National Fresenius Award (2004), Göran Gustafsson Prize for chemistry (2009) | Chalmers University of Technology | Umeå: August

British-born philosopher and scholar of women's studies | University of Illinois at Chicago, Dalhousie University | August 31, 1964 - Syracuse: January 1, 1619

Swiss physicist and president of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich | Geneva: August 31, 1964 - Bengaluru: November 21, 1970 | Joël Mesot

Bulgarian entomologist | Sofia University | Sofia: August 31, 1962 - Champaign: January 21, 1995 | Stoyan Beshkov | Sofia: August 31, 1962 - Champaign: January 21, 1995

German chemist and professor | Albrecht Kossel Award (2022) | Halle (Saale): August 31, 1962 - Pisa: June 1, 2014 | Andres Jäschke (Andres Jaschke) | Halle

Russian chemist | Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class | MSU Faculty of Chemistry | Moscow: August 31, 1958 - Saint Petersburg: August 24, 2019

Russian scientist | Medal "For Valiant Labor" (2018), Republic of Tatarstan State Award for Science and Technology (2016), Medal "In Commemoration of the

American philosopher | Guggenheim Fellowship | Harvard University | August 31, 1958 - Jerusalem: January 18, 2022 | Elijah Millgram | August 31, 1958

scientist | August 31, 1956 - January 1, 1927 | Aleksandr Korablev | August 31, 1956 - January 1, 1927

theoretical particle physicist | Julius Wess Prize (2018), Humboldt Prize (2015), Fellow of the American Physical Society, Sakurai Prize (2017) | Harvard

Dutch philosopher | Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau (2020) | University of Amsterdam, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Utrecht University | August 31, 1954

New Zealand educationalist | Massey University | August 31, 1950 - Houston: January 26, 2022 | Margaret Walshaw | August 31, 1950 - Houston: January 26, 2022

Russian scientist | Friendship Order, Russian Federation's Government Award, Prize of the Government of the Russian Federation in the field of education

Kabbalist | Saint Petersburg State University | Vitebsk: August 31, 1946 - January 1, 0712 | Mikhaʾel Laiṭman (Mikhaʾel Laitman) | Vitebsk: August 31, 1946

American philosopher (born 1946) | Lakatos Award (1993), Guggenheim Fellowship | Johns Hopkins University, Stuyvesant High School, City College of New York

German businessman | Bavarian Order of Merit | Phillips Exeter Academy, Ludwig-Maximilian-University in Munich | Fürstenwalde: August 31, 1946 - West Newton

Australian philosopher | Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities (1981), Centenary Medal (2001), Officer of the Order of Australia (2006), Fellow of

Spanish philosopher (1942–2013) | National Award of Essay (1983), Mariano de Cavia' Price, honorary doctorate of the Autonomous University of Madrid, ABC

sociologist | Gordon J. Laing Award (1995) | Harvard University, Oberlin College | Youngstown: August 31, 1938 - Munich: February 26, 1834 | Edward Laumann

Indian mathematician (1937–2015) | Loyola College, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research | India: August 31, 1937 - Chicago: October 3, 2015 | Raghavan

Russian biologist | Mikhail Lomonosov Award, Merited Scientist of the Russian Federation, USSR State Prize, K.A. Timiryazev Prize | MSU Faculty of Biology

scientist | Kazan State Medical University | Kazan: August 31, 1936 - March 26, 2016 | Ernst Olımbäkef (Ernst Olimbakef) | Kazan: August 31, 1936 - March 26, 2016

Bulgarian politician (1933–2013) | Sofia University | Granichak: August 31, 1933 - Sofia: July 20, 2013 | Aleksandar Lilov | Granichak: August 31, 1933

Russian scientist | USSR State Prize, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Medal "Veteran of Labour" | Baltic State Technical University | Borzya: August 31

Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman | August 31, 1927 - Budapest: February 18, 2002 | Mikola Baranovsky | August 31, 1927 - Budapest

New Zealand medical researcher (1924–2009) | honorary doctor of the University of Canterbury (2001), Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of

Czech physicist and academic (1923–2024) | City of Brno Award (2021), Masaryk University Gold Medal (1993) | Masaryk University | Brno: August 31, 1923

Spanish anarchist philosopher (1923–2017) | University of Salamanca, University of Oviedo | Gijón: August 31, 1923 - Granada: January 6, 2017 | José Luis

American chemical engineer | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University | New Bedford: August 31, 1923 - Belmont: August 6, 2020 | Edward Wilson

Chilean scientist (1922-1998) | Guggenheim Fellowship (1969), Guggenheim Fellowship (1951), National Prize for Sciences (Chile) (1987) | University of Chile

Welsh scholar, author, and Marxist literary critic (1921–1988) | cultural materialism, Mobile privatization, Politics of Modernism: Against the New Conformists

British astronomer and physicist, born in India (1916–2002) | Hughes Medal (1971), Thomas Ranken Lyle Medal (1970), Albert A. Michelson Medal (1982), Fellow

Romanian historian | Officer of Arts and Letters, Order of the Star of Romania, Broquette-Gonin prize (1976) | Paris Law Faculty | Bucharest: August 31, 1916

English physicist and radio astronomer | Dennis Gabor Medal and Prize (1954), Knight Bachelor, Officer of the Order of the British Empire, Benjamin Franklin

Polish physicist | Guggenheim Fellowship | University of Groningen | Zakopane: August 31, 1910 - Austin: January 12, 1996 | Roman Smoluchowski | Zakopane

Israeli philosopher (1908-1992) | Rothschild prize (1981), Bialik Prize (1972), Gershom Shalom Award (1991), Kaplun Prize (1979), Israel Prize (1979) | August

American nuclear physicist (1905–2004) | Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Fellow of the American Physical Society | University of

Argentine writer and priest | Buenos Aires: August 31, 1905 - Buenos Aires: August 2, 1973 | Julio Meinvielle | Buenos Aires: August 31, 1905 - Buenos Aires

Canadian chemist (1902–1985) | Officer of the Order of Canada, honorary doctor of Caen University (1956), honorary doctorate at the Laval University (1969)

American philosopher, theologian, translator (1901-1995) | Rhodes Scholarship (1925) | Oriel College, Michigan State University, Harvard University | August

Argentine physicist | Guggenheim Fellowship (1934) | University of Göttingen, Humboldt University of Berlin, Johns Hopkins University, National University of La Plata

scientist | First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science, Charles University | Lipník nad

Finnish meteorologist (1898–1985) | Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal (1960), Symons Gold Medal (1957), International Meteorological Organization Prize

British mathematician (*1885 – †1961) | Gunning Victoria Jubilee Prize (1940), Fellow of the Royal Society (1932), Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Austrian mathematician (1880–1964) | Bavarian Order of Merit | Tietze extension theorem, lens space, Tietze's graph, Tietze transformations | TU Wien

French mathematician (1879-1954) | Knight of the Legion of Honour (1926), Officer of the Legion of Honour (1950) | École Normale Supérieure | Villers-Bocage

Polish physicist and philosopher of science | Imperial University of St. Vladimir | Poshekhonye: August 31, 1878 - Warsaw: October 12, 1953 | Czesław

Spanish scientist (1874-1967) | El Prat de Llobregat: August 31, 1874 - Lugo: June 17, 1967 | Juan Rof Codina | El Prat de Llobregat: August 31, 1874 - Lugo

German chemist (1870–1964) | Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany | Karlsruhe: August 31, 1870 - Westerland: December 14, 1964

Swedish artist | Royal Institute of Technology | Stockholm: August 31, 1869 - Saltsjöbaden: November 14, 1928 | Mauritz Larsson | Stockholm: August 31, 1869

Ukrainian Jewish writer (1865–1921) | Medzhybizh: August 31, 1865 - Berlin: November 18, 1921 | Micha Josef Berdyczewski | Medzhybizh: August 31, 1865

American scientist and film actor (1860–1934) | New Jersey: August 31, 1860 - West Orange: October 24, 1934 | Fred Ott | New Jersey: August 31, 1860 - West

Czech mathematician (1848–1894) | Leipzig University, Czech Technical University in Prague, Charles University | Prague: August 31, 1848 - Vienna: January 25, 1894

August 31, 1843 - Córdoba: January 9, 2022 | Theodor Nordström (Theodor Nordstrom) | August 31, 1843 - Córdoba: January 9, 2022

German chemist (1842–1909) | Humboldt University of Berlin | Province of Posen: August 31, 1842 - Berlin: May 21, 1909 | Adolf Pinner | Province of Posen

Spanish painter (1836-1898) | Bilbao: August 31, 1836 - Bilbao: January 1, 1898 | Ramon Elorriaga - Ramón Elorriaga de las Rivas | Bilbao: August 31, 1836

United States general (1834-1924) | Thorntown: August 31, 1834 - Washington, D.C.: November 5, 1924 | Anson Mills | Thorntown: August 31, 1834 - Washington

Swiss astronomer (1831-1907) | University of Zurich | Zug: August 31, 1831 - Bern: November 9, 1907 | Georg Joseph Sidler | Zug: August 31, 1831 - Bern: November 9, 1907

Italian philologist, lexicographer and teacher (1829–1903) | Lucignano: August 31, 1829 - Florence: May 23, 1903 | Giuseppe Rigutini | Lucignano: August 31

August 31, 1828 - Saint Petersburg: April 25, 1806 | Carl Adolf Dahl | August 31, 1828 - Saint Petersburg: April 25, 1806

German physicist and physiologist (1821-1894) | Matteucci Medal (1868), Croonian Medal and Lecture (1864), Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art

German clockmaker (1798–1878) | Gmund am Tegernsee: August 31, 1798 - Munich: August 25, 1878 | Johann Mannhardt | Gmund am Tegernsee: August 31, 1798

German philosopher | University of Tübingen | Neustetten: August 31, 1789 - Stuttgart: November 16, 1844 | Heinrich Christoph Wilhelm Sigwart | Neustetten

Russian writer (1787-1854) | Order of St. Vladimir, Order of Saint Anna, Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class, Kulm Cross, Pour le Mérite, Knight second class in

French chemist (1786-1889) | Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour (1875), Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Copley Medal (1857), Foreign

French chemist | Paris: August 31, 1777 - Paris: August 2, 1844 | Jean Pierre Joseph d'Arcet | Paris: August 31, 1777 - Paris: August 2, 1844

18th century Russian author and social critic | Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow | Leipzig University | Moscow: August 31, 1749 - Saint Petersburg

German theologian and popular philosopher | Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg | Halberstadt: August 31, 1739 - Berlin: January 6, 1809 | Johann

Genevan mathematician, physicist, professor, banker (1730–1804) | University of Geneva | Geneva: August 31, 1730 - Cologny: July 31, 1804 | Louis Necker

British mathematician (1710-1761) | Fellow of the Royal Society (1745) | Simpson's rule | Market Bosworth: August 31, 1710 - Market Bosworth: May 14, 1761

French scientific instrument inventor and physicist (1663-1705) | Paris: August 31, 1663 - Paris: October 11, 1705 | Guillaume Amontons | Paris: August 31

Italian mathematician | Rome: August 31, 1604 - Florence: January 20, 1665 | Famiano Michelini | Rome: August 31, 1604 - Florence: January 20, 1665

French mathematician and geographer | Caen: August 31, 1595 - collège Henri-IV de La Flèche: April 13, 1652 | Georges Fournier | Caen: August 31, 1595

Czech philosopher, historian, humanist, lexicographer, linguist, publisher, professor, translator, writer, university educator and science writer | Charles University

German humanist, religious reformer, classical scholar and book collector (1485-1547) | Rerum Germanicarum libri tres | collège du Cardinal-Lemoine