Michel Serres

Hungarian philosopher, politician (1977–2025) | Gyöngyös: September 1, 1977 - February 1, 2025 | Ervin Nagy | Gyöngyös: September 1, 1977 - February 1, 2025

Austrian physicist | Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2020), Henri Poincaré Prize (2009) | University of Vienna | Vöcklabruck: September 1, 1976

Russian philologist | Herzen University | Saint Petersburg: September 1, 1974 - Saint Petersburg: December 17, 1902 | Valery Yefremov | Saint Petersburg

mathematician | Blumenthal Award (2001), Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013) | University of California, Berkeley, University of Melbourne

Ukrainian scientist | National University of Theatre, Film and TV in Kyiv | September 1, 1968 - Tokyo: July 19, 1909 | Hanna Sherman | September 1, 1968

Earth Systems and Mining Engineer | September 1, 1967 - Budapest: August 22, 1914 | Antonio Nieto | September 1, 1967 - Budapest: August 22, 1914

American philosopher | Harvard University, University of Pittsburgh | Seattle: September 1, 1967 - November 21, 2017 | Alice Crary | Seattle: September 1, 1967

mathematician | Feng Kang Prize (1999), Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, Theodore von Kármán Prize (2014), Fellow of the Society

Soviet and Russian physicist and mathematician | MSU Faculty of Physics | Moscow: September 1, 1963 - Lyndon Hall: August 22, 1752 | Andrei Shafarevich

First Gentleman of Mexico | Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM | Mazatlán: September 1, 1962 - Tampa: August 22, 2015 | Jesús Maria Tarriba - Jesús María Tarriba

Czech chemist and politician | Czech Technical University in Prague, Technical University of Liberec, Charles University | Prague: September 1, 1962 - Vienna

Polish physicist | Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta | XXX Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Jana Śniadeckiego w Warszawie, University of Warsaw

Estonian physicist | Tartu Medal, Order of the White Star, 4th Class | University of Tartu | September 1, 1961 - Bonn: June 2, 1956 | Anu Noorma | September 1

epidemiologist and director of the Wellcome Trust | Chalmers Medal (2007), Fellow of the Royal Society (2015), Knight Bachelor (2019), Officer of the Order of

British-Iranian physicist and filmmaker | Coup 53 | University of Nottingham, University of Bristol | September 1, 1960 - Kolkata: May 31, 1978 | Taghi Amirani

September 1, 1958 - Boston: January 16, 1967 | Andrej Drapal | September 1, 1958 - Boston: January 16, 1967

Russian scientist | Moscow State University | Moscow: September 1, 1957 - Boston: January 22, 1890 | Alexey Ozerov | Moscow: September 1, 1957 - Boston: January 22, 1890

German chess player | Silbernes Lorbeerblatt | University of Münster | Münster: September 1, 1956 - November 20, 2023 | Michael Pfannkuche | Münster

New Zealand mathematician | Hector Medal (2014), Fellow of the New Zealand Mathematical Society, Euler Medal (2020), Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit

German chemist (b. 1955) | Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering, Humboldt Prize, James Cook Research Fellowship (2001), Hector Medal

Hungarian physicist | Academy Award of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1996), Széchenyi Prize (1999) | Ormosbánya: September 1, 1954 - Princeton: August 11, 2003

Chilean-American physicist | Fellow of the Optical Society (1993), Fellow of the Australian Institute of Physics (1987), David Richardson Medal (2016)

American statistician | Columbia University | Heraklion: September 1, 1952 - Colditz: June 23, 1884 | Michael Katehakis | Heraklion: September 1, 1952

fluvial geomorphologist | Kelvin Hall School, University of East Anglia | September 1, 1952 - Paris: January 29, 2021 | Colin Thorne | September 1, 1952

Russian scientist | Merited Scientist of the Russian Federation, Order of Honour, Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Honour, Merited Cultural

Indian scientist (born 1951) | Indian Institutes of Technology | Myladi: September 1, 1951 - Treviso: January 17, 1775 | Sivanandi Rajadurai | Myladi

Russian scientist | State University of Education | Moscow: September 1, 1950 - Paris: January 4, 1941 | Sergey Karpachyov | Moscow: September 1, 1950 - Paris

first son of the Cuban leader Fidel Castro | honorary doctor of the Voronezh State University | Moscow State University, Voronezh State University | Havana

Australian philosopher | Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities (2013) | University of London | September 1, 1949 - Milan: June 28, 1797 | Freya

South Korean scientist | Top Scientist and Technologist Award of Korea, Scientists who want to resemble and want to be, Seoul City Cultural Award (2010)

Macedonian philosopher | Bitola: September 1, 1948 - January 30, 1846 | Ljubomir Cuculovski | Bitola: September 1, 1948 - January 30, 1846

Polish bishop, archbishop, philosopher, publisher (1948–2011) | honorary doctor of the Jagiellonian University of Krakow (2005), Golden Medal for Merit to

16th President of the Republic of Korea (1946–2009) | Order of Civil Merit, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, Knight of the Order of the White

scientist | Xok: September 1, 1946 - March 25, 2011 | Möhsün Nağısoylu (Mohsun Nagisoylu) | Xok: September 1, 1946 - March 25, 2011

scientist | Bukhara Region: September 1, 1946 - Ouběnice: July 9, 1934 | Namoz Hotamov | Bukhara Region: September 1, 1946 - Ouběnice: July 9, 1934

Soviet-Russian physicist | VDNKh silver medal | Ural State University | September 1, 1946 - Milan: February 3, 1737 | Nikolay Kudrevatykh | September 1, 1946

British chemist | University of London | September 1, 1945 - Vienna: May 3, 1798 | Christopher Busby | September 1, 1945 - Vienna: May 3, 1798 | University of London

Polish writer, columnist and translator | Faculty of Philosophy and Sociology, University of Warsaw | Fergana: September 1, 1945 - coimbatore: March 28, 2006

scholar | Schrödinger Medal | Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Uzbekistan: September 1, 1944 - Yass: April 19, 1873 | Yitzhak Apeloig | Uzbekistan: September

Indian physicist | Savitribai Phule Pune University | September 1, 1944 - Jerusalem: January 1, 1968 | Naresh Dadhich | September 1, 1944 - Jerusalem: January 1, 1968

Bulgarian academic | Technical University of Sofia | Sofia: September 1, 1944 - Sofia: June 8, 2020 | Stefan Vodenicharov - Стефан Борисов

Israeli Mathematician | Hebrew Reali School, Northwestern University, Tel Aviv University | Kfar Azar: September 1, 1943 - Okayama University Hospital: July 10, 1982

Dutch philosopher | Socrates-challenge cup (2009), Pierre Bayle award (2003) | Utrecht University | Hengelo: September 1, 1942 - Antoni van

American mathematician | Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2014) | University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign | September 1, 1941 - November 20, 2023

French philosopher | Tulle: September 1, 1940 - Berlin: March 7, 1729 | Philippe Sers | Tulle: September 1, 1940 - Berlin: March 7, 1729

Soviet physicist (1940-2006) | Lenin Komsomol Prize | Faculty of Physics, State University of Saint Petersbourg | Pskov: September 1, 1940 - Saint Petersburg

Hungarian-American mathematician (b.1940) | Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (1974) | Eötvös Loránd University | Zirc: September 1, 1940

Russian mining scientist | Miner's Glory 1st class, Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Honour, Miner's Glory 3rd class, State Prize of the Russian

Spanish politician (1939–2023) | Francesc Macià Memorial award (2011), Saint George's Cross (1999), Gold Letter (1969), Anagrama Essay Prize (1973), Premi

German mathematician and historian of mathematics | Rudolf Kellermann Award (1971), Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Soviet nuclear chemist, chief of the commission investigating the Chernobyl disaster (1936-1988) | Lenin Prize, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Hero of the

Czech scientist (1936–2012) | honorary doctor of the Palacký University Olomouc (1999), Silver Medal of the President of the Senate (2011), Czech Medal of

French mathematician | University of Paris | Mahdia: September 1, 1935 - 4th arrondissement of Paris: September 25, 2019 | Marie-Paule Malliavin - Marie-Paule

Russian physicist | Order of the Badge of Honour | Peter the Great Saint Petersburg State Polytechnical University | Saint Petersburg: September 1, 1934

Dutch mathematician (1932–2004) | Honorary doctors of Ghent University (2000), Euler Medal (1997), Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion (1993)

Swiss philosopher | September 1, 1931 - 15th arrondissement of Paris: June 6, 2016 | André de Muralt (Andre de Muralt) | September 1, 1931 - 15th

Israeli computer scientist | Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship (1985), The EMET Prize for Art, Science and Culture (2004), Gödel Lecturer (2004), Harvey Prize

American physician (1931–2019) | State University of New York Upstate Medical University | Mineola: September 1, 1931 - Wilmington: November 24, 2019 | Frank

Russian mathematician (1930-2021) | State National Research Polytechnical University of Perm, Perm State Humanitarian Pedagogical University, Moscow State

Philosophy professor at Tehran University | University of Tehran | Tabriz: September 1, 1930 - Tehran: January 15, 2024 | Karim Mojtahedi | Tabriz: September

German physicist | Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2010), Robert Wichard Pohl Prize (1999) | Hanover: September 1

Russian scientist | Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class, Merited Scientist of the Russian Federation, SA Chaplygin Gold Medal | Tomsk

scientist | Moscow University's Department of Philosophy | September 1, 1929 - Brest: September 13, 2017 | V. I. Garadzha | September 1, 1929 - Brest: September 13, 2017

Indonesian Islamic religious leader (1926–2023) | Donggala: September 1, 1926 - Jakarta: February 25, 2023 | Ali Yafie | Donggala: September 1, 1926

American philosopher (1926-2018) | honorary doctorate at École Normale Supérieure de Lyon (2010), MacArthur Fellows Program, honorary doctor of the

Ukrainian scientist, politician, and statesman (1925–2024) | Honored badge of merit of the President of Ukraine, medal of 25 years of Ukrainian independence

American theoretical physicist (1925–2018) | Humboldt Prize, Guggenheim Fellowship, Fellow of the American Physical Society, Max Born Award (1985), Nobel

Spanish philosopher (1924–2016) | University of Zaragoza, University of Madrid, University of La Rioja | Santo Domingo de la Calzada: September 1, 1924

Czech jew writer | Prague: September 1, 1921 - Netanya: October 5, 2000 | Ota B. Kraus | Prague: September 1, 1921 - Netanya: October 5, 2000

German philosopher (1921-2013) | Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany | Prague: September 1, 1921 - Kiel: February 8, 2013

American chemist (1920–2007) | University of California, Berkeley | St. Helena: September 1, 1920 - Santa Barbara: September 8, 2007 | Donald Mastick | St.

Tajik philosopher, soldier, poet, and academic | Order of the Patriotic War 1st class, Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War

Chinese chemist (1920–2015) | honorary doctor of the University of Hong Kong, Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1976) | St. John's University

Soviet historian (1917-1987) | Order of the Patriotic War 2nd class, Order of the Patriotic War 1st class | Historical Department of the National University of Kyiv

American chemist (1917–2002) | ACS Award in Polymer Chemistry (1987), North Carolina Award for Science (1981) | Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn | Langley

American mathematician (1915-2008) | Fellow of the American Statistical Association (1968) | University of California, Los Angeles | September 1, 1915 - January 12, 2008

American immunologist (1914–2000) | National Medal of Science (1991), Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize (1977), American Association of Immunologists Lifetime

scientist | Liavonavičy: September 1, 1913 - January 1, 1986 | Juryj Tarasiuk | Liavonavičy: September 1, 1913 - January 1, 1986

Chinese mathematician | Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (1946), Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (1955) | Tsinghua University

Chinese philologist (1909–1992) | Peking University | Changsha: September 1, 1909 - January 1, 1992 | Yang Bojun | Changsha: September 1, 1909 - January 1

German mathematician (1906–1986) | Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1983), honorary doctor of the University of

American biochemist (1906–1997) | William H. Nichols Medal (1967), Priestley Medal (1986), Perkin Medal (1960), Welch Award in Chemistry (1972), National

Polish poet (1901-1975) | Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta | John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin | Dąbrowa Tarnowska: September 1, 1901

German writer (1898–1977) | Bodensee-Literaturpreis (1955), Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Wilhelm Raabe Prize

Indian spiritual teacher and founder of the ISKCON | Bhagavad-gītā As It Is | Scottish Church College | Kolkata: September 1, 1896 - Vrindavan: November 14, 1977

German physicist and chemist (1895–1968) | Guggenheim Fellowship (1952), professor emeritus | Birge–Sponer method | University of Göttingen, University of Tübingen

Italian businessman (1891-1966) | Grifone d'Oro (1958) | Pescia: September 1, 1891 - Milan: June 21, 1966 | Ferdinando Innocenti | Pescia: September 1, 1891

Croatian physician (1888-1958) | Léon Bernard Foundation Prize (1955) | University of Vienna | Brodski Drenovac: September 1, 1888 - Zagreb: June 26, 1958

Japanese mathematician | Tochigi Prefecture: September 1, 1885 - June 12, 1955 | Magoichirō Watanabe (Magoichiro Watanabe) | Tochigi Prefecture: September 1

Swiss mathematician (1883-1939) | University of Zurich | Zofingen: September 1, 1883 - Zollikon: March 17, 1939 | Ernst Meissner | Zofingen: September 1, 1883

German teacher, philosopher and psychologist (1882–1929) | University of Bonn | Remscheid: September 1, 1882 - Munich: January 5, 1929 | Erich Becher

British chemist (1877-1945) | John Scott Award (1923), honorary doctor of the University of Calcutta, Bakerian Lecture (1927), Royal Medal (1938), Liversidge

September 1, 1876 - Branford: July 29, 2004 | Hellmut Wolfgang Toepffer | September 1, 1876 - Branford: July 29, 2004

chemist (1868-1934) | Ludwig-Maximilian-University in Munich, University of Geneva | Cham: September 1, 1868 - Ludwigshafen: June 10, 1934 | Victor Villiger

1868-1957) American inventor | Princeton University | West Point: September 1, 1868 - Stamford: November 4, 1957 | Thomas Robins | West Point: September 1

University of Freiburg | September 1, 1866 - January 1, 1154 | Adolf Matteoschat | September 1, 1866 - January 1, 1154 | University of Freiburg

French scientist (1865-1945) | Knight of the Legion of Honour (1903), Officer of the Legion of Honour (1922) | École polytechnique | Oullins: September 1

Honorary doctor of Leiden University (1898) | September 1, 1864 - Uttar Pradesh: January 20, 2020 | Franciscus Antonius Hubertus Schreinemakers | September

Hungarian physicist | University of Vienna | Verona: September 1, 1862 - Budapest: October 11, 1934 | Radó von Kövesligethy (Rado von Kovesligethy) | Verona

Romanian chemist (1861–1941) | Humboldt University of Berlin | Bucharest: September 1, 1861 - Bucharest: April 7, 1941 | Lazăr Edeleanu (Lazar Edeleanu)

Austrian scientist and inventor (1858-1929) | Werner von Siemens Ring (1920), Elliott Cresson Medal (1900), Wilhelm Exner Medal (1921), National Inventors Hall

Serbian astronomy professor (1857-1950) | Belgrade: September 1, 1857 - Belgrade: February 21, 1950 | Milán Nedelkovic (Milan Nedelkovic) | Belgrade

Russian poet, critic and translator (1855–1909) | Imperial St. Petersburg University | Omsk: September 1, 1855 - Saint Petersburg: December 13, 1909

French writer and Catholic right-wing politician (1851-1922) | Marcelin Guérin Prize (1896), Montyon Prize (1887) | Lycée Louis-le-Grand, Collège Stanislas de Paris

Austrian chemist and mystic (1851-1905) | Vienna: September 1, 1851 - Vienna: June 7, 1905 | Carl Kellner | Vienna: September 1, 1851 - Vienna: June 7, 1905

Czech physicist and mathematician (1848-1927) | Charles University | Tvorovice: September 1, 1848 - Plumlov: April 12, 1927 | Bartoloměj Navrátil (Bartolomej

Swiss myrmecologist, neuroanatomist and psychiatrist (1848-1931) | University of Zurich | Morges: September 1, 1848 - Yvorne: July 27, 1931 | Auguste Forel

Italian anarchist (1846-1892) | A Compendium of Das Kapital | Barletta: September 1, 1846 - Nocera Inferiore: July 17, 1892 | Carlo Cafiero | Barletta

English economist and logician | Fellow of the Royal Society | University College London | Liverpool: September 1, 1835 - Bulverhythe: August 13, 1882

photographer, inventor (1832–1916) | Cluj-Napoca: September 1, 1832 - Cluj-Napoca: April 3, 1916 | Ferenc Veress | Cluj-Napoca: September 1, 1832

American physician and inventor (1832-1917) | Yale University, Harvard Medical School, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania | Woburn

British classical scholar, academic administrator (1832–1904) | Merton College | North Lincolnshire: September 1, 1832 - Oxford: November 20, 1904 | Thomas

American businessman (1826–1896) | Wilbraham & Monson Academy | Springfield: September 1, 1826 - New York City: January 1, 1896 | Alfred Ely Beach

American mental calculator (1804–1840) | Westminster School, University of Vermont | Cabot: September 1, 1804 - Norwich: March 2, 1840 | Zerah Colburn

French chemist (1797–1881) | Science Faculty of Paris | Lille: September 1, 1797 - Paris: October 7, 1881 | Augustin-Pierre Dubrunfaut | Lille: September 1

professor of chemistry and mineralogy, Trinity College, Dublin (1796-1886) | Cunningham Medal (1839), Fellow of the Royal Society | Trinity College Dublin

British chemist who invented the Marsh test for detecting arsenic (1794–1846) | Marsh test | Woolwich: September 1, 1794 - Woolwich: June 21, 1846 | James

German theologian (1761-1851) | Leonberg: September 1, 1761 - Heidelberg: August 10, 1851 | Heinrich Paulus (Magis Amica Veritas) | Leonberg: September 1, 1761

Romanian academic | Sadu: September 1, 1745 - Buda: May 13, 1806 | Samuil Micu-Klein | Sadu: September 1, 1745 - Buda: May 13, 1806

Japanese philosopher | Aki: September 1, 1723 - Aki: April 9, 1789 | Miura Baien | Aki: September 1, 1723 - Aki: April 9, 1789

French engineer | École des Ponts ParisTech | Châlons-en-Champagne: September 1, 1718 - Paris: October 5, 1798 | Antoine de Chézy (Antoine de Chezy)

German philosopher, orator and historian (1672–1751) | Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg | Halle (Saale): September 1, 1672 - Lutherstadt Wittenberg

Dutch philosopher | Middelburg: September 1, 1647 - Zwolle: October 13, 1715 | Frederik van Leenhof | Middelburg: September 1, 1647 - Zwolle: October 13, 1715

German historian (1597-1658) | Koszalin: September 1, 1597 - Szczecin: December 3, 1658 | Johann Micraelius (Philalethes Parrhesiastes) | Koszalin: September

German physician and professor of physics, astronomy and arithmetic | Lutherstadt Wittenberg: September 1, 1572 - Marburg: March 3, 1621 | Rudolph Goclenius

Belgian/German mathematician, astrologer, writer | Ath: September 1, 1508 - Cologne: January 1, 1562 | Jean Taisner | Ath: September 1, 1508 - Cologne: January 1, 1562

1st-century Greek physician, surgeon and philosopher | Pergamon: September 1, 0129 - Rome: January 1, 0300 | Galen | Pergamon: September 1, 0129 - Rome: January 1, 0300