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Orville Wright

  • Dayton: August 19, 1871 celebration
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    Dayton: August 19, 1871  
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  • trophy Awards & Honors

    1. Daniel Guggenheim Medal (1929)
    2. National Aviation Hall of Fame (1962)
    3. Albert Medal (1917)
    4. National Inventors Hall of Fame (1975)
    5. Honorary Scout
    6. John Fritz Medal (1920)
    7. Collier Trophy
    8. Franklin Medal (1933)
    9. Elliott Cresson Medal (1914)
    10. Gold Medal of the Royal Aeronautical Society
     
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  • American aviation pioneer (1871–1948) | Daniel Guggenheim Medal (1929), National Aviation Hall of Fame (1962), Albert Medal (1917), National Inventors Hall

1. Olga Holtz

  • Chelyabinsk: August 19, 1973 celebration

Russian mathematician | Sofia Kovalevskaya Award (2006), Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2016), EMS Prize (2008) | University of

2. Elvira Aitkulova

  • Novobayramgulovo: August 19, 1973 celebration

Russian politician | Bashkir State University | Novobayramgulovo: August 19, 1973 - Quito: March 13, 2005 | Elvira Aitkulova | Novobayramgulovo: August 19

3. D. V. Georgievskiĭ (D. V. Georgievskii)

  • Moscow: August 19, 1966 celebration

scientist | MSU Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics | Moscow: August 19, 1966 - Paris: August 29, 1900 | D. V. Georgievskiĭ (D. V. Georgievskii) | Moscow

4. Pierre Colmez

  • August 19, 1962 celebration

French mathematician | Fermat Prize (2005) | Lycée Louis-le-Grand, École Normale Supérieure, Joseph Fourier University | August 19, 1962 - Grambling: June 25, 2014

5. Andrew M. Stuart

  • August 19, 1962 celebration

British mathematician | Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (2009), James H. Wilkinson Prize in Numerical Analysis and Scientific

6. Bernd Lucke

  • Berlin: August 19, 1962 celebration

German economist, professor, author (born 1962) | FernUniversität in Hagen, University of California, Berkeley, Free University Berlin, University of Bonn

7. Akiyoshi Kitaoka

  • Kōchi Prefecture: August 19, 1961 celebration

Japanese psychologist | University of Tsukuba | Kōchi Prefecture: August 19, 1961 - Boston: December 13, 2007 | Akiyoshi Kitaoka | Kōchi Prefecture: August

8. Stephen Hicks

  • Toronto: August 19, 1960 celebration

Canadian-American philosopher | University of Guelph, Indiana University | Toronto: August 19, 1960 - Madrid: March 11, 2025 | Stephen Hicks | Toronto: August

9. Aleksandr Evgenʹevich Makhov (Aleksandr Evgen'evich Makhov)

  • Moscow: August 19, 1959 celebration
  • Moscow: November 29, 2021 deceased

scientist | Philological Faculty of Moscow State University | Moscow: August 19, 1959 - Moscow: November 29, 2021 | Aleksandr Evgenʹevich Makhov (Aleksandr

10. Hessel de Walle

  • Dokkum: August 19, 1958 celebration

Dutch author | University of Groningen | Dokkum: August 19, 1958 - Minnesota: May 24, 1933 | Hessel de Walle | Dokkum: August 19, 1958 - Minnesota: May 24, 1933

11. Daina Taimiņa (Daina Taimina)

  • Riga: August 19, 1954 celebration

American Latvian-born mathematician | Bookseller/Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the Year (2009), Euler Book Prize (2012) | Knitting adventures with hyperbolic planes

12. Josef Trna

  • Boskovice: August 19, 1954 celebration
  • November 6, 2017 deceased

Czech physicist | Boskovice: August 19, 1954 - November 6, 2017 | Josef Trna | Boskovice: August 19, 1954 - November 6, 2017

13. Klaus Hulek

  • Bad Hindelang: August 19, 1952 celebration

German mathematician | Ludwig-Maximilian-University in Munich, University of Erlangen–Nuremberg | Bad Hindelang: August 19, 1952 - Berkeley: April 8, 2017

14. Agnis Andzans

  • Riga: August 19, 1952 celebration
  • March 3, 2024 deceased

Latvian mathematician | Order of the Three Stars, 4th Class (1996) | Riga State Gymnasium No.1 | Riga: August 19, 1952 - March 3, 2024 | Agnis Andzans | Riga

15. Birutė Vėsaitė (Birute Vesaite)

  • Kaunas: August 19, 1951 celebration

politician from Lithuanian | Kaunas University of Technology, Vilnius University | Kaunas: August 19, 1951 - Washington, D.C.: May 25, 1980 | Birutė Vėsaitė

16. Francis Wolff

  • Ivry-sur-Seine: August 19, 1950 celebration

French philosopher and professor | Eagle Feather (2007), prix des Rencontres philosophiques d'Uriage (2018) | Lycée Louis-le-Grand, École Normale Supérieure

17. Boris Revut

  • Saint Petersburg: August 19, 1947 celebration

German chemist | Saint Petersburg: August 19, 1947 - Sebring: May 18, 2017 | Boris Revut | Saint Petersburg: August 19, 1947 - Sebring: May 18, 2017

18. Paul Callaghan

  • Whanganui: August 19, 1947 celebration
  • Wellington: March 24, 2012 deceased

New Zealand physicist (1947–2012) | honorary doctor of Victoria University of Wellington (2010), honorary doctor of Massey University (2010), Wellingtonian

19. Khalida Inayat Noor

  • Rawalpindi: August 19, 1946 celebration

Pakistani mathematician | Pride of Performance | University of the Punjab, Swansea University | Rawalpindi: August 19, 1946 - May 23, 2018 | Khalida Inayat

20. Helena Haškovcová (Helena Haskovcova)

  • Prague: August 19, 1945 celebration

Czech philosopher | Czech Medal of Merit (2019) | Charles University | Prague: August 19, 1945 - Prague: January 6, 1866 | Helena Haškovcová (Helena

21. Milica Pechánková (Milica Pechankova)

  • August 19, 1945 celebration

August 19, 1945 - Dayton: October 6, 1895 | Milica Pechánková (Milica Pechankova) | August 19, 1945 - Dayton: October 6, 1895

22. Vladimir Tetelmin

  • Krasnoyarsk: August 19, 1944 celebration

Russian scientist | Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow", Order of the Badge of Honour | Krasnoyarsk State Technical University

23. Richard Zuber

  • Tysmenytsia: August 19, 1943 celebration

French linguist | University of Wrocław | Tysmenytsia: August 19, 1943 - Novosibirsk: March 25, 2022 | Richard Zuber | Tysmenytsia: August 19, 1943

24. Bruce Ackerman

  • New York City: August 19, 1943 celebration

American scholar of constitutional law | Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Guggenheim Fellowship (1985), Sterling Professor, Berlin Prize (2015)

25. David Novak

  • Chicago: August 19, 1941 celebration

American rabbi and philosopher (1941-) | University of Chicago, Georgetown University, Jewish Theological Seminary of America | Chicago: August 19, 1941

26. Alan Baker

  • London: August 19, 1939 celebration
  • Cambridge: February 4, 2018 deceased

English mathematician | Fields medal (1970), Adams Prize (1972), Fellow of the Royal Society, Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013), honorary

27. Vyacheslav Stepin

  • Navlya: August 19, 1934 celebration
  • Moscow: December 14, 2018 deceased

Russian philosopher (1934-2018) | State Prize of the Russian Federation, Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow", Russian Federation

28. Arthur Fry

  • Owatonna: August 19, 1931 celebration

American inventor | National Inventors Hall of Fame (2010) | Post-it Note | University of Minnesota | Owatonna: August 19, 1931 - Florence: March 2, 1712

29. Giuseppe Caglioti

  • Naples: August 19, 1931 celebration
  • Varese: July 16, 2024 deceased

Italian physicist (1931-2024) | Sapienza University of Rome | Naples: August 19, 1931 - Varese: July 16, 2024 | Giuseppe Caglioti | Naples: August 19, 1931

30. Sübhi Salayev (Subhi Salayev)

  • Baku: August 19, 1927 celebration
  • January 1, 1990 deceased

scientist | Baku: August 19, 1927 - January 1, 1990 | Sübhi Salayev (Subhi Salayev) | Baku: August 19, 1927 - January 1, 1990

31. Volodymyr Korolyuk

  • Kyiv: August 19, 1925 celebration
  • Kyiv: April 4, 2020 deceased

Ukrainian mathematician (1925–2020) | Honored Scientist of Ukraine, Glushkov Prize, Ostrogradskii Prize, Mitripolskii Prize, State Prize of Ukraine in

32. Frederic M. Richards

  • New York City: August 19, 1925 celebration
  • Guilford: January 11, 2009 deceased

Biochemist, biophysicist, crystallographer, and sailor; founder and chair of Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale University (1925-2009)

33. Willard Boyle

  • Amherst: August 19, 1924 celebration
  • Wallace: May 7, 2011 deceased

Canadian physicist and inventor (1924–2011) | Companion of the Order of Canada, Stuart Ballantine Medal (1973), Great Immigrants Award (2010), Edwin H. Land

34. Shūji Fukui (Shuji Fukui)

  • Osaka Prefecture: August 19, 1923 celebration

Japanese physicist | Medal with Purple Ribbon, Order of the Rising Sun, 3rd class | Osaka University | Osaka Prefecture: August 19, 1923 - Geneva: July 15, 1942

35. Abraham Moles

  • Touzac: August 19, 1920 celebration
  • Strasbourg: May 22, 1992 deceased

Scientist, professor (1920–1992) | Grenoble Alpes University | Touzac: August 19, 1920 - Strasbourg: May 22, 1992 | Abraham Moles | Touzac: August 19, 1920

36. Johan Jacob Seidel

  • The Hague: August 19, 1919 celebration
  • Eindhoven: May 8, 2001 deceased

Dutch mathematician | Berlekamp–Van Lint–Seidel graph | Leiden University, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam | The Hague: August 19, 1919 - Eindhoven: May 8, 2001

37. Igor Morokhov

  • Ivanovo: August 19, 1919 celebration
  • January 1, 2001 deceased

Soviet physicist | Order of Lenin, Lenin Prize, Stalin Prize | Moscow Aviation Institute | Ivanovo: August 19, 1919 - January 1, 2001 | Igor Morokhov

38. Paschoal Senise

  • São Paulo: August 19, 1917 celebration
  • São Paulo: July 21, 2011 deceased

Brazilian chemist, researcher and university teacher | University of São Paulo | São Paulo: August 19, 1917 - São Paulo: July 21, 2011 | Paschoal Senise

39. Margareta Giurgea

  • Bucharest: August 19, 1915 celebration
  • Bucharest: April 28, 2011 deceased

Romanian physicist | Bucharest: August 19, 1915 - Bucharest: April 28, 2011 | Margareta Giurgea | Bucharest: August 19, 1915 - Bucharest: April 28, 2011

40. Richard S. Morse

  • Abington: August 19, 1911 celebration
  • Falmouth: July 1, 1988 deceased

American inventor and scientist (1911–1988) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Technical University of Munich | Abington: August 19, 1911 - Falmouth

41. Philo Farnsworth

  • Beaver: August 19, 1906 celebration
  • Salt Lake City: March 11, 1971 deceased

American inventor (1906–1971) | IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award (1941), Eagle Scout, National Inventors Hall of Fame (1984) | Brigham Young High

42. Maurice Wilks

  • Hayling Island: August 19, 1904 celebration
  • Newborough: September 8, 1963 deceased

British automobile designer | Malvern College | Hayling Island: August 19, 1904 - Newborough: September 8, 1963 | Maurice Wilks | Hayling Island: August 19

43. Cornelis Zwikker

  • Zaanstad: August 19, 1900 celebration
  • Zwijndrecht: April 20, 1985 deceased

Dutch physicist | University of Amsterdam | Zaanstad: August 19, 1900 - Zwijndrecht: April 20, 1985 | Cornelis Zwikker | Zaanstad: August 19, 1900

44. Gilbert Ryle

  • Brighton: August 19, 1900 celebration
  • Oxford: October 6, 1976 deceased

British philosopher | The Queen's College | Brighton: August 19, 1900 - Oxford: October 6, 1976 | Gilbert Ryle | Brighton: August 19, 1900 - Oxford: October 6, 1976

45. Hans Luedtke

  • Międzylesie: August 19, 1889 celebration
  • Geismar: October 23, 1953 deceased

German musicologist and organist | Międzylesie: August 19, 1889 - Geismar: October 23, 1953 | Hans Luedtke | Międzylesie: August 19, 1889 - Geismar: October 23, 1953

46. Nigamananda Paramahansa

  • Kutabpur: August 19, 1880 celebration
  • Kolkata: November 29, 1935 deceased

Hindu spiritual leader (1880–1935) | Kutabpur: August 19, 1880 - Kolkata: November 29, 1935 | Nigamananda Paramahansa | Kutabpur: August 19, 1880 - Kolkata

47. Adelbert Ames, Jr.

  • Lowell: August 19, 1880 celebration
  • July 3, 1955 deceased

American scientist (1880-1955) | Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Doctor of Law (honorary) (1954), Edgar D. Tillyer Award (1955) | Clark

48. Vladimir Adoratsky

  • Kazan: August 19, 1878 celebration
  • Moscow: June 5, 1945 deceased

Russian historian and theorist (1878–1945) | Kazan Federal University | Kazan: August 19, 1878 - Moscow: June 5, 1945 | Vladimir Adoratsky | Kazan: August

49. Théophile de Donder (Theophile de Donder)

  • Brussels metropolitan area: August 19, 1872 celebration
  • Brussels metropolitan area: May 11, 1957 deceased

Belgian physicist (1872–1957) | honorary doctor of the University of Toulouse (1928), doctor honoris causa from the University of Nancy (1924) | Free

50. Karl Kommerell

  • Achern: August 19, 1871 celebration
  • Tübingen: July 30, 1962 deceased

German mathematician | University of Tübingen | Achern: August 19, 1871 - Tübingen: July 30, 1962 | Karl Kommerell | Achern: August 19, 1871 - Tübingen: July 30, 1962

51. Orville Wright

  • Dayton: August 19, 1871 celebration
  • Dayton: January 30, 1948 deceased

American aviation pioneer (1871–1948) | Daniel Guggenheim Medal (1929), National Aviation Hall of Fame (1962), Albert Medal (1917), National Inventors Hall

52. George Thomas White Patrick

  • Boscawen: August 19, 1857 celebration
  • January 1, 1949 deceased

American psychologist (1857–1949) | Johns Hopkins University, Yale Divinity School, University of Iowa | Boscawen: August 19, 1857 - January 1, 1949 | George

53. Edward Rennie

  • Balmain: August 19, 1852 celebration
  • Adelaide: January 8, 1927 deceased

Australian chemist (1852–1927) | University of London, University of Sydney | Balmain: August 19, 1852 - Adelaide: January 8, 1927 | Edward Rennie | Balmain

54. Charles Elmer Hires

  • Salem County: August 19, 1851 celebration
  • Haverford: July 31, 1937 deceased

American businessman (1851–1937) | Salem County: August 19, 1851 - Haverford: July 31, 1937 | Charles Elmer Hires | Salem County: August 19, 1851

55. John Howard Johnston

  • August 19, 1850 celebration

August 19, 1850 - Groningen: February 21, 1961 | John Howard Johnston | August 19, 1850 - Groningen: February 21, 1961

56. Manuel Rouaud y Paz Soldán (Manuel Rouaud y Paz Soldan)

  • Lima: August 19, 1839 celebration
  • Tefé: January 1, 1872 deceased

Peruvian scientist (1839-1872) | Lima: August 19, 1839 - Tefé: January 1, 1872 | Manuel Rouaud y Paz Soldán (Manuel Rouaud y Paz Soldan) | Lima: August 19

57. Lothar Meyer

  • Varel: August 19, 1830 celebration
  • Tübingen: April 11, 1895 deceased

German chemist and physician (1830-1895) | Davy Medal (1882) | periodic table | University of Würzburg, University of Zurich, Heidelberg University | Varel

58. James Nasmyth

  • Edinburgh: August 19, 1808 celebration
  • London: May 7, 1890 deceased

Scottish mechanical engineer and inventor | The Moon: Considered as a Planet, a World, and a Satellite | Royal High School, Heriot-Watt University | Edinburgh

59. Jules Barthélemy-Saint-Hilaire (Jules Barthelemy-Saint-Hilaire)

  • former 1st arrondissement of Paris: August 19, 1805 celebration
  • Paris: November 24, 1895 deceased

French philosopher, journalist, statesman, and possible illegitimate son of Napoleon I of France (1805-1895) | Lycée Louis-le-Grand, Bourbon college | former

60. Johan Gottlieb Gahn

  • Ovanåkers församling: August 19, 1745 celebration
  • Falu Kristine church parish: December 8, 1818 deceased

Swedish chemist (1745-1818) | Uppsala University | Ovanåkers församling: August 19, 1745 - Falu Kristine church parish: December 8, 1818 | Johan Gottlieb

61. Henricus Aeneae

  • Oudemirdum: August 19, 1743 celebration
  • The Hague: November 1, 1810 deceased

Dutch scientist (1743-1810) | University of Franeker | Oudemirdum: August 19, 1743 - The Hague: November 1, 1810 | Henricus Aeneae | Oudemirdum: August 19

62. Georg Simon Klügel (Georg Simon Klugel)

  • Hamburg: August 19, 1739 celebration
  • Halle (Saale): August 4, 1812 deceased

German mathematician and physicist | Gelehrtenschule des Johanneums, Akademisches Gymnasium, University of Göttingen | Hamburg: August 19, 1739 - Halle

63. Erland Samuel Bring

  • Ausås parish: August 19, 1736 celebration
  • Lund: May 20, 1798 deceased

Swedish mathematician | Bring radical, Bring's curve, Bring-Jerrard quintic form | Lund University | Ausås parish: August 19, 1736 - Lund: May 20, 1798

64. Louis de Beausobre

  • Berlin: August 19, 1730 celebration
  • December 3, 1783 deceased

German philosopher and political economist | Alma Mater Viadrina, Französisches Gymnasium Berlin | Berlin: August 19, 1730 - December 3, 1783 | Louis de

65. Philipp Friedrich Gmelin

  • Tübingen: August 19, 1721 celebration
  • Tübingen: May 9, 1768 deceased

German professor of botany and chemistry (1721-1768) | Fellow of the Royal Society | University of Tübingen | Tübingen: August 19, 1721 - Tübingen: May 9, 1768

66. Michael Heinrich Horn

  • Heringen: August 19, 1623 celebration
  • Leipzig: October 16, 1681 deceased

German chemist (1623-1681) | Heringen: August 19, 1623 - Leipzig: October 16, 1681 | Michael Heinrich Horn | Heringen: August 19, 1623 - Leipzig: October 16, 1681

67. Andreas Schato

  • Torgau: August 19, 1539 celebration
  • Lutherstadt Wittenberg: March 17, 1603 deceased

German mathematician (1539-1603) | Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg | Torgau: August 19, 1539 - Lutherstadt Wittenberg: March 17, 1603 | Andreas

68. Francesco Barozzi

  • Heraklion: August 19, 1537 celebration
  • Venice: November 23, 1604 deceased

Italian mathematician (1537-1604) | University of Padua | Heraklion: August 19, 1537 - Venice: November 23, 1604 | Francesco Barozzi - Franciscus Barocius

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