Benoit Mandelbrot

French chemist | CNRS bronze medal (2011) | Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 | November 20, 1975 - Orvieto: November 17, 1284 | Vincent Monteil | November 20

professor of mathematics | Harvard University | November 20, 1970 - June 23, 1923 | Keith Conrad | November 20, 1970 - June 23, 1923 | Harvard University

Indian business executive | GiMA Award for Best Music Debut | 60 Minutes, The Untouchable, Zindaggi Rocks, Happy Ending, Kkrishnaa's Konfessions, Piggies on

Dutch biophysicist | Spinoza Prize (2018) | University of Groningen, University of Paris-Sud | Utrecht: November 20, 1967 - Paris: May 3, 1961 | Marileen

Italian physicist | University of Turin | Ivrea: November 20, 1966 - Moscow: February 1, 1892 | Nicolao Fornengo | Ivrea: November 20, 1966 - Moscow: February 1, 1892

British mathematician | Sylvester Medal (2016), Fields medal (1998), Fellow of the Royal Society, Nature's 10 (2012), Knight Bachelor (2012), De Morgan Medal

Slovak feminist and blogger | Lučenec: November 20, 1962 - Madrid: February 4, 2024 | Oľga Pietruchová (Olga Pietruchova) | Lučenec: November 20, 1962

Ecuadorian writer | Guayaquil: November 20, 1958 - Cambridge: May 15, 1952 | Otto Ramón Sonnenholzner - Georg Ramón Otto Octavio Sonnenholzner Murrieta (Otto

Romanian mathematician, poet and educationist | count Kocsárd Kún prize (2013) | University of Craiova | Săcele: November 20, 1954 - Leipzig: September 1, 1913

German mathematician (born 1953) | Konrad Zuse Medal (2017), Karl Heinz Beckurts Award (2006), Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize (1993), Tsungming Tu Award (2012)

Czech physicist | Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University | November 20, 1953 - Charlottesville: January 1, 1989 | Pavel Demo | November 20

Australian statistician (1951-2016) | Fellow of the American Statistical Association (1996), honorary member, Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science

Chinese politician | East China Normal University, Harvard University, Fudan University, Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party, Shanghai High

November 20, 1948 - Princeton: August 11, 2003 | Gusztáv Molnár (Gusztav Molnar) | November 20, 1948 - Princeton: August 11, 2003

Russian physicist | Order of Alexander Nevsky, Prize of the Government of the Russian Federation in the field of education, Russian President's Prize in the

American inventor | University of Memphis | Brooklyn: November 20, 1948 - Birmingham: March 30, 1914 | Alan Amron | Brooklyn: November 20, 1948 - Birmingham

Czech chemist | Olomouc City Award (2012), honorary doctor of the Palacký University Olomouc, honorary doctorate of the Masaryk University (2007) | Masaryk

Chinese chemist | University of Massachusetts Amherst, Peking University | Liuyang: November 20, 1947 - December 29, 1995 | Zhou Qifeng | Liuyang: November 20

Russian biochemist | USSR State Prize, Lenin Komsomol Prize, VDNKh gold medal | MSU Faculty of Chemistry, Moscow State University | Chernyakhovsk: November 20

American scientist and underwater breathing apparatus authority | Georgia Tech, Florida State University | Fort Smith: November 20, 1945 - Utrecht: November 15, 1844

German philosopher born in Uruguay | Montevideo: November 20, 1945 - Scottsdale: September 19, 2006 | Rafael Capurro | Montevideo: November 20, 1945

American physicist, lawyer and civil servant | Joseph A. Burton Forum Award (2023), Philip Hauge Abelson Prize (2008) | Stanford University, Harvard Law

British aerospace engineer | Daniel Guggenheim Medal (2015), Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, Fellow of the Royal Society, Fellow of the American

American scientist (born 1940) | University at Buffalo | Auburn: November 20, 1940 - Zaragoza: September 18, 1941 | Robert Vince | Auburn: November 20, 1940

Russian philologist | Medal "Veteran of Labour", Honoured Higher education employee of the Russian Federation | Chelyabinsk State Pedagogical University

chemist, biochemist and biophysicist | Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2013), honorary doctor of the University of Tromsø

scientist | Dagestan State University | Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic: November 20, 1938 - Novotorzhsky Uyezd: April 30, 1905 | Zagir

American mathematician (1936–2024) | Guggenheim Fellowship | Yeshiva College (Yeshiva University), Johns Hopkins University | November 20, 1936 - August 23, 2024

American logician | Harvard University | Palanpur: November 20, 1936 - Hanover: May 8, 2014 | Rohit Jivanlal Parikh | Palanpur: November 20, 1936 - Hanover: May 8, 2014

Geologist | Order of the Badge of Honour, Merited Scientist of the Russian Federation, USSR State Prize | Odesa University | Odesa: November 20, 1933

Spanish politician (1926-2003) | University of Salamanca (1950), University of Zaragoza | Barakaldo: November 20, 1926 - Bilbao: January 27, 2003 | Martín

American physicist (1925–2003) | Howard University | Hinton: November 20, 1925 - Charlottesville: September 20, 2003 | Titus Pankey | Hinton: November 20

Liechtenstein mechanical engineer, management scientist and professor at ETH Zurich | ETH Zurich | Vienna: November 20, 1924 - February 16, 2016 | Franz

British-American physicist | Guggenheim Fellowship, John Price Wetherill Medal (1962) | University of Oxford | Bradford: November 20, 1923 - February 17, 2017

American realist painter (1922-2011) | Haverford College, Art Students League of New York | Florida: November 20, 1922 - Santa Fe: February 2, 2011 | Clark

American statistician (1917-2009) | Guggenheim Fellowship, Honorary doctor of Leiden University (1985), Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics

University of Lisbon | November 20, 1916 - Budapest: July 13, 1968 | Humberto Duarte Fonseca | November 20, 1916 - Budapest: July 13, 1968

Pakistani writer (1916–2006) | Sitara-i-Imtiaz, Pride of Performance | Government Sadiq Egerton College Bahawalpur | Angah: November 20, 1916 - Lahore

French historian and economist (1913-2006) | Broquette-Gonin prize (1963) | Paris Law Faculty, Faculty of Arts of Paris | 17th arrondissement of Paris

Romanian physicist | Chernivtsi University | Chernivtsi: November 20, 1911 - Bucharest: August 1, 2008 | Radu Grigorovici | Chernivtsi: November 20, 1911

Dutch mathematician (1910–1944) | University of Edinburgh | Hattem: November 20, 1910 - Laval: June 10, 1944 | Willem Jacob van Stockum | Hattem: November

Argentine philosopher and anthropologist (1910–1983) | Guggenheim Fellowship | Colegio Mariano Moreno, Harvard University | Posadas: November 20, 1910

Hungarian surgeon | János Balassa Award (1967) | University of Pécs, Eötvös Loránd University | Budapest: November 20, 1903 - Budapest: March 30, 1984

German physicist (1894–1979) | University of Göttingen | Samtredia: November 20, 1894 - Göttingen: July 18, 1979 | Johann Nikuradse | Samtredia: November

Soviet biologist and philosopher (1891-1937) | Institute of Red Professors, Moscow State University | Babruysk: November 20, 1891 - Soviet Union: March 8, 1937

Dutch physicist (1885–1973) | Leiden University | Leiden: November 20, 1885 - Leiden: January 1, 1973 | Geertruida de Haas-Lorentz | Leiden: November 20

American engineer (1885-1957) | Goucher College, Cornell University College of Engineering, Cornell University | Chester: November 20, 1885 - Baltimore: November 5, 1957

banker, philosopher, economist (1884-1972) | Commander with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta (1929), Gold Cross of Merit, Cross of Independence (1931)

Scholar of the Talmud | Bialik Prize (1948) | University of Bern, Mir yeshiva | Brest: November 20, 1878 - Jerusalem: February 29, 1952 | Jacob Nahum Epstein

American physicist (1873–1962) | Rumford Prize (1937), John Scott Award (1924), Frederic Ives Medal (1945), Janssen Medal (1920), Howard N. Potts Medal (1911)

American pedagogue (1871–1965) | Johns Hopkins University, Mercer University, Teachers College | White Plains: November 20, 1871 - New York City: February 13, 1965

Russian mathematician (1867–1946) | Order of the Red Banner of Labour | Kazan Imperial University | Kirov: November 20, 1867 - Kharkiv: January 28, 1946

German scientist (1867–1948) | Leipzig University, Humboldt University of Berlin | Kędzierzyn-Koźle: November 20, 1867 - Biberwier: June 10, 1948 | Gustav

American philosopher (1865–1926) | Wilmington: November 20, 1865 - Philadelphia: September 6, 1926 | William Romaine Newbold | Wilmington: November 20, 1865

British Indian Army general (1864-1937) | Fellow of the Zoological Society of London, Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (1911), Fellow of the

American inventor (1864–1927) | Czech Republic: November 20, 1864 - New Albany: November 14, 1927 | Ferdinand N. Kahler. Ferd | Czech Republic: November 20

Czech physicist and mathematician (1862–1928) | Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague | Litomyšl: November 20, 1862 - Příbram: September 7, 1928

French philosopher and sociologist (1862–1925) | Lycée Louis-le-Grand, University of Paris, agrégation de philosophie | Saint-Laurent-Blangy: November 20

Finnish academic (1862–1939) | Order of Saint Anna, 3rd class (1911), Commander of the Order of the Polar Star (1925), Commander of the Order of the White

German physicist | Humboldt University of Berlin | Berlin: November 20, 1859 - Giessen: August 2, 1936 | Walter König (Walter Konig) | Berlin: November 20

Dr. phil. Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena 1883 | University of Jena | Berlin: November 20, 1858 - Bad Salzschlirf: January 6, 1948 | Emil Haentzschel

Italian philosopher | knight of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus | University of Florence | Pistoia: November 20, 1857 - Florence: November 4, 1931

American philosopher (1855–1916) | Johns Hopkins University, University of California, Berkeley | Grass Valley: November 20, 1855 - Cambridge: September 14, 1916

Russian astronomer (1852–1917) | Order of Saint Stanislaus, 1st class, Order of Saint Stanislaus, 2nd class, Order of St. Vladimir, 3rd class, Order of Saint

Norwegian academic (1850–1930) | Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog | Vang: November 20, 1850 - August 22, 1930 | Arne Løchen (Arne Lochen) | Vang

Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of Moscow Imperial University | November 20, 1849 - March 6, 1917 | Viktor Viktorovich Bobynin | November 20, 1849 - March 6, 1917

Italian engineer (1848-1920) | Bologna: November 20, 1848 - Turin: January 28, 1920 | Aristide Faccioli | Bologna: November 20, 1848 - Turin: January 28, 1920

American inventor (1848-1915) | National Inventors Hall of Fame (2006) | Plains Township: November 20, 1848 - Chicago: January 22, 1915 | James Murray Spangler

French chemist, meteorologist, aviator and editor (1843–1899) | Knight of the Legion of Honour (1872) | Conservatoire national des Arts et Métiers, Lycée Condorcet

German chemist (1842–1929) | Mannheim: November 20, 1842 - Heidelberg: October 8, 1929 | August Friedrich Horstmann | Mannheim: November 20, 1842

French politician | Revel: November 20, 1840 - Fécamp: December 13, 1904 | Augustin Avrial | Revel: November 20, 1840 - Fécamp: December 13, 1904

Italian philosopher and politician (1840-1906) | Gropello Cairoli: November 20, 1840 - Gropello Cairoli: September 11, 1906 | Carlo Cantoni | Gropello Cairoli

American inventor (1838–1906) | National Inventors Hall of Fame (2006) | Maryland: November 20, 1838 - Baltimore: July 15, 1906 | William Painter | Maryland

American inventor (1837–1901) | National Inventors Hall of Fame (2006) | Decatur: November 20, 1836 - Brooklyn: May 1, 1901 | Lewis Waterman | Decatur

Russian monk, theologian and philosopher (1826–1890) | Saint Petersburg Theological Academy | Mogilev: November 20, 1826 - Odesa: December 27, 1890 | Nikanor

19th century Maltese philosopher | Siġġiewi: November 20, 1815 - Sliema: July 29, 1899 | Nicholas Zammit | Siġġiewi: November 20, 1815 - Sliema: July 29, 1899

Austrian member of Empire parliament (Austria empire), lawyer and university educator (1813-1891) | Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art (1885)

British photography pioneer (1801–1880) | Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh | Edinburgh: November 20, 1801 - Bristol: August 3, 1880 | Mungo Ponton

French poet (1800-1830) | École Normale Supérieure, Lycée Louis-le-Grand | Paris: November 20, 1800 - Paris: July 29, 1830 | Jean-Georges Farcy | Paris

Cuban Catholic priest and independence leader | Seminario de San Carlos y San Ambrosio, University of Havana | Havana: November 20, 1788 - St. Augustine

German inventor | Sömmerda: November 20, 1787 - Sömmerda: December 9, 1867 | Johann Nicolaus von Dreyse | Sömmerda: November 20, 1787 - Sömmerda: December 9, 1867

Spanish philosopher, journalist and friar (1770-1857) | Estudi General Lul·lià | Palma: November 20, 1770 - January 7, 1857 | Miguel Ferrer Bauzá (Miguel

November 20, 1751 - Moscow: October 19, 1970 | Johann Georg Pickel | November 20, 1751 - Moscow: October 19, 1970

German mathematician, journalist, author and astronomer | Leipzig University | Wrocław: November 20, 1737 - Lutherstadt Wittenberg: March 18, 1805 | Johann

orthodox archbishop, preacher, philosopher and theologian | Kyiv-Mohyla Academy | Nizhyn: November 20, 1717 - Mogilev: February 13, 1795 | George (Konissky)

French astronomer | Fellow of the Royal Society | French Academy of Sciences | Paris: November 20, 1715 - Bayeux: April 3, 1799 | Pierre Charles Le Monnier