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Charles Babbage

  • Walworth: December 26, 1791 celebration
  • Marylebone: October 18, 1871 celebration
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    Charles Babbage  
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    United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland  
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    Charles Babbage
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  • celebration Date of birth

    Walworth: December 26, 1791  
  • deceased Rest in Peace

    Marylebone: October 18, 1871  
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  • engineering Field of Work

    1. mathematics
    2. computer science
    3. analytic philosophy
     
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  • school Education

    1. Forty Hill CofE Primary School
    2. Alphington Primary School
    3. Totnes Grammar School
    4. King Edward VI Community College
    5. Trinity College
    6. Peterhouse
     
  • trophy Awards & Honors

    1. Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1820)
    2. Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1832)
    3. Knight of the Royal Guelphic Order (1832)
    4. Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1824)
    5. Fellow of the Royal Society (1816)
     
  • social_leaderboard Notable Works

    1. analytical engine
    2. difference engine
    3. Ninth Bridgewater Treatise
    4. Reflections on the Decline of Science in England, and on Some of Its Causes
    5. On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures
    6. Passages from the Life of a Philosopher.
    7. Laws of mechanical notation (for consideration) / [C. Babbage]
     
  • English mathematician, philosopher, and engineer (1791–1871) | Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1820), Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and

1. Nikola Stoyanov

  • December 26, 1994 celebration

University of Sussex | December 26, 1994 - Minnesota: May 24, 1933 | Nikola Stoyanov | December 26, 1994 - Minnesota: May 24, 1933

2. Lyndon Smith

  • Stroud: December 26, 1964 celebration

researcher ORCID ID = 0000-0001-5821-0586 | University of Wales, University of St Andrews | Stroud: December 26, 1964 - Utrecht: July 29, 1660 | Lyndon Smith

3. Yuefan Deng

  • Hubei: December 26, 1962 celebration

Chinese mathematician | Thousand Talents Program | Columbia University, Nankai University | Hubei: December 26, 1962 - Leiden: January 26, 1724 | Yuefan Deng

4. Gouri Sankar Bandyopadhyay

  • Bardhaman: December 26, 1962 celebration

Indian historian (born 1962) | Bankura Christian College, University of Burdwan | Bardhaman: December 26, 1962 - April 16, 1941 | Gouri Sankar Bandyopadhyay

5. Keith Martin Ball

  • New York City: December 26, 1960 celebration

British mathematician and Professor at the University of Warwick | Fellow of the Royal Society (2011), Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013)

6. Jean-Marc Vivenza

  • Vinay: December 26, 1957 celebration

French musicologist | Vinay: December 26, 1957 - Paris: August 23, 1713 | Jean-Marc Vivenza | Vinay: December 26, 1957 - Paris: August 23, 1713

7. Cheryl L. Shavers

  • San Marcos: December 26, 1953 celebration

American chemist | Women in Technology Hall of Fame (1996) | South Mountain High School, Arizona State University | San Marcos: December 26, 1953 - Tel Aviv

8. José Horacio Gómez (Jose Horacio Gomez)

  • Monterrey: December 26, 1951 celebration

American Roman Catholic archbishop | National Autonomous University of Mexico, Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, University of Navarre

9. Carolyn S. Gordon

  • Charleston: December 26, 1950 celebration

American mathematician | Noether Lecture (2010), Chauvenet Prize (2001), Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013), AMS Centennial Fellowship (1990)

10. Jean-Louis Sagot-Duvauroux

  • December 26, 1950 celebration

French philosopher and playwright | December 26, 1950 - 14th arrondissement of Paris: November 16, 2022 | Jean-Louis Sagot-Duvauroux | December 26, 1950 - 14th

11. Tomas Hudlicky

  • Prague: December 26, 1949 celebration
  • January 1, 2022 deceased

researcher | R.U. Lemieux Award (2014) | Rice University, Virginia Tech, University of Geneva | Prague: December 26, 1949 - January 1, 2022 | Tomas Hudlicky

12. Gennady Korepanov

  • Zenkovo: December 26, 1947 celebration
  • Tyumen: November 4, 2021 deceased

Russian politician | Order of Honour (2012), Medal "For the Tapping of the Subsoil and Expansion of the Petrochemical Complex of Western Siberia" (1986), Medal

13. Noel Lloyd

  • Wales: December 26, 1946 celebration
  • June 7, 2019 deceased

Welsh academic | Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Gorsedd Cymru, Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales (2011) | University of Cambridge | Wales

14. Bill Ayers

  • Glen Ellyn: December 26, 1944 celebration

professor and activist | Teachers College, Bank Street College of Education, Columbia University, Lake Forest Academy, University of Michigan College of

15. Ezio Rizzardo

  • Onigo: December 26, 1943 celebration

Italian-Australian chemist | Centenary Medal (2001), Fellow of the Royal Society (2010), Clarivate Citation Laureates (2014), Fellow of the Australian Academy

16. Richard Schröder (Richard Schroder)

  • Frohburg: December 26, 1943 celebration

German politician, judge and theologian | Point Alpha Prize (2016), Ernst Robert Curtius Award (2009), Heinz Herbert Karry Award (2001), Commander's Cross of

17. Dan Massey

  • December 26, 1942 celebration
  • Washington, D.C.: January 28, 2013 deceased

American human rights activist | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University | December 26, 1942 - Washington, D.C.: January 28, 2013 | Dan

18. Anatoly Bobrov

  • Donetsk: December 26, 1937 celebration
  • Makiivka: November 23, 2014 deceased

Ukrainian scientist | Medal "For Labour Valour", Miner's Glory 1st class, VDNKh gold medal, Miner's Glory 2nd class, Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the

19. John Horton Conway

  • Liverpool: December 26, 1937 celebration
  • New Brunswick: April 11, 2020 deceased

English mathematician (1937–2020) | Berwick Prize (1971), Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition (2000), Pólya Prize (1987), Nemmers Prize in Mathematics

20. Faiq Abdullayev

  • Nakhchivan: December 26, 1936 celebration
  • Baku: July 17, 2021 deceased

Azerbaijani scientist | USSR State Prize, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Medal "For Labour Valour"

21. Frederick S. Humphries

  • Apalachicola: December 26, 1935 celebration
  • Orlando: June 24, 2021 deceased

American chemist (1935-2021) | University of Pittsburgh, Florida A&M University | Apalachicola: December 26, 1935 - Orlando: June 24, 2021 | Frederick S.

22. Richard Swinburne

  • Smethwick: December 26, 1934 celebration

British philosopher of religion | Fellow of the British Academy, James Joyce Awards | Exeter College | Smethwick: December 26, 1934 - London Borough of

23. Roald Sagdeev

  • Moscow: December 26, 1932 celebration

Russian physicist (born 1932) | honorary doctor of Toulouse-III University (1974), Nizami Ganjavi Gold Medal, James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics

24. Miomir Vukobratović (Miomir Vukobratovic)

  • Botoš: December 26, 1931 celebration
  • Belgrade: March 11, 2012 deceased

Serbian scientist | Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Belgrade, University of Belgrade | Botoš: December 26, 1931 - Belgrade: March 11, 2012

25. Georgy Smolin

  • Vologda: December 26, 1930 celebration
  • Saint Petersburg: November 1, 2011 deceased

Russian scientist | Faculty of Oriental Studies of the St. Petersburg University | Vologda: December 26, 1930 - Saint Petersburg: November 1, 2011 | Georgy

26. Otto Muck

  • Vienna: December 26, 1928 celebration
  • May 17, 2024 deceased

Austrian philosopher | Kardinal-Innitzer-Preis | Vienna: December 26, 1928 - May 17, 2024 | Otto Muck | Vienna: December 26, 1928 - May 17, 2024

27. Martin Cooper

  • Chicago: December 26, 1928 celebration

American engineer, father of mobile phone | National Medal of Technology and Innovation (2025), Marconi Prize (2013), Charles Stark Draper Prize (2013)

28. Ali Javan

  • Tehran: December 26, 1926 celebration
  • Los Angeles: September 12, 2016 deceased

Iranian-American Physicist | Frederic Ives Medal (1975), Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Stuart Ballantine Medal (1962), Fellow of the

29. Moshe Zakai

  • Sokółka: December 26, 1926 celebration
  • Haifa: November 27, 2015 deceased

Israeli scientist | Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (1988) | University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign | Sokółka: December 26, 1926

30. Fritz Köhlein (Fritz Kohlein)

  • Bayreuth: December 26, 1924 celebration
  • March 15, 2023 deceased

German non-fiction writer | Doctor honoris causa at University of Bayreuth (1988) | Bayreuth: December 26, 1924 - March 15, 2023 | Fritz Köhlein (Fritz

31. János Aczél (Janos Aczel)

  • Budapest: December 26, 1924 celebration
  • Waterloo: January 1, 2020 deceased

Hungarian-Canadian mathematician (1924-2020) | Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (1971), honorary doctorate of the University of Graz (1995), Academy Award

32. Gilbert Ling

  • Nanjing: December 26, 1919 celebration
  • California: November 10, 2019 deceased

American scientist | University of Chicago, Nanjing University | Nanjing: December 26, 1919 - California: November 10, 2019 | Gilbert Ling | Nanjing: December

33. Richard Bruck

  • December 26, 1914 celebration
  • December 18, 1991 deceased

mathematician (1914–1991) | Guggenheim Fellowship (1946) | University of Toronto | December 26, 1914 - December 18, 1991 | Richard Bruck | December 26, 1914

34. Alexander Davydov

  • Yevpatoriia: December 26, 1912 celebration
  • Kyiv: February 19, 1993 deceased

Ukrainian physicist (1912–1993) | Medal "For Labour Valour", Lenin Prize (1966), Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", State

35. Eri Jabotinsky

  • Odesa: December 26, 1910 celebration
  • Haifa: June 6, 1969 deceased

Israeli politician and mathematician (1910-1969) | Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Odesa: December 26, 1910 - Haifa: June 6, 1969 | Eri Jabotinsky | Odesa

36. Panagiotis Kanellopoulos

  • Patras: December 26, 1902 celebration
  • Athens: September 11, 1986 deceased

Greek politician (1902-1986) | Goethe Medal (1982), Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

37. Antoni Zygmund

  • Warsaw: December 26, 1900 celebration
  • Chicago: May 30, 1992 deceased

Polish-American mathematician (1900-1992) | honorary doctorate from University of Paris-XI (1974), Leroy P. Steele Prize (1979), National Medal of Science

38. Luce Langevin

  • Marissel: December 26, 1899 celebration
  • 13th arrondissement of Paris: August 26, 2002 deceased

French physicist, activist and teacher | Lomonossov, sa vie, son œuvre | École normale supérieure de jeunes filles | Marissel: December 26, 1899 - 13th

39. Szczepan Szczeniowski

  • Warsaw: December 26, 1898 celebration
  • Warsaw: February 18, 1979 deceased

Polish physicist (1898–1979) | Medal of the 30th Anniversary of People's Poland, Commander with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta (1969), Odznaka

40. Víctor Lvovich Korvin (Victor Lvovich Korvin)

  • Tallinn: December 26, 1894 celebration
  • Saint Petersburg: July 17, 1970 deceased

Russian pilot and engineer | Order of Saint Stanislaus, 3rd class, Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad", Order of Saint Anna, 4th class, Medal "For the Victory

41. Mao Zedong

  • Shaoshan: December 26, 1893 celebration
  • Beijing: September 9, 1976 deceased

1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976) | People's Liberation Army Strategist | Selected works

42. Swami Prabhavananda

  • British Raj: December 26, 1893 celebration
  • Hollywood: July 4, 1976 deceased

Indian writer and philosopher (1893–1976) | University of Calcutta | British Raj: December 26, 1893 - Hollywood: July 4, 1976 | Swami Prabhavananda | British

43. Horst von Sanden

  • Erlangen: December 26, 1883 celebration
  • Erlangen: March 19, 1965 deceased

German mathematician (1883-1965) | Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1957), Karmarsch Medal (1956) | University of Göttingen

44. Frank Debenham

  • New South Wales: December 26, 1883 celebration
  • Cambridge: November 23, 1965 deceased

Australian geographer (1883–1965) | Polar Medal, Victoria Medal (1948), Honorary Member of the American Polar Society, David Livingstone Centenary Medal (1948)

45. Muriel Mary Sutherland Binney

  • St Kilda: December 26, 1873 celebration
  • Parramatta: May 11, 1949 deceased

Australian painter and inventor (1873-1949) | St Kilda: December 26, 1873 - Parramatta: May 11, 1949 | Muriel Mary Sutherland Binney | St Kilda: December 26

46. Julien Benda

  • Paris: December 26, 1867 celebration
  • Fontenay-aux-Roses: June 7, 1956 deceased

French essayist and philosopher (1867-1956) | Commander of the Legion of Honour (1938) | The Treason of the Intellectuals | Faculty of Arts of Paris, Lycée

47. Yun Chi-ho

  • Asan: December 26, 1864 celebration
  • Kaesong: December 6, 1945 deceased

Korean politician and resistance activist (1864-1945) | Vanderbilt University, Dojinsha, Oxford College of Emory University, Emory University, Keio University

48. Friedrich Engel

  • Lugau: December 26, 1861 celebration
  • Giessen: September 29, 1941 deceased

German mathematician (1861–1941) | Knight of the Order of St. Olav, honorary doctorate of the University of Oslo, Lobachevsky Prize | Engel expansion

49. John Harper Long

  • Steubenville: December 26, 1856 celebration
  • Evanston: June 14, 1918 deceased

American chemist (1856-1918) | University of Kansas (1877), University of Tübingen (1879) | Steubenville: December 26, 1856 - Evanston: June 14, 1918 | John

50. Joaquín Arnau e Ibáñez (Joaquin Arnau e Ibanez)

  • December 26, 1850 celebration

December 26, 1850 - May 13, 1858 | Joaquín Arnau e Ibáñez (Joaquin Arnau e Ibanez) | December 26, 1850 - May 13, 1858

51. August Michaelis

  • Hohenhameln: December 26, 1847 celebration
  • Rostock: January 31, 1916 deceased

German chemist (1847-1916) | Cothenius Medal (1880) | University of Jena, University of Göttingen | Hohenhameln: December 26, 1847 - Rostock: January 31, 1916

52. Guido Hauck

  • Heilbronn: December 26, 1845 celebration
  • Charlottenburg: January 25, 1905 deceased

German mathematician (1845–1905) | University of Tübingen | Heilbronn: December 26, 1845 - Charlottenburg: January 25, 1905 | Guido Hauck | Heilbronn

53. Clemens Winkler

  • Freiberg: December 26, 1838 celebration
  • Dresden: October 8, 1904 deceased

German chemist (1838-1904) | Geheimer Bergrat | Freiberg University of Mining and Technology | Freiberg: December 26, 1838 - Dresden: October 8, 1904 | Clemens

54. William Winwood Reade

  • Scotland: December 26, 1838 celebration
  • April 24, 1875 deceased

British historian (1838–1875) | Scotland: December 26, 1838 - April 24, 1875 | William Winwood Reade | Scotland: December 26, 1838 - April 24, 1875

55. Eugen de Haën (Eugen de Haen)

  • Duisburg: December 26, 1835 celebration
  • Hanover: November 16, 1911 deceased

German chemist (1835–1911) | Duisburg: December 26, 1835 - Hanover: November 16, 1911 | Eugen de Haën (Eugen de Haen) | Duisburg: December 26, 1835

56. Louis Henry

  • Marche-en-Famenne: December 26, 1834 celebration
  • Leuven: March 9, 1913 deceased

Belgian chemist (1834-1913) | Commander of the Legion of Honour, Grand Officer of the Order of the Crown (Romania), Grand Officer of the Order of Leopold

57. Felix Hoppe-Seyler

  • Freyburg: December 26, 1825 celebration
  • Wasserburg: August 10, 1895 deceased

German chemist and physiologist (1825–1895) | Leipzig University, Humboldt University of Berlin, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg | Freyburg

58. Manuel Rico Sinobas

  • Valladolid: December 26, 1819 celebration
  • Madrid: December 21, 1898 deceased

Spanish physicist and physician | Valladolid: December 26, 1819 - Madrid: December 21, 1898 | Manuel Rico Sinobas | Valladolid: December 26, 1819 - Madrid

59. Hermann Blumenau

  • Hasselfelde: December 26, 1819 celebration
  • Brunswick: October 30, 1899 deceased

German pharmacist, founder of the city of Blumenau, Brazil (1819-1899) | University of Erlangen–Nuremberg, Martino-Katharineum | Hasselfelde: December 26

60. François Huet (Francois Huet)

  • Villeau: December 26, 1814 celebration
  • Paris: July 1, 1869 deceased

French philosopher | Collège Stanislas de Paris | Villeau: December 26, 1814 - Paris: July 1, 1869 | François Huet (Francois Huet) | Villeau: December 26

61. William Cooper

  • December 26, 1813 celebration
  • May 20, 1885 deceased

British veterinary surgeon, agriculturalist and industrialist (1813-1885) | December 26, 1813 - May 20, 1885 | William Cooper | December 26, 1813 - May 20, 1885

62. Charles Babbage

  • Walworth: December 26, 1791 celebration
  • Marylebone: October 18, 1871 deceased

English mathematician, philosopher, and engineer (1791–1871) | Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1820), Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and

63. Mary Somerville

  • Jedburgh: December 26, 1780 celebration
  • Naples: November 28, 1872 deceased

Scottish scientist, writer and polymath (1780–1872) | Patron’s Medal (1869) | Mechanism of the Heavens, On the connection of the physical sciences, On

64. Jean François de Saint-Lambert (Jean Francois de Saint-Lambert)

  • Nancy: December 26, 1716 celebration
  • Paris: February 9, 1803 deceased

French poet, philosopher and military officer | Nancy: December 26, 1716 - Paris: February 9, 1803 | Jean François de Saint-Lambert (Jean Francois de Saint-Lambert)

65. Karel Slavíček (Karel Slavicek)

  • Jimramov: December 26, 1678 celebration
  • Beijing: August 24, 1735 deceased

Czech astronomist, christian missionary, mathematician and roman catholic priest | Palacký University Olomouc | Jimramov: December 26, 1678 - Beijing: August 24, 1735

66. Erhard Weigel

  • Weiden in der Oberpfalz: December 26, 1625 celebration
  • Jena: March 31, 1699 deceased

Mathematician, astronomer and philosopher | Astrodicticum simplex | Leipzig University | Weiden in der Oberpfalz: December 26, 1625 - Jena: March 31, 1699

67. Elisabeth of the Palatinate

  • Heidelberg: December 26, 1618 celebration
  • Herford Abbey: February 11, 1680 deceased

German princess, philosopher, and Calvinist (1618-1680) | Heidelberg: December 26, 1618 - Herford Abbey: February 11, 1680 | Elisabeth of the Palatinate

68. Yi I

  • Gangneung: December 26, 1536 celebration
  • Hanseongbu: January 1, 1584 deceased

Joseon civil servant & Neo-Confucianist (1536 – 1584) | Gangneung: December 26, 1536 - Hanseongbu: January 1, 1584 | Yi I - 이현룡 | Gangneung: December

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