Frank Benford

Russian scientist | jubilee medal «1000th Anniversary of the Repose of Saint Prince Vladimir» | Orel State University | Moscow: May 29, 1977 - Amsterdam

Greek and French engineer and researcher | CNRS silver medal (2024), CNRS innovation medal (2024) | Stanford University, National Technical University of Athens

British scientist | Columbia University | Telford: May 29, 1976 - August 23, 1915 | Jacob Noel-Storr | Telford: May 29, 1976 - August 23, 1915 | Columbia University

sport jurist from Russia | Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, Medal of Anatoly Koni, Honoured Lawyer of Russia, Honoured Worker of

Slovenian politician | May 29, 1973 - December 17, 1875 | Luka Omladič (Luka Omladic) | May 29, 1973 - December 17, 1875

scientist | Faculty of Biology, Saint Petersburg State University | Petrozavodsk: May 29, 1969 - Turin: July 9, 1856 | Olga Bakhmet | Petrozavodsk: May 29

researcher | Herbert P. Broida Prize (2025), Richard R. Ernst Prize (2021) | University of Buenos Aires | Buenos Aires: May 29, 1965 - Saint Petersburg: August 24, 2019

Kharkiv Conservatory | May 29, 1964 - March 6, 2021 | Yurii Loshkov | May 29, 1964 - March 6, 2021 | Kharkiv Conservatory

US Department of Defense official | Stanford University, Georgia Tech | Newnan: May 29, 1962 - Tampa: August 22, 2015 | John J. Young, Jr. | Newnan: May 29

Ukrainian physicist | National University of Science and Technology | Vladikavkaz: May 29, 1960 - Moscow: August 29, 2005 | Vladimir Bakhrushin | Vladikavkaz

Russian mathematician | MSU Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics, Moscow State University | Kharkiv: May 29, 1960 - Cambridge: July 1, 1990

French mathematician (1957-2016) | Knight of the Legion of Honour (1995), Salem Prize (1988), Officer of the National Order of Merit, Fields medal (1994)

American physicist | Humboldt Prize, Humboldt Research Fellowship | Charles University | Prague: May 29, 1953 - Fécamp: December 13, 1904 | Bretislav

Italian philosopher and theologian | Genoa: May 29, 1953 - Minsk: June 18, 2011 | Roberto Giovanni Timossi | Genoa: May 29, 1953 - Minsk: June 18, 2011

Azerbaijani mathematician | Lenin Komsomol Prize of Azerbaijan | Moscow State University | Ganja: May 29, 1951 - Baku: January 1, 1984 | Asef Hadjiyev - Asəf

Belgian chemist | Katholieke Universiteit Leuven | May 29, 1949 - Aïn El Hammam: December 28, 1906 | Jos Verhulst | May 29, 1949 - Aïn El Hammam: December 28, 1906

Azerbaijani scientist and professor (born 1947) | Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow", Socialist competition winner award (1980)

Tunisian philosopher | Member of the Tunisian Academy of Sciences, Sheikh Zayed Book Award (2012) | Panthéon-Assas University Paris, Paris-Sorbonne University

philosopher (1947–2013) | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, University of Zagreb | Zagreb: May 29, 1947 - April 18, 2013

Taiwanese psychologist | National Taiwan University | May 29, 1947 - Mayfair: January 7, 1864 | Daisy L. Hung | May 29, 1947 - Mayfair: January 7, 1864

French mathematician | Officer of the Legion of Honour, Knight of the Legion of Honour | Pierre and Marie Curie University, Le Mans University, École normale

German mathematician | Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2004), Bavarian Order of Merit | Ludwig-Maximilian-University in Munich

Norwegian philosopher | Fritt Ord Award (2009) | Bergen: May 29, 1943 - Alexandria: January 1, 0216 | Nina Karin Monsen | Bergen: May 29, 1943 - Alexandria

Japanese tarento and chemist | Meiji University, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo Metropolitan Ueno High School, Adachi Ward fourth junior high school

Russian philosopher | Sofia University, South-West University "Neofit Rilski" | Svishtov: May 29, 1942 - Sofia: July 14, 2003 | Ivan Ganev | Svishtov: May 29

German chemist (1941-2018) | Lauchhammer: May 29, 1941 - December 21, 2018 | Horst Remane | Lauchhammer: May 29, 1941 - December 21, 2018

German mathematician | University of Göttingen, Saarland University | São Paulo: May 29, 1938 - Cambridge: September 22, 2023 | Tammo tom Dieck | São Paulo

Polish mathematician | Knight of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland | Minsk: May 29, 1935 - Lithuania: January 1, 2017 | Edward Szpilewski | Minsk

American scientist and businessman | Holy Spirit High School, Clarkson University (1957), University of Pennsylvania (1961), Clarkson University (1958)

Russian mathematician (1934-2005) | Order of Honour, Merited Scientist of the Russian Federation, Order of the Badge of Honour, USSR State Prize, State Prize

May 29, 1933 - June 11, 2013 | Kurt Kolar | May 29, 1933 - June 11, 2013

Czech electrochemist | Prague: May 29, 1932 - Prague: April 12, 2017 | Michael Heyrovský (Michael Heyrovsky) | Prague: May 29, 1932 - Prague: April 12, 2017

American physician-scientist and virologist | E. Mead Johnson Award (1967) | State University of New York Upstate Medical University, St. Lawrence University

German mathematician (1929–2005) | Guggenheim Fellowship (1956) | Lumer–Phillips theorem | Universidad de Montevideo, University of Chicago | Frankfurt

British physicist and Nobel Prize winner (1929–2024) | Fellow of the Institute of Physics (1991), Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Physics (1999)

American philosopher (1929–2023) | Guggenheim Fellowship | On Bullshit | Johns Hopkins University | Langhorne: May 29, 1929 - Santa Monica: July 16, 2023

philosopher, professor (1928–2019) | Francqui Prize (1977) | Seneffe: May 29, 1928 - Saint-Sauveur: May 7, 2019 | Jacques Taminiaux | Seneffe: May 29, 1928

German mathematician (1927-2010) | Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (1968) | University of Freiburg | Brunswick: May 29, 1927 - Freiburg im

American physicist | Romania: May 29, 1925 - January 22, 2004 | Erwin Friedlander | Romania: May 29, 1925 - January 22, 2004

American mathematician | Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013) | California Institute of Technology, University of California, Los Angeles

Belgian physicist (1924-1996) | Knight of the Order of the Crown, Officer of the Order of Leopold II | Charleroi: May 29, 1924 - Leuven: October 7, 1996 | Guy

California Institute of Technology | May 29, 1923 - Berlin: November 28, 1931 | Warren Schlinger | May 29, 1923 - Berlin: November 28, 1931 | California

German scholar and politician (1914-1988) | Karmarsch Medal (1987), Max Born-Medaille (1982) | Leibniz University Hannover | Hildesheim: May 29, 1914

Russian mining engineer, rationalizer (1913-1977) | Vladivostok: May 29, 1913 - Donetsk: October 21, 1977 | Bankowski Vladimir | Vladivostok: May 29, 1913

Hungarian-Australian mathematician (1911–2005) | Member of the Order of Australia (2002), Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (1963), Thomas Ranken

Italian naturalist, ethologist and philosopher | Naples: May 29, 1911 - Naples: March 1, 2005 | Giorgio Punzo | Naples: May 29, 1911 - Naples: March 1, 2005

Belgian physicist and explorer (1906–1998) | Schaerbeek: May 29, 1906 - Ixelles - Elsene: March 30, 1998 | Max Cosyns - Max Georges Émile Cosyns

Dutch mathematician (1906–1989) | Leiden University | Amsterdam: May 29, 1906 - Freiburg im Breisgau: February 21, 1989 | Gerrit Bol | Amsterdam: May 29

German chemist (1904-1981) | Fresenius Prize (1966), Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1969), Emil Fischer Medal (1966)

Australian physicist (1902–1988) | Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (1953), Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Rhodes Scholarship (1923)

Estonian philosopher | Estonian Red Cross Order Fourth Class | University of Göttingen, University of Tartu | Viljandi: May 29, 1901 - Tartu: September 28, 1956

Russian nuclear physicist | Order of Lenin, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Honoured worker in science and technology of the Ukrainian SSR | Tavrida

Indian mathematical physicist (1900-1987) | University of Calcutta | Bengaluru: May 29, 1900 - June 11, 1987 | B. S. Madhava Rao | Bengaluru: May 29, 1900

Hungarian chemist (1899–1967) | Kossuth Prize (1959) | Eötvös Loránd University, University of Pécs | Ozora: May 29, 1899 - Pécs: June 12, 1967

Ukrainian (Soviet) botanist (1898-1972) | Stalin Prize, 3rd degree (1952), State Prize of Ukrainian SSR in Science and Technology (1969), Order of the Red

American musician (1896-1972) | Minneapolis: May 29, 1896 - Seattle: September 25, 1972 | Paul Tutmarc | Minneapolis: May 29, 1896 - Seattle: September 25, 1972

Polish mathematician and poet | Lviv University | Warsaw: May 29, 1895 - Warsaw: October 20, 1932 | Stefan Glass (Dezydery Prokopowicz) | Warsaw: May 29, 1895

Czech-American mathematician | Loewner's torus inequality, Loewner differential equation, Schramm–Loewner evolution, Loewner order | Charles University

Russian physicist and university teacher (1890-1952) | Stalin Prize | Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of the Saint Petersburg University | Saint Petersburg

Bulgarian entomologist | Order of Bravery | Sofia University | Panagyurishte: May 29, 1885 - Arabakonak: April 14, 1925 | Deltscho Ilchev - Делчо

German astronomer (1885–1964) | Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society | Leipzig University, Technische

Polish physicist | Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta | University of Wrocław, University of Liège, Szkoła realna w Sosnowcu, University of Paris

American chemist and commissioner of Food and Drugs | Lebanon: May 29, 1882 - Rockledge: August 15, 1968 | Paul B. Dunbar | Lebanon: May 29, 1882 - Rockledge

Anglo-American mathematician | Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship (1943), Senior Wrangler (1903), Smith's Prize (1905), Fellow of the Royal Society (1928)

American chemist (1878-1943) | Stanford University, Northwestern University | Gridley: May 29, 1878 - Evanston: January 20, 1943 | Winford Lee Lewis | Gridley

Italian politician and scholar (1877–1944) | University of Naples Federico II | Caserta: May 29, 1877 - Rome: April 26, 1944 | Alberto Beneduce | Caserta

Italian philosopher, educator, fascist theoretician and politician (1875-1944) | Gautieri Award (1897), Order of the German Eagle, Serena Medal (1928)

English author and Christian apologist (1874–1936) | Knight Grand Officer of the Order of St. Gregory the Great | The Man Who Was Thursday, Father Brown, The

scientist | France: May 29, 1870 - July 10, 1915 | F. G. de La Bart | France: May 29, 1870 - July 10, 1915

German mathematician and statistician | Wrocław: May 29, 1865 - Leicester: January 1, 1942 | Otto Landsberg | Wrocław: May 29, 1865 - Leicester: January 1, 1942

Austrian chemist (1850-1915) | Lieben Prize (1892) | Heidelberg University | Trieste: May 29, 1850 - Gainfarn: August 6, 1915 | Guido Goldschmiedt | Trieste

Finnish-Swedish astronomer (1841-1896) | Cothenius Medal (1878) | University of Helsinki | Helsinki: May 29, 1841 - Stockholm: November 9, 1896 | Hugo Gyldén

Russian mathematician (1839–1905) | National University of Kharkiv | Odesa: May 29, 1839 - Russian Empire: January 1, 1905 | Daniel Delaru | Odesa: May 29

Scottish industrialist (1838–1915) | Kirkcaldy: May 29, 1838 - Kirkcaldy: November 24, 1915 | Sir Michael Nairn, 1st Baronet | Kirkcaldy: May 29, 1838

French chemist (1834-1911) | Commander of the Order of Agricultural Merit (1900), Officier de l'Instruction publique, Commander of the Legion of Honour (1900)

Scottish mathematician and journalist | Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh | Irvine Royal Academy, University of Glasgow | Stewarton: May 29, 1834

British poet (1828-1907) | May 29, 1828 - October 29, 1907 | Gerald Massey | May 29, 1828 - October 29, 1907

American businessman | May 29, 1826 - March 31, 1903 | Ebenezer Butterick | May 29, 1826 - March 31, 1903

French philosopher (1825–1889) | École Normale Supérieure | Paris: May 29, 1825 - Les Sables-d'Olonne: May 22, 1889 | Eugène Véron (Eugene Veron)

German teacher and mathematician | Leimbach: May 29, 1823 - January 1, 1898 | Carl Hellwig | Leimbach: May 29, 1823 - January 1, 1898

Mexican philosopher (1806-1870) | Aguascalientes City: May 29, 1806 - Mexico City: January 22, 1870 | Teodosio Lares | Aguascalientes City: May 29, 1806

American chemist (1806–1866) | New York City: May 29, 1806 - New York City: January 10, 1866 | James Mapes | New York City: May 29, 1806 - New York City

German educationist (1798–1869) | Hanover: May 29, 1798 - Hanover: March 9, 1869 | Adolf Tellkampf | Hanover: May 29, 1798 - Hanover: March 9, 1869

French chemist (1794-1882) | Officer of the Legion of Honour | École polytechnique | Marseille: May 29, 1794 - Paris: February 1, 1882 | Antoine Bussy

Argentinian politician | Castelló de la Plana: May 29, 1790 - April 20, 1858 | Felipe Senillosa | Castelló de la Plana: May 29, 1790 - April 20, 1858

United States philosopher and banker (1786–1867) | May 29, 1786 - September 9, 1867 | Alexander Bryan Johnson | May 29, 1786 - September 9, 1867

British inventor (1781-1859) | match | Stockton-on-Tees: May 29, 1781 - Stockton-on-Tees: May 1, 1859 | John Walker | Stockton-on-Tees: May 29, 1781

French chemist and pharmacist (1780-1855) | Muséum national d'histoire naturelle | Commercy: May 29, 1780 - Nancy: January 13, 1855 | Henri Braconnot

French Engineer (b. 1767, d. 1804) | École des Ponts ParisTech | Brachay: May 29, 1767 - former 8th arrondissement of Paris: December 1, 1804 | Philippe le

British physician, politician, and banker (1712-1800) | Fellow of the Royal Society | Epping: May 29, 1712 - Hertford: December 30, 1800 | Thomas Dimsdale