Huston Smith

Argentinian chemist | Paris-Sorbonne University - Paris IV, National School of Buenos Aires, University of Buenos Aires | Buenos Aires: May 31, 1970 - St.

Russian scientist | Voronezh State University of Forestry and Technologies, Voronezh State Pedagogical University | Voronezh: May 31, 1967 - Russkiy Yurtkul

Austrian mathematician | Humboldt Prize (2011), Start-Preis (1996) | Graz University of Technology | Graz: May 31, 1964 - April 1, 2022 | Gerhard Woeginger

German mathematician | Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2014), Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013) | Moscow

British organic chemist | Fellow of the Royal Society (2009), Bakerian Lecture (2013), Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology (2007), Fellow of the Royal Society of

Ukrainian philosopher and publisher | Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class, Knight of the French Order of Academic Palms, Officer of the Legion of Honour

May 31, 1951 - Vijayanagara Empire: January 1, 1632 | Wolfgang E. Ernst | May 31, 1951 - Vijayanagara Empire: January 1, 1632

Spanish bishop | Pontifical University of Salamanca, University of Valencia | Muro de Alcoy: May 31, 1948 - Oegstgeest: September 19, 1974 | Salvador Giménez

May 31, 1948 - Göttingen: June 5, 1976 | Ronald Weinberger | May 31, 1948 - Göttingen: June 5, 1976

Azerbaijani philologist | Golden Pen Prize (media award) (2013) | Azerbaijan State Pedagogical University | Shatjrek: May 31, 1947 - August 13, 2021 | Ziyaddin

Polish physicist (1946-2000) | Gold Cross of Merit | Wrocław University of Science and Technology | Gliny Wielkie: May 31, 1946 - Wrocław: October 14, 2000

Italian political scientist, philosopher and germanist | Sapienza University of Rome | Rome: May 31, 1946 - Kraków: October 19, 2016 | Angelo Bolaffi | Rome

German physicist | Max Planck Medal (2008), Physics Prize of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences (1979), Gustav Hertz Prize (1977) | University of Hamburg

American critical theorist, university professor | Washington, D.C.: May 31, 1943 - Porto: May 20, 1941 | Douglas Kellner | Washington, D.C.: May 31, 1943

Estonian mathematician and academian | Medal of the Estonian Academy of Sciences, University of Tartu Grand Medal, Merited Scientist of Estonian SSR, Order of

Polish American historian, author, and scholar of Judaic studies and the Holocaust | Guggenheim Fellowship (1987) | City University of New York, Brooklyn College

Israeli physicist | Yeshiva University, Hebron Yeshiva | May 31, 1933 - Beaucaire: March 26, 1883 | Zvi Weinberger | May 31, 1933 - Beaucaire: March 26, 1883

American Apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints | Harvard Business School, University of Utah, Harvard University | Princeton: May 31, 1933

American electrical engineer (1932–1994) | University of California, Berkeley | Prescott: May 31, 1932 - Mountain View: June 20, 1994 | Jay Miner | Prescott

American physicist (1931-2019) | National Medal of Science (1983), Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize (1968), Comstock Prize in Physics (1968), Fellow of

Italian mathematician and politician (1928-2020) | Bonavera Prize (1958), Caccioppoli Prize (1962), Mathematical Prize of the Italian Academy of Sciences

Polish chemist (1928–2023) | Medal "Guardian of National Memorials", Siberian Exiles Cross, Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Pro Memoria Medal

German chemist (1923–2003) | Honorary doctor of the Technical University of Graz, Alfred Stock Memorial Prize (1979) | Königsberg: May 31, 1923 - Brunswick

American chemist, scientist at Argonne Lab | Philadelphia: May 31, 1918 - Chicago: January 1, 1982 | Lloyd Quarterman | Philadelphia: May 31, 1918 - Chicago

Russian scientist | Medal "Veteran of Labour", VDNKh bronze medal, Order of the Badge of Honour, VDNKh silver medal, Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in

Chinese-American physicist (1912–1997) | Wolf Prize in Physics (1978), Honorary doctor at the Nanjing University (1986), Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear

French economist (1911–2010) | Fellow of the Econometric Society (1949), Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (1988), Zerilli-Marimò Prize

Indian mathematician (*1907 - †1966) | Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, Harvard University, Fergusson College | Goa: May 31, 1907 - Pune: June 29, 1966

Swedish mathematician and electrical engineer (1907-1951) | Polhem Prize (1945), Knight of the Order of Vasa (1950) | Royal Institute of Technology | Sweden

German resistance member (1902–1990) | Plauen: May 31, 1902 - Furtwangen im Schwarzwald: March 6, 1990 | Friedrich Hielscher | Plauen: May 31, 1902

vision scientist (1898-1982) | Edgar D. Tillyer Award (1971) | Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr School, Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore: May 31, 1898 - January 1, 1982

Möxämmädiä | May 31, 1887 - Saint Petersburg: October 10, 2006 | Säyet Waxidi (Sayet Waxidi) | May 31, 1887 - Saint Petersburg: October 10, 2006

May 31, 1881 - London: January 1, 1704 | Fran Kobal | May 31, 1881 - London: January 1, 1704

Swiss physicist (1880–1974) | Cockcroft–Walton generator | University of Geneva, Humboldt University of Berlin | St. Gallen: May 31, 1880 - Bern: April 17, 1974

Slovene geologist | Ljubljana: May 31, 1874 - Ljubljana: October 25, 1932 | Karel Hinterlechner | Ljubljana: May 31, 1874 - Ljubljana: October 25, 1932

Italian philosopher (1871–1941) | Sapienza University of Rome | Villafranca di Verona: May 31, 1871 - Genoa: February 14, 1941 | Giuseppe Rensi | Villafranca

Italian philosopher | Polytechnic University of Turin, University of Pisa | Livorno: May 31, 1870 - Milan: February 9, 1930 | Eugenio Rignano | Livorno: May

Bulgarian philosopher (1866–1919) | Leipzig University | Pirot: May 31, 1866 - Sofia: April 15, 1919 | Krastyo Krastev | Pirot: May 31, 1866 - Sofia: April 15, 1919

Canadian astronomer and physicist (1865–1956) | University of Toronto, Markham District High School, Harvard University | Hagerman's Corners: May 31, 1865

Russian artist (1862-1942) | Stalin Prize, Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Order of the Red Banner of Labour | The

Scottish physicist and applied mathematician (1861-1946) | Makdougall Brisbane Prize (1896), Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh | University of

Hungarian physicist, doctor and university educator (1857-1916) | Eötvös Loránd University | Kežmarok: May 31, 1857 - Budapest: January 15, 1916 | Vojtech

French engineer (1850-1880) | Grand prix des sciences mathématiques (1875) | École Navale | Paris: May 31, 1850 - Paris: October 22, 1880 | Alphonse Pénaud

British engineer (1845-1940) | Fellow of the Royal Society, Faraday Medal (1926) | Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Elstree School, Harrow School | Sion

Spanish businessperson, inventor and engineer | Valls: May 31, 1841 - Barcelona: June 26, 1898 | Francesc Bonet i Dalmau | Valls: May 31, 1841 - Barcelona: June 26, 1898

German chemist (1840–1887) | Munich: May 31, 1840 - Munich: April 12, 1887 | Johann Baptist Obernetter | Munich: May 31, 1840 - Munich: April 12, 1887

English philosopher (1838–1900) | Rugby School, Trinity College | Skipton: May 31, 1838 - Terling: August 28, 1900 | Henry Sidgwick | Skipton: May 31, 1838

May 31, 1831 - Mérida: October 31, 2014 | Per Johan Herman Leander | May 31, 1831 - Mérida: October 31, 2014

Polish philosopher and journalist (1822–1846) | Warsaw: May 31, 1822 - Podgórze: February 27, 1846 | Edward Dembowski | Warsaw: May 31, 1822 - Podgórze

English born medical doctor and chemist (1819-1911) | Salford: May 31, 1819 - Rochester: March 6, 1911 | William Worrall Mayo | Salford: May 31, 1819

poet (1801-1857) | E' Schrek ob de' Lezeburger Parnassus | University of Liège, Athénée de Luxembourg | Luxembourg: May 31, 1801 - Liège: April 29, 1857

German physician (1792–1849) | Humboldt University of Berlin | Głogów: May 31, 1792 - Wrocław: December 16, 1849 | Jeremias Rudolf Lichtenstädt (Jeremias

Anglo-Irish politician, writer and inventor | Fellow of the Royal Society | Drogheda Grammar School, Trinity College Dublin, University of Oxford | Bath: May

French statesman and writer (1738-1815) | Nancy: May 31, 1738 - Paris: January 18, 1815 | Stanislas de Boufflers | Nancy: May 31, 1738 - Paris: January 18, 1815

writer | Fellow of the Royal Society | Französisches Gymnasium Berlin | Berlin: May 31, 1711 - Berlin: March 7, 1797 | Johann Heinrich Samuel Formey (Yemrof)

English poet (1688–1744) | An Essay on Criticism, The Rape of the Lock, Messiah, Eloisa to Abelard | Twyford School | London: May 31, 1688 - Twickenham: June 10, 1744