James Henderson Naismith

Iranian mathematical artist | Sharif University of Technology | Qom: July 26, 1990 - Samara: May 21, 2009 | Hamid Naderi Yeganeh | Qom: July 26, 1990 - Samara

Danish politician | Christianshavns Gymnasium, University of Copenhagen | Svendborg: July 26, 1984 - Falls Church: September 18, 2009 | Theresa Scavenius

American mathematician | SASTRA Ramanujan Prize, Sloan Fellowship | Rutgers University | July 26, 1979 - Hereford: October 30, 2018 | Roman Holowinsky | July

Czech philanthropist, mathematician, billionaire and entrepreneur (*1973) | Carnegie Mellon University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University

Russian philosopher | Moscow State University | Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic: July 26, 1970 - January 1, 1986 | Keti Chukhrov | Georgian Soviet Socialist

Russian mathematician | Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering (2001), Fields medal (2006) | MSU Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics, Moscow State University

Belgian writer and mathematician | De Inktaap (2012), BNG Bank Literatuurprijs (2006), Tzum-prize (2016), Libris Prize (2011) | Tongeren: July 26, 1967

Danish politician, journalist and consultant | Aarhus University | Gladsaxe: July 26, 1957 - New Town: January 22, 1908 | Mette Bock | Gladsaxe: July 26, 1957

researcher (ORCID 0000-0002-6869-0242) | Josep Trueta Medal (2015) | University of Barcelona | Barcelona: July 26, 1956 - Munich: July 4, 1981 | Antoni Trilla

philosopher | Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Order of Merit of Berlin | New Orleans: July 26, 1954 - Havana: July 9, 1706

Russian scientist | Moscow University's Department of Philosophy | Moscow: July 26, 1953 - United States: October 22, 2021 | Mikhail Anatolʹevich

scientist | Order of Friendship | Chelyabinsk State Pedagogical University | Chelyabinsk: July 26, 1952 - October 29, 2023 | Vladimir Rushanin | Chelyabinsk

British mathematician | honorary doctor of the Technical University of Denmark (2013), honorary doctorate at École Normale Supérieure de Lyon (2022), George

sociologist (born 1947) | Change the World Without Taking Power | University of Edinburgh | Dublin: July 26, 1947 - September 23, 1947 | John Holloway

Polish physicist | University of Łódź | Łódź: July 26, 1945 - Mainz: June 7, 2005 | Tadeusz Pakuła (Tadeusz Pakula) | Łódź: July 26, 1945 - Mainz: June 7, 2005

Russian nuclear physicist, diplomat | Commander First Class of the Order of the Lion of Finland (2009), Order of Alexander Nevsky, Order of Friendship, Grand

Austrian mathematician | Isaacs Award (2012), doctor honoris causa of the University of Helsinki, Prize of the City of Vienna for Natural Sciences (2010)

German chemist | Opava: July 26, 1943 - November 16, 2011 | Dieter Strasilla | Opava: July 26, 1943 - November 16, 2011

German magician | Coswig: July 26, 1943 - Coswig: October 31, 2023 | Peter Kersten | Coswig: July 26, 1943 - Coswig: October 31, 2023

Austrian chemist | University of Vienna | Vienna: July 26, 1943 - Schenectady: October 26, 1923 | Hans Lischka | Vienna: July 26, 1943 - Schenectady: October 26, 1923

Czech historian, fact literature writer and university educator | Egon Erwin Kisch Award (2006), Egon Erwin Kisch Award (1995) | Charles University

Czech informatician, mathematician, programmer and university educator (1942–2024) | Masaryk University | July 26, 1942 - July 26, 2024 | Milan Mišovič

French philosopher (1940–2021) | Albertus-Magnus professorate (2006) | University Toulouse - Jean Jaurès, Marc Bloch University | Caudéran: July 26, 1940

physicist (1939-1994) | Humboldt Prize | Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University | Saint Petersburg: July 26, 1939 - Rehovot: November 14, 1994

Italian mathematician (1937-2008) | Caccioppoli Prize (1974), Bonavera Prize (1968), Mathematical Prize of the Italian Academy of Sciences (1988) | University of Pisa

Soviet and Russian mathematician (1937-2020) | Humboldt Prize (1997) | MSU Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics, Moscow State University | Moscow: July 26

Moldovan physicist and politician (1937–2000) | Order of the Republic (2010) | T. G. Shevchenko University | Colonița: July 26, 1937 - Chișinău: November 13, 2000

Dutch mathematician (1936–1995) | University of Amsterdam, Eindhoven University of Technology | Amsterdam: July 26, 1936 - Eindhoven: March 19, 1995 | Stan

French physicist | École Normale Supérieure | Vire: July 26, 1936 - 13th arrondissement of Paris: November 22, 1988 | Michel Hulin | Vire: July 26, 1936

American philosopher (1931-2015) | Guggenheim Fellowship | Chicago Theological Seminary, William Tyndale College, Wayne State University, University of Michigan

July 26, 1928 - Munich: July 5, 2010 | Manfred Horstmann | July 26, 1928 - Munich: July 5, 2010

scientist | Merited Scientist of the Russian Federation | Kazan: July 26, 1926 - Kazan: January 5, 2010 | Almas Yuldaşef (Almas Yuldasef) | Kazan: July 26

Russian chemist (1926-2018) | Lenin Prize, Order of the October Revolution, Order of the Badge of Honour, Order of Honour, Lomonosov Gold Medal (2016), Council

American physicist, engineer and entrepreneur (1925–2015) | ASME Leonardo Da Vinci Award, Japan Prize (1997) | Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science

Slovene priest and writer | Dolenja vas pri Artičah: July 26, 1922 - Maribor: July 5, 2002 | Rafko Vodeb | Dolenja vas pri Artičah: July 26, 1922 - Maribor

poet, scholar and former monk of Jainism | Rajasthan: July 26, 1922 - Mumbai: April 19, 2019 | Chitrabhanu | Rajasthan: July 26, 1922 - Mumbai: April 19, 2019

Chinese aerospace engineer | Virginia Tech, National Southwestern Associated University | Kunming: July 26, 1921 - Madison: July 2, 1931 | Wang Xiji | Kunming

English scientist (1919–2022) | Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2008), Blue Planet Prize (1997), Order of the Companions

Finnish chemist and professor | July 26, 1916 - April 21, 2003 | Birger Wiik | July 26, 1916 - April 21, 2003

French philosopher and science historian (1916–2002) | École Normale Supérieure | Rochefort: July 26, 1916 - Cepoy: June 7, 2002 | Jacques Merleau-Ponty

Order of the Patriotic War 2nd class | Institute of Linguistics, Literature and History of the Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences

German mathematician | Berwick Prize (1950), Thomas Ranken Lyle Medal (1977), De Morgan Medal (1971), Fellow of the Royal Society (1948), Fellow of the

Japanese philosopher | Tohoku University | July 26, 1901 - June 21, 1945 | Fumi Takahashi | July 26, 1901 - June 21, 1945 | Tohoku University

English writer and philosopher (1894–1963) | James Tait Black Memorial Prize (1939) | Point Counter Point, Time Must Have a Stop, Brave New World, The Art of

Polish philosopher (1889-1981) | Righteous Among the Nations (1963), Cross of Valour | Lviv University | Vienna: July 26, 1889 - Toruń: March 28, 1981

American mathematician (1886-1996) | Clark University, Barnard College, Columbia University | Mykolaiv: July 26, 1886 - New York City: July 11, 1986 | Lillian

French journalist (1885-1967) | Commander of the Legion of Honour, Ambassadors' Prize (1965), Concours général, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres (1957)

German philosopher and theologian (1883–1935) | University of Erlangen–Nuremberg | Königsberg: July 26, 1883 - Darmstadt: November 22, 1935 | Eberhard

Soviet biochemist, physiologist and humanist (1878-1968) | Stalin Prize, Order of the Red Star, Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"

26 Jul 1875 - certain 11 Jun 1951 | Leibniz University Hannover | Porsgrunn: July 26, 1875 - Berlin: June 11, 1951 | Abraham M. Erichsen | Porsgrunn: July 26

Baltic German chemist (1863-1957) | Gmelin-Beilstein Commemorative Medal (1954), honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense (1934), August Wilhelm

Norwegian inventor | Christiania: July 26, 1861 - Oslo: May 27, 1949 | Ægidius Elling (AEgidius Elling) | Christiania: July 26, 1861 - Oslo: May 27, 1949

German sociologist, economist and philosopher (1855–1936) | University of Jena, Leipzig University, Humboldt University of Berlin, University of Bonn

American physicist (1852–1921) | Humboldt University of Berlin, Bowdoin College, John C. Green School of Science, Phillips Academy | Peabody: July 26, 1852

German physician (1849–1919) | University of Strasbourg | Kłodzko: July 26, 1849 - Berlin: October 18, 1919 | Ludwig Brieger | Kłodzko: July 26, 1849

French engineer and inventor (1848-1938) | Moret-sur-Loing: July 26, 1848 - 14th arrondissement of Paris: May 22, 1938 | Henri Lioret | Moret-sur-Loing: July

Russian mathematician (1846–1900) | Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class, Order of Saint Stanislaus, 1st class, Order of St. Vladimir, 3rd class | Odesa University

Croatian philosopher and writer (1845-1914) | University of Vienna | Križevci: July 26, 1845 - Zagreb: September 15, 1914 | Franjo Marković (Franjo Markovic)

Polish inventor and engineer (1843–1938) | École Centrale Paris | Kunka: July 26, 1843 - Paris: April 23, 1938 | Stefan Drzewiecki | Kunka: July 26, 1843

British economist (1842–1924) | Adam Smith Prize, Fellow of the British Academy | Principles of Economics | Merchant Taylors' School, St John's College

Czech philosopher, translator, theologist and roman catholic priest (1840-1922) | Havlíčkův Brod: July 26, 1840 - Želiv: May 3, 1922 | Eugen Kadeřávek

Instrument maker and inventor | Bath: July 26, 1837 - Bath: January 3, 1903 | John Arthur Roebuck Rudge | Bath: July 26, 1837 - Bath: January 3, 1903

July 26, 1835 - September 25, 2019 | Alphonse Aubertin | July 26, 1835 - September 25, 2019

Scottish businessman and inventor (1822-1873) | Stonehaven: July 26, 1822 - Edinburgh: March 8, 1873 | Robert William Thomson | Stonehaven: July 26, 1822

French photographic inventor (1805-1870) | Knight of the Legion of Honour (1849) | Cadre Noir | Saint-Cyr: July 26, 1805 - Paris: April 7, 1870 | Abel Niepce

American goldsmith (1799-1862) | Taunton: July 26, 1799 - Somerville: May 26, 1862 | Isaac Babbitt | Taunton: July 26, 1799 - Somerville: May 26, 1862

American mathematician | honorary doctor of Rutgers University (1835), Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1832) | Yale College | South

American physician and scientist | Thomas Jefferson University, University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, Rutgers University | Philadelphia: July 26

botanist (1772-1829) | Lund University | Lund Cathedral parish: July 26, 1772 - Stockholm City: May 11, 1829 | Anders Lidbeck | Lund Cathedral parish: July 26

Greek physicist (1758-1817) | Reisbach: July 26, 1758 - Munich: April 11, 1817 | Maximus von Imhof | Reisbach: July 26, 1758 - Munich: April 11, 1817

philosopher and canonist (1735-1813) | Ludwig-Maximilian-University in Munich, University of Innsbruck | Oberbozen: July 26, 1735 - Bolzano: January 16, 1813

English hosier and cotton spinner (1726-1797) | South Normanton: July 26, 1726 - Derby: May 7, 1797 | Jedediah Strutt | South Normanton: July 26, 1726 - Derby

Chinese Qing dynasty scholar (1724-1805) | Prix Stanislas Julien (1976) | Siku Quanshu Zongmu Tiyao | Xi'an: July 26, 1724 - Beijing: March 14, 1805 | Ji Yun

Genevan mathematician, physicist and politician (1712-1768) | University of Geneva | Geneva: July 26, 1712 - Nyon: April 9, 1768 | Jean Jallabert | Geneva

mathematician from Basel (1678-1733) | Phoronomia | University of Basel | Basel: July 26, 1678 - Basel: July 11, 1733 | Jakob Hermann | Basel: July 26, 1678

mathematician | Nangis: July 26, 1663 - Paris: April 11, 1711 | Louis Carré (Louis Carre) | Nangis: July 26, 1663 - Paris: April 11, 1711

Yuan dynasty astronomer-mathematician | Zhao Youqin's π algorithm | Poyang County: July 26, 1271 - Longyou: January 1, 1335 | Zhao Youqin - 赵友钦 | Poyang