John Horton Conway

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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