Nikolay Egorov

American founder of Oculus VR and inventor of the Oculus Rift | Progress Medal | California State University, Long Beach | Long Beach: September 19, 1992 - May 17, 2024

Mexican film director and podcaster | New York Film Academy | Mexico City: September 19, 1973 - Clamart: April 10, 1998 | Dany Saadia | Mexico City: September

Hong Kong businessman | Victoria University of Wellington, St Mark's Church School | Kowloon: September 19, 1972 - Tübingen: September 17, 1963 | Jack Yan

Bulgarian university teacher | Sofia University, National High School of Ancient Languages and Cultures | Sofia: September 19, 1971 - London: September 6, 1988

German mathematician | University of Jena | Bremen: September 19, 1970 - November 24, 2023 | Ingo Steinwart | Bremen: September 19, 1970 - November 24, 2023

Dutch politician and physicist | Utrecht University | Apeldoorn: September 19, 1969 - Burgwerben: April 29, 1801 | Eppo Bruins | Apeldoorn: September 19, 1969

Russian mathematician | Order of Friendship | Moscow State University, MSU Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics | Vladimir: September 19, 1966 - October 8, 1929

Soviet Russian scientist | September 19, 1966 - Samara: March 1, 2020 | Aleksandr Petrov | September 19, 1966 - Samara: March 1, 2020

Costa Rican scientist, entrepreneur, diplomat, and public servant | Middlebury College, The Wharton School, University of California, Los Angeles | Florida

British mathematician, journalist and science communicator (born 1964) | Member of the Order of the British Empire, Science Writing Award, Kelvin Prize (2008)

Dutch university teacher and Dutch language specialist | Olomouc City Award (1997) | Utrecht University, University of Amsterdam, Palacký University Olomouc

British physicist | Maxwell Medal and Prize (1995), Fellow of the Royal Society (2016), Hughes Medal (2007), Clarivate Citation Laureates (2019) | Jagiellonian

Ukrainian writer | Shevchenko National Prize (2019), Antonovych prize (2009), BBC 100 Women (2023), Fulbright Scholarship, Order of Princess Olga, 3rd class

Russian scientist | Honoured Worker of Higher Professional Education of the Russian Federation, Honoured Higher education employee of the Russian Federation

Ukrainian chemist | State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology, Honored Scientist of Ukraine | Lviv University | Lviv: September 19, 1958 - Hamburg

Croatian astronomer | discoverer of asteroids | University of Rijeka | Poreč: September 19, 1958 - Graz: November 22, 1826 | Korado Korlević (Korado

Polish computer scientist | Silver Cross of Merit, Medal of the 70th anniversary of Polish Information Technology, Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta

professor at Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv University | Rishon LeZion: September 19, 1954 - Kyiv: December 27, 1861 | Tamar Ronen Rosenbaum | Rishon LeZion

Azerbaijani chemist | Honored Scientist of Azerbaijan, Taraggi Medal | Baku State University | Nakhchivan: September 19, 1952 - August 23, 2022 | Hikmət

American Jesuit research astronomer | Carl Sagan Medal for Excellence in Public Communication in Planetary Science (2014), Silver Medal of the President of the

researcher | École polytechnique, University of Rennes 1, Joseph Fourier University | Notre-Dame-de-Gravenchon: September 19, 1952 - Cambridge: April 15, 2009

Russian scientist | Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class, Order of Honour, Order of Alexander Nevsky | Lviv University | Malaryta

Estonian mathematician and mountaineer (1948-2003) | University of Tartu, Ural State University | Tallinn: September 19, 1948 - Tallinn: June 17, 2003 | Toomas

German mathematician | Neumünster: September 19, 1946 - Voorburg: July 20, 1977 | Hartmut Ring | Neumünster: September 19, 1946 - Voorburg: July 20, 1977

Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class, USSR State Prize, Russian government prize for science and technology, Honoured Worker of

Russian scientist (1945–2012) | Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow", Andronov Prize, Merited Scientist of the Russian Federation

mathematician | Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013) | Brooklyn College, University of Wisconsin–Madison | September 19, 1944 - October 31, 2005

Polish-American mathematician | University of Wrocław | Rydułtowy: September 19, 1943 - May 26, 2003 | Edward Neuman | Rydułtowy: September 19, 1943 - May 26, 2003

Archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia and primate of Brazil | Brusque: September 19, 1943 - January 1, 1965 | Murilo Ramos Krieger

Soviet and Russian academic administrator (1940-2021) | Medal for services in conducting the population census, Honoured Higher education employee of the

Chilean philosopher | Arica: September 19, 1939 - Canterbury: August 31, 2002 | Óscar Velásquez Gallardo (Oscar Velasquez Gallardo) | Arica: September 19

reader in phil. and educ., Univ. of Hull; chair, Soc. for Applied Phil.; jt. ed., Journal of applied philosophy | September 19, 1937 - January 1, 2023 | Brenda

Finnish politician (1937-2010) | Grand Cross of the Order of the Lion of Finland (1998), Medal for Military Merits (1981), Commander of the Order of the White

Hungarian physicist | Willis E. Lamb Award (2009), Jedlik Ányos Award (2004), Academy Award of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1970), honorary doctor of

Belarusian chemist | Medal "For Distinguished Labour" (1966), USSR State Prize (1973) | Šantyrava: September 19, 1934 - Navapolack: March 5, 2003 | Pyotr

French chemist (1933–2020) | CNRS silver medal (1976), Olin Palladium Award (1993) | École Normale Supérieure | Rennes: September 19, 1933 - Paris: August 16, 2020

Hungarian chemist (1933–2009) | Eötvös József Wreath (2004), Széchenyi Prize (1994), Szent-Györgyi Albert Prize (1997), László Batthyány-Strattmann

Dutch physicist | The Hague: September 19, 1932 - The Hague: March 16, 2023 | Bernard P.Th. Veltman | The Hague: September 19, 1932 - The Hague: March 16, 2023

Slocenian writer and chemist (1930–2016) | Novo Mesto: September 19, 1930 - Topolšica: March 11, 2016 | Tita Kovač Artemis (Tita Kovac Artemis) | Novo

New Zealand scientist | Maxwell Medal and Prize (1972), IOP Dirac Medal (1994), Royal Medal (1993), Max Born Prize (2001), Fellow of the American Physical

Physicists of the Soviet Union (1930-2011) | Merited Scientist of the Russian Federation | Moscow Power Engineering Institute | Gigant: September 19, 1930

American academic | The Reflective Practicioner | Yale University, Harvard University, University of Paris | Boston: September 19, 1930 - Boston: September 13, 1997

American chemist (1929–2019) | Lavoisier Medal for Lifetime Technical Achievement (1996), American Institute of Chemists Gold Medal (1995), Chemical Pioneer

Doctor of Science Steklov Institute of Mathematics 1962 | Medal of Anania Shirakatsi | Steklov Institute of Mathematics, Yerevan State University | Getk

U.S. Secretary of Defense (1927-2019) | Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, John Jay Award, Enrico Fermi Award

French physicist | Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit (2021), Grand Officer of the National Order of Merit (2015), Commander of the Legion of Honour

Japanese physicist and astronomer (1926-2020) | Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1985), Asahi Prize (1987), Order of

Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"

French philosopher | University of Strasbourg, University of Lyon | Strasbourg: September 19, 1925 - Jerusalem: August 3, 2015 | Benjamin Gross | Strasbourg

Brazilian educator and philosopher (1921–1997) | Ordem do Mérito Cultural (2011), honorary doctor of the University of Brasília, honorary doctor of the

Lebanese philosopher and university teacher (1921–2021) | Leiden University | Derdghaya: September 19, 1921 - November 24, 2021 | Paul Khoury | Derdghaya

Japanese critic and author (1919-2008) | Honorary doctor of the Free University of Berlin, honorary doctorate of Grenoble-III University (1995) | University of Tokyo

American mathematician (1917–2009) | doctor honoris causa from the Pierre and Marie Curie University (1983), Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical

Chinese-American mathematician (1914-2010) | honorary doctor of Paris Dauphine University (1989) | Peking University, Science Faculty of Paris, University of Paris

Austrian American theoretical physicist (1908–2002) | Wolf Prize in Physics (1981), Oersted Medal (1976), J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Prize (1983), Pour

Croatian politician, philosopher and writer (1904-1945) | University of Zagreb | Sarajevo: September 19, 1904 - Zagreb: June 7, 1945 | Julije Makanec

September 19, 1903 - Tower Hill: July 16, 1535 | David Laskov | September 19, 1903 - Tower Hill: July 16, 1535

Austrian biologist and philosopher (1901–1972) | general system theory | University of Innsbruck, University of Vienna | Atzgersdorf: September 19, 1901

Czechoslovakian philosopher and writer (1897-1974) | Cadet corps in Poltava | Mozdok: September 19, 1897 - Prague: July 28, 1974 | Konstantin Chkheidze (Al.

German mathematician | University of Greifswald, University of Wrocław | Görlitz: September 19, 1895 - Potsdam: February 21, 1953 | Alfred Klose | Görlitz

Polish mathematician | Cross of Independence with Swords, Order of the White Eagle | Kursk: September 19, 1892 - Warsaw: February 19, 1943 | Jan Piekałkiewicz

Swedish physicist (1891–1972) | Björkén Prize (1932) | Lund University | Helsingborg: September 19, 1891 - January 19, 1972 | Erik Hulthén (Erik Hulthen)

Polish mathematician | Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of Kyiv University, University of Göttingen

American mathematician (1888–1971) | Bôcher Memorial Prize (1928) | Alexander horned sphere, Alexander polynomial, Alexander–Spanier cohomology

Azerbaijani physician | Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv | Lankaran: September 19, 1885 - Baku: December 21, 1949 | Ağaxan Talışınski (Agaxan

Austrian philanthropist (1882-1958) | Vienna: September 19, 1882 - Vienna: September 27, 1958 | Margaret Stonborough-Wittgenstein - Margarethe Anna Maria Wittgenstein

German historian of student and archivist (1874-1942) | Dresden: September 19, 1874 - Dresden: September 19, 1942 | Paul Ssymank | Dresden: September 19, 1874

Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta | Lviv Polytechnic | September 19, 1874 - Nusle: September 8, 1930 | Zygmunt Przyrembel | September 19, 1874

Polish chemist (1872-1943) | Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Cross of Independence, Medal of Independence | Lviv University | Jarosław: September

French chemist and professor (1871-1965) | CNRS Gold medal (1962), Commander of the Legion of Honour, Jecker Prize (1907) | Saint-Martin-le-Gaillard: September

Dutch philosopher, theologian and university professor (1870–1945) | University of Amsterdam | Amsterdam: September 19, 1870 - Groningen: March 19, 1945

Mexican jurist (1868–1946) | honorary doctor of the Jagiellonian University of Krakow | Escuela Nacional de Jurisprudencia | Aguascalientes City: September

German chemist (1865-1941) | Adolf-von-Baeyer Gold Medal (1924) | Leipzig University | Sonneberg: September 19, 1865 - Bonn: February 12, 1941 | Oskar Dressel

Argentine physicist (1865–1952) | University of Göttingen, University of Copenhagen, National University of La Plata | Sorø: September 19, 1865 - San

Swedish philosopher | Uppsala University | Lund Cathedral parish: September 19, 1862 - Engelbrekt church parish: March 2, 1950 | Enar Sahlin | Lund Cathedral

Medal with Blue Ribbon | September 19, 1842 - Martha's Vineyard: August 26, 1992 | Tatchi Gaun | September 19, 1842 - Martha's Vineyard: August 26, 1992

Swedish mathematician (1841-1926) | Eskilstuna: September 19, 1841 - Uppsala: March 5, 1926 | Matths Falk | Eskilstuna: September 19, 1841 - Uppsala: March 5, 1926

Czech astronomist and mathematician (1837-1913) | Brno: September 19, 1837 - Baden: April 6, 1913 | Moritz Allé (Moritz Alle) | Brno: September 19, 1837

Italian educationist, philosopher and physician (1832–1885) | University of Pisa | Galatina: September 19, 1832 - Florence: December 28, 1885 | Pietro

Medical faculty of Moscow University | September 19, 1829 - Moscow: December 6, 1953 | Alexander Makeev | September 19, 1829 - Moscow: December 6, 1953

American businessman (1824–1905) | National Inventors Hall of Fame (2007) | Upper Darby Township: September 19, 1824 - Philadelphia: January 24, 1905

German-American academic and astronomer (1813–1890) | Lalande Prize (1879) | Humboldt University of Berlin | Koldenbüttel: September 19, 1813 - Clinton: July 18, 1890

Italian mathematician (1808-1874) | Pontifical Gregorian University | Rome: September 19, 1808 - Ariccia: August 24, 1874 | Barnaba Tortolini | Rome: September

German author and critic (1808–1861) | Potsdam: September 19, 1808 - Berlin: November 30, 1861 | Theodor Mundt | Potsdam: September 19, 1808 - Berlin

American zoologist (1796-1843) | Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia: September 19, 1796 - New Orleans: September 30, 1843

Austrian optician (1794–1868) | Vienna: September 19, 1794 - Vienna: January 29, 1868 | Simon Plössl (Simon Plossl) | Vienna: September 19, 1794 - Vienna

Scottish bishop | Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1840) | Trinity School, Trinity College | Cuddalore: September 19, 1790 - Edinburgh: April 2, 1872

English barrister, politician, and Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (1778-1868) | Fellow of the Royal Society | Royal High School, University of Edinburgh

German chemist (1770-1818) | Eisleben: September 19, 1770 - Erfurt: June 9, 1818 | Christian Friedrich Bucholz | Eisleben: September 19, 1770 - Erfurt: June 9, 1818

Russian mineralogist | Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class (1801), Order of St. Vladimir, 4th class (1805) | Academic University at the St. Petersburg Academy of

French mathematician and astronomer | 72 names on the Eiffel Tower, Knight of the Legion of Honour (1815), Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Dutch mathematician, physicist and astronomer | Utrecht University | Hoorn: September 19, 1655 - Utrecht: March 12, 1721 | Joannes Luyts | Hoorn: September 19

French poet and author (1364 – c. 1430) | The Book of the City of Ladies, Le livre du chemin de long estude, Othea's Epistle, The Treasure of the City of

Japanese Buddhist monk, founder of the Japanese Tendai school | An Essay on the Protection of the Nation, The Regulations for the Students of the Mountain School