Numa Pompilius Garfield Adams

Bangladeshi poet, essayist and philosopher. Lecturer in philosophy at Bhasa Shahid Salam Memorial College, Feni. | Shobuj Taposh | University of Chittagong

French physicist | Knight of the National Order of Merit | École Centrale Paris | Thonon-les-Bains: February 17, 1971 - Paris: July 16, 1739 | Rémi Carminati

Czech nuclear physicist | Charles University | Prague: February 17, 1964 - Arnhem: April 5, 1967 | Vojtěch Petráček (Vojtech Petracek) | Prague: February

Russian scientist | Medal "For Strengthening of Brotherhood in Arms", Honoured Higher education employee of the Russian Federation | Moscow Power Engineering Institute

Russian anthropologist, economic historian, comparative political scientist, and sociologist | University of Manchester, MSU The Institute of Asian and African Studies

American policy-maker and academic | Stanford University, University of Virginia | February 17, 1956 - September 26, 1924 | Alice Hill | February 17, 1956

Israeli mathematician | Wolf Prize in Mathematics (2024), George Pólya Prize, Paris Kanellakis Award (2019), Fellow of the American Mathematical Society

Israeli philosopher | Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion – New York | Jerusalem: February 17, 1954 - May 11, 1994 | Yehoyada Amir

South Korean politician | Korea Science Award | Kyunggi High School, Seoul National University | Seoul: February 17, 1953 - Meylan: June 28, 2016 | Oh Se-jung

American philosopher, businessman and lawyer | February 17, 1952 - April 18, 1933 | John Milligan-Whyte | February 17, 1952 - April 18, 1933

Kazakhstani politician | Order of Parasat, Order of Fatherland, Order of Nazarbayev | National Research Nuclear University | Serpukhov: February 17, 1949

Romanian physicist (born 1947) | Imperial College London, University of Bucharest | Bucharest: February 17, 1948 - Barcelona: February 7, 2009 | Valentin

American mathematician | Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013) | Brandeis University | Alexandria: February 17, 1947 - Hildesheim: January 27, 2019

Azerbaijani politician and political prisoner (born 1943) | Azerbaijan Architecture and Construction University | Shaki: February 17, 1943 - Reykjavík: January 17, 2008

Co-founder of the Black Panther Party (1942-1989) | Merritt College, San Francisco Law School, University of California, Santa Cruz, Oakland Technical High School

Italian philosopher | University of Bari | San Pietro Vernotico: February 17, 1942 - Bologna: November 11, 1932 | Augusto Ponzio | San Pietro Vernotico

Ukrainian painter (1942-2007) | National Academy of Visual Arts and Architecture | Kniazhychi: February 17, 1942 - Kyiv: February 18, 2007 | Feodosiy Tetianych

Physicist, astrophysicist (1940–2010) | USSR State Prize, State Prize of the Russian Federation | Novosibirsk State University | Moscow: February 17, 1940

University of Manitoba | February 17, 1939 - Kyiv: December 7, 1938 | Yuriy Darewych | February 17, 1939 - Kyiv: December 7, 1938 | University of Manitoba

French physicist | École polytechnique (1956) | Eaubonne: February 17, 1938 - Saint Petersburg: May 15, 1885 | Pierre Darriulat | Eaubonne: February 17, 1938

German philosopher (1935–2022) | University of Münster | Münster: February 17, 1935 - Constance: April 25, 2022 | Friedrich Kambartel | Münster: February

Swiss biochemist and professor at ETH Zurich | University of Zurich | Zurich: February 17, 1934 - Zurich: October 9, 2023 | Kaspar Heinrich Winterhalter

Mexican philosopher and professor (1932-2010) | Mexico City: February 17, 1932 - Miami: May 5, 2010 | Carlos Llano Cifuentes | Mexico City: February 17, 1932

February 17, 1930 - Budapest: April 20, 2023 | Armand Amselem | February 17, 1930 - Budapest: April 20, 2023

Israeli physicist (1930–2013) | N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod | Kyiv: February 17, 1930 - Pardes Hanna-Karkur: April 14, 2013

Aagarkar (1930–2009) | Kozhikode: February 17, 1930 - Podanur: October 4, 2009 | Basava Premanand | Kozhikode: February 17, 1930 - Podanur: October 4, 2009

Chilean-French filmmaker and comics writer | Officer of Arts and Letters (2015), Leopard of Honour (2016), Time Machine Award (2006), Pablo Neruda Order of

Argentine philosopher (1927–2023) | Honorary Doctorate of University of Buenos Aires, honorary doctor of the University of Valencia (1998), honorary

French physician | Officer of the Legion of Honour, Concours général (1939) | Algiers: February 17, 1922 - Paris: October 13, 2004 | Maurice Marois

British physicist | Winchester College | Suffolk: February 17, 1921 - May 4, 2002 | John Hasted | Suffolk: February 17, 1921 - May 4, 2002 | Winchester College

politician and mathematician from Trinidad and Tobago | University of London, Queen Mary University of London | Chaguanas: February 17, 1920 - England: May 12, 1970

American mathematician (1918-2001) | University of California, Berkeley, City University of New York, New York University | Manhattan: February 17, 1918

Egyptian academic, philosopher and poet (1917–2002) | History of philosophy in Islam, Al-Adab al-Almānī fī niṣf qarn | Cairo University | Sharabas

Indonesian Minangkabau journalist and activist (1908–1981) | National Hero of Indonesia | Agam: February 17, 1908 - Jakarta: July 24, 1981 | Hamka | Agam

Hungarian mathematician (1905-1977) | Manó Beke Prize (1953), State Award of the People's Republic of Hungary (1970), Kossuth Prize (1951) | Eötvös Loránd University

Russian mathematician (1896–1975) | Remez algorithm, Remez inequality | Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv | Mscislaŭ: February 17, 1896 - Kyiv

Israeli mathematician (1891-1965) | Israel Prize (1956), Rothschild prize (1962) | Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory | University of Marburg, Frederick William

British statistician, evolutionary biologist and geneticist (1890–1962) | Knight Bachelor (1952), Fellow of the Royal Society (1929), Darwin Medal (1948)

German-American physicist (1888–1969) | honorary doctor of ETH Zürich, Nobel Prize in Physics (1943) | Stern–Gerlach experiment | Johanneum Breslau

German journalist, writer and philosopher (1888-1955) | Świebodzice: February 17, 1888 - West Berlin: February 4, 1955 | Hans Blüher (Hans Bluher | Arthur

German Catholic philosopher (1885–1968) | Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1965), Peace Prize of the German

Armenian inventor and engineer (1879–1932) | University of Zurich, Ludwig-Maximilian-University in Munich, Humboldt University of Berlin | Baku: February 17

Italian jurist, writer and professor | Sapienza University of Rome (1900), Sapienza University of Rome | Naples: February 17, 1873 - Rome: February 6, 1941

American physicist (1872–1935) | Comstock Prize in Physics (1923) | Humboldt University of Berlin, Harvard University | Philadelphia: February 17, 1872

Norwegian-swiss chocolate chemist (1872-1956) | University of Kiel, University of Oslo | Hamar: February 17, 1872 - March 7, 1956 | Arnold Bakke | Hamar

Scottish veterinary surgeon and pathologist | Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh | University of Glasgow | Angus: February 17, 1871 - March 4, 1937

German philosopher and theologian (1865-1923) | University of Augsburg, University of Göttingen, Humboldt University of Berlin, University of Erlangen–Nuremberg

Slovak entomologist, painter, inventor and roman catholic priest (1864-1929) | Tajov: February 17, 1864 - Wilkes-Barre: May 11, 1929 | Jozef Murgaš (Jozef

Tatar Islamic scholar (1857–1921) | Keçe Qawal: February 17, 1857 - Moscow: December 6, 1921 | Ğalimcan Barudi (Galimcan Barudi) | Keçe Qawal: February

American inventor (1856-1937) | National Inventors Hall of Fame (2011), Rumford Prize (1912), Elliott Cresson Medal (1893) | Litchfield: February 17, 1856

Lund University | February 17, 1856 - June 24, 1922 | Julius Möller (Julius Moller) | February 17, 1856 - June 24, 1922

Belgian writer (1856–1940) | Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour (1936) | The Quest for Fire, The Death of the Earth, Les Navigateurs de l'infini, Les Xipéhuz

Russian mathematician (1855–1932) | Imperial St. Petersburg University | Gorodishche: February 17, 1855 - Klánovice: April 6, 1932 | Dmitry Selivanov

German chemist (1852-1931) | February 17, 1852 - Hanover: June 20, 1931 | Hermann Ost | February 17, 1852 - Hanover: June 20, 1931

Romanian physicist (1851-1922) | Brăila: February 17, 1851 - Brăila: September 15, 1922 | Ștefan C. Hepites (Stefan C. Hepites) | Brăila: February 17, 1851

Australian poet, writer, publisher, suffragist, and feminist (1848–1920) | Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2001) | Mudgee: February 17, 1848 - Gladesville

German mathematician | University of Marburg, Heidelberg University | Marburg: February 17, 1843 - Marburg: December 24, 1903 | Edmund Hess | Marburg: February

Russian chemist (1838-1906) | Beilstein database | University of Göttingen, Heidelberg University, Ludwig-Maximilian-University in Munich, Saint Peter's School

February 17, 1835 - Lyon: April 13, 1848 | Fyodar Yazyerski | February 17, 1835 - Lyon: April 13, 1848

German mathematician and teacher | Frederick William University Berlin, Gymnasium No. 1 Adam Mickiewicz, Collegium Hosianum, University of Königsberg

Slovene jurist, philosopher and politician | University of Graz | Škale: February 17, 1821 - Prague: February 22, 1875 | Jožef Krajnc (Jozef Krajnc)

American showman 1814-1898 | Georgia: February 17, 1814 - Rotterdam: August 9, 1898 | Gardner Quincy Colton | Georgia: February 17, 1814 - Rotterdam: August 9, 1898

Spanish economist (1804-1893) | University of Valladolid | San Cristovo do Real, Samos: February 17, 1804 - Madrid: March 11, 1893 | Vicente Vázquez Queipo

French writer (1803-1875) | Knight of the Legion of Honour (1838) | Bourg-en-Bresse: February 17, 1803 - Versailles: March 27, 1875 | Edgar Quinet

German psychologist & scholar (1798–1854) | Humboldt University of Berlin, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg | Berlin: February 17, 1798 - Berlin

French philosopher and theologian (1796-1867) | Knight of the Legion of Honour (1840) | École Normale Supérieure, Lycée Charlemagne | former 7th

Austrian-Jewish scholar (1785-1840) | Moreh nevukhe ha-zeman | Brody: February 17, 1785 - Ternopil: July 31, 1840 | Nachman Krochmal | Brody: February 17, 1785

French physician, inventor of stethoscope (1781-1826) | Knight of the Legion of Honour | stethoscope, auscultation, De l'auscultation mediate

French chemist | Paris: February 17, 1763 - March 5, 1820 | Antoine Saugrain | Paris: February 17, 1763 - March 5, 1820

German philosopher, librarian and university teacher (1758-1831) | University of Tübingen, Eberhard-Ludwigs-Gymnasium | Tübingen: February 17, 1758

physician (1756-1801) | University of Jena, University of Göttingen | Zeulenroda: February 17, 1756 - Altdorf bei Nürnberg: March 9, 1801 | Johann Christian

Rhode Island colonial woman | New Shoreham: February 17, 1755 - Cumberland Island: September 2, 1814 | Catherine Littlefield Greene | New Shoreham: February

Serbian writer | Ciacova: February 17, 1742 - Belgrade: April 7, 1811 | Dositej Obradović (Dositej Obradovic) | Ciacova: February 17, 1742 - Belgrade: April 7, 1811

Genevan scientist (1740-1799) | Foreign Member of the Royal Society | University of Geneva | Conches: February 17, 1740 - Geneva: January 22, 1799 | Horace

German astronomer | reflecting circle | Marbach am Neckar: February 17, 1723 - Göttingen: February 20, 1762 | Tobias Mayer - Johann Tobias Mayer | Marbach am

humanist, philosopher and writer from Italy | Florence: February 17, 1424 - Borgo alla Collina: October 3, 1498 | Cristoforo Landino | Florence: February 17