William Hyde Wollaston

UK Physicist - Speaker & Laser specialist | Clifford Paterson Medal and Prize (2017) | Lady Margaret Hall, University of Strathclyde | August 6, 1987

researcher | MSU Faculty of Chemistry | Moscow: August 6, 1980 - January 1, 1927 | Alexander Majouga | Moscow: August 6, 1980 - January 1, 1927

Chernivtsi University | August 6, 1971 - Vilnius: April 21, 1923 | Igor Yurchenko | August 6, 1971 - Vilnius: April 21, 1923 | Chernivtsi University

Chemist at the UK's National Centre for Atmospheric Science | John Jeyes Award (2012), Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Desty Memorial Prize for

German mathematician | Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize (2023), Whitehead Prize (2007) | University of Freiburg (2001) | August 6, 1971 - New York City: May 30, 1956

Czech mathematician, economist, and playwright | Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering CTU in Prague, CERGE-EI | Hradec Králové: August 6

German politician | University of Münster, Ruhr University Bochum | Wuppertal: August 6, 1968 - Göttingen: June 12, 1985 | Jens Seipenbusch | Wuppertal

German mathematician | ETH Zurich | Mannheim: August 6, 1967 - Aarhus: May 28, 2018 | Felix Finster | Mannheim: August 6, 1967 - Aarhus: May 28, 2018

Indonesian social entrepreneur and philanthropist | Ashden Award (2012), Ramon Magsaysay Award (2011) | IPB University | Semarang: August 6, 1964 - Tisvilde

Russian physicist | Faculty of Physics, State University of Saint Petersbourg | Krasnodar: August 6, 1962 - Uzhhorod: June 11, 2012 | Mikhail Guzev

Russian historian and human rights activist | honorary doctorate from Sciences Po (2022) | Odesa University | Saratov: August 6, 1961 - Jena: June 19, 1907

Spanish mathematician and professor | Ferran Sunyer i Balaguer Prize | University of Barcelona | Manresa: August 6, 1960 - Hubei: January 1, 0416 | Rosa Maria

Czech biologist, philosopher, writer and university educator | Charles University | Jindřichův Hradec: August 6, 1958 - La Rippe: July 18, 2007 | Stanislav

Mexican philosopher | Ocampo Municipality: August 6, 1958 - August 4, 2017 | Mario Teodoro Ramírez Cobián (Mario Teodoro Ramirez Cobian)

Grantham Professor of Climate Science at the University of Reading | Royal Society Wolfson Fellowship, Fellow of the Royal Society (2016), Fellow of the Royal

American computer scientist and matematician | Princeton University, Emory University | August 6, 1957 - Atlantic City: April 15, 1904 | Samuel Buss. Sam

British philosopher | Lauener Prize (2024), Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Fellow of the British Academy | The Henley College, New College, Leighton

Norwegian engineer | Norwegian University of Science and Technology | Voss: August 6, 1954 - Norwich: March 2, 1840 | Helge Brattebø (Helge Brattebo) | Voss

scientist | August 6, 1954 - Thomaston: June 20, 1874 | Igor Kabashkin | August 6, 1954 - Thomaston: June 20, 1874

Russian scientist | Merited Scientist of the Russian Federation | Military Academy of the Signal Corps | Tomsk Oblast: August 6, 1953 - Saint Petersburg: July 29, 1942

American writer | Williams-Wright Award | Columbia Business School, Columbia Pacific University, College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University, MIT

German mathematician | Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (1986), Gauss Lectureship (2012) | University of Cologne | Hamelin: August 6, 1951

American professor of electrical engineering | IEEE Fellow, IEEE Cledo Brunetti Award (2002) | University of Minnesota | August 6, 1951 - May 1, 1995 | Mark S.

Argentine philosopher | Facultad de Filosofía y Letras de la Universidad de Buenos Aires | Buenos Aires: August 6, 1949 - April 30, 2014 | Alejandro

French mathematician, psychologist, and academic | Paris 8 University, Paris Diderot University | 17th arrondissement of Paris: August 6, 1949 - 12th

American chemist | Guggenheim Fellowship, Clarivate Citation Laureates (2009) | University of Rochester | New York City: August 6, 1946 - Havana: July 9, 1706

American mathematician | Rice University | August 6, 1944 - July 30, 2021 | Jack Morava | August 6, 1944 - July 30, 2021 | Rice University

American computer scientist | Ernst Mach Medal (1998), Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2017) | University of California

Japanese philosopher | Sei Itō Award (1996), Kamei Katsuichirō Prize (1978), Berggruen Prize (2022) | Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, The

Russian chemist | Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class, Merited Scientist of the Russian Federation, Mikhail Lomonosov Award, USSR State

German philosopher | Tractatus Award (2012) | Goethe University Frankfurt | Altenburg: August 6, 1936 - Hamburg: November 9, 2024 | Herbert Schnädelbach

Spanish politician (1932-2007) | Canigó Award (2004) | Barcelona: August 6, 1932 - Ogassa: August 11, 2007 | Lluís Maria Xirinacs (Lluis Maria Xirinacs)

Soviet chemist and specialist in literature (1931-2015) | Solzhenitsyn Prize (2011) | MSU Faculty of Chemistry | Saint Petersburg: August 6, 1931 - Moscow

British statistician | Fellow of the British Academy, Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (1970), Guy Medal in Bronze (1971) | Bedford Modern

Indian physicist (1930-2004) | TWAS fellow, Fellow of the Royal Society, Royal Medal (1994), Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology (1972)

Medal "For the Defence of Moscow" | Moscow Power Engineering Institute | August 6, 1923 - Buenos Aires: December 2, 1987 | Boris Sestroretsky | August 6

Romanian engineer and university professor | Peter the Great Saint Petersburg State Polytechnical University | Bănișor: August 6, 1922 - Cluj-Napoca: June 4, 1999

Italian politician and philosopher (1920-1983) | Sapienza University of Rome | Rome: August 6, 1920 - Monterado: July 21, 1983 | Franco Rodano | Rome: August

Russian chemist (1918-1984) | Medal "Veteran of Labour", Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of

August 6, 1916 - Stanford: July 26, 2016 | Evelyn P. Kieffer | August 6, 1916 - Stanford: July 26, 2016

Russian mechanician (1913–2003) | USSR State Prize, Order of Cyril and Methodius, Order of the Badge of Honour, State Prize of the Russian Federation (1996)

Hungarian engineer, university professor, academic (1907–1980) | Kossuth Prize (1951) | Oradea: August 6, 1907 - Budapest: November 8, 1980 | László Heller

Spanish mathematician and astronomer (1905-1993) | Universidad Central, University of Barcelona, University of Paris, Sorbonne | Cabestany: August 6, 1905

Order of Lenin (1971), Order of Lenin (1952), Honored Scientist of the RSFSR, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Order of the October Revolution | Kharkiv

Czech academic and doctor (1897-1984) | honorary doctor of Comenius University (1969), Léon Bernard Foundation Prize (1968) | First Faculty of Medicine

Belgian mathematician (1892-1966) | Liège: August 6, 1892 - Ixelles - Elsene: May 22, 1966 | Simon Vatriquant | Liège: August 6, 1892 - Ixelles - Elsene: May 22, 1966

Polish author and translator (1892–1983) | Gold Cross of Merit, Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Golden Laurel of the Polish Academy of

German chemist (1891–1966) | Nuremberg: August 6, 1891 - Offenbach am Main: October 7, 1966 | Ludwig Dexheimer | Nuremberg: August 6, 1891 - Offenbach am

German woodwind instrument maker (1888–1963) | Gopplasgrün: August 6, 1888 - Markneukirchen: August 31, 1963 | Friedrich Arthur Uebel | Gopplasgrün: August

Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, botanist, and Nobel laureate (1881–1955) | honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense (1948), John Scott

American electrical engineer and inventor | Marion Military Institute, Spring Hill College, UMS-Wright Preparatory School, Auburn University | Montrose: August

Belgian philosopher, theologian, university professor, mathematician, lawyer, priest and architect (1868–1955) | Righteous Among the Nations (1980) | Leipzig

German philosopher | Leipzig University | Albersweiler: August 6, 1865 - Zurich: March 9, 1931 | Gottlob Friedrich Lipps | Albersweiler: August 6, 1865

Filipino revolutionary general, inventor | Biñan: August 6, 1860 - July 18, 1938 | Fernando Canon | Biñan: August 6, 1860 - July 18, 1938

German scientist (1859–1942) | Order of the Red Eagle 4th Class, Buys Ballot Medal (1903) | Humboldt University of Berlin, University of Vienna | Nowy Sącz

Polish philosopher (1855-1913) | Saint Petersburg State University | Čyki: August 6, 1855 - Warsaw: November 13, 1913 | Adam Mahrburg | Čyki: August 6, 1855

Order of Saint Stanislaus, 3rd class, Order of Saint Anna, 3rd class | Imperial St. Petersburg University | August 6, 1848 - October 5, 2021 | A. Kh.

British civil engineer (1844-1896) | St. Andrew's College | Makhanda: August 6, 1844 - London Borough of Lambeth: October 21, 1896 | James Henry Greathead

physicist, librarian (1843–1902) | Heidelberg University, Budapest University of Technology and Economics | Pest: August 6, 1843 - Budapest: September 4, 1902

Norwegian politician (1842–1925) | Larvik: August 6, 1842 - September 19, 1925 | Karl Gether Bomhoff | Larvik: August 6, 1842 - September 19, 1925

Czech agonomist, biologist, mathematician and university educator (1826–1909) | Letiny: August 6, 1826 - Old Town: November 7, 1909 | Jan Baptista Lambl

German mathematician and physicist (1824–1900) | University of Jena | Weimar: August 6, 1824 - Jena: February 3, 1900 | Hermann Schaeffer | Weimar: August 6

British engineer (1816–1888) | Crampton locomotive | Broadstairs: August 6, 1816 - London: April 19, 1888 | Thomas Russell Crampton | Broadstairs: August 6

German chemist (1795–1864) | Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1842), Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Pour le Mérite for Sciences

August 6, 1762 - November 6, 1856 | Evert Jan Thomassen à Thuessink (Evert Jan Thomassen a Thuessink)

German economist and statistician | Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg | Sengwarden: August 6, 1753 - Rödelheim: June 11, 1833 | August Friedrich

English mathematician (1741-1793) | Fellow of the Royal Society (1782) | Wilson's theorem | Staveley CofE School, Peterhouse | Applethwaite: August 6, 1741

French writer, a moralist (1715-1747) | Collège des Jésuites | Aix-en-Provence: August 6, 1715 - Paris: May 28, 1747 | Luc de Clapiers, marquis de

Swiss mathematician (1667-1748) | Fellow of the Royal Society (1712) | Bernoulli differential equation, sophomore's dream | University of Basel | Basel: August

French archbishop, theologian and writer (1651–1715) | University of Paris | Sainte-Mondane: August 6, 1651 - Cambrai: January 7, 1715 | François Fénelon

French philosopher | Search after Truth, Entretiens sur la metaphysique et sur la religion, Treatise on nature and grace | Collège de la Marche, University of Paris

Flemish philosopher (1486-1533) | Antwerp: August 6, 1486 - Antwerp: November 16, 1533 | Pieter Gillis | Antwerp: August 6, 1486 - Antwerp: November 16, 1533

Chinese poet, historian and statesman (1007-1072) | New Book of Tang, New History of the Five Dynasties | Mianyang: August 6, 1007 - Fuyang: September 22, 1072