Polish science communicator | Warsaw University of Technology | Wysokie Mazowieckie: December 16, 1993 - Prague: May 19, 2023 | Adam Mirek | Wysokie

German physicist and politician | Max Planck Institute of Plasma Physics (Greifswald) | Greifswald: December 16, 1991 - Gdańsk: June 8, 1660 | Hannes Damm

French philosopher, radio producer and television columnist | École normale supérieure de Fontenay-Saint-Cloud | Saint-Germain-en-Laye: December 16, 1982

American mathematician | Chartered Scientist, Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (2025), Order of the Star of Oceania, Fellow of the Institute of

American cosmologist and particle physicist specializing in the areas of dark matter | University of Wisconsin–Madison | Minnesota: December 16, 1976 - June 21, 1867

mathematician | European Prize in Combinatorics (2005) | Royal Institute of Technology, Lund University | Tomsk: December 16, 1972 - Antibes: August 21, 2008

French mathematician | Leconte Prize (2006) | University of Paris | December 16, 1971 - Leipzig: April 8, 1908 | Xavier Buff | December 16, 1971 - Leipzig

American astrophysicist (b. 1969) | Clarivate Citation Laureates (2010), Nobel Prize in Physics (2011), Helen B. Warner Prize for Astronomy (2002), Robert J.

French mathematician | Knight of the Legion of Honour (2013) | École Normale Supérieure | December 16, 1968 - Seoul: January 1, 1486 | Valérie Berthé

researcher | Moscow State University | December 16, 1967 - Bamberg: December 7, 1960 | Alexander Belyaev | December 16, 1967 - Bamberg: December 7, 1960

researcher | CNRS bronze medal (2001), CNRS silver medal (2019) | University of Strasbourg | Strasbourg: December 16, 1966 - May 31, 1939 | Jean-François

Kazakhstani banker | Order of Parasat | Narxoz University | Oskemen: December 16, 1959 - February 8, 2025 | Kadyrzhan Damitov | Oskemen: December 16, 1959

Czech mathematician and professor | Neuron Prize for Lifelong Contribution to Science (2015) | Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University

German politician | University of Tübingen | Wiesbaden: December 16, 1956 - July 2, 1947 | Ute Finckh-Krämer (Ute Finckh-Kramer) | Wiesbaden: December 16

Serbian writer, critic and publicist | Pančevo: December 16, 1953 - Ankara: August 25, 1965 | Zlatoje Martinov | Pančevo: December 16, 1953 - Ankara: August 25, 1965

Hungarian philosopher (1952–2024) | Alföld Prize (2011), Széchenyi Prize (2006) | Eötvös Loránd University | Budapest: December 16, 1952 - March 16, 2024

Romanian writer | Politehnica University of Bucharest, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University | Moinești: December 16, 1951 - January 1, 1958 | Dan Cristea - Dan

scientist | Merited Scientist of the Russian Federation | The Faculty of Geography and Geoecology | December 16, 1949 - February 11, 2024 | G. M. Fedorov

Hungarian historian | Szent-Györgyi Albert Prize (2014) | Eötvös Loránd University | Újpest: December 16, 1948 - Springfield: May 30, 1911 | Péter

British chemist | Fellow of the Royal Society (2002), Chartered Chemist, Nyholm Prize for Education (2011), Michael Faraday Prize (2019), Longstaff Prize

Docent and human rights activist from Argentina | National University of La Plata | December 16, 1947 - December 12, 2010 | Adriana Calvo | December 16, 1947

Iranian philosopher | Erasmus Prize (2004) | Alavi Madrasa, University of Tehran | Tehran: December 16, 1945 - Simandres: September 25, 1899 | Abdolkarim

Belgian philosopher | December 16, 1945 - Oxford: May 24, 1632 | Robert Legros | December 16, 1945 - Oxford: May 24, 1632

Dutch professor in organic chemistry | Utrecht University | Bergh: December 16, 1944 - Nijmegen: February 15, 2024 | Roeland J. M. Nolte | Bergh: December 16

Russian scientist | Faculty of Oriental Studies of the St. Petersburg University | Kostroma: December 16, 1943 - Saint Petersburg: February 3, 2005 | Sevir

Kyrgyz neurosurgeon | Hero of the Kyrgyz Republic, Order of Manas | Kyrgyz State Medical Academy | Kök-Jar: December 16, 1939 - Amsterdam: May 8, 1971

German mathematician and politician (1939-2005) | honorary doctorate of the Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice (2000) | Technische Universität

German mathematician and computer scientist | University of Stuttgart | Stuttgart: December 16, 1938 - Suresnes: March 22, 2011 | Frieder Nake | Stuttgart

Russian mathematician (1937–2023) | Lenin Komsomol Prize | MSU Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics, Moscow State University | Moscow: December 16, 1937

German physicist | Rudolf-Diesel-Medaille (2021), Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2001), Order of Merit of

English physicist and engineer | A. A. Griffith Medal and Prize | University College London | Didcot: December 16, 1932 - Versailles: December 16, 1774 | Edgar

mathematician (1932–2022) | Order of the Niger (1987) | University of Chicago, University of London, University of Ibadan, University of Vermont, Queen's

Russian scientist | Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin", Order of the Badge of Honour, Medal

German mathematician (1930–2005) | Heidelberg University, University of Göttingen | Łódź: December 16, 1930 - August 13, 2005 | Dieter Puppe | Łódź

Castelao Medal (2000) | Ludwig-Maximilian-University in Munich, Complutense University of Madrid, Comillas Pontifical University, University of Santiago de Compostela

Georgian physicist (1930-2010) | Russian government prize for science and technology, Lenin Prize, USSR State Prize (1973), Order of the October Revolution

American science fiction author (1928–1982) | Tähtivaeltaja Award (1993), Readercon Small Press Awards (1990), Readercon Small Press Awards (1989), Golden

American biochemist (1928–2024) | Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement (1985), John Scott Award (1978), Japan Prize (1997), Denham Harman Research

German mathematician (1927–2017) | University of Göttingen | Viersen: December 16, 1927 - January 23, 2017 | Helmut Klingen | Viersen: December 16, 1927

Ukrainian mathematician | Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv | Chernihiv: December 16, 1926 - Kyiv: December 12, 1997

catholic priest and psychotherapist (1925–2019) | University of Würzburg | Leimen: December 16, 1925 - Bischofswiesen: September 19, 2019 | Bert Hellinger

American physicist (1922 - 1997) | Vashon High School, University of Rochester | St. Louis: December 16, 1922 - Richland: May 17, 1997 | Roscoe L. Koontz | St.

British science fiction writer, inventor, and futurist (1917–2008) | Locus Award for Best Novel (1974), John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science

accelerator physicist who independently developed and patented the strong focusing principle (1916–1972) | Golden Plate Award (1964), Elliott Cresson Medal

American philosopher and writer (1915-2008) | Guggenheim Fellowship | Wilkes-Barre: December 16, 1915 - Boulder: March 18, 2008 | Hazel Barnes | Wilkes-Barre

Franciscan friar, scholar and Roman Catholic blessed (1907–1976) | Pontifical University Antonianum | San Giovanni la Punta: December 16, 1907 - Hong Kong

Italian painter and philosopher (1907-1990) | Turin: December 16, 1907 - Turin: December 18, 1990 | Albino Galvano | Turin: December 16, 1907 - Turin: December 18, 1990

20th-century Danish mathematician, inventor, designer, writer and poet | Honorary craftsman (1975), honorary doctor of Odense University (1991), Doctor of

Argentinian civil engineer and inventor | National University of the Littoral | Rosario: December 16, 1898 - January 1, 1977 | Valentín Grondona (Valentin

Bosnian-Croatian academic, Catholic layperson, writer, schoolteacher, polyglot and blessed of the Catholic Church (1896–1928) | Faculty of Humanities and

Hungarian politician (1894-1966) | Kossuth Prize (1948), Kossuth Prize (1963) | Novi Sad: December 16, 1894 - Budapest: August 8, 1966 | Erik Molnár (Erik

German slavist and balkanologist (1888–1948) | Lichtenberg: December 16, 1888 - Bad Tölz: March 23, 1948 | Gerhard Gesemann | Lichtenberg: December 16, 1888

Hungarian physicist (1887-1968) | Kossuth Prize (1953) | Pipea: December 16, 1887 - Budapest: July 13, 1968 | Zoltán Gyulai (Zoltan Gyulai) | Pipea: December

Austrian mathematician (1887-1956) | Richard Lieben prize (1921) | Radon transform, Radon–Nikodym theorem, Radon's theorem, Radon–Riesz theorem

German physicist (1882–1974) | Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Bavarian Order of Merit, Simon Memorial Prize (1970)

Swiss scientist and suffragette (1878-1968) | The coming poison and fire war and its effects on the civilian population | Bern: December 16, 1878

Polish chemist | Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta | Warsaw: December 16, 1877 - Warsaw: August 20, 1946 | Adam Koss | Warsaw: December 16, 1877

mathematician (1871-1959) | Kossuth Prize (1957), Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (1946), Gyula Kőnig Award (1928) | University of Geneva

Spanish-American philosopher | King's College, Harvard University, Boston Latin School, Humboldt University of Berlin, Harvard College | San Bernardo street

American mathematician (1863–1943) | Yale University | Goodhue County: December 16, 1863 - Chicago: February 4, 1943 | William Anthony Granville | Goodhue

scientist | Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class, Order of Saint Anna, 1st class, Order of St. Vladimir, 3rd class, Order of Saint Stanislaus, 1st class, Order of

French surgeon | Reims: December 16, 1859 - Paris: November 21, 1916 | Eugène-Louis Doyen (Eugene-Louis Doyen) | Reims: December 16, 1859 - Paris: November 21, 1916

Hungarian mathematician, philosopher, physicist (1859-1924) | Paks: December 16, 1859 - Darmstadt: July 14, 1924 | Menyhért Palágyi - Silberstein Menachem

mathematician | Skara city parish: December 16, 1857 - Lund Cathedral parish: July 6, 1931 | Torsten Brodén (Torsten Broden) | Skara city parish: December 16

Hungarian mathematician (1849–1913) | König's theorem | Heidelberg University | Győr: December 16, 1849 - Budapest: April 8, 1913 | Gyula Kőnig (Gyula

French mathematical economist (*1834 – †1910) | Mines ParisTech | Évreux: December 16, 1834 - Clarens: January 5, 1910 | Léon Walras (Leon Walras)

German astronomer (1832–1921) | Lalande Prize (1860) | University of Bonn | Zielona Góra: December 16, 1832 - Bornim: January 18, 1921 | Wilhelm Julius

Dutch theologian (1830-1902) | Honorary doctor of Leiden University (1873), Officer of the Order of the Oak Crown | University of Amsterdam | Rotterdam

Spanish mathematician | Sant Boi de Llobregat: December 16, 1811 - Barcelona: January 16, 1875 | Lorenzo Presas | Sant Boi de Llobregat: December 16, 1811

German inventor and mechanic (1809–1872) | Waldbauer: December 16, 1809 - Endenich: January 1, 1872 | Carl Baunscheidt | Waldbauer: December 16, 1809

German chemist, physicist and philosopher | University of Jena | Zamienice: December 16, 1776 - Munich: January 23, 1810 | Johann Wilhelm Ritter | Zamienice

French painter (1759-1832) | Amiens: December 16, 1759 - Paris: May 7, 1832 | Charles Guillaume Alexandre Bourgeois | Amiens: December 16, 1759 - Paris: May 7, 1832

French engineer (1723-1798) | Collège Louis-le-Grand (Paris) | Roye: December 16, 1723 - Florence: October 18, 1798 | Louis Guillaume de Cambray de Digny

German Reformed theologian | Opava: December 16, 1561 - Basel: July 17, 1610 | Amandus Polanus | Opava: December 16, 1561 - Basel: July 17, 1610