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Charlotte Barnum (1860–1934), mathematician and social activist, first female mathematics PhD from Yale. Margaret Baron (1915–1996), British mathematics educator and historian of mathematics. Lida Barrett (1927–2021), second female president of the MAA. June Barrow-Green (born 1953), British historian of mathematics.
Creola Katherine Johnson (née Coleman; August 26, 1918 – February 24, 2020) was an American mathematician whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights. [1][2] During her 33-year career at NASA and its predecessor, she earned a reputation for ...
Maryam Mirzakhani. Maryam Mirzakhani (Persian: مریم میرزاخانی, pronounced [mæɾˈjæm miːɾzɑːxɑːˈniː]; 12 May 1977 – 14 July 2017) was an Iranian [5][4] mathematician and a professor of mathematics at Stanford University. [6][7] Her research topics included Teichmüller theory, hyperbolic geometry, ergodic theory, and ...
Hannah Fry HonFREng [2] (born 21 February 1984) [1] is a British academic, author and radio and television presenter. She is Professor in the Mathematics of Cities at the UCL Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis. [3] In January 2024, Fry was appointed to be the new president of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications. [4]
Ruth Lawrence. Ruth Elke Lawrence-Neimark (Hebrew: רות אלקה לורנס-נאימרק, born 2 August 1971) is a British–Israeli mathematician and a professor of mathematics at the Einstein Institute of Mathematics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and a researcher in knot theory and algebraic topology. In the public eye, she is best known ...
Cynthia Rudin. Baroness Ingrid Daubechies (/ doʊbəˈʃiː / doh-bə-SHEE; [1] French: [dobʃi]; born 17 August 1954) is a Belgian-American physicist and mathematician. She is best known for her work with wavelets in image compression. Daubechies is recognized for her study of the mathematical methods that enhance image-compression technology.
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:21st-century mathematicians. It includes 21st-century mathematicians that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.
Amalie Emmy Noether[a] (US: / ˈnʌtər /, UK: / ˈnɜːtə /; German: [ˈnøːtɐ]; 23 March 1882 – 14 April 1935) was a German mathematician who made many important contributions to abstract algebra. She proved Noether's first and second theorems, which are fundamental in mathematical physics. [4] She was described by Pavel Alexandrov ...