FamousPeopleFacts - Daniel J. Bernstein
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Daniel J. Bernstein

Date of Birth: October 29, 1971 Zodiac Sign: Scorpio Biography Daniel Julius Bernstein, often known as DJB, is a renowned American mathematician, cryptologist, and computer scientist. Born on October 29, 1971, he is best known for his contributions to cryptography, particularly in the design and…
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Daniel Bernoulli

Date of Birth: February 8, 1700 Zodiac Sign: Aquarius Date of Death: March 17, 1782 Biography Daniel Bernoulli was a Swiss mathematician and physicist who made significant contributions to fluid mechanics, probability, and statistics. Born into the renowned Bernoulli family of mathematicians, Daniel’s work laid…
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Claude Shannon

Date of Birth: April 30, 1916 Zodiac Sign: Taurus Date of Death: February 24, 2001 Biography Claude Elwood Shannon was an American mathematician, electrical engineer, and cryptographer known as “the father of information theory.” Born in Gaylord, Michigan, Shannon’s groundbreaking work laid the foundation for…
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Charles Hermite

Date of Birth: December 24, 1822 Zodiac Sign: Capricorn Date of Death: January 14, 1901 Biography Charles Hermite was a French mathematician born on December 24, 1822, in Dieuze, France. He is renowned for his contributions to number theory, elliptic functions, and the theory of…
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Charles Babbage

Date of Birth: December 26, 1791 Zodiac Sign: Capricorn Date of Death: October 18, 1871 Biography Charles Babbage, an esteemed English mathematician, philosopher, inventor, and mechanical engineer, is often credited with conceptualizing the first automatic mechanical computer, which laid the foundational principles for future computational…
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Carl Friedrich Gauss

Date of Birth: April 30, 1777 Zodiac Sign: Taurus Date of Death: February 23, 1855 Biography Carl Friedrich Gauss, often referred to as the “Prince of Mathematicians,” made significant contributions to many fields, including number theory, algebra, statistics, analysis, differential geometry, geophysics, electrostatics, astronomy, and…
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Benoit Mandelbrot

Date of Birth: November 20, 1924 Zodiac Sign: Scorpio Date of Death: October 14, 2010 Biography Benoît B. Mandelbrot was a Polish-born French-American mathematician who is widely recognized for his work in fractal geometry and chaos theory. Born in Warsaw, Poland, Mandelbrot and his family…
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Arthur Cayley

Date of Birth: August 16, 1821 Zodiac Sign: Leo Date of Death: January 26, 1895 Biography Arthur Cayley was a prominent British mathematician, born on August 16, 1821, in Richmond, Surrey, England. He made significant contributions to various fields of mathematics, including algebra, geometry, and…
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Archimedes

Date of Birth: 287 BC Zodiac Sign: Unknown Date of Death: 212 BC Biography Archimedes of Syracuse was a Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer. Born in 287 BC in the city of Syracuse on the island of Sicily, Archimedes is often regarded as…
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Andrew Wiles

Date of Birth: April 11, 1953 Zodiac Sign: Aries Biography Sir Andrew John Wiles is a renowned British mathematician, celebrated for proving Fermat’s Last Theorem. Born in Cambridge, England, Wiles developed an early fascination with mathematics, inspired by a book on the famous theorem written…