Mathematician Graves & Memorials

Eliakim Hastings Moore

1862–1932 (age 70)

Oak Woods Cemetery

Eliakim Hastings Moore (1862–1932) was an American mathematician whose pioneering work in algebraic topology helped la...

Earle Raymond Hedrick

1876–1943 (age 67)

Forest Lawn Memorial Park

Earle Raymond Hedrick (1876–1943) was a mathematician and educator from Union City who helped shape American mathemati...

George David Birkhoff

1884–1944 (age 60)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

George David Birkhoff (1884-1944) was an American mathematician famed for the ergodic theorem and buried at Mount Auburn...

Suzan Rose Benedict

1873–1942 (age 69)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Susan Rose Benedict (1873-1942) was a noted mathematician and Wellesley College professor interred at Woodlawn Cemetery.

Edward Vermilye Huntington

1874–1952 (age 78)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Edward Vermilye Huntington was an American mathematician known for his work on ordered sets and algebraic structures, bu...

Richard von Mises

1883–1953 (age 70)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Richard von Mises (1883-1953) was an Austrian-American mathematician and scientist renowned for his work on probability ...

Witold Hurewicz

1904–1956 (age 52)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Witold Hurewicz (1904-1956) was a Polish-American mathematician known for contributions to topology, buried at Mount Aub...

John von Neumann

1903–1957 (age 54)

Princeton Cemetery

John von Neumann (1903–1957) was a Hungarian-American mathematician and polymath buried at Princeton Cemetery.

Hermann Weyl

1885–1955 (age 70)

Princeton Cemetery

Hermann Weyl (1885–1955) was a German-born mathematician and theoretical physicist interred at Princeton Cemetery.

Heinrich Behnke

1882–1952 (age 70)

Long Island National Cemetery

Heinrich Behnke (1882-1952) from Germany is buried at Long Island National Cemetery.

John R. Womersley

1907–1958 (age 51)

Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum

John R. Womersley (1907-1958) from Morley rests at Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum.

Leonard Eugene Dickson

1874–1954 (age 80)

Cleburne Memorial Cemetery

Leonard Eugene Dickson (1874-1954) was an American mathematician from Independence whose grave is at Cleburne Memorial C...

Julian Coolidge

1873–1954 (age 81)

Cambridge Cemetery

Julian Coolidge (1873-1954) was a Brookline-born mathematician noted for his writings on geometry and the history of mat...

Mary Frances Winston Newson

1869–1959 (age 90)

Oak Hill Cemetery

Mary Frances Winston Newson (1869-1959) was an American mathematician who became one of the first women to earn a doctor...

Gordon Thomas Whyburn

1904–1969 (age 65)

University of Virginia Cemetery and Columbarium

Gordon Thomas Whyburn (1904–1969) was an American mathematician and longtime University of Virginia faculty member kno...

Solomon Lefschetz

1884–1972 (age 88)

Princeton Cemetery

Solomon Lefschetz (1884–1972) was a Russian-born American mathematician renowned for contributions to algebraic geomet...

Alston Scott Householder

1904–1993 (age 89)

Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery

Alston Scott Householder was a Rockford-born mathematician renowned for the Householder transformation used in numerical...

Irving Segal

1918–1998 (age 80)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Irving Segal (1918–1998) was the Bronx-born mathematician known for his work on quantum field theory and buried at Mou...

Gian-Carlo Rota

1932–1999 (age 67)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Gian-Carlo Rota (1932–1999) was an Italian-born mathematician and philosopher who taught at MIT and is buried at Mount...

Nathan Jacobson

1910–1999 (age 89)

Grove Street Cemetery

Nathan Jacobson (1910–1999) was a Polish-American mathematician noted for groundbreaking work in abstract algebra and ...

Edwin Spanier

1921–1996 (age 75)

Hillside Memorial Park

Edwin Spanier (1921-1996) was an American mathematician renowned for his work in topology and is buried at Hillside Memo...

Morris Kline

1908–1992 (age 84)

Montefiore Cemetery

Morris Kline (1908–1992) was a Brooklyn-born mathematician whose critiques of math education shaped mid-20th-century d...

André Weil

1906–1998 (age 92)

Princeton Cemetery

André Weil (1906–1998) was a French mathematician renowned for his work in number theory and algebraic geometry and a...

Maurice Auslander

1926–1994 (age 68)

Sharon Memorial Park

Maurice Auslander (1926-1994) was an American mathematician recognized for his contributions to algebra and representati...

David Widder

1898–1990 (age 92)

Maytown Union Cemetery

David Widder (1898–1990) was a Harrisburg-born mathematician noted for his work on integral transforms and lies at May...

Tosio Katō

1917–1999 (age 82)

Sunset View Cemetery

Tosio Katō (1917–1999) was a Japanese mathematician celebrated for his influential work in operator theory and rests ...

Vivienne Malone-Mayes

1932–1995 (age 63)

Greenwood Cemetery

Vivienne Malone-Mayes (1932-1995) was a pioneering mathematician and the first African American faculty member at Baylor...

Alfred H. Clifford

1908–1992 (age 84)

St John's Church Western Run Parish

Alfred H. Clifford (1908-1992) was a mathematician known for his work on Clifford algebras and is buried at St John's Ch...

Olga Taussky-Todd

1906–1995 (age 89)

El Toro Memorial Park

Olga Taussky-Todd (1906–1995) was an Austrian-American mathematician celebrated for her work in matrix theory and line...

Wei-Liang Chow

1911–1995 (age 84)

Moreland Memorial Park

Wei-Liang Chow (1911-1995) was a Chinese mathematician celebrated for Chow's theorem and his long-running influence on a...

Deane Montgomery

1909–1992 (age 83)

Trinity All Saints Cemetery

Deane Montgomery (1909-1992) was an American mathematician noted for his work on transformation groups and for serving a...

A. Clifford Cohen

1911–2000 (age 89)

Columbus

A. Clifford Cohen (1911–2000) was an American mathematician noted for his work in functional analysis and for guiding ...

Isadore Shapiro

1920–2007 (age 87)

Woonsocket

Isadore Shapiro (1920–2007) was an American mathematician noted for his work in applied analysis and for mentoring gen...

Serge Lang

1927–2005 (age 78)

Forest Lawn Memorial Park

Saint-Germain-en-Laye-born Serge Lang was a distinguished mathematician and Columbia University professor renowned for h...

George Mackey

1916–2006 (age 90)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

George Mackey was an American mathematician whose work on representation theory and functional analysis shaped modern an...

Max Shiffman

1914–2000 (age 86)

Mountain View Cemetery

Max Shiffman was an American mathematician celebrated for his contributions to partial differential equations and numeri...

Edith Hirsch Luchins

1921–2002 (age 81)

Mount Carmel Cemetery

Edith Hirsch Luchins (1921-2002), born in Brzeziny, was a mathematician known for her work on problem-solving and is bur...

Israel Gelfand

1913–2009 (age 96)

Floral Park Cemetery

Israel Gelfand (1913–2009) was a Soviet-born American mathematician interred at Floral Park Cemetery.

Shizuo Kakutani

1911–2004 (age 93)

Grove Street Cemetery

Shizuo Kakutani (1911-2004) was an Osaka-born mathematician celebrated for the Kakutani fixed-point theorem and contribu...

Walter Feit

1930–2004 (age 74)

Grove Street Cemetery

Walter Feit (1930-2004) was a Vienna-born mathematician noted for the Feit-Thompson theorem in group theory.

George Bernard Dantzig

1914–2005 (age 91)

Los Gatos Memorial Park

George Bernard Dantzig (1914-2005) was an American mathematician and statistician whose work on the simplex algorithm ea...

Raoul Bott

1923–2005 (age 82)

Chilmark Cemetery

Raoul Bott (1923-2005) was a Budapest-born Hungarian-American mathematician whose work on topology and differential geom...

Chuan-Chih Hsiung

1915–2009 (age 94)

Bethlehem Memorial Park

Chuan-Chih Hsiung (1915–2009) of Xinjian District was laid to rest at Bethlehem Memorial Park.

Paul Halmos

1916–2006 (age 90)

St. Luke's Episcopal Church

Paul Halmos (1916–2006), the influential Hungarian-American mathematician, rests at St. Luke's Episcopal Church cemete...

Irene Stegun

1919–2008 (age 89)

New Saint Peter Cemetery

Irene Stegun (1919–2008) was an American mathematician at the U.S. National Bureau of Standards and co-editor of the i...

Clifford Dwight Waldo

1913–2000 (age 87)

Oak Grove Cemetery

Clifford Dwight Waldo (1913-2000) was an American mathematician noted for his work on ordered topological vector spaces ...

Kenneth A. Ross Jr.

1923–2004 (age 81)

Forestview Cemetery

Kenneth A. Ross Jr. (1923–2004), the American mathematician known for his work in functional analysis, is buried at Fo...

James Serrin

1926–2012 (age 86)

Lakewood Cemetery

James Serrin (1926–2012) was an American mathematician known for his work on partial differential equations and was bu...

Edgar H. Brown

1926–2021 (age 95)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Edgar H. Brown (1926–2021) was an American mathematician noted for his contributions to homotopy theory and cohomology...

Martin Davis

1928–2023 (age 95)

Cypress Lawn Memorial Park

Martin Davis (1928–2023) was an American mathematician whose pioneering work on computability and decision problems in...