Mathematician Graves & Memorials

Vera Pless

1931–2020 (age 89)

Oakridge Glen Oaks Cemetery

Vera Pless (1931–2020) was a Chicago-born mathematician noted for her work in coding theory before being buried at Oak...

Benoit Mandelbrot

1924–2010 (age 86)

Grove Street Cemetery

Benoit Mandelbrot (1924–2010) was a Polish-born French-American mathematician best known for founding fractal geometry...

Elias M. Stein

1931–2018 (age 87)

Princeton Cemetery

Elias M. Stein (1931-2018), born in Antwerp, was a Princeton mathematician celebrated for harmonic analysis and is burie...

Felix Browder

1927–2016 (age 89)

Princeton Cemetery

Felix Browder (1927-2016), born in Moscow, was a mathematician who taught at Princeton and is interred at Princeton Ceme...

Kenneth Appel

1932–2013 (age 81)

Pine Hill Cemetery

Kenneth Appel (1932–2013) was an American mathematician noted for his computer-assisted proof of the four-color theore...

Volodymyr Petryshyn

1929–2020 (age 91)

Saint Andrew Cemetery

Volodymyr Petryshyn (1929–2020) of Lviv is laid to rest at Saint Andrew Cemetery.

David J. Foulis

1930–2018 (age 88)

Wildwood Cemetery

David J. Foulis was a mathematician known for his work on lattice theory and the foundations of quantum mechanics.

Clarence F. Stephens

1917–2018 (age 101)

Temple Hill Cemetery

Clarence F. Stephens (1917–2018) was a Gaffney-born mathematician and educator noted for nurturing college students be...

István Ozsváth

1928–2013 (age 85)

Emanu-El Cemetery

István Ozsváth (1928–2013) was a Hungarian mathematician from Kölesd buried in Emanu-El Cemetery.

Herbert Wilf

1931–2012 (age 81)

Mount Sharon Cemetery

Herbert Wilf (1931–2012) was an influential mathematician known for his work on generating functions and combinatorial...

Katherine Johnson

1918–2020 (age 102)

Hampton Memorial Gardens

Katherine Johnson (1918–2020) was an American mathematician whose orbital calculations at NASA enabled the success of ...

Magnus Wenninger

1919–2017 (age 98)

Saint Johns Abbey Friends Cemetery

Magnus Wenninger (1919–2017) was a Benedictine monk and mathematician celebrated for popularizing polyhedron models, l...

Willem Malkus

1923–2016 (age 93)

Woods Hole Village Cemetery

Willem Malkus (1923–2016) of Brooklyn rests in Woods Hole Village Cemetery.

George Mostow

1923–2017 (age 94)

B'nai Jacob Memorial Park

George Mostow was a mathematician whose work on rigidity theorems and symmetric spaces left a lasting mark on modern geo...

John Forbes Nash

1928–2015 (age 87)

Saint Paul's Parish Cemetery

John Forbes Nash (1928-2015) was a Bluefield-born Nobel Prize-winning mathematician famed for his work on game theory.

Joseph Kruskal

1928–2010 (age 82)

B'nai Abraham Memorial Park

Joseph Kruskal (1928-2010) was a mathematician and statistician interred at B'nai Abraham Memorial Park.

Ferdinand Minding

1806–1885 (age 79)

Old St. John's cemetery

Ferdinand Minding (1806-1885) was a German mathematician born in Kalisz who taught at the University of Dorpat and contr...

Ülo Lumiste

1929–2017 (age 88)

Maarja Cemetery

Ülo Lumiste (1929-2017) was an Estonian mathematician from Vändra known for his work in differential geometry, buried ...

Shmuel Agmon

1922–2025 (age 103)

Har HaMenuchot

Shmuel Agmon was an Israeli mathematician known for his contributions to partial differential equations and spectral the...

Joram Lindenstrauss

1936–2012 (age 76)

Har HaMenuchot

Joram Lindenstrauss was an Israeli mathematician who made significant contributions to functional analysis and geometric...

Emil Artin

1898–1962 (age 64)

Weidling Cemetery

Emil Artin was an Austrian-German mathematician who lived from 1898 to 1962, making major contributions to abstract alge...

Simion Stoilow

1887–1961 (age 74)

Carol Park Mausoleum, Bucharest

Simion Stoilow was a Romanian mathematician who lived from 1887 to 1961 and was buried at Carol Park Mausoleum in Buchar...

Chaim Samuel Hönig

1926–2018 (age 92)

Israeli Cemetery of Embu

Chaim Samuel Hönig was a Berlin-born Brazilian mathematician who lived from 1926 to 2018 and was buried at the Israeli ...

Marek Kuczma

1935–1991 (age 56)

Cemetery on Sienkiewicza Street in Katowice

Marek Kuczma (1935-1991) was a Polish mathematician born in Katowice and buried at the Cemetery on Sienkiewicza Street i...

Stanisław Łojasiewicz

1926–2002 (age 76)

Rakowicki Cemetery

Stanisław Łojasiewicz (1926-2002) was a Polish mathematician from Warsaw known for his contributions to differential e...

Aleksandr Kurosh

1908–1971 (age 63)

Vvedenskoye Cemetery

Aleksandr Kurosh (1908-1971) was a Soviet mathematician from Yartsevo known for his fundamental contributions to group t...

Evgenii Landis

1921–1997 (age 76)

Vostryakovo Cemetery

Evgenii Landis (1921-1997) was a Soviet mathematician from Kharkiv known for his work in differential equations and math...

Dmitri Anosov

1936–2014 (age 78)

Troyekurovskoye cemetery

Dmitri Anosov (1936-2014) was a Moscow-born Soviet and Russian mathematician known for his contributions to dynamical sy...

Yuri Zhuravlev

1935–2022 (age 87)

Troyekurovskoye cemetery

Yuri Zhuravlev (1935-2022) was a Russian mathematician from Voronezh who was buried at Troyekurovskoye cemetery.

Enno Dirksen

1788–1850 (age 62)

Eilsum cemetery

Enno Dirksen was a German mathematician who worked in France and contributed to differential geometry and mathematical a...

Gaspard Monge

1746–1818 (age 72)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Gaspard Monge (1746-1818) was a French mathematician from Beaune who founded descriptive geometry and served as a minist...

Siméon Denis Poisson

1781–1840 (age 59)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Siméon Denis Poisson (1781-1840) was a French mathematician and physicist from Pithiviers renowned for his work in prob...

Sophie Germain

1776–1831 (age 55)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Sophie Germain (1776-1831) was a pioneering French mathematician who made significant contributions to number theory and...

Joseph Fourier

1768–1830 (age 62)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

French mathematician and physicist who discovered the greenhouse effect and is famous for Fourier series and heat transf...

Sylvestre François Lacroix

1765–1843 (age 78)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

French mathematician who wrote influential textbooks on calculus and was a major figure in mathematical education.

Eustache-Antoine Hua

1759–1836 (age 77)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Eustache-Antoine Hua (1759-1836) was a French mathematician and engineer from Mantes-la-Jolie who contributed to mathema...

Charles Sturm

1803–1855 (age 52)

Montparnasse Cemetery

Charles Sturm (1803-1855) was a Geneva-born French mathematician known for Sturm's theorem in algebra, buried at ossuair...

Arnaud Denjoy

1884–1974 (age 90)

Crématorium-columbarium du Père-Lachaise

Arnaud Denjoy (1884-1974) was a renowned French mathematician who made significant contributions to analysis, particular...

Thierry Aubin

1942–2009 (age 67)

Montparnasse Cemetery

Thierry Aubin was a French mathematician who made significant contributions to differential geometry and partial differe...

Dudley E. Littlewood

1903–1979 (age 76)

Llanrhos Cemetery

Dudley E. Littlewood was a British mathematician known for his work in group theory and representation theory.