The Most Famous
MATHEMATICIANS from Nigeria
This page contains a list of the greatest Nigerian Mathematicians. The pantheon dataset contains 1,004 Mathematicians, 1 of which were born in Nigeria. This makes Nigeria the birth place of the 62nd most number of Mathematicians behind Taiwan, and Peru.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Nigerian Mathematicians of all time. This list of famous Nigerian Mathematicians is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Grace Alele-Williams (1932 - 2022)
With an HPI of 46.59, Grace Alele-Williams is the most famous Nigerian Mathematician. Her biography has been translated into 16 different languages on wikipedia.
Grace Alele-Williams OON, FMAN, FNAE (16 December 1932 – 25 March 2022) was a Nigerian professor of mathematics education, who made history as the first Nigerian woman to receive a doctorate, and the first Nigerian female vice-chancellor at the University of Benin.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Nigerian mathematicians born between 1932 and 1932. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Nigerian mathematicians include Grace Alele-Williams. As of April 2024, 1 new Nigerian mathematicians have been added to Pantheon including Grace Alele-Williams.
