The Most Famous
MATHEMATICIANS from Romania
This page contains a list of the greatest Romanian Mathematicians. The pantheon dataset contains 1,004 Mathematicians, 9 of which were born in Romania. This makes Romania the birth place of the 23rd most number of Mathematicians behind Iran, and Canada.
Top 10
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Romanian Mathematicians of all time. This list of famous Romanian Mathematicians is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Romanian Mathematicians.
1. János Bolyai (1802 - 1860)
With an HPI of 64.85, János Bolyai is the most famous Romanian Mathematician. His biography has been translated into 48 different languages on wikipedia.
János Bolyai (Hungarian: [ˈjaːnoʃ ˈboːjɒi]; 15 December 1802 – 27 January 1860) or Johann Bolyai, was a Hungarian mathematician who developed absolute geometry—a geometry that includes both Euclidean geometry and hyperbolic geometry. The discovery of a consistent alternative geometry that might correspond to the structure of the universe helped to free mathematicians to study abstract concepts irrespective of any possible connection with the physical world.
2. Zoia Ceaușescu (1949 - 2006)
With an HPI of 62.39, Zoia Ceaușescu is the 2nd most famous Romanian Mathematician. Her biography has been translated into 23 different languages.
Zoia Ceaușescu (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈzoja tʃe̯a.uˈʃesku]; 28 February 1949 – 20 November 2006) was a Romanian mathematician, the daughter of Communist leader Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife, Elena. She was also known as Tovarășa Zoia (comrade Zoia).
3. Farkas Bolyai (1775 - 1856)
With an HPI of 58.76, Farkas Bolyai is the 3rd most famous Romanian Mathematician. His biography has been translated into 27 different languages.
Farkas Bolyai (Hungarian: [ˈfɒrkɒʃ ˈboːjɒi]; 9 February 1775 – 20 November 1856; also known as Wolfgang Bolyai in Germany) was a Hungarian mathematician, mainly known for his work in geometry.
4. Abraham Wald (1902 - 1950)
With an HPI of 56.28, Abraham Wald is the 4th most famous Romanian Mathematician. His biography has been translated into 31 different languages.
Abraham Wald (; Hungarian: Wald Ábrahám, Yiddish: אברהם וואַלד; (1902-10-31)31 October 1902 – (1950-12-13)13 December 1950) was a Jewish Hungarian mathematician who contributed to decision theory, geometry and econometrics, and founded the field of sequential analysis. One of his well-known statistical works was written during World War II on how to minimize the damage to bomber aircraft and took into account the survivorship bias in his calculations. He spent his research career at Columbia University. He was the grandson of Rabbi Moshe Shmuel Glasner.
5. Ion Ghica (1816 - 1897)
With an HPI of 52.73, Ion Ghica is the 5th most famous Romanian Mathematician. His biography has been translated into 25 different languages.
Ion Ghica (Romanian pronunciation: [iˈon ˈɡika] ; 12 August 1816 – 7 May 1897) was a Romanian statesman, mathematician, diplomat and politician, who was Prime Minister of Romania five times. He was a full member of the Romanian Academy and its president many times (1876–1882, 1884–1887, 1890–1893 and 1894–1895). He was the older brother and associate of Pantazi Ghica, a prolific writer and politician.
6. Ion Barbu (1895 - 1961)
With an HPI of 48.50, Ion Barbu is the 6th most famous Romanian Mathematician. His biography has been translated into 20 different languages.
Ion Barbu (Romanian pronunciation: [iˈon ˈbarbu], pen name of Dan Barbilian; 18 March 1895 –11 August 1961) was a Romanian mathematician and poet. His name is associated with the Mathematics Subject Classification number 51C05, which is a major posthumous recognition reserved only to pioneers of investigations in an area of mathematical inquiry. As a poet, he is known for his volume Joc secund ("Mirrored Play"), in which he sought to fulfill his vision of a poetry which adhered to the same virtues that he found in mathematics.
7. Spiru Haret (1851 - 1912)
With an HPI of 47.63, Spiru Haret is the 7th most famous Romanian Mathematician. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.
Spiru C. Haret (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈspiru haˈret]; 15 February 1851 – 17 December 1912) was a Romanian mathematician, astronomer, and politician. He made a fundamental contribution to the n-body problem in celestial mechanics by proving that using a third degree approximation for the disturbing forces implies instability of the major axes of the orbits, and by introducing the concept of secular perturbations in relation to this. As a politician, during his three terms as Minister of Education, Haret ran deep reforms, building the modern Romanian education system. He was made a full member of the Romanian Academy in 1892. He also founded the Bucharest Observatory, appointing Nicolae Coculescu as its first director. The crater Haret on the Moon is named after him.
8. Grigore Moisil (1906 - 1973)
With an HPI of 46.59, Grigore Moisil is the 8th most famous Romanian Mathematician. His biography has been translated into 18 different languages.
Grigore Constantin Moisil (Romanian: [ɡriˈɡore mo.iˈsil]; 10 January 1906 – 21 May 1973) was a Romanian mathematician, computer pioneer, and titular member of the Romanian Academy. His research was mainly in the fields of mathematical logic (Łukasiewicz–Moisil algebra), algebraic logic, MV-algebra, and differential equations. He is viewed as the father of computer science in Romania. Moisil was also a member of the Academy of Sciences of Bologna and of the International Institute of Philosophy. In 1996, the IEEE Computer Society awarded him posthumously the Computer Pioneer Award.
9. Solomon Marcus (1925 - 2016)
With an HPI of 44.73, Solomon Marcus is the 9th most famous Romanian Mathematician. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.
Solomon Marcus (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈsolomon ˈmarkus]; 1 March 1925 – 17 March 2016) was a Romanian mathematician, member of the Mathematical Section of the Romanian Academy (full member from 2001) and emeritus professor of the University of Bucharest's Faculty of Mathematics. His main research was in the fields of mathematical analysis, mathematical and computational linguistics and computer science. He also published numerous papers on various cultural topics: poetics, linguistics, semiotics, philosophy, and history of science and education.
10. George Lusztig (b. 1946)
With an HPI of 44.39, George Lusztig is the 10th most famous Romanian Mathematician. His biography has been translated into 17 different languages.
George Lusztig (born Gheorghe Lusztig; May 20, 1946) is a Romanian-born American mathematician and Abdun Nur Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He was a Norbert Wiener Professor in the Department of Mathematics from 1999 to 2009.
People
Pantheon has 10 people classified as Romanian mathematicians born between 1775 and 1949. Of these 10, 1 (10.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Romanian mathematicians include George Lusztig. The most famous deceased Romanian mathematicians include János Bolyai, Zoia Ceaușescu, and Farkas Bolyai. As of April 2024, 1 new Romanian mathematicians have been added to Pantheon including George Lusztig.
Living Romanian Mathematicians
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János Bolyai
1802 - 1860
HPI: 64.85
Zoia Ceaușescu
1949 - 2006
HPI: 62.39
Farkas Bolyai
1775 - 1856
HPI: 58.76
Abraham Wald
1902 - 1950
HPI: 56.28
Ion Ghica
1816 - 1897
HPI: 52.73
Ion Barbu
1895 - 1961
HPI: 48.50
Spiru Haret
1851 - 1912
HPI: 47.63
Grigore Moisil
1906 - 1973
HPI: 46.59
Solomon Marcus
1925 - 2016
HPI: 44.73
Newly Added Romanian Mathematicians (2024)
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Which Mathematicians were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 9 most globally memorable Mathematicians since 1700.
