Mathematicians from Russia

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Russians Mathematicians of all time. This list of famous Russians 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 Russians Mathematicians.

1. #1

   

   David Hilbert

   1862 - 1943

   HPI 81.20129 langs

   Hilbert is most famous for proving that the set of all real numbers is not countable.

2. #2

   

   Georg Cantor

   1845 - 1918

   HPI 78.4492 langs

   Georg Cantor is most famous for his work in set theory. He developed the concept of a transfinite set, which is a set that is larger than...Read moreShow less

   Georg Cantor is most famous for his work in set theory. He developed the concept of a transfinite set, which is a set that is larger than any natural number.

3. #3

   

   Sofia Kovalevskaya

   1850 - 1891

   HPI 75.2477 langs

   Sofia Kovalevskaya is most famous for being the first woman to earn a doctorate in mathematics. She was born in 1849 and received her degree...Read moreShow less

   Sofia Kovalevskaya is most famous for being the first woman to earn a doctorate in mathematics. She was born in 1849 and received her degree from the University of Stockholm in 1874.

4. #4

   

   Nikolai Lobachevsky

   1792 - 1856

   HPI 74.6283 langs

   Nikolai Lobachevsky is most famous for his work in geometry. He is best known for his work on non-Euclidean geometry, which was a...Read moreShow less

   Nikolai Lobachevsky is most famous for his work in geometry. He is best known for his work on non-Euclidean geometry, which was a revolutionary discovery in the world of mathematics.

5. #5

   

   Andrey Kolmogorov

   1903 - 1987

   HPI 74.1968 langs

   Andrey Kolmogorov was a Russian mathematician who is most famous for his contributions to probability theory and information theory.

6. #6

   

   Christian Goldbach

   1690 - 1764

   HPI 72.9143 langs

   Christian Goldbach is most famous for his conjecture that every even number greater than 2 can be expressed as the sum of two prime numbers.

7. #7

   

   Grigori Perelman

   b. 1966

   HPI 71.2468 langs

   Grigori Perelman is most famous for solving the Poincare conjecture, which is the idea that any three-dimensional sphere is homeomorphic to...Read moreShow less

   Grigori Perelman is most famous for solving the Poincare conjecture, which is the idea that any three-dimensional sphere is homeomorphic to the three-dimensional sphere.

8. #8

   

   Leonid Kantorovich

   1912 - 1986

   HPI 71.1264 langs

   Leonid Kantorovich is most famous for his contributions to linear programming and optimal resource allocation.

9. #9

   

   Alexander Friedmann

   1888 - 1925

   HPI 71.0552 langs

   Alexandr Friedmann is most famous for his idea of an expanding universe.

10. #10

    

    Andrey Markov

    1856 - 1922

    HPI 68.9053 langs

    Andrey Markov is most famous for the Markov chain, which is a mathematical model of a stochastic process.