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John von Neumann 1903–1957Science & MathematicsHungarian-American mathematician and engineer whose computer architecture remains the basis of modern computing.
John Forbes Nash Jr. 1928–2015Science & MathematicsFormulated the Nash equilibrium and proved major results in differential geometry.
Benjamin Banneker 1731–1806Science & MathematicsFree Black astronomer and almanac author who helped survey the federal district and challenged Jefferson on race.
Kurt Gödel 1906–1978Science & MathematicsProved the incompleteness theorems and spent his later career at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Benoit Mandelbrot 1924–2010Science & MathematicsDeveloped fractal geometry during a long research career at IBM and Yale.
Norbert Wiener 1894–1964Science & MathematicsMathematician who founded cybernetics, influencing computing, automation, neuroscience, and theories of communication and control.
Josiah Willard Gibbs 1839–1903Science & MathematicsFounded chemical thermodynamics and statistical mechanics through his work on heterogeneous equilibrium at Yale.