1550-1617
John Napier
Scotland
John Napier was mathematician and inventor. He introduced logarithms to simplify multiplication, division, powers, and roots.
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1928-2015
John Nash
United States
John Nash was mathematician. He contributed to game theory, geometry, and partial differential equations.
Documented historical record1201-1274
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
Persia
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi was mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher. He developed trigonometry as an independent subject and wrote influential works on spherical triangles.
Documented historical recordBiblical era; traditionally 5th century BCE
Nehemiah
Jerusalem and the Persian Empire
Nehemiah was governor and rebuilding organizer in the biblical account. He surveyed damaged walls, divided work among crews, tracked sections, and coordinated the rebuilding of Jerusalem’s defenses.
Direct text with mathematical inferencefl. 13th century
Jordanus de Nemore
Medieval Europe
Jordanus de Nemore was mathematician and mechanical writer. He wrote systematic works on arithmetic, algebra, geometry, and statics.
Historical record with limited biography1903-1957
John von Neumann
Hungary and the United States
John von Neumann was mathematician and computing pioneer. He contributed to quantum theory, game theory, operator theory, numerical computing, and computer architecture.
Documented historical record1642-1727Featured
Isaac Newton
England
An English mathematician and natural philosopher who developed powerful methods for studying motion, change, series, gravitation, and optics.
Documented historical recordc. 60-c. 120 CE
Nicomachus
Gerasa in the Roman East
Nicomachus was mathematician and philosopher. His Introduction to Arithmetic organized figurate numbers, ratios, and classifications of integers.
Documented historical record1820-1910Featured
Florence Nightingale
Britain
Florence Nightingale was nurse, administrator, and statistician. She used mortality data and polar-area diagrams to argue for sanitation reforms in military hospitals.
Documented historical recordBiblical era; date uncertainFeatured
Noah
Ancient Near East
Noah was builder and household leader in the Genesis account. The account gives a large construction project with explicit length, width, and height measurements.
Direct text with mathematical inference1882-1935Featured
Emmy Noether
Germany and the United States
Emmy Noether was mathematician. She reshaped abstract algebra and proved a theorem connecting continuous symmetries with conservation laws.
Documented historical record1502-1578
Pedro Nunes
Portugal
Pedro Nunes was mathematician and royal cosmographer. He studied navigation, spherical geometry, map projections, and the path of constant bearing called a rhumb line.
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