Names beginning with B

The number of words in the biography is given in brackets. A * indicates that there is a portrait.

Babbage, Charles (2793*)
Bachelier, Louis (1384*)
Bachet, Claude (1203*)
Bachmann, Paul (386*)
Backus, John (542*)
Bacon, Roger (657*)
Baer, Reinhold (596*)
Baghdadi, Abu al (947)
Baire, René-Louis (1823*)
Baker, Alan (647*)
Baker, Henry (794*)
Ball, Robert (1467*)
Ball, Walter W Rouse (706)
Balmer, Johann (601*) Banach, Stefan (2533*)
Banneker, Benjamin (892*)
Banna, al-Marrakushi al (861)
Banu Musa brothers (1208)
Banu Musa, al-Hasan (133)
Banu Musa, Ahmad (61)
Banu Musa, Jafar (161)
bar Hiyya, Abraham (641)
Barbier, Joseph Emile (637)
Barclay, Andrew (794)
Bari, Nina (403*)
Barkla, Charles (1373*)
Barlow, Peter (623*)
Barnes, Ernest (609*) Barocius, Franciscus (1011)
Barrow, Isaac (2332*)
Bartel, Kazimierz (1030*)
Barozzi, Francesco (201)
Bartholin, Erasmus (842*)
Batchelor, George (1035*)
Bateman, Harry (1651*)
Bath, Frederick (626)
Battaglini, Guiseppe (102*)
Baudhayana (478)
Bauer, Mihály (1086)
Battani, Abu al- (1333*)
Baxter, Agnes (624*)
Bayes, Thomas (1539*)

Beattie, John (538)
Beatty, Samuel (1094*)
Beaugrand, Jean (831)
Beaune, Florimond de (316)
Beckenbach, Edwin (1243*)
Beg, Ulugh (1219*)
Behnke, Heinrich (1886*)
Behrend, Felix (1052)
Bell, Eric Temple (833*)
Bell, John (3132*)
Bell, Robert (376*)
Bellavitis, Giusto (762*)
Bellman, Richard (1942*)
Beltrami, Eugenio (1057*)
ben Ezra, Abraham (552)
ben Gerson, Levi (268) ben Tibbon, Jacob (198)
Bendixson, Ivar Otto (1208*)
Benedetti, Giovanni (211)
Benjamin, Thomas (1484*)
Bergman, Stefan (311*)
Berkeley, George (2008*)
Bernays, Paul Isaac (772*)
Bernoulli, Daniel (2341*)
Bernoulli, Jacob (1913*)
Bernoulli, Jacob(II) (289*)
Bernoulli, Johann (2524*)
Bernoulli, Johann(II) (236*)
Bernoulli, Johann(III) (273*)
Bernoulli, Nicolaus(I) (532)
Bernoulli, Nicolaus(II) (193*)
Bernstein, Felix (161*) Bernstein, Sergi (387*)
Bers, Lipa (2157*)
Bertini, Eugenio (852*)
Bertins, Alexis des (555)
Bertrand, Joseph (1391*)
Berwald, Lugwig (847)
Berwick, William (1133)
Besicovitch, Abram (1888*)
Bessel, Wilhelm (1664*)
Bethe, Hans (1594*)
Bessy, Bernard de (411)
Betti, Enrico (1150*)
Beurling, Arne (177*)
Bevan-Baker, Bevan (794)
Bézout, Etienne (1146*)

Bhaskara I (786)
Bhaskara II (2545)
Bhaskaracharya (2545)
Bianchi, Luigi (438*)
Bieberbach, Ludwig (847*)
Bienaymé, Iréneé-Jules (467*)
Billy, Jacques de (453)
Binet, Jacques (438*)
Bing, R (1625*)
Biot, Jean-Baptiste (417*) Birkhoff, Garrett (1164*)
Birkhoff, George (1620*)
Biruni, Abu al (3002*)
Bisacre, Frederick (1118)
Bishop, Errett (1085*)
Bjerknes, Carl (932*)
Bjerknes, Vilhelm (1895*)
Black, Max (1139*)
Black, Fischer (2835*)
Blackburn, Hugh (1211*) Blackwell, David (1242*)
Blades, Edward (1134*)
Blaschke, Wilhelm (2019*)
Blichfeldt, Hans (665*)
Bliss, Gilbert (1445*)
Bloch, André (143)
Blum, Lenore (1650*)
Blumenthal, Otto (1474*)

Bobillier, Etienne (398)
Bôcher, Maxime (1343*)
Bochner, Salomon (1814*)
Boethius, Anicus (1033*)
Boggio, Tommaso (436*)
Bohl, Piers (442)
Bohr, Harald (742*)
Bohr, Niels (2910*)
Bolam, James (194)
Bois-Reymond, Paul du (137*)
Boislaurent, Budan de (1200)
Boltzmann, Ludwig (1135*)
Bolyai, Farkas (1685*)
Bolyai, János (2442*)
Bolza, Oskar (1579*)
Bolzano, Bernhard (790*)
Bombelli, Rafael (2012*)
Bombieri, Enrico (801*)
Bondi, Hermann (2511*)
Bonferroni, Carlo (262*) Bonnet, Pierre (368*)
Book, Ronald (1315)
Boole, Alicia (Stott) (340*)
Boole, George (1866*)
Boone, Bill (311*)
Borchardt, Carl (751*)
Borda, Jean (2134*)
Borel, Emile (438*)
Borel, Armand (1962*)
Borgi, Piero (51)
Born, Max (1477*)
Borok, Valentina (1101*)
Borsuk, Karol (1109*)
Bortkiewicz, Ladislaus (845*)
Bortolotti, Ettore (1095)
Boruvka, Otakar (1853*)
Bosanquet, Stephen (515*)
Boscovich, Ruggero (2643*)
Bose, Satyendranath (914*)
Bossut, Charles (950*) Bott, Raoul (2106*)
Bottasso, Matteo (257)
Bougainville, Louis de (1054*)
Bouguer, Pierre (688*)
Boulliau, Ismael (1370*)
Bouquet, Jean Claude (798*)
Bour, Edmond (490*)
Bourbaki, Nicolas (38)
Bourgain, Jean (728*)
Boutroux, Pierre Léon (617*)
Bouvelles, Charles (705)
Bowditch, Nathaniel (1616*)
Bowen, Rufus (770*)
Box, George (1718*)
Bowman, Julia (Robinson) (407*)
Boyle, Robert (2607*)
Boyle, Margaret (362*)
Boys, Charles (951*)

Bradwardine, Thomas (1193)
Brahe, Tycho (3050*)
Brahmadeva (219)
Brahmagupta (1512)
Braikenridge, William (1247)
Bramer, Benjamin (1172)
Brash, William (371)
Brashman, Nikolai (276*)
Brauer, Alfred (1412*)
Brauer, Richard (2242*)
Bremermann, Hans-Joachim (1177*)
Brianchon, Charles (689)
Briggs, Henry (2200)
Brill, Alexander von (473*)
Brillouin, Marcel (367*) Bring, Erland (213*)
Brink, Raymond (403)
Brioschi, Francesco (927*)
Briot, Charlese (1056)
Brisson, Barnabé (332)
Britton, John (688*)
Brocard, Henri (1213)
Brodetsky, Selig (1348*)
Broglie, Louis duc de (1571*)
Bromwich, Thomas (737*)
Bronowski, Jacob (1870*)
Brouncker, William (2130*)
Brouwer, L E J (2464*)
Brown, Alexander (398)
Brown, Ernest (691*) Brown, Gavin (933*)
Brown, Thomas (480)
Brown, Walter (376)
Browne, Marjorie (1102*)
Bruhat, François (648*)
Bruin, Gerrit de (801*)
Brunelleschi, Filippo (1667*)
Bruno, Francesco Faà di (521*)
Bruno, Giuseppe (297)
Bruno, Giordano (1891*)
Bruns, Heinrich (556*)
Bryant, Sophie (1529*)
Bryson of Heraclea (527)

Buchan, Alexander (588)
Buckminster Fuller, R (135*)
Budan de Boislaurent (171)
Buffon, Georges Comte de (1715*)
Bugaev, Nicolay (622*)
Bukreev, Boris (165*) Bunyakovsky, Viktor (729*)
Burali-Forti, Cesare (530)
Burchnall, Joseph (373*)
Burgess, Alexander (616*)
Bürgi, Joost (166*)
Burkhardt, Heinrich (213) Burkill, John (1421*)
Burnside, William (1588*)
Butchart, Raymond (426*)
Burton Jones, F (999*)
Butters, John (443)

Alphabetical indexes
Pictures of all the mathematicians above

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M	N	O	PQ	R	S	T	UV	W	XYZ

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