Mathematicians

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Émilie du Châtelet, French Mathematician & Physicist, born 17th December 1706

Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian Mathematician and Philosopher, born 16th May 1718

Sophie Germain, French Mathematician & Philosopher, born 1st April 1776

Ada Lovelace, British Mathematician, born 10th December 1815

Sofia Kovalevskaya, Russian Mathematician, born 15th January 1850

Sophie Bryant, Irish mathematician, born 15th February 1850
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Charlotte Scott, British Mathematician and Educator, born 8th June 1858
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Alicia Stott, Irish Mathematician, born 8th June 1860

Grace Chisholm Young, British Mathematician, born 15th March 1868

Tatyana Afanasyeva, Russian Mathematician, born 19th November 1876

Emmy Noether, German Mathematician, born 23rd March 1882

Ida Barney, American Astronomer & Mathematician, born 6th November 1886
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Mary Cartwright, British Mathematician, born 17th December 1900

Maria Reiche, German Mathematician & Archaeologist, born 15th May 1903
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Kathleen Ollerenshaw, British Mathematician, born 1st October 1912

Helena Rasiowa, Polish Mathematician, born 20th June 1917

Phyllis Nicolson, British Mathematician, born 21st September 1917

Julia Robinson, American Mathematician, born 8th December 1919

Olga Ladyzhenskaya, Russian Mathematician, born 7th March 1922

Maryam Mirzakhani, Iranian Mathematician, born 3rd May 1977