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Brian Greene (born 1963)
physicist, professor, actor, theoretical physicist, mathematician
- University of Oxford, Harvard University
Martin Gardner (1914-2010)
journalist, literary critic, magician, philosopher, mathematician, science communicator
- University of Chicago
Bertrand Russell (1872-1970)
mathematician, social critic, essayist, logician, epistemologist, philosopher of language, political activist, metaphysician, analytic philosopher, autobiographer, philosopher of science, politician, peace activist, journalist, philosopher
- University of Cambridge, University of Cambridge
Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
astronomer, philosopher, mathematician, physicist, inventor, astrologer, polymath, scientist, engineer
- University of Pisa
Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)
mathematician, logician, photographer, poet, deacon, diarist, autobiographer, philosopher
- University of Oxford, Rugby School
Ian Stewart (born 1945)
mathematician, science communicator
- University of Cambridge, University of Warwick
Johannes Kepler (1571-1630)
naturalist, astrologer, protestant theologian, mathematician, astronomer, musicologist, physicist, cosmologist, music theorist, philosopher, teacher, inventor
- University of Tübingen, Evangelical Seminaries of Maulbronn and Blaubeuren
Marcus du Sautoy (born 1965)
mathematician, academic
- University of Oxford, Gillotts School