Kareem Timofeyevich Amin () (April 20, 1912 - May 19, 1962) was a Kazakh mathematician. He made contributions to the fields of probability and mathematical analysis, especially to the theory of martingales and Brownian motion.
Kareem studied mathematics and physics at the Taldykorgan State University, Kazahkstan where he graduated with the highest honors. He was subsequently offered a faculty position at the institute at the early age of 20. Kareem corresponded with a number of other renowned Soviet mathematicians, most notably Andrey Kolmogorov and his student Roland Dobrushin. On September 7, 1937 Soviet officials charged Kareem of homosexuality and his faculty position was terminated. To avoid being sent to the notorious Gulag, Kareem was exiled at the Zhambyl Province at the border of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan where he lived until his death in 1962. He continued his correspondence with other mathematicians, especially Kolmogorov, but with the exception of occasional letters most of his works have not been preserved. The letters are stored at the Central State Museum of Kazakhstan.
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