Notable Iranian Mathematicians
The following is a list of Iranian mathematicians including ethnic Iranian scholars from antiquity as well as contemporary mathematicians.
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* Abhari (?-1262/1265)
* Abu Nasr-e Mansur (c. 960-1036)
* (900-971), mathematician and astronomer
* Abu al-Hasan al-Ahwazi, mathematician and astronomer
* Abu al-Jud
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* (1547-1621), poet, mathematician, astronomer, engineer, designer, faghih (religious scientist), and architect
* Abu Maʿshar (787-886), a.k.a. Albumasar
* Abu Zayd al-Balkhi (850-934), geographer and mathematician
* Al-Biruni (973-1048), astronomer and mathematician
* Sahl ibn Bishr (c. 786-845 ?), astrologer, mathematician
* al-Birjandi (?-1528), astronomer and mathematician
C
* Rama Cont, Professor of Mathematics at Imperial College London; Senior Research Scientist at Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), Paris; recipient of the Louis Bachelier Prize of the French Academy of Sciences (2010)
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E
* Abbas Edalat, Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics, Imperial College London
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* (1267-1319)
* (?-777), mathematician and astronomer
* (?-796), mathematician and astronomer
G
* Kushyar Gilani (971-1029), mathematician, geographer, astronomer
* Abu Said Gorgani (9th century), astronomer and mathematician
H
* Habash al-Hasib al-Marwazi, mathematician, astronomer, geographer
* Ayn al-Quzat Hamadani, jurisconsult, mystic, philosopher, poet and mathematician
I
* Isfahani Abol-fath (10th century)
* Al-Isfizari (11th-12th century), mathematician and astronomer
J
* Ismail_al-Jazari (12th centery), polymath, mathematician, inventor
* (800-860), geometer
K
* Karaji (953-1029)
* (c. 1380-1429)
* Khayyam, Omar (1048-1131), poet, mathematician, and astronomer
* Al-Kharaqī, astronomer and mathematician
* Khujandi (c. 940-c. 1000), mathematician and astronomer
* Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi (a.k.a. Al-Khwarazmi, c. 780-c. 850), creator of algorithm and algebra, mathematician and astronomer
* , logician and philosopher
* Abū Sahl al-Qūhī, mathematician and astronomer
* Abu Ishaq al-Kubunani (d. after 886/1481), mathematician, astronomer
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* Esfandiar Maasoumi, Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society, Southern Methodist University
* Mahani (9th century)
* Maryam Mirzakhani, Professor of Mathematics, Stanford University; first woman recipient of the Fields Medal (2014)
* Muhammad Baqir Yazdi (17th century), who found the pair of amicable numbers 9,363,584 and 9,437,056
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* Nasir Khusraw (1004-1088), scientist, Ismaili scholar, mathematician, philosopher, traveler and poet
* Nasavi (c. 1010-c. 1075)
* Nizam al-Din Nishapuri, mathematician, astronomer, jurist, exegete, and poet
* Nayrizi (865-1022), mathematician
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* Ali Qushji (1403 - 16 December 1474), mathematician, astronomer and physician
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S
* Samarqandi, Ashraf (c. 1250-c. 1310), mathematician, astronomer
* Ibn Sahl, mathematician, physicist
* Freydoon Shahidi, Distinguished Professor of Mathematics, Purdue University
* Sijzi (c. 945-c. 1020)
* Zayn al-Din Omar Savaji, philosopher and logician
T
* Ramin Takloo-Bighash (born 1974), number theorist, University of Illinois at Chicago
* Tusi, Nasireddin (1201-1274), mathematician, philosopher
* Tusi, Sharafeddin (?-1213/4)
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* (?-796), mathematician and astronomer
* Nazif ibn Yumn (?-990), mathematician
Z
* Zarir Jurjani (9th century), mathematician and astronomer
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* Abhari (?-1262/1265)
* Abu Nasr-e Mansur (c. 960-1036)
* (900-971), mathematician and astronomer
* Abu al-Hasan al-Ahwazi, mathematician and astronomer
* Abu al-Jud
B
* (1547-1621), poet, mathematician, astronomer, engineer, designer, faghih (religious scientist), and architect
* Abu Maʿshar (787-886), a.k.a. Albumasar
* Abu Zayd al-Balkhi (850-934), geographer and mathematician
* Al-Biruni (973-1048), astronomer and mathematician
* Sahl ibn Bishr (c. 786-845 ?), astrologer, mathematician
* al-Birjandi (?-1528), astronomer and mathematician
C
* Rama Cont, Professor of Mathematics at Imperial College London; Senior Research Scientist at Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), Paris; recipient of the Louis Bachelier Prize of the French Academy of Sciences (2010)
D
E
* Abbas Edalat, Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics, Imperial College London
F
* (1267-1319)
* (?-777), mathematician and astronomer
* (?-796), mathematician and astronomer
G
* Kushyar Gilani (971-1029), mathematician, geographer, astronomer
* Abu Said Gorgani (9th century), astronomer and mathematician
H
* Habash al-Hasib al-Marwazi, mathematician, astronomer, geographer
* Ayn al-Quzat Hamadani, jurisconsult, mystic, philosopher, poet and mathematician
I
* Isfahani Abol-fath (10th century)
* Al-Isfizari (11th-12th century), mathematician and astronomer
J
* Ismail_al-Jazari (12th centery), polymath, mathematician, inventor
* (800-860), geometer
K
* Karaji (953-1029)
* (c. 1380-1429)
* Khayyam, Omar (1048-1131), poet, mathematician, and astronomer
* Al-Kharaqī, astronomer and mathematician
* Khujandi (c. 940-c. 1000), mathematician and astronomer
* Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi (a.k.a. Al-Khwarazmi, c. 780-c. 850), creator of algorithm and algebra, mathematician and astronomer
* , logician and philosopher
* Abū Sahl al-Qūhī, mathematician and astronomer
* Abu Ishaq al-Kubunani (d. after 886/1481), mathematician, astronomer
M
* Esfandiar Maasoumi, Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society, Southern Methodist University
* Mahani (9th century)
* Maryam Mirzakhani, Professor of Mathematics, Stanford University; first woman recipient of the Fields Medal (2014)
* Muhammad Baqir Yazdi (17th century), who found the pair of amicable numbers 9,363,584 and 9,437,056
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* Nasir Khusraw (1004-1088), scientist, Ismaili scholar, mathematician, philosopher, traveler and poet
* Nasavi (c. 1010-c. 1075)
* Nizam al-Din Nishapuri, mathematician, astronomer, jurist, exegete, and poet
* Nayrizi (865-1022), mathematician
P
Q
* Ali Qushji (1403 - 16 December 1474), mathematician, astronomer and physician
R
S
* Samarqandi, Ashraf (c. 1250-c. 1310), mathematician, astronomer
* Ibn Sahl, mathematician, physicist
* Freydoon Shahidi, Distinguished Professor of Mathematics, Purdue University
* Sijzi (c. 945-c. 1020)
* Zayn al-Din Omar Savaji, philosopher and logician
T
* Ramin Takloo-Bighash (born 1974), number theorist, University of Illinois at Chicago
* Tusi, Nasireddin (1201-1274), mathematician, philosopher
* Tusi, Sharafeddin (?-1213/4)
Y
* (?-796), mathematician and astronomer
* Nazif ibn Yumn (?-990), mathematician
Z
* Zarir Jurjani (9th century), mathematician and astronomer
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