List of African-American mathematicians
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African Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States...
mathematicians.
- Benjamin BannekerBenjamin BannekerBenjamin Banneker was a free African American astronomer, mathematician, surveyor, almanac author and farmer.-Family history and early life:It is difficult to verify much of Benjamin Banneker's family history...
(1731–1806) - Augustin BanyagaAugustin BanyagaAugustin Banyaga is a Rwandan-born American mathematician whose research fields include symplectic topology and contact geometry. He is currently a Professor of Mathematics at Pennsylvania State University.-Biography:...
(b. 1947 in Rwanda) - David BlackwellDavid Blackwell-Honors and awards:*President, Institute of Mathematical Statistics, 1956*National Academy of Sciences, 1965*American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1968*Honorary Fellow, Royal Statistical Society, 1976*Vice President, American Statistical Association, 1978...
(1919–2010) - Edward BouchetEdward BouchetEdward Bouchet was the first African-American to earn a Ph.D. from an American university and the first African-American to graduate from Yale University in 1874. He completed his dissertation in Yale's Ph.D. program in 1876 becoming the first African-American to receive a Ph.D. . His area of...
(1852–1918) - Elbert Frank CoxElbert Frank CoxElbert Frank Cox was an American mathematician who became the first black person in the world to receive a Ph.D. in mathematics. He spent most of his life as a professor at Howard University in Washington, D.C., where he was known as an excellent teacher. During his life, he overcame various...
(1895–1969) - Wade Ellis, Sr. (1909–1989)
- Etta Zuber FalconerEtta Zuber FalconerEtta Zuber Falconer was an educator and mathematician who was one of the first African American women to receive a Ph.D. in mathematics.-Family:...
(1933–2002) - Evelyn Boyd GranvilleEvelyn Boyd GranvilleEvelyn Boyd Granville was the second African-American woman in the U.S. to receive a PhD in mathematics....
(b. 1924) - Clifford Victor JohnsonClifford Victor JohnsonClifford Victor Johnson is an English theoretical physicist and professor at the University of Southern California Department of Physics and Astronomy. His research focus is in superstring theory and particle physics, specifically related to strongly coupled phenomena...
(?, awarded B.S. from Imperial CollegeImperial College LondonImperial College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom, specialising in science, engineering, business and medicine...
in 1989) - Kelly MillerKelly Miller (scientist)Kelly Miller was an African American mathematician, sociologist, essayist, newspaper columnist, author, and an important figure in the intellectual life of black America for close to half a century.-Career:...
(1863–1939) - Charles Reason (1818–1893)
- Clarence F. StephensClarence F. StephensClarence F. Stephens was the ninth African American to receive a Ph.D. in mathematics. He is credited with inspiring students and faculty at SUNY Potsdam to form the most successful United States undergraduate mathematics degree programs in the past century.-Early life:One of six children, he was...
(b. 1917) - Lee StiffLee StiffLee Vernon Stiff is an American mathematics education researcher, a professor in the Department of Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education at North Carolina State University, and the author of several mathematics textbooks....
(b. 1941) - J. Ernest Wilkins, Jr.J. Ernest Wilkins, Jr.Jesse Ernest Wilkins, Jr. was an African American mathematician and nuclear scientist, who gained first fame on entering the University of Chicago at age 13, becoming its youngest ever student...
(b. 1923–2011)