List of mathematicians (W)

Wac

• Wachs, Michelle L. (?, ?–?)
• Wada, Takeo (Japan, ?–?)
• Waddington, Robert (Britain, ?–1779)
• van der Waerden, Bartel Leendert (Netherlands, 1903–1996)
• al-Wafa'i, 'Abd al-'Aziz (?, 1408–1471)
• Wagner, Klaus (Germany, 1910–2000)
• Wagner, Manfred (Germany, born 1948)
• Wagner, Viktor (Russia/Soviet Union, 1908–1981)
• Wagon, Stan (Canada, ?–?)
• Wagstaff Jr., Samuel S. (?, born 1945)
• Wahba, Grace (USA, born 1934)
• Wahl, Bernt (USA, ?–?)
• Wahl, Jonathan (USA, ?–?)
• Wakeford, Edward (Britain, 1894–1916)
• Wald, Abraham (Hungary/USA, 1902–1950)
• Waldhausen, Friedhelm (Germany, born 1938)
• Waldo, Clarence Abiathar (USA, 1852–1926)
• Waldschmidt, Michel (France, born 1946)
• Waldspurger, Jean-Loup (France, born 1953)
• Wales, William (Britain, ?–1798)
• Walfisz, Arnold (Poland, 1892–1962)
• Walikar, H. B. (?, born 1951)
• Walker, Arthur Geoffrey (Britain, 1909–2001)
• Walker, George (England, 1730s–1807)
• Walker, Gilbert (England, 1868–1958)
• Walker, Helen M. (USA, 1891–1983)
• Walker, Judy L. (?, ?–?)
• Wall, C. T. C. (Britain, born 1936)
• Wall, Donald Dines (?, 1921–2000)
• Wall, Hubert Stanley (USA, 1902–1971)
• Wallace, Alexander Doniphan (USA, 1905–1985)
• Wallace, Alfred Russel (?, 1823–1913)
• Wallace, Andrew H. (Scotland, 1926–2008)
• Wallace, David (Scotland, born 1945)
• Wallace, William (Scotland, 1768–1843)
• Wallach, Nolan (USA, ?–?)
• Walling, Lynne H. (?, ?–?)
• Wallis, John (England, 1616–1703)
• Wallis, W. Allen (USA, 1912–1998)
• Wallman, Henry (Sweden, 1915–1992)
• Walsh, Joseph L. (USA, 1895–1973)
• Walsh, Miguel (Argentina, born 1987)
• Walter, John H. (USA, ?–?)
• Walter, Marion (Germany, born 1928)
• Walter, Wolfgang (Germany, 1927–2010)

Wam

• Wamsley, John (Australia, born 1938)
• Wan, Daqing (China, born 1964)
• Wang, Hao (China/USA, 1921–1995)
• Wang, Mu-Tao (Taiwan, ?–?)
• Wang, Xu-Jia (Australia, born 1963)
• Wangerin, Friedrich Heinrich Albert (Germany, 1844–1933)
• Wantzel, Pierre (France, 1814–1848)
• Waraszkiewicz, Zenon (Poland, 1909–1946)
• Ward, Morgan (USA, 1901–1963)
• Waring, Edward (England, 1736–1798)
• Warner, Mary Wynne (Wales, 1932–1998)
• Warner, Walter (England, 1563–1643)
• Warschawski, Stefan E. (?, 1904–1989)
• Warshall, Stephen (USA, 1935–2006)
• Warusfel, André (France, born 1936)
• Washington, Lawrence C. (USA, born 1951)
• Washnitzer, Gerard (USA, born 1926)
• Watanabe, Shinzo (?, born 1935)
• Waterhouse, William C. (USA, ?–?)
• Waterman, Michael (USA, born 1942)
• Watson, Alister (Britain, 1908–1981)
• Watson, G. N. (England, 1886–1965)
• Watson, Geoffrey (Australia, 1921–1998)
• Watson, Henry William (Britain, 1827–1903)
• Wavre, Rolin (Switzerland, 1896–1949)
• Waymire, Edward C. (USA, ?–?)
• Ważewski, Tadeusz (Poland, 1896–1972)
• Weatherburn, Charles Ernest (New Zealand/Australia, 1884–1974)
• Weaver, Warren (USA, 1894–1978)
• Webb, David (USA, ?–?)
• Webb, Glenn F. (USA, ?–?)
• Webb, Robert Rumsey (England, 1850–1936)
• von Weber, Eduard Ritter (Germany, 1870–1934)
• Weber, Heinrich Martin (Germany, 1842–1913)
• Weber, Johanna (Britain, 1910–2014)
• Weber, Richard (England, born 1953)
• Weber, Robert J. (USA, born 1947)
• Webster, Horace (?, 1794–1871)

Wed

• Wedderburn, Joseph (Scotland, 1882–1948)
• Wedderburn, Robert (Scotland, 1947–1975)
• Weddle, Thomas (England, 1817–1853)
• Weeks, Dorothy Walcott (USA, 1893–1990)
• Weeks, Jeffrey (?, born 1956)
• Wehrheim, Katrin (Germany, born 1974)
• Wei, Guofang (USA/China, born 1965)
• Wei, Juncheng (China, born 1968)
• Weibel, Charles (USA, born 1950)
• Weibull, Waloddi (Sweden, 1887–1979)
• Weichert, Dieter (Germany, born 1948)
• Weickert, Joachim (Germany, born 1965)
• Weidler, Johann Friedrich (Germany, 1691–1755)
• Weierstrass, Karl (Germany, 1815–1897)
• Weigel, Erhard (Germany, 1625–1699)
• Weil, André (France, 1906–1998)
• Weinberger, Hans (USA/Austria, born 1928)
• Weinberger, Shmuel (USA, born 1963)
• Weingarten, Julius (Germany, 1836–1910)
• Weinstein, Alan (USA, born 1943)
• Weinstein, Alexander (Russia, 1897–1979)
• Weinstein, Eric (USA, born 1965)
• Weintraub, E. Roy (USA, born 1943)
• Weisbach, Julius (Germany, 1806–1871)
• Weisfeiler, Boris (USA, born 1942)
• Weisner, Louis (Canada, born 1899)
• Weiss, Alan (USA, born 1955)
• Weiss, Benjamin (Israel, ?–?)
• Weiß, Ernst August (Germany, 1900–1942)
• Weiss, George Herbert (USA, born 1930)
• Weiss, Guido (USA, born 1928)
• Weiss, Michael (Germany, born 1955)
• Weiss, Nigel (South Africa, born 1936)
• Weiss, Paul (Germany/Britain, ?–?)
• Weissenberg, Karl (Austria, 1893–1976)
• Weisstein, Eric W. (USA, born 1969)
• Weitzenböck, Roland (Austria, 1885–1955)

Wel

• Welchman, Gordon (Britain, 1906–1985)
• Wells, Charles (USA, ?–?)
• Wells, Edward (England, 1667–1727)
• Wells, Jr., Raymond O. (USA, born 1940)
• Wells, Webster (USA, 1851–1916)
• Welsh, Dominic (England, born 1938)
• Wendl, Michael Christopher (?, ?–?)
• Wendland, Katrin (Germany, ?–?)
• Wendroff, Burton (USA, born 1930)
• Wenjun, Wu (China, born 1919)
• Wenninger, Magnus (USA, born 1919)
• Wente, Henry C. (USA, ?–?)
• Wentworth, Richard Alan (USA, ?–?)
• Wermer, John (?, ?–?)
• Werner, Elisabeth M. (France/Germany, ?–?)
• Werner, Johannes (Germany/Medieval Germany, 1468–1528)
• Werner, Wendelin (France, born 1968)
• Wessel, Caspar (Denmark/Norway, 1745–1818)
• Wessels, Jaap (Netherlands, 1939–2009)
• West, Douglas (?, born 1953)
• West, John (?, 1756–1817)
• West, Trevor (Ireland, 1938–2012)
• Wets, Roger J-B (Belgium/USA, born 1937)
• Wexler-Kreindler, Eléna (Romania, 1931–2002)
• Weyl, Fritz Joachim (Switzerland, 1915–1977)
• Weyl, Hermann (Germany, 1885–1955)
• Weyr, Eduard (Czech Republic, 1852–1903)
• Weyr, Emil (Austria/Czech Republic, 1848–1894)
• Wheeler, Anna Johnson Pell (USA, 1883–1966)
• Wheeler, Mary (USA, born 1938)

Whi

• Whipple, Francis John Welsh (Britain, 1876–1943)
• Whiston, William (England, 1667–1752)
• White, Brian (?, ?–?)
• White, Henry Seely (USA, 1861–1918)
• White, Richard (Britain, 1590–1682)
• Whitehead, Alfred North (England, 1861–1947)
• Whitehead, George W. (USA, 1918–2004)
• Whitehead, J. H. C. (Britain, 1904–1960)
• Whiteley, Walter (Canada, ?–?)
• Whiteside, Tom (?, 1932–2008)
• Whitesides, Sue (Canada, ?–?)
• Whitham, Gerald B. (USA, 1927–2014)
• Whitman, Philip M. (?, ?–?)
• Whitmell, Charles Thomas (England, 1849–1919)
• Whitney, Hassler (USA, 1907–1989)
• Whitrow, Gerald James (England, 1912–2000)
• Whitt, Ward (?, born 1942)
• Whittaker, E. T. (England, 1873–1956)
• Whittaker, John Macnaghten (England, 1905–1984)
• Whittle, Peter (New Zealand/Britain, born 1927)
• Whitworth, William Allen (England, 1840–1905)
• Whyburn, Gordon Thomas (USA, 1904–1969)
• Wickerhauser, Victor (USA, born 1959)
• Widder, David (USA, 1898–1990)
• Widlund, Olof B. (Sweden, born 1938)
• Widmann, Johannes (Germany, born 1460s)
• Widom, Harold (USA, born 1932)
• Wieferich, Arthur (Germany, 1884–1954)
• Wiegand, Sylvia (USA, born 1945)
• Wiegold, James (Wales, 1934–2009)
• Wielandt, Helmut (Germany, 1910–2001)
• Wiener, Christian (Germany, 1826–1896)
• Wiener, Norbert (USA, 1894–1964)
• Wienhard, Anna (Germany, born 1977)

Wig

• Wigderson, Avi (Israel, born 1956)
• Wigert, Carl Severin (Sweden, 1871–1941)
• Wiggins, Stephen (USA, ?–?)
• Wigner, Eugene (Hungary, 1902–1995)
• Wilbraham, Henry (England, 1825–1883)
• Wilczynski, Ernest Julius (USA, 1876–1932)
• Wilder, Raymond Louis (USA, 1896–1982)
• Wiles, Andrew (England, born 1953)
• Wiley, Carl A. (USA, 1918–1985)
• Wilf, Herbert (USA, 1931–2012)
• Wilken, Hermann (Germany, 1522–1603)
• Wilkie, Alex (England, born 1948)
• Wilkins, Jr., J. Ernest (USA, 1923–2011)
• Wilkinson, Amie (USA, born 1968)
• Wilkinson, James H. (Britain, 1919–1986)
• Wilks, Samuel S. (USA, 1906–1964)
• Willard, Dan (USA, ?–?)
• Willard, F.D.C. (USA, ?–?)
• Willcox, Walter Francis (USA, 1861–1964)
• Wille, Rudolf (Germany, born 1937)
• Willems, Jan Camiel (Belgium, 1939–2013)
• William of Heytesbury (Medieval England, ?–?)
• Williams, David (Wales, ?–?)
• Williams, Elizabeth (Britain, 1895–1986)
• Williams, Floyd (USA, born 1939)
• Williams, Francis (England, 1702–1770)
• Williams, Lauren (?, ? - ?)
• Williams, Robert (USA, born 1942)
• Williams, Robin M. (New Zealand, 1919–2013)
• Williams, Ruth J. (?, ?–?)
• Williams, Scott W. (USA, born 1943)
• Williamson, David P. (?, ?–?)
• Williamson, John (Scotland, 1901–1949)
• Williamson, Malcolm J. (Britain, born 1950)
• van der Willigen, Volkert Simon Maarten (Netherlands, 1822–1878)
• Willmore, Thomas (England, 1919–2005)
• Willwacher, Thomas (Germany, born 1983)
• Wilson, Alan (Britain, born 1939)
• Wilson, Alan Herries (?, 1906–1995)
• Wilson, Alexander (Scotland, 1714–1786)
• Wilson, Edwin Bidwell (USA, 1879–1964)
• Wilson, James A. (USA, ?–?)
• Wilson, John (Britain, 1741–1793)
• Wilson, Patrick (Scotland, 1743–1811)
• Wilson, R. M. (USA, born 1945)
• Wilson, Robert Arnott (?, born 1958)
• Wilson, Robin (Britain, born 1943)
• Wilson, Roland (Australia, 1904–1996)
• Wilson, W. Stephen (?, ?–?)
• Wiltheiss, Ernst Eduard (Germany, 1855–1900)

Wim

• Wiman, Anders (Sweden, 1865–1959)
• Wingate, Edmund (England, 1596–1656)
• Winkler, Peter (?, ?–?)
• Winlock, Joseph (USA, 1826–1875)
• Wintenberger, Jean-Pierre (France, born 1954)
• Winter, Andreas (?, born 1971)
• Winther, Ragnar (Norway, born 1949)
• Winthrop, John (USA, 1714–1779)
• Wintner, Aurel (Hungary, 1903–1958)
• Wirtinger, Wilhelm (Austria, 1865–1945)
• Wise, Daniel (USA, born 1971)
• Wishart, John (Scotland, 1898–1956)
• Witelo (Poland/Medieval Poland, ?–?)
• Witt, Ernst (Germany, 1911–1991)
• de Witt, Johan (Netherlands, 1625–1672)
• Witten, Edward (USA, born 1951)
• Witting, Alexander (Germany, 1861–1946)
• Woeginger, Gerhard J. (Austria/Netherlands, born 1964)
• Woepcke, Franz (Germany, 1826–1864)
• Wold, Herman (Sweden, 1908–1992)
• Wolf, František (Czech Republic, 1904–1989)
• Wolf, Joseph A. (USA, born 1936)
• Wolfe, Philip (USA, born 1927)
• Wolff, Julius (Netherlands, 1882–1945)
• Wolff, Thomas (?, 1954–2000)
• Wolfowitz, Jacob (USA, 1910–1981)
• Wolfram, Stephen (?, born 1959)
• Wolfskehl, Paul (Germany, 1856–1906)
• Wolpert, David (USA, ?–?)
• Wolpert, Scott A. (USA, ?–?)
• Wolsey, Laurence (England, ?–?)
• Wolstenholme, Joseph (Britain, 1829–1891)
• Woltman, George (USA, born 1957)

Wom

• Womersley, John R. (Britain, 1907–1958)
• Wonenburger, Maria (Spain, 1927–2014)
• Wong, Wing Hung (USA, ?–?)
• Wood, Carol S. (?, born 1945)
• Wood, James (England, 1760–1839)
• Wood, John C. (Britain, born 1949)
• Wood, Melanie (USA, born 1981)
• Wood, Nancy Farley (USA, 1903–2003)
• Wood, Richard J. (Canada, ?–?)
• Wood, Robert (England, 1622–1685)
• Woodall, H. J. (Britain, ?–?)
• Woodhead, Sarah (England, ?–1912)
• Woodhouse, Robert (England, 1773–1827)
• Woodin, W. Hugh (USA, born 1955)
• Woods, Mary Lee (Britain, born 1924)
• Woodward, Philip (Britain, born 1919)
• Woodward, Robert Simpson (USA, 1849–1924)
• Wooley, Trevor (Britain, ?–?)
• Worboys, Mike (Britain, born 1947)
• Wormald, Nick (Australia, ?–?)
• Woronowicz, Stanisław Lech (Poland, born 1941)
• Wos, Larry (USA, ?–?)
• Wren, Christopher (England, 1632–1723)
• Wrench, John (USA, 1911–2009)
• Wright, Chauncey (USA, 1830–1875)
• Wright, E. M. (England, 1906–2005)
• Wright, Edward (England, 1560s–1615)
• Wright, Elizur (USA, 1804–1885)
• Wright, Margaret H. (?, born 1944)
• Wrinch, Dorothy Maud (England, 1894–1976)

Wsc

• Wschebor, Mario (Uruguay, 1939–2011)
• Wu, Sijue (China, born 1964)
• Wursteisen, Christopher (?, ?–?)
• Wurstisen, Christian (Germany, 1544–1588)
• Wussing, Hans (Germany, 1927–2011)
• Wüstholz, Gisbert (?, ?–?)
• Wyatt, Lucy R. (?, ?–?)
• Wylie, Shaun (England, 1913–2009)
• Wyman, Max (Canada, 1916–1991)
• Wyner, Aaron D. (?, 1939–1997)
• Wynn, Peter (Netherlands, born 1932)
• Wyszecki, Gunter (Germany/Canada, 1925–1985)
• Wythoff, Willem Abraham (Netherlands, 1865–1939)