7 lives in this collection worked in statistics, from 1701 to today. Each has a full course on their life and the mathematics and physics they made.
Often together with: geodesy, number theory, probability theory. All fields
Presbyterian minister whose posthumous essay of 1763 gave the first solution of the problem of inverse probability, the origin of Bayesian inference.
probability theory, statistics, calculus
French analyst who introduced Legendre polynomials, the Legendre transformation and symbol, stated quadratic reciprocity, first published least squares, and founded the theory of elliptic integrals.
number theory, elliptic integrals, calculus of variations
Founder of modern number theory and the intrinsic geometry of surfaces, and author of least squares, the normal law and Gauss's law.
number theory, algebra, differential geometry
American logician, scientist and philosopher who developed the logic of relations and quantifiers, existential graphs, the theory of signs and pragmatism, while measuring gravity for the U.S. Coast Survey.
logic, semiotics, philosophy of science
French mathematician who introduced metric spaces and abstract compactness and made lasting contributions to functional analysis, topology and probability.
functional analysis, general topology, probability theory
Founder of modern statistical inference and experimental design and co-founder of population genetics, also a prominent advocate of eugenics and a critic of the evidence linking smoking to lung cancer.
statistics, population genetics, experimental design
Author of Moderne Algebra, which gave abstract algebra its modern form, and of foundational work in algebraic geometry, Ramsey theory and the history of ancient science.
abstract algebra, algebraic geometry, combinatorics