LIST OF LOGICIANS

A logician is a person, such as a philosopher or mathematician, whose topic of scholarly study is logic. The famous logicians are listed below in English alphabetical transliteration order (by surname).
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Contents

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Y

Z

External links

A

★ Nate Ackerman (USA, 1978 - )

★ Wilhelm Ackermann (Germany, 1896 - 1962)

★ Sergei Adian (Russia/Soviet Union/Armenia, 1931 - )

★ Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz (Poland, 1890 - 1963)

★ Alice Ambrose (USA, 1906 - 2001)

★ Alan Ross Anderson (USA, 1924 - 1972)

★ Peter Andrews (USA, 1938 - )

★ Aristotle (Greece, 384 B.C. - 322 B.C.)

B

★ Bahmanyar (?, ? - 1067)

★ Alexander Bain (?, 1818 - 1903)

★ Stefan Banach (Poland, 1892 - 1945)

★ Yehoshua Bar-Hillel (Israel, 1915 - 1975)

★ Henk Barendregt (?, 1947 - )

★ Jon Barwise (USA, 1942 - 2000)

★ James Earl Baumgartner (USA, 1943 - )

★ Nuel Belnap (1931 - )

★ Paul Benacerraf (USA, ? - )

★ Johan van Benthem (Netherlands, 1949 - )

★ Paul Bernays (Switzerland, 1888 - 1977)

★ Evert Willem Beth (Netherlands, 1908 - 1964)

★ Jean-Yves Béziau (Switzerland, 1965 - )

★ David Blitz (USA, ? - )

★ Józef Maria Bocheński (Poland, 1902 - 1995)

★ Bernard Bolzano (Czech Republic, 1781 - 1848)

★ Andrea Bonomì (?, 1940 - )

★ George Boole (UK, 1815 - 1864)

★ George Boolos (USA, 1940 - 1996)

★ Nicolas Bourbaki (Pseudonym used by a group of French mathematicians)

★ Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer (Netherlands, 1881 - 1966)

★ Francis Burgersdyk (Netherlands, 1590 - 1629)

C

★ Georg Ferdinand Cantor (Germany, 1845 - 1918)

★ Rudolf Carnap (Germany, 1891 - 1970)

★ Lewis Carroll (UK, 1832 - 1898)

★ Chrysippus (Greece, ? - )

★ Alonzo Church (USA, 1903 - 1995)

★ Leon Chwistek (Poland, 1884 - 1944)

★ Paul Joseph Cohen (USA, 1934 - 2007)

★ Garlandus Compotista (?, ? - )

★ S. Barry Cooper (Britain, ? - )

★ Newton da Costa (Brazil, 1929 - )

★ William Craig (USA, - )

★ Haskell Curry (USA, 1900 - 1982)

★ Tadeusz Czeżowski (Poland, 1889 - 1981)

D

★ T. Edward Damer (?, ? - )

★ Martin Davis (USA, 1928 - )

★ Augustus De Morgan (UK, 1806 - 1871)

★ Dharmakirti (India, ? - )

★ Dignāga (India, ? - )

★ Stephen Donaho (?, 1965 - )

★ Michael A. E. Dummett (1925 - )

E

★ Alexander Esenin-Volpin (Russia, 1924 - )

★ John Etchemendy (USA, ? - )

F

★ Solomon Feferman

★ Richard Ferrybridge (England, ? - )

★ Hartry Field

★ Kit Fine (?, 1946 - )

★ Matthew Foreman (USA, 1957 - )

★ Michael Fourman (Britain, 1950 - )

★ Adolf Fraenkel (Germany, 1891 - 1965)

★ Roland Fraïssé (France, 1920 - )

★ Gottlob Frege (Germany, 1848 - 1925)

★ Harvey Friedman

G

★ Dov Gabbay (?, 1945 - )

★ L.T.F. Gamut (collective pseudonym used by a group of Dutch logicians)

★ Robin Gandy (Britain, 1919 - 1995)

★ Sol Garfunkel (?, 1943 - )

★ Aksapada Gautama (India, c. 6th century B.C. - 5th century B.C.)

★ Peter Geach (?, 1916 - )

★ Gerhard Gentzen (Germany, 1909 - 1945)

★ Joseph Diaz Gergonne (France, 1771 - 1859)

★ Jean-Yves Girard

★ Kurt Gödel (Austria, USA, 1906 - 1978)

★ Jeroen Groenendijk (?, ? - )

H

★ Susan Haack (UK, 1945 - )

★ Wang Hao (China/USA, 1921 - 1995)

★ Leo Harrington (USA, ? - )

★ Robert S. Hartman (?, 1910 - 1973)

★ Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (?, 1770 - 1831)

★ Jean Van Heijenoort (?, 1912 - 1986)

★ Leon Henkin

★ Jacques Herbrand (France)

★ Arend Heyting (1898 - 1980)

★ David Hilbert (Germany, 1862 - 1943)

★ Jaakko Hintikka (Finland, 1929 - )

★ Alfred Horn (USA, 1918 - 2001)

★ William Alvin Howard (?, ? - )

★ Ehud Hrushovski (Israel, 1959 - )

I

★ Lyubomir Ivanov (Bulgaria, 1952 - )

J

★ Giorgi Japaridze (?, ? - )

★ Stanisław Jaśkowski (Poland, 1906–1935)

★ Richard Jeffrey (USA, 1926 - 2002)

★ Ronald Jensen (USA, 1936 - )

★ William Stanley Jevons (England, 1835 – 1882)

★ William Ernest Johnson (?, 1858 - 1931)

★ Dick de Jongh (Netherlands, 1939 - )

★ Bjarni Jónsson (Iceland, 1920 - )

★ Philip Jourdain (Britain, 1879 - 1919)

K

★ David Kaplan (USA, 1933 - )

★ Alexander S. Kechris

★ Stephen Cole Kleene (USA, 1909 - 1994)

★ David Kolb (?, 1939 - )

★ Tadeusz Kotarbiński (Poland, 1886 - 1981)

★ Robert Kowalski (Poland, 1941 - )

★ Georg Kreisel (Austria/Britain/USA, 1923 - )

★ Saul Kripke (USA, 1940 - )

★ Leopold Kronecker (Germany, 1823 - 1891)

L

★ Christine Ladd-Franklin (?, 1847 - 1930)

★ Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (Germany, 1646 - 1716)

★ Stanisław Leśniewski (Poland, 1886 - 1939)

★ Clarence Irving Lewis (USA, 1883 - 1964)

★ David Lewis (USA, 1941 - 2001)

★ David Kellogg Lewis (?, 1941 - 2001)

★ Adolf Lindenbaum (Poland, 1904 - 1941)

★ Martin Löb (Germany, 1921 - 2006)

★ Paul Lorenzen (Germany, 1915 - 1994)

★ Jerzy Łoś (Poland, 1920 - 1998)

★ Rudolf Hermann Lotze (Germany 1817 - 1881)

★ Leopold Löwenheim (Germany, 1878 - 1957)

★ Jan Łukasiewicz (Poland, 1878 - 1956)

M

★ Hugh MacColl (Scotland 1837 - 1909)

★ Saunders MacLane (USA, 1909 - )

★ Dugald Macpherson (?, ? - )

★ Penelope Maddy (USA, ? - )

★ David Makinson (Australia, 1941 - )

★ Isaac Malitz (USA, 1947 - )

★ Ruth Barcan Marcus (USA, 1921 - )

★ Per Martin-Löf (Sweden, 1942 - )

★ Donald A. Martin

★ Richard Milton Martin (USA, 1916 - 1985)

★ Yuri Matiyasevich (Russia/Soviet Union, 1947 - )

★ C. A. Meredith (Ireland, 1904 - 1976)

★ John Stuart Mill (England, 1806 - 1873)

★ Richard Montague (USA, 1930 - 1971)

★ Yiannis N. Moschovakis

★ Andrzej Mostowski (Poland, 1913 - 1975)

N

★ Edward Nelson (USA, 1942 - )

★ John von Neumann (Hungary, USA, 1903 - 1957)

★ Jean Nicod (?, 1893 - 1924)

★ Pyotr Sergeyevich Novikov (Russia/Soviet Union, 1901 - 1975)

O

★ William of Ockham (?, 1285 - 1349)

★ Piergiorgio Odifreddi (Italy, 1950 - )

★ Ivan Orlov (?, 1886 - )

P

★ Jeff Paris (Britain, ? - )

★ Charles Parsons (USA, ? - )

★ Solomon Passy (Bulgaria, 1956 - )

★ Giuseppe Peano (Italy, 1858 - 1932)

★ Charles Peirce (USA, 1839 - 1914)

★ Charles Sanders Peirce (USA, 1839 - 1914)

★ Chaim Perelman (Poland, ? - )

★ Walter Pitts (USA, 1923 - 1969)

★ Emil Leon Post (USA, 1897 - 1954)

★ Dag Prawitz (Sweden, 1936 - )

★ Mojżesz Presburger (Poland 1904 -1943)

★ Graham Priest (Australia 1948 - )

★ Arthur Prior (New Zealand, 1914 - 1969)

★ Hilary Putnam (USA, 1926 - )

Q

★ W. V. Quine (USA, 1908 - 2000 )

★ Willard Van Orman Quine (?, 1908 - 2000)

R

★ Michael O. Rabin (?, 1931 - )

★ Constantin Rădulescu-Motru (?, 1868 - 1957)

★ Frank Plumpton Ramsey (UK, 1903 - 1930)

★ Helena Rasiowa (Poland, 1917 - 1994)

★ Carveth Read (Britain, 1848 - 1931)

★ Abraham Robinson (Israel, UK, Canada, USA, 1918 - 1974)

★ Raphael M. Robinson (USA, 1911 - 1995)

★ Hartley Rogers, Jr (?, ? - )

★ J. Barkley Rosser (USA, 1907 - 1989)

★ Richard Routley (New Zealand, 1935 - 1996)

★ Bertrand Russell (UK, 1872 - 1970)

S

★ Gerald Sacks (USA, ? - )

★ Albert of Saxony (Germany, c. 1316 - 1390)

★ Rolf Schock (b. France, 1933 - 1986)

★ Moses Schönfinkel (USSR, 1889 - 1942)

★ Ernst Schröder (Germany, 1841 - 1902)

★ Dana Scott (USA, 1932 - )

★ Duns Scotus (?, 1266 - 1308)

★ John Duns Scotus (England, c. 1266-1308)

★ Fyodor Shcherbatskoy (Russia, 1866 - 1942)

★ Saharon Shelah (Israel, 1945 - )

★ William of Sherwood (England, 1190 - 1249)

★ Hui Shi (China, ? - )

★ Christoph von Sigwart (Germany, 1830 - 1894)

★ Raghunatha Siromani (India, 1470s - 1550s)

★ Thoralf Skolem (Norway 1887 - 1963)

★ Dimiter Skordev (Bulgaria, 1936 - )

★ Theodore Slaman (USA, ? - )

★ Raymond Smullyan (USA, 1919 - )

★ Robert M. Solovay (USA, ? - )

★ Peter of Spain

★ John R. Steel

★ Martin Stokhof (Netherlands, ? - )

★ Nyāya Sūtras (India, ? - )

★ Richard Sylvan (?, 1935 - 1996)

T

★ Gaisi Takeuti (Japan, 1926 - )

★ Alfred Tarski (Poland, 1902 - 1983)

★ Pavel Tichý (Czech Republic, 1936 - 1994)

★ Anne Sjerp Troelstra (Netherlands, 1939 - )

★ Alan Turing (UK, 1912 - 1954)

★ Kazimierz Twardowski (Poland, 1866 - 1938)

U

★ Udayana (India, ? - )

★ Alasdair Urquhart (Britain, 1945 - )

V

★ Nicolai A. Vasiliev (Russia, 1880 - 1940)

★ Robert Lawson Vaught (USA, 1926 - 2002)

★ Paul of Venice (?, 1368 - 1428)

★ John Venn (England, 1834 - 1923)

W

★ Isaac Watts (England, 1674 - 1748)

★ Richard Whately (England, 1787 - 1863)

★ Alfred North Whitehead (UK, 1861 - 1947)

★ Ludwig Wittgenstein (Austria, 1889 - 1951)

★ W. Hugh Woodin (USA, 1955 - )

★ Georg Henrik von Wright (?, 1916 - 2003)

X

Y

★ Jin Yuelin (China, 1895 – 1984)

Z

★ Lotfi Zadeh (Azerbaijan/USA, 1921 - )

★ Ernst Zermelo (Germany, 1871 - 1953)

★ Zhuangzi (China, ? - )

★ Aleksandr Zinovyev (Soviet Union, 1922 - 2006)

External links

★ The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive: http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/ -- Very complete list of detailed biographies. Many logicians are included.