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776 people

• Aaron Beck

  1921–2021 · 1 first description

  Clinical Psychology
• Abd al-Qadir al-Maraghi

  1353–1435 · 2 first descriptions

  Music TheoryMusicBiology
• Abdolkarim Soroush

  1945–present · 1 first description

  Political PhilosophyPhilosophy
• Abdul-Qādir Bēdil

  1644–1720 · 1 first description

  Poetics
• Abraham Maslow

  1908–1970 · 2 first descriptions

  Psychology
• Abraham Wald

  1902–1950 · 1 first description

  Cognitive Psychology
• Abu al-Wafa al-Buzjani

  1 first description

  MathematicsGeometry
• Ada Lovelace

  1815–1852 · 1 first description

  Computer ScienceSoftware Engineering
• Adam Riess

  1969–present · 1 first description

  Astronomy
• Adam Smith

  1965–present · 2 first descriptions

  Economics
• Adi Shamir

  1952–present · 1 first description

  Cryptography
• Agner Krarup Erlang

  1878–1929 · 1 first description

  Computer ScienceData Structures
• Al Farabi

  1982–present · 1 first description

  MetaphysicsPhilosophy
• Al-Ghazali

  1058–1111 · 1 first description

  TheologyPhilosophy
• Al-Jahiz

  775–868 · 1 first description

  Biology
• Al-Kindi

  801–870 · 1 first description

  Computer Science
• Al-Zamakhshari

  1075–1144 · 1 first description

  Linguistics
• Alan Cooper

  1 first description

  Design
• Alan Guth

  1947–present · 1 first description

  CosmologyPhysics
• Alan Kay

  1940–present · 1 first description

  Computer ScienceSoftware Engineering
• Alan Lloyd Hodgkin

  1914–1998 · 1 first description

  Neuroscience
• Alan Lomax

  1915–2002 · 1 first description

  MusicologyMusic
• Alan S. Perelson

  1947–present · 1 first description

  Immunology
• Alan Stern

  1957–present · 1 first description

  Planetary Science
• Alan Turing

  1912–1954 · 3 first descriptions

  Computer ScienceMathematics
• Albert A. Michelson

  1 first description

  AstronomyPhysics
• Albert Bandura

  1925–2021 · 1 first description

  Social PsychologyPsychology
• Albert Einstein

  1879–1955 · 7 first descriptions

  Physics
• Albert Ellis

  1913–2007 · 1 first description

  Clinical Psychology
• Albert Ghiorso

  1915–2010 · 4 first descriptions

  Chemistry
• Albert Hofmann

  1906–2008 · 1 first description

  PsychiatryMedicine
• Albert-László Barabási

  1967–present · 1 first description

  Computational Social ScienceSociology
• Albertus Magnus

  1193–1280 · 1 first description

  Chemistry
• Alessandro Vespignani

  1965–present · 1 first description

  EpidemiologyPublic HealthNetwork Science
• Alex Krizhevsky

  2000–present · 2 first descriptions

  Computer ScienceMachine LearningStatistics
• Alexander Butlerov

  1828–1886 · 1 first description

  Chemistry
• Alexander Efros

  1950–present · 1 first description

  Materials Science
• Alexander Fleming

  1881–1955 · 1 first description

  MicrobiologyBiology
• Alexander Friedmann

  1888–1925 · 1 first description

  CosmologyPhysics
• Alexander Leitsch

  1952–present · 1 first description

  MathematicsLogic
• Alexander Oparin

  1894–1980 · 1 first description

  AstrobiologyBiology
• Alexander Stark

  1925–1942 · 1 first description

  Molecular BiologyMicrobiology
• Alexander Tollmann

  1928–2007 · 1 first description

  Earth & Space SciencesGeology
• Alexander von Zemlinsky

  1871–1942 · 1 first description

  Music TheoryMusic
• Alexei Kitaev

  1963–present · 1 first description

  Quantum Computing
• Alexei Starobinski

  1948–2023 · 1 first description

  CosmologyPhysics
• Alexey Chervonenkis

  1938–2014 · 1 first description

  StatisticsComputer Science
• Alexey Ekimov

  1945–present · 1 first description

  Materials Science
• Alfred Roller

  1864–1935 · 1 first description

  Graphic DesignDesign
• Alfred Russel Wallace

  1823–1913 · 2 first descriptions

  Evolutionary BiologyBiology
• Alfred Wegener

  1880–1930 · 2 first descriptions

  Earth & Space SciencesGeology
• Ali Eftekhari

  1979–present · 2 first descriptions

  ChemistryPhysical ChemistryEnergy Engineering
• Ali Farhadi-Andarabi

  1 first description

  Computer ScienceArtificial Intelligence
• Ali Javey

  1980–present · 1 first description

  NanotechnologyMaterials Science
• Ali Khademhosseini

  1975–present · 1 first description

  Biotechnology
• Ali Masoudi-Nejad

  2 first descriptions

  Systems BiologyBiologyBioinformatics
• Allan Hanbury

  1974–present · 1 first description

  Information Science
• Allan Paivio

  1925–2016 · 1 first description

  Cognitive PsychologyPsychology
• Allan Treiman

  1953–present · 1 first description

  Astrobiology
• Allen Newell

  1927–1992 · 1 first description

  Computer ScienceData Structures