Names beginning with W

The number of words in the biography is given in brackets. A * indicates that there is a portrait.

Waerden, Bartel van der (1716*)
Wending, Mei (1793)
Wafa al-Buzjani Abu'l (1115)
Wald, Abraham (1465*)
Walker, Geoffrey (739*)
Walker, John (553*)
Wall, C Terence (927*)
Wallace, Alexander (886*)
Wallace, William (1328*)
Wallis, John (2463*)
Walsh, John (2920)
Walsh, Joseph (1089*)
Wang H'siao-t'ung (1484)
Wang Xiaotong (1484)
Wang, Yuan (1042*)
Wangerin, Albert (1028*)
Wantzel, Pierre (1020) Ward, Seth (1853*)
Waring, Edward (1378*)
Warner, Mary (1843*)
Warschawski, Stefan (1054*)
Waterston, John (947)
Watson, G Neville (1022*)
Watson, Henry (535*)
Watson, William (445*)
Watt, James (254)
Wattie, James (345)
Wazewski, Tadeusz (759*)
Weatherburn, Charles (506*)
Weatherhead, Kenneth (375)
Weaver, Warren (1575*)
Weber, Heinrich (654*)
Weber, Wilhelm (2571*)
Wedderburn, Joseph (1714*) Weierstrass, Karl (2599*)
Weil, André (1411*)
Weingarten, Julius (734*)
Weinstein, Alexander (408*)
Weisbach, Julius (528*)
Weise, Karl (1193*)
Weldon, Raphael (1332*)
Wenninger, Magnus (2007*)
Werner, Johann (916*)
Werner, Wendelin (1716)
Wessel, Caspar (1685)
West, John (1201)
Wexler-Kreindler, Eléna (784)
Weyl, Hermann (2284*)
Weyr, Eduard (249*)
Weyr, Emil (285*)

Wheeler, Anna J Pell (516*)
Whewell, William (2067*)
Whiston, William (1343*)
White, Henry (1440*)
Whitehead, Alfred N (2339*)
Whitehead, J Henry C (1883*)
Whiteside, Tom (2699*)
Whitney, Hassler (1239*)
Whittaker, Edmund (1478*)
Whittaker, John (1547*)
Whyburn, Gordon (1087*)
Widman, Johannes (624)
Wiegold, James (2629*)
Wielandt, Helmut (675*)
Wien, Wilhelm (2979*)
Wiener, Christian (975) Wiener, Hermann (544*)
Wiener, Norbert (2449*)
Wigner, Eugene (2458*)
Wilczynski, Ernest (652)
Wilder, Raymond (1766*)
Wiles, Andrew (1515*)
Wilkins, Ernest (1215*)
Wilkins, John (2456*)
Wilkinson, Jim (1029*)
Wilks, Samuel (457*)
William of Ockham (1503*)
Williams, William (1299*)
Williamson, John (663)
Willock, Sophie (1529*)
Wilson, Alexander (809)
Wilson, Bertram (139) Wilson, Edwin (677)
Wilson, John (587)
Wilson, John (2) (451)
Wiltheiss, Ernst (814*)
Wilton, John (203)
Winckelmann, Maria (1617)
Winkler, Wilhelm (744*)
Wintner, Aurel (1461)
Wirtinger, Wilhelm (586*)
Wishart, John (1029*)
Witt, Ernst (2368*)
Witt, Johan de (868*)
Witten, Edward (1251*)
Wittgenstein, Ludwig (2806*)
Wittich, Paul (1525)

Wolf, Frantisek (1372*)
Wolf, Rudolph (1279*)
Wolfowitz, Jacob (1031*)
Wolstenholme, Joseph (677)
Woodhouse, Robert (654) Woods, Leslie (1617*)
Woodward, Robert (2303*)
Wren, Christopher (3006*)
Wright, Edward (2093*)
Wright, Sewall (1360*) Wrinch, Dorothy (972*)
Wronski, Hoëné (1169*)
Wu, Sijue (1207*)
Wu, Wen-Tsun (1512*)
Wylie, Shaun (1703)

Alphabetical indexes
Pictures of all the mathematicians above

A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	IJ	K	L
M	N	O	PQ	R	S	T	UV	W	XYZ

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