The Most Famous
MATHEMATICIANS from Libya
This page contains a list of the greatest Libyan Mathematicians. The pantheon dataset contains 1,004 Mathematicians, 1 of which were born in Libya. This makes Libya the birth place of the 49th most number of Mathematicians behind Jordan, and Portugal.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Libyan Mathematicians of all time. This list of famous Libyan Mathematicians is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Theodorus of Cyrene (465 BC - 398 BC)
With an HPI of 66.16, Theodorus of Cyrene is the most famous Libyan Mathematician. His biography has been translated into 25 different languages on wikipedia.
Theodorus of Cyrene (Ancient Greek: Θεόδωρος ὁ Κυρηναῖος, romanized: Theódōros ho Kyrēnaîos; fl. c. 450 BC) was an ancient Greek mathematician. The only first-hand accounts of him that survive are in three of Plato's dialogues: the Theaetetus, the Sophist, and the Statesman. In the first dialogue, he posits a mathematical construction now known as the Spiral of Theodorus.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Libyan mathematicians born between 465 BC and 465 BC. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Libyan mathematicians include Theodorus of Cyrene. As of April 2024, 1 new Libyan mathematicians have been added to Pantheon including Theodorus of Cyrene.
