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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).

Contents: Top · 0–9 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

A

• Nate Ackerman (USA, born 1978)
• Wilhelm Ackermann (Germany, 1896–1962)
• Sergei Adian (Russia/Soviet Union/Armenia, born 1931)
• Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz (Poland, 1890–1963)
• Alice Ambrose (USA, 1906–2001)
• Alan Ross Anderson (USA, 1924–1972)
• Peter B. Andrews (USA, born 1938)
• Lennart Åqvist (b. Norway 1932)
• Aristotle (Greece, 384 BC – 322 BC)

B

• Bahmanyar (Iran, died 1067)
• Alexander Bain (1818–1903)
• Stefan Banach (Poland, 1892–1945)
• Yehoshua Bar-Hillel (Israel, 1915–1975)
• Henk Barendregt (Netherlands, born 1947)
• Jon Barwise (USA, 1942–2000)
• James Earl Baumgartner (USA, born 1943)
• Nuel Belnap (USA, born 1931)
• Paul Benacerraf (USA)
• Johan van Benthem (Netherlands, born 1949)
• Paul Bernays (Switzerland, 1888–1977)
• Evert Willem Beth (Netherlands, 1908–1964)
• Jean-Yves Béziau (Switzerland, born 1965)
• David Blitz (USA)
• Józef Maria Bocheński (Poland, 1902–1995)
• Bernard Bolzano (Austrian Empire, 1781–1848)
• Andrea Bonomì (Italy, born 1940)
• George Boole (UK, 1815–1864)
• George Boolos (USA, 1940–1996)
• Nicolas Bourbaki (pseudonym used by a group of French mathematicians, 20th century)
• 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, c. 280 BC – c. 207 BC)
• Alonzo Church (USA, 1903–1995)
• Leon Chwistek (Poland, 1884–1944)
• Paul Joseph Cohen (USA, 1934–2007)
• Garlandus Compotista (11th century)
• S. Barry Cooper (UK, born 1943)
• Newton da Costa (Brazil, born 1929)
• William Craig (USA, born 1918)
• Haskell Curry (USA, 1900–1982)
• Tadeusz Czeżowski (Poland, 1889–1981)

D

• Martin Davis (USA, born 1928)
• Augustus De Morgan (UK, 1806–1871)
• Dharmakirti (India, c. 7th century)
• Dignāga (India, fl. 5th century)
• Michael A. E. Dummett (UK, born 1925)

E

• Alexander Esenin-Volpin (Russia, born 1924)
• John Etchemendy (USA, born 1952)

F

• Solomon Feferman (USA, born 1928)
• Richard Ferrybridge (England, 14th century)
• Hartry Field (USA, born 1946)
• Kit Fine (USA, born 1946)
• Matthew Foreman (USA, born 1957)
• Michael Fourman (UK, born 1950)
• Adolf Fraenkel (Germany, 1891–1965)
• Roland Fraïssé (France, 1920–2008)
• Gottlob Frege (Germany, 1848–1925)
• Harvey Friedman (USA)

G

• Dov Gabbay (UK, born 1945)
• L. T. F. Gamut (collective pseudonym used by a group of Dutch logicians, fl. 1980s–1990s)
• Robin Gandy (Britain, 1919–1995)
• Sol Garfunkel (born 1943)
• Akṣapāda Gautama, author of Nyāya Sūtras (India, c. 2nd century BC)
• Peter Geach (UK, born 1916)
• Gerhard Gentzen (Germany, 1909–1945)
• Joseph Diaz Gergonne (France, 1771–1859)
• Jean-Yves Girard (France, born 1947)
• Kurt Gödel (Austria, USA, 1906–1978)
• Siegfried Gottwald (Germany, born 1943)
• Jeroen Groenendijk (Netherlands)

H

• Susan Haack (UK, born 1945)
• Petr Hájek (Czech Republic, born 1941)
• Leo Harrington (USA)
• Robert S. Hartman (Germany, USA, 1910–1973)
• Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831)
• Jean Van Heijenoort (France, USA, 1912–1986)
• Leon Henkin (USA, 1921–2006)
• Jacques Herbrand (France, 1908–1931)
• Arend Heyting (Netherlands, 1898–1980)
• David Hilbert (Germany, 1862–1943)
• Jaakko Hintikka (Finland, born 1929)
• Alfred Horn (USA, 1918–2001)
• William Alvin Howard (born 1926)
• Ehud Hrushovski (Israel, born 1959)

I

J

• Giorgi Japaridze
• Stanisław Jaśkowski (Poland, 1906–1935)
• Richard Jeffrey (USA, 1926–2002)
• Ronald Jensen (USA, Europe, born 1936)
• William Stanley Jevons (England, 1835–1882)
• William Ernest Johnson (Britain, 1858–1931)
• Dick de Jongh (Netherlands, born 1939)
• Bjarni Jónsson (Iceland, born 1920)
• Philip Jourdain (Britain, 1879–1919)

K

• David Kaplan (USA, born 1933)
• Alexander S. Kechris (USA, born 1946)
• Stephen Cole Kleene (USA, 1909–1994)
• Tadeusz Kotarbiński (Poland, 1886–1981)
• Robert Kowalski (USA, UK, born 1941)
• Georg Kreisel (Austria/Britain/USA, born 1923)
• Saul Kripke (USA, born 1940)
• Leopold Kronecker (Germany, 1823–1891)

L

• Christine Ladd-Franklin (USA, 1847–1930)
• Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (Germany, 1646–1716)
• Stanisław Leśniewski (Poland, 1886–1939)
• Clarence Irving Lewis (USA, 1883–1964)
• David Kellogg Lewis (USA, 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, 1909–2005)
• Dugald Macpherson (UK)
• Penelope Maddy (USA)
• David Makinson (Australia, UK, born 1941)
• Isaac Malitz (USA, born 1947)
• Ruth Barcan Marcus (USA, born 1921)
• Per Martin-Löf (Sweden, born 1942)
• Donald A. Martin (USA, born 1940)
• Richard Milton Martin (USA, 1916–1985)
• Yuri Matiyasevich (Russia/Soviet Union, born 1947)
• C. A. Meredith (Ireland, 1904–1976)
• Bob Meyer (USA, 1932–2009)
• John Stuart Mill (England, 1806–1873)
• Richard Montague (USA, 1930–1971)
• Yiannis N. Moschovakis (USA, born 1938)
• Andrzej Mostowski (Poland, 1913–1975)

N

• Edward Nelson (USA, born 1942)
• John von Neumann (Hungary, USA, 1903–1957)
• Jean Nicod (France, 1893–1924)
• Pyotr Novikov (Russia/Soviet Union, 1901–1975)

O

• William of Ockham (England, 1285–1349)
• Piergiorgio Odifreddi (Italy, born 1950)
• Ivan Orlov (Russia, 1886–1936)

P

• Jeff Paris (UK)
• Charles Parsons (USA, born 1933)
• Solomon Passy (Bulgaria, born 1956)
• Giuseppe Peano (Italy, 1858–1932)
• Charles Sanders Peirce (USA, 1839–1914)
• Lorenzo Peña (Spain, born 1944)
• Chaim Perelman (Poland, Belgium, 1912–1984)
• Walter Pitts (USA, 1923–1969)
• Emil Leon Post (USA, 1897–1954)
• Dag Prawitz (Sweden, born 1936)
• Mojżesz Presburger (Poland, 1904–1943)
• Graham Priest (Australia, born 1948)
• Arthur Prior (New Zealand, UK, 1914–1969)
• Hilary Putnam (USA, born 1926)

Q

• Willard Van Orman Quine (USA, 1908–2000)

R

• Michael O. Rabin (Israel, USA, born 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, later Richard Sylvan (New Zealand, 1935–1996)
• Bertrand Russell (UK, 1872–1970)

S

• Gerald Sacks (USA)
• Albert of Saxony (Germany, c. 1316–1390)
• Rolf Schock (USA, Sweden, 1933–1986)
• Moses Schönfinkel (USSR, 1889–1942)
• Ernst Schröder (Germany, 1841–1902)
• Dana Scott (USA, born 1932)
• John Duns Scotus (Britain, France, c. 1266–1308)
• Fyodor Shcherbatskoy (Russia, 1866–1942)
• Saharon Shelah (Israel, born 1945)
• William of Sherwood (England, 1190–1249)
• Hui Shi (China, fl. 4th century BC)
• Christoph von Sigwart (Germany, 1830–1894)
• Raghunatha Siromani (India, 1470s–1550s)
• Thoralf Skolem (Norway 1887–1963)
• Dimiter Skordev (Bulgaria, born 1936)
• Theodore Slaman (USA)
• Raymond Smullyan (USA, born 1919)
• Robert M. Solovay (USA, born 1938)
• Peter of Spain (13th century)
• John R. Steel (USA)
• Martin Stokhof (Netherlands)
• Akṣapāda Gautama (India)
• Richard Sylvan, born Richard Routley (New Zealand, 1935–1996)

T

• Gaisi Takeuti (Japan, born 1926)
• Alfred Tarski (Poland, 1902–1983)
• Theophrastus (Greece, 371 - c. 287 BC)
• Pavel Tichý (Czechoslovakia, New Zealand, 1936–1994)
• Anne Sjerp Troelstra (Netherlands, born 1939)
• Alan Turing (UK, 1912–1954)
• Kazimierz Twardowski (Poland, 1866–1938)

U

• Udayana (India, 10th century)
• Alasdair Urquhart (Britain, born 1945)

V

• Nicolai A. Vasiliev (Russia, 1880–1940)
• Robert Lawson Vaught (USA, 1926–2002)
• Paul of Venice (Italy, 1368–1428)
• John Venn (England, 1834–1923)

W

• Hao Wang (China/USA, 1921–1995)
• Isaac Watts (England, 1674–1748)
• Richard Whately (England, 1787–1863)
• Alfred North Whitehead (UK, 1861–1947)
• Ludwig Wittgenstein (Austria, UK, 1889–1951)
• W. Hugh Woodin (USA, born 1955)
• Georg Henrik von Wright (Finland, UK, 1916–2003)

X

Y

• Jin Yuelin (China, 1895–1984)

Z

• Ernst Zermelo (Germany, 1871–1953)
• Aleksandr Zinovyev (Soviet Union, 1922–2006)

External links

• The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive Very complete list of detailed biographies. Many logicians are included.
• A selection of great logicians with detailed bibliographies (in progress)