Thales of Miletus (ca. 652-ca. 547 B.C.E.): Earliest proofs of geometrical theorems -- Pythagoras of Samos (ca. 560-ca. 480 B.C.E.): Ancient Greek proves theorem about right triangles -- Euclid of Alexandria (ca. 325-ca. 270 B.C.E.): Geometer who organized mathematics -- Archimedes of Syracuse (ca. 287-212 B.C.E.): Innovator of techniques in geometry -- Hypatia of Alexandria (ca. 370- 415 C.E.): First woman of mathematics -- Āryabhata I (476-ca. 550 C.E.): From alphabetical numbers to the rotation of the earth -- Brahmagupta (598-668 C.E.): Father of numerical analysis -- Abū Jaʹfar Muhammad ibn Mū̄sā al-Khwārizm̄i (800-ca. 847 C.E.) -- Father of algebra -- Omar Khayyám (ca. 1048-1131 C.E.): Mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and poet -- Leonardo Fibonacci (ca. 1175-1250 C.E.): Hindu-Arabic numerals in Europe.
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