Birth Date Cake O'Clock Birth Date Clock

Carl Friedrich Gauss

Carl Friedrich Gauss
Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician and physicist (d. 1855)

Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss was a German mathematician, astronomer, geodesist, and physicist who contributed to many fields in mathematics and science. He ranks among history's most influential mathematicians and has been referred to as the "Prince of Mathematicians". He was director of the Göttingen Observatory and professor for astronomy for nearly half a century, from 1807 until his death in 1855.

30 April 1777

Random

Born on the same birth day (30 April): Christian Tamminga • Davian Clarke • Emily Carey • Eugène Simon • J. Michael Brady • Jacques Audiard • Jane Campion • Jeannie Haddaway • Jerry Lordan • Kim Darroch • Kirsten Dunst • Mary II • Michael Cleary (rugby) • Olof Sandborg • Phil Garner • Reverend Gary Davis • Sander Baart • Takako Tokiwa • Troy Williamson • Wang Yafan • Wonder Mike

Born in the same month (April 1777): Henry Clay • Marie Jules César Savigny