A logician is a person who studies logic. Some famous logicians are listed below in English alphabetical transliteration order (by surname).

A

• Peter Abelard (France, 1079–1142)

• Wilhelm Ackermann (Germany, 1896–1962)

• Sergei Adian (Russia/Soviet Union/Armenia, 1931–2020)

• Rodolphus Agricola (Germany, 1443/1444–1485)

• Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz (Poland, 1890–1963)

• Alcuin (England/France, c. 735–804)

• Alan Ross Anderson (US, 1924–1972)

• Peter B. Andrews (US, 1938–2025)

• Thomas Aquinas (Italy/France, 1225–1274)

• Lennart Åqvist (Sweden, 1932-2019)

• Aristotle (Greece, 384–322 BC)

• Heiric of Auxerre (France, 841–876)

• A. J. Ayer (England, 1910–1989)

B

• Bahmanyār (Iran, died 1067)

• Jayanta Bhatta (India, 850–910)

• Alexander Bain (UK, 1818–1903)

• Yehoshua Bar-Hillel (Israel, 1915–1975)

• Ruth Barcan Marcus (US, 1921–2012)

• Henk Barendregt (Netherlands, born 1947)

• Jon Barwise (US, 1942–2000)

• James Earl Baumgartner (US, 1943–2011)

• John Lane Bell (UK and Canada, born 1945)

• Nuel Belnap (US, 1931–2024)

• Paul Benacerraf (US, 1931–2025)

• Jean Paul Van Bendegem (Belgium, born 1953)

• Johan van Benthem (Netherlands, born 1949)

• Paul Bernays (Switzerland, 1888–1977)

• Evert Willem Beth (Netherlands, 1908–1964)

• Jean-Yves Béziau (Switzerland, born 1965)

• Józef Maria Bocheński (Poland, 1902–1995)

• Boethius (Rome/Ostrogothic Kingdom, c. 480–524/525)

• Bernard Bolzano (Austrian Empire, 1781–1848)

• Andrea Bonomi (Italy, born 1940)

• George Boole (England/Ireland, 1815–1864)

• George Boolos (US, 1940–1996)

• Nicolas Bourbaki (pseudonym used by a group of French mathematicians, 20th century)

• Thomas Bradwardine (England, c. 1290–26 August 1349)

• Richard Brinkley (England, died c. 1379)

• Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer (Netherlands, 1881–1966)

• Alan Richard Bundy (UK, born 1947)

• Franco Burgersdijk (Netherlands, 1590–1629)

• Jean Buridan (France, c. 1300–post 1358)

• Walter Burley (England, c. 1275–1344/5)

C

• Chanakya (India, Mouryan Empire, 371–285 BC)

• Georg Ferdinand Cantor (Germany, 1845–1918)

• Rudolf Carnap (Germany, 1891–1970)

• Lewis Carroll (UK, 1832–1898)

• Categoriae decem (Latin, fifth century)

• Gregory Chaitin (Argentina/US, born 1947)

• Chrysippus (Greece, c. 280 BC – c. 207 BC)

• Alonzo Church (US, 1903–1995)

• Leon Chwistek (Poland, 1884–1944)

• Gordon H. Clark (US, 1902–1985)

• Paul Joseph Cohen (US, 1934–2007)

• Conimbricenses, name by which Jesuits of the University of Coimbra (Portugal) were known (1591–1606)

• S. Barry Cooper (UK, 1943–2015)

• Jack Copeland (UK, born 1950)

• Thierry Coquand (France, born 1961)

• John Corcoran (US, 1937–2021)

• Newton da Costa (Brazil, 1929–2024)

• William Craig (US, 1918–2016)

• Haskell Curry (US, 1900–1982)

• Tadeusz Czeżowski (Poland, 1889–1981)

D

• Dirk van Dalen (Netherlands, born 1932)

• Martin Davis (US, 1928–2023)

• Augustus De Morgan (UK, 1806–1871)

• René Descartes (France, 1596–1650)

• Dharmakirti (India, c. 7th century)

• Dignāga (India, fl. 5th century)

• Diodorus Cronus (Greece, 4th–3rd century BC)

• Martin Dorp (Netherlands, c. 1485–1525)

• John Dumbleton (England, died c. 1349)

• Michael A. E. Dummett (UK, 1925–2011)

• Jon Michael Dunn (US, 1941–2021)

E

• Samuel Eilenberg (Poland, 1913–1998)

• Alexander Esenin-Volpin (Russia, 1924–2016)

• John Etchemendy (US, born 1952)

• Leonhard Euler (Switzerland, 1707–1783)

F

• Solomon Feferman (US, 1928–2016)

• Richard Ferrybridge (England, 14th century)

• Hartry Field (US, born 1946)

• Kit Fine (US, born 1946)

• Melvin Fitting (US, born 1942)

• Graeme Forbes (Scotland, 20th century)

• Matthew Foreman (US, born 1957)

• Michael Fourman (UK, born 1950)

• Roland Fraïssé (France, 1920–2008)

• Abraham Fraenkel (Germany, 1891–1965)

• Gottlob Frege (Germany, 1848–1925)

• Harvey Friedman (US, born 1948)

G

• Dov Gabbay (UK, born 1945)

• Haim Gaifman (US, born 1934)

• L. T. F. Gamut (collective pseudonym used by a group of Dutch logicians, fl. 1980s–1990s)

• Robin Gandy (UK, 1919–1995)

• Sol Garfunkel (US, born 1943)

• Garlandus Compotista (France, c. 11th century)

• Akṣapāda Gautama, author of Nyāya Sūtras and founder of Nyaya school of Hindu philosophy (India, c. 6th century BC to 2nd century AD)

• Gangesha Upadhyaya, author of Tattvacintāmaṇi (A Thought-Jewel of Truth) and founder of Navya-Nyāya (India, c. 14th century AD)

• Peter Geach (UK, 1916–2013)

• Gerhard Gentzen (Germany, 1909–1945)

• Joseph Diaz Gergonne (France, 1771–1859)

• Gilbert de la Porrée (France, 1070–1154)

• Giles of Rome (Italy, –1316)

• Jean-Yves Girard (France, born 1947)

• Kurt Gödel (Austria, US, 1906–1978)

• Reuben Louis Goodstein (England, 1912–1985)

• Valentin Goranko (Bulgaria/Sweden, born 1959)

• Siegfried Gottwald (Germany, 1943–2015)

• Jeroen Groenendijk (Netherlands, 1949–2023)

H

• Susan Haack (UK, born 1945)

• Petr Hájek (Czech Republic, 1941–2016)

• Leo Harrington (US, born 1946)

• Robert S. Hartman (Germany/US, 1910–1973)

• Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (Germany, 1770–1831)

• Jean Van Heijenoort (France/US, 1912–1986)

• Leon Henkin (US, 1921–2006)

• Jacques Herbrand (France, 1908–1931)

• Arend Heyting (Netherlands, 1898–1980)

• David Hilbert (Germany, 1862–1943)

• Jaakko Hintikka (Finland, 1929–2015)

• Alfred Horn (US, 1918–2001)

• William Alvin Howard (US, 1926–2026)

• Ehud Hrushovski (Israel, born 1959)

• Gérard Huet (France, born 1947)

I

• Ibn Taymiyyah (Turkey, 1263–1328 AD)

• Marsilius of Inghen (Netherlands/France/Germany, 1330/1340–1396)

J

• Giorgi Japaridze (Georgia, 20th century)

• Stanisław Jaśkowski (Poland, 1906–1965)

• Richard Jeffrey (US, 1926–2002)

• Ronald Jensen (US, Europe, 1936–2025)

• William Stanley Jevons (England, 1835–1882)

• John of St. Thomas/John Poinsot (Portugal/Spain, 1589–1644)

• William Ernest Johnson (UK, 1858–1931)

• Dick de Jongh (Netherlands, born 1939)

• Bjarni Jónsson (Iceland, 1920–2016)

• Philip Jourdain (UK, 1879–1919)

• Joachim Jungius (Germany, 1587–1657)

• Jñanasrimitra (India, 10th century)

K

• David Kaplan (US, born 1933)

• Alexander S. Kechris (US, born 1946)

• Howard Jerome Keisler (US, born 1936)

• Ahmed Raza Khan (India, 1856–1921)

• Richard Kilvington (England, c. 1305–1361)

• Robert Kilwardby (England, c. 1215–1279)

• Stephen Cole Kleene (US, 1909–1994)

• Tadeusz Kotarbiński (Poland, 1886–1981)

• Robert Kowalski (US, UK, born 1941)

• Georg Kreisel (Austria/Britain/US, 1923–2015)

• Saul Kripke (US, 1940–2022)

• Leopold Kronecker (Germany, 1823–1891)

• Kenneth Kunen (US, 1943–2020)

L

• Christine Ladd-Franklin (US, 1847–1930)

• Joachim Lambek (Canada, 1922–2014)

• Johann Heinrich Lambert (France/Germany, 1728–1777)

• Karel Lambert (US, born 1928)

• Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (Germany, 1646–1716)

• Stanisław Leśniewski (Poland, 1886–1939)

• Clarence Irving Lewis (US, 1883–1964)

• David Kellogg Lewis (US, 1941–2001)

• Adolf Lindenbaum (Poland, 1904–1941)

• Per Lindström (Sweden, 1936–2009)

• Ramon Llull (Spain, 1232–1315)

• Martin Löb (Germany, 1921–2006)

• Paul Lorenzen (Germany, 1915–1994)

• Jerzy Łoś (Poland, 1920–1998)

• Hermann Lotze (Germany, 1817–1881)

• Leopold Löwenheim (Germany, 1878–1957)

• Jan Łukasiewicz (Poland, 1878–1956)

M

• Hugh MacColl (Scotland, 1837–1909)

• Saunders Mac Lane (US, 1909–2005)

• Dugald Macpherson (UK, 20th century)

• Penelope Maddy (US, born 1950)

• John Mair (Scotland, 1467–1550)

• David Makinson (Australia, UK, born 1941)

• María Manzano (Spain, born 1950)

• Gary R. Mar (US, born 1952)

• Ruth Barcan Marcus (US, 1921–2012)

• Donald A. Martin (US, born 1940)

• Richard Milton Martin (US, 1916–1985)

• Per Martin-Löf (Sweden, born 1942)

• Pavel Materna (Czech Republic, 1930–2024)

• Yuri Matiyasevich (Russia/Soviet Union, born 1947)

• C. A. Meredith (Ireland, 1904–1976)

• Bob Meyer (US, 1932–2009)

• John Stuart Mill (England, 1806–1873)

• Grigori Mints (Soviet Union/Estonia/US, 1939–2014)

• Richard Montague (US, 1930–1971)

• Yiannis N. Moschovakis (US, born 1938)

• Andrzej Mostowski (Poland, 1913–1975)

N

• Sara Negri (Italy/Finland, born 1967)

• Edward Nelson (US, 1932–2014)

• John von Neumann (Hungary, US, 1903–1957)

• John Henry Newman (England, 1801–1890) (see Grammar of Assent)

• Jean Nicod (France, 1893–1924)

• Pyotr Novikov (Russia/Soviet Union, 1901–1975)

• Nagarjuna (India, c.150–c.250)

• Anil Nerode (US, born 1932)

O

• William of Ockham (England, 1285–1349)

• Piergiorgio Odifreddi (Italy, born 1950)

• Ivan Orlov (Russia, 1886–1936)

P

• John Pagus (France, fl. 1220–1229)

• Jeff Paris (UK, born 1944)

• Charles Parsons (US, 1933–2024)

• Solomon Passy (Bulgaria, born 1956)

• Paul of Venice (Italy, 1369–1429)

• Christine Paulin-Mohring (France, born 1962)

• Giuseppe Peano (Italy, 1858–1932)

• Dan Pedersen (US, born, 1945)

• Charles Sanders Peirce (US, 1839–1914)

• Lorenzo Peña (Spain, born 1944)

• Chaïm Perelman (Poland, Belgium, 1912–1984)

• Rózsa Péter (Hungary, 1905–1977)

• Paolo da Pergola (Italy, died 1455)

• Peter of Spain (13th century, usually assumed to be Pope John XXI)

• Philo the Dialectician (Greece, 4th–3rd century BC)

• Walter Pitts (US, 1923–1969)

• Porphyry (c. 234–c. 305)

• Henry Pogorzelski (US, 1922–2015)

• Emil Leon Post (US, 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 (US, 1926–2016)

• Plato (Greek, 427–347 B.C.)

Q

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

R

• Michael O. Rabin (Israel, US, 1931–2026)

• Constantin Rădulescu-Motru (Romania, 1868–1957)

• Frank Plumpton Ramsey (UK, 1903–1930)

• Petrus Ramus (France, 1515–1572)

• Helena Rasiowa (Poland, 1917–1994)

• Carveth Read (UK, 1848–1931)

• Abraham Robinson (Israel, UK, Canada, US, 1918–1974)

• Raphael M. Robinson (US, 1911–1995)

• Julia Robinson (US, 1919–1985)

• J. Barkley Rosser (US, 1907–1989)

• Richard Routley, later Richard Sylvan (New Zealand, 1935–1996)

• Frederick Rowbottom (UK, 1938–2009)

• Ian Rumfitt (UK, 20th century)

• Bertrand Russell (UK, 1872–1970)

S

• Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri (Italy, 1667–1733)

• Raghunatha Siromani (India, c. 1477–1547)

• Gerald Sacks (US, 1933–2019)

• Albert of Saxony (Germany, c. 1316–1390)

• Rolf Schock (US, Sweden, 1933–1986)

• Moses Schönfinkel (USSR, 1889–1942)

• Ernst Schröder (Germany, 1841–1902)

• Kurt Schütte (Germany, 1909–1998)

• Dana Scott (US, born 1932)

• Sedulius Scottus (Ireland/France, fl. 840–860)

• John Duns Scotus (UK, France, c. 1266–1308)

• Stewart Shapiro (US, born 1951)

• Fyodor Shcherbatskoy (Russia, 1866–1942)

• Saharon Shelah (Israel, born 1945)

• Gila Sher (Israel/US)

• William of Sherwood (England, 1190–1249)

• Hui Shi (China, fl. 4th century BC)

• Simplicius of Cilicia (Turkey/Iran, c. 490–c. 560)

• Raghunatha Siromani (India, 1470s–1550s)

• Thoralf Skolem (Norway 1887–1963)

• Dimiter Skordev (Bulgaria, born 1936)

• Theodore Slaman (US, born 1954)

• Raymond Smullyan (US, 1919–2017)

• William of Soissons (France, 12th century)

• Robert M. Solovay (US, born 1938)

• Richard the Sophister (fl. late 13th century)

• Peter of Spain (13th century)

• John R. Steel (US, born 1948)

• Martin Stokhof (Netherlands, born 1950)

• Ralph Strode (England, fl. 1350–1400)

• Richard Swineshead (England, fl. c. 1340–1354)

• Richard Sylvan, born Richard Routley (New Zealand, 1935–1996)

T

• Gaisi Takeuti (Japan, 1926–2017)

• Alfred Tarski (Poland, 1902–1983)

• Theophrastus (Greece, 371–c. 287 BC)

• Pavel Tichý (Czechoslovakia, New Zealand, 1936–1994)

• Friedrich Adolf Trendelenburg (Germany, 1802–1872)

• Anne Sjerp Troelstra (Netherlands, 1939–2019)

• Alan Turing (UK, 1912–1954)

• Kazimierz Twardowski (Poland, 1866–1938)

• Thales Of Miletus (Turkey, 626 BC – 545 BC)

U

• Udayana, author of Nyayakusumanjali (rational theology to prove the existence of God using logic) (India, 10th century)

• Udyotakara (India, c. 6th century AD)

• Alasdair Urquhart (UK, born 1945)

• Vladimir Uspensky (Soviet Union/Russia, 1930–2018)

V

• Lorenzo Valla (Italy, c. 1407–1457)

• Moshe Y. Vardi (Israel, born 1954)

• Nicolai A. Vasiliev (Russia, 1880–1940)

• Robert Lawson Vaught (US, 1926–2002)

• Paul of Venice (Italy, 1368–1428)

• John Venn (England, 1834–1923)

• Juan Luis Vives (Spain, 1493–1540)

• Pakṣilasvāmin Vātsyāyana wrote the first known commentary on Goutama's Nyaya Sutras (5th century AD)

W

• Hao Wang (China/US, 1921–1995)

• Isaac Watts (England, 1674–1748)

• Richard Whately (England, 1787–1863)

• Alfred North Whitehead (UK, 1861–1947)

• Ludwig Wittgenstein (Austria, UK, 1889–1951)

• Christian Wolff (Germany, 1679–1754)

• W. Hugh Woodin (US, born 1955)

• John Woods (Canada, 1937–2024)

• Georg Henrik von Wright (Finland, UK, 1916–2003)

Y

• Jin Yuelin (China, 1895–1984)

Z

• Jacopo Zabarella (Italy, 1533–1589)

• Lotfi A. Zadeh (US, 1921–2017)

• Ernst Zermelo (Germany, 1871–1953)

• Alexander Zinoviev (Soviet Union, 1922–2006)

References

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)