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:''See [[probabilism]] for the followers of such a theory in [[theology]] or [[philosophy]]''.
 
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''See [[probabilism]] for the followers of such a theory in [[theology]] or [[philosophy]]''.
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This list contains only '''probabilists''' in the sense of [[mathematician]]s specializing in [[probability theory]].
This list contains only '''probabilists''' in the sense of [[mathematician]]s specializing in [[probability theory]].


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*[[Siva Athreya]] (born 1971)
*[[Siva Athreya]] (born 1971)
*[[Thomas Bayes]] (1702–1761) - British mathematician and [[Presbyterian]] minister, known for [[Bayes' theorem]]
*[[Thomas Bayes]] (1702–1761) - British mathematician and [[Presbyterian]] minister, known for [[Bayes' theorem]]
*[[Gerard Ben-Arous]] (born 1957) - [[Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences]]
*[[Gerard Ben-Arous]] (born 1957)  
*[[Itai Benjamini]]
*[[Itai Benjamini]]
*[[Jakob Bernoulli]] (1654–1705) - Switzerland, known for [[Bernoulli trials]]
*[[Jakob Bernoulli]] (1654–1705) - Switzerland, known for [[Bernoulli trials]]
*[[Jean Bertoin]] (born 1961)
*[[Joseph Louis François Bertrand]] (1822–1900)
*[[Joseph Louis François Bertrand]] (1822–1900)
*[[Abram Samoilovitch Besicovitch]] (1891–1970)
*[[Patrick Billingsley]] (1925–2011)
*[[Patrick Billingsley]] (1925–2011)
*[[Robert McCallum Blumenthal|Robert Blumenthal]] (1931–2012)
*[[Erwin Bolthausen]] (born 1945)
*[[Erwin Bolthausen]] (born 1945)
*[[Carlo Emilio Bonferroni]] (1892–1960)
*[[Carlo Emilio Bonferroni]] (1892–1960)
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*[[Erhan Çınlar]] (born 1941)
*[[Erhan Çınlar]] (born 1941)
*[[Harald Cramér]] (1893–1985)
*[[Harald Cramér]] (1893–1985)
*[[Miklós Csörgő]] (born 1932)
*[[Sándor Csörgő]] (1947–2008)
*[[Amir Dembo]] (born 1958)
*[[Amir Dembo]] (born 1958)
*[[Persi Diaconis]] (born 1945)
*[[Persi Diaconis]] (born 1945)
*[[Hugo Duminil-Copin]] (born 1985)
*[[Catherine Doléans-Dade]] (1942–2004)
*[[Joseph Leo Doob]] (1910–2004)
*[[Joseph Leo Doob]] (1910–2004)
*[[Lester Dubins]] (1920–2010)
*[[Lester Dubins]] (1920–2010)
*[[Richard M. Dudley]] (1938–2020)
*[[Hugo Duminil-Copin]] (born 1985)
*[[Eugene Dynkin]] (1924–2014)
*[[Eugene Dynkin]] (1924–2014)
*[[Robert J. Elliott]] (born 1940)
*[[Robert J. Elliott]] (born 1940)
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*[[Steve Evans (mathematician)|Steve Evans]] (born 1960)
*[[Steve Evans (mathematician)|Steve Evans]] (born 1960)
*[[William Feller]] (1906–1970)
*[[William Feller]] (1906–1970)
*[[Bruno de Finetti]] (1906–1985) - Italian probabilist and [[statistician]]
*[[Bruno de Finetti]] (1906–1985)
*[[Hans Föllmer]] (born 1941)
*[[Igor Girsanov]] (1934–1967)
*[[Boris Vladimirovich Gnedenko|Boris Gnedenko]] (1912–1995)
*[[Geoffrey Grimmett]] (born 1950)
*[[Geoffrey Grimmett]] (born 1950)
*[[Alice Guionnet]] (born 1969)
*[[Alice Guionnet]] (born 1969)
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*[[Kiyoshi Itô]] (1915–2008)
*[[Kiyoshi Itô]] (1915–2008)
*[[Jean Jacod]] (born 1944)
*[[Jean Jacod]] (born 1944)
*[[Peter Jagers]] (born 1941)
*[[Edwin Thompson Jaynes]] (1922–1998)
*[[Edwin Thompson Jaynes]] (1922–1998)
*[[Richard Jeffrey]] (1926–2002)
*[[Harold Jeffreys]] (1891–1989)
*[[Mark Kac]] (1914–1984)
*[[Mark Kac]] (1914–1984)
*[[Olav Kallenberg]] (born 1939)
*[[Olav Kallenberg]] (born 1939)
*[[Gopinath Kallianpur]] (1925–2015)
*[[Rudolf E. Kálmán]] (1930–2016)
*[[Rudolf E. Kálmán]] (1930–2016)
*[[Rajeeva L. Karandikar]] (born 1956)
*[[Samuel Karlin]] (1924–2007)
*[[Samuel Karlin]] (1924–2007)
*[[David George Kendall]] (1918–2007)
*[[David George Kendall]] (1918–2007)
*[[Richard Kenyon]] (born 1964) - [[Yale University]]
*[[Richard Kenyon]] (born 1964)
*[[Harry Kesten]] (1931–2019)
*[[Harry Kesten]] (1931–2019)
*[[John Maynard Keynes]] (1883–1946) - best known for his pioneering work in [[economics]]
*[[John Maynard Keynes]] (1883–1946) - best known for his pioneering work in [[economics]]
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*[[Paul Lévy (mathematician)|Paul Lévy]] (1886–1971)
*[[Paul Lévy (mathematician)|Paul Lévy]] (1886–1971)
*[[Jarl Waldemar Lindeberg]] (1876–1932)
*[[Jarl Waldemar Lindeberg]] (1876–1932)
*[[Paul Malliavin]] (1925–2010)
*[[Andrey Markov]] (1856–1922)
*[[Andrey Markov]] (1856–1922)
*[[Stefan Mazurkiewicz]] (1888–1945)
*[[Stefan Mazurkiewicz]] (1888–1945)
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*[[Blaise Pascal]] (1623–1662)
*[[Blaise Pascal]] (1623–1662)
*[[Charles E. M. Pearce]] (1940–2012)
*[[Charles E. M. Pearce]] (1940–2012)
*[[Judea Pearl]] (born 1936)
*[[Yuval Peres]] (born 1963)
*[[Yuval Peres]] (born 1963)
*[[Edwin A. Perkins]] (born 1953)
*[[Edwin A. Perkins]] (born 1953)
*[[Loren D. Pitt]] (born 1939)
*[[Siméon Denis Poisson]] (1781–1840)
*[[Siméon Denis Poisson]] (1781–1840)
*[[Yuri Vasilevich Prokhorov]] (1929–2013)
*[[Yuri Vasilevich Prokhorov]] (1929–2013)
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*[[Ruslan L. Stratonovich]] (1930–1997)
*[[Ruslan L. Stratonovich]] (1930–1997)
*[[Daniel W. Stroock]] (1940–2025)
*[[Daniel W. Stroock]] (1940–2025)
*[[Tibor Szele]] (1918–1955)
*[[Alain-Sol Sznitman]] (born 1955)
*[[Alain-Sol Sznitman]] (born 1955)
*[[Michel Talagrand]] (born 1952)
*[[Michel Talagrand]] (born 1952)
*[[Heinrich Emil Timerding]] (1873–1945)
*[[Bálint Tóth]] (born 1955)
*[[Andrei Toom]] (1942–2012)
*[[S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan]] (born 1940)
*[[S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan]] (born 1940) - 2007 [[Abel Prize]] laureate
*[[Gopinath Kallianpur]] (1925-2015)
*[[Bhamidi V. Rao]] (born 1945)
*[[Bálint Virág]] (born 1973)
*[[Bálint Virág]] (born 1973)
*[[Wendelin Werner]] (born 1968)
*[[Wendelin Werner]] (born 1968)
*[[Norbert Wiener]] (1894–1964)
*[[Norbert Wiener]] (1894–1964)
*[[David Williams (mathematician)|David Williams]]
*[[David Williams (mathematician)|David Williams]]
*[[Ofer Zeitouni]] (born 1960) - [[Weizmann Institute]]
*[[Marc Yor]] (1949–2014)  
*[[Rudolf Carnap]] (1891–1970) - one of the giants among twentieth-century philosophers (best known for confirmation probability)
*[[Ofer Zeitouni]] (born 1960)
*[[Harold Jeffreys]] (1891–1989) - one of the giants within Bayesian statistics school
 
*[[Richard Jeffrey]] (1926–2002) - best known for the philosophy of radical probabilism and Jeffrey conditioning
 
*[[Karamat Ali Karamat]] (1936–2022)
 
*[[Terence Tao]] (born 1975) 
 
*[[Richard M. Dudley]] (1938–2020)
 
*[[William Timothy Gowers]] (born 1963)
*[[Bálint Tóth]] (born 1955)
*[[Rajeeva L. Karandikar]] (born 1956)


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 11:50, 8 November 2025

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See probabilism for the followers of such a theory in theology or philosophy. Template:ProbabilityTopicsTOC This list contains only probabilists in the sense of mathematicians specializing in probability theory.




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