# List of mathematical probabilists

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*See [probabilism](/source/Probabilism) for the followers of such a theory in [theology](/source/Theology) or [philosophy](/source/Philosophy)*.

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This list contains only **probabilists** in the sense of [mathematicians](/source/Mathematician) specializing in [probability theory](/source/Probability_theory).

- [David Aldous](/source/David_Aldous) (born 1952)

- [Siva Athreya](/source/Siva_Athreya) (born 1971)

- [Thomas Bayes](/source/Thomas_Bayes) (1702–1761) - British mathematician and [Presbyterian](/source/Presbyterian) minister, known for [Bayes' theorem](/source/Bayes'_theorem)

- [Gerard Ben-Arous](/source/Gerard_Ben-Arous) (born 1957)

- [Itai Benjamini](/source/Itai_Benjamini)

- [Jakob Bernoulli](/source/Jakob_Bernoulli) (1654–1705) - Switzerland, known for [Bernoulli trials](/source/Bernoulli_trials)

- [Jean Bertoin](/source/Jean_Bertoin) (born 1961)

- [Joseph Louis François Bertrand](/source/Joseph_Louis_Fran%C3%A7ois_Bertrand) (1822–1900)

- [Patrick Billingsley](/source/Patrick_Billingsley) (1925–2011)

- [Robert Blumenthal](/source/Robert_McCallum_Blumenthal) (1931–2012)

- [Erwin Bolthausen](/source/Erwin_Bolthausen) (born 1945)

- [Carlo Emilio Bonferroni](/source/Carlo_Emilio_Bonferroni) (1892–1960)

- [Émile Borel](/source/%C3%89mile_Borel) (1871–1956)

- [Sourav Chatterjee](/source/Sourav_Chatterjee) (born 1979)

- [Kai Lai Chung](/source/Kai_Lai_Chung) (1917–2009)

- [Erhan Çınlar](/source/Erhan_%C3%87%C4%B1nlar) (born 1941)

- [Harald Cramér](/source/Harald_Cram%C3%A9r) (1893–1985)

- [Miklós Csörgő](/source/Mikl%C3%B3s_Cs%C3%B6rg%C5%91) (born 1932)

- [Sándor Csörgő](/source/S%C3%A1ndor_Cs%C3%B6rg%C5%91) (1947–2008)

- [Amir Dembo](/source/Amir_Dembo) (born 1958)

- [Persi Diaconis](/source/Persi_Diaconis) (born 1945)

- [Catherine Doléans-Dade](/source/Catherine_Dol%C3%A9ans-Dade) (1942–2004)

- [Joseph Leo Doob](/source/Joseph_Leo_Doob) (1910–2004)

- [Lester Dubins](/source/Lester_Dubins) (1920–2010)

- [Richard M. Dudley](/source/Richard_M._Dudley) (1938–2020)

- [Hugo Duminil-Copin](/source/Hugo_Duminil-Copin) (born 1985)

- [Eugene Dynkin](/source/Eugene_Dynkin) (1924–2014)

- [Robert J. Elliott](/source/Robert_J._Elliott) (born 1940)

- [Paul Erdős](/source/Paul_Erd%C5%91s) (1913–1996)

- [Alison Etheridge](/source/Alison_Etheridge) (born 1964)

- [Steve Evans](/source/Steve_Evans_(mathematician)) (born 1960)

- [William Feller](/source/William_Feller) (1906–1970)

- [Bruno de Finetti](/source/Bruno_de_Finetti) (1906–1985)

- [Hans Föllmer](/source/Hans_F%C3%B6llmer) (born 1941)

- [Iosif Gikhman](/source/Iosif_Gikhman) (1918–1985)

- [Igor Girsanov](/source/Igor_Girsanov) (1934–1967)

- [Boris Gnedenko](/source/Boris_Vladimirovich_Gnedenko) (1912–1995)

- [Geoffrey Grimmett](/source/Geoffrey_Grimmett) (born 1950)

- [Alice Guionnet](/source/Alice_Guionnet) (born 1969)

- [Ian Hacking](/source/Ian_Hacking) (1936–2023)

- [Paul Halmos](/source/Paul_Halmos) (1916–2006)

- [Joseph Halpern](/source/Joseph_Halpern) (born 1953)

- [David Heath](/source/David_Heath_(probabilist)) (c.1943–2011)

- [Wassily Hoeffding](/source/Wassily_Hoeffding) (1914–1991)

- [Kiyoshi Itô](/source/Kiyoshi_It%C3%B4) (1915–2008)

- [Jean Jacod](/source/Jean_Jacod) (born 1944)

- [Peter Jagers](/source/Peter_Jagers) (born 1941)

- [Edwin Thompson Jaynes](/source/Edwin_Thompson_Jaynes) (1922–1998)

- [Richard Jeffrey](/source/Richard_Jeffrey) (1926–2002)

- [Harold Jeffreys](/source/Harold_Jeffreys) (1891–1989)

- [Mark Kac](/source/Mark_Kac) (1914–1984)

- [Olav Kallenberg](/source/Olav_Kallenberg) (born 1939)

- [Gopinath Kallianpur](/source/Gopinath_Kallianpur) (1925–2015)

- [Rudolf E. Kálmán](/source/Rudolf_E._K%C3%A1lm%C3%A1n) (1930–2016)

- [Rajeeva L. Karandikar](/source/Rajeeva_L._Karandikar) (born 1956)

- [Samuel Karlin](/source/Samuel_Karlin) (1924–2007)

- [David George Kendall](/source/David_George_Kendall) (1918–2007)

- [Richard Kenyon](/source/Richard_Kenyon) (born 1964)

- [Harry Kesten](/source/Harry_Kesten) (1931–2019)

- [John Maynard Keynes](/source/John_Maynard_Keynes) (1883–1946) - best known for his pioneering work in [economics](/source/Economics)

- [Aleksandr Khinchin](/source/Aleksandr_Khinchin) (1894–1959)

- [Andrey Kolmogorov](/source/Andrey_Kolmogorov) (1903–1987)

- [Pierre-Simon Laplace](/source/Pierre-Simon_Laplace) (1749–1827)

- [Gregory Lawler](/source/Gregory_Lawler) (born 1955)

- [Lucien Le Cam](/source/Lucien_Le_Cam) (1924–2000)

- [Jean-François Le Gall](/source/Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_Le_Gall) (born 1959)

- [Paul Lévy](/source/Paul_L%C3%A9vy_(mathematician)) (1886–1971)

- [Jarl Waldemar Lindeberg](/source/Jarl_Waldemar_Lindeberg) (1876–1932)

- [Paul Malliavin](/source/Paul_Malliavin) (1925–2010)

- [Andrey Markov](/source/Andrey_Markov) (1856–1922)

- [Stefan Mazurkiewicz](/source/Stefan_Mazurkiewicz) (1888–1945)

- [Henry P. McKean, Jr](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Henry_P._McKean,_Jr&action=edit&redlink=1) (1930–2024)

- [Paul-André Meyer](/source/Paul-Andr%C3%A9_Meyer) (1934–2003)

- [Richard von Mises](/source/Richard_von_Mises) (1883–1953)

- [Abraham de Moivre](/source/Abraham_de_Moivre) (1667–1754)

- [Octav Onicescu](/source/Octav_Onicescu) (1892–1983)

- [K. R. Parthasarathy](/source/K._R._Parthasarathy_(probabilist)) (1936–2023)

- [Blaise Pascal](/source/Blaise_Pascal) (1623–1662)

- [Charles E. M. Pearce](/source/Charles_E._M._Pearce) (1940–2012)

- [Yuval Peres](/source/Yuval_Peres) (born 1963)

- [Edwin A. Perkins](/source/Edwin_A._Perkins) (born 1953)

- [Siméon Denis Poisson](/source/Sim%C3%A9on_Denis_Poisson) (1781–1840)

- [Yuri Vasilevich Prokhorov](/source/Yuri_Vasilevich_Prokhorov) (1929–2013)

- [Frank P. Ramsey](/source/Frank_P._Ramsey) (1903–1930)

- [Alfréd Rényi](/source/Alfr%C3%A9d_R%C3%A9nyi) (1921–1970)

- [Oded Schramm](/source/Oded_Schramm) (1961–2008)

- [Romano Scozzafava](/source/Romano_Scozzafava) (born 1935)

- [Scott Sheffield](/source/Scott_Sheffield) (born 1973)

- [Albert Shiryaev](/source/Albert_Shiryaev) (born 1934)

- [Yakov Sinai](/source/Yakov_Sinai) (born 1935)

- [Anatoliy Skorokhod](/source/Anatoliy_Skorokhod) (1930–2011)

- [Ray Solomonoff](/source/Ray_Solomonoff) (1926–2009)

- [Frank Spitzer](/source/Frank_Spitzer) (1926–1992)

- [Ruslan L. Stratonovich](/source/Ruslan_L._Stratonovich) (1930–1997)

- [Daniel W. Stroock](/source/Daniel_W._Stroock) (1940–2025)

- [Alain-Sol Sznitman](/source/Alain-Sol_Sznitman) (born 1955)

- [Michel Talagrand](/source/Michel_Talagrand) (born 1952)

- [Bálint Tóth](/source/B%C3%A1lint_T%C3%B3th) (born 1955)

- [S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan](/source/S._R._Srinivasa_Varadhan) (born 1940)

- [Bálint Virág](/source/B%C3%A1lint_Vir%C3%A1g) (born 1973)

- [Wendelin Werner](/source/Wendelin_Werner) (born 1968)

- [Norbert Wiener](/source/Norbert_Wiener) (1894–1964)

- [David Williams](/source/David_Williams_(mathematician))

- [Marc Yor](/source/Marc_Yor) (1949–2014)

- [Ofer Zeitouni](/source/Ofer_Zeitouni) (born 1960)

## See also

- [List of statisticians](/source/List_of_statisticians)

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