List of logicians

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

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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, born 1938)
  • Thomas Aquinas (Italy/France, 1225–1274)
  • Lennart Åqvist (Sweden, born 1932)
  • Aristotle (Greece, 384–322 BCE)
  • Heiric of Auxerre (France, 841–876)

B

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, born 1929)
  • William Craig (US, 1918–2016)
  • Haskell Curry (US, 1900–1982)
  • Tadeusz Czeżowski (Poland, 1889–1981)

D

E

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 CE)
  • Gangesha Upadhyaya, author of Tattvacintāmaṇi (A Thought-Jewel of Truth) and founder of Navya-Nyāya (India, c. 14th century CE)
  • Peter Geach (UK, 1916–2013)
  • Gerhard Gentzen (Germany, 1909–1945)
  • Joseph Diaz Gergonne (France, 1771–1859)
  • Gilbert de la Porrée (France, 1070–1154)
  • 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, born 1949)

H

I

J
  • Giorgi Japaridze (Georgia, 20th century)
  • Stanisław Jaśkowski (Poland, 1906–1965)
  • Richard Jeffrey (US, 1926–2002)
  • Ronald Jensen (US, Europe, born 1936)
  • 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

L

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)
  • Isaac Malitz (US, born 1947)
  • 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, born 1930)
  • 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 (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)
  • Ryan Osmun (florence, 1984-present)

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Q

R

S

T

U
  • Udayana, author of Nyayakusumanjali (rational theology to prove the existence of God using logic) (India, 10th century)
  • Udyotakara (India, c. 6th century CE)
  • 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 CE)

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