- 1647
Maria Sibylla Merian
Maria Sibylla Merian
April 2, 1647Born: 2 April 1647
Died: 13 January 1717 (aged 69)
Nationality: German
Occupation: Naturalist, biological illustrator - 1815
Ada Lovelace
Ada Lovelace
December 1, 1815Born: December 10, 1815
Died: November 27, 1852 (aged 36)
Nationality: English
Occupation: Μathematician and writer - 1820
Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale
May 12, 1820Born: May 12, 1820
Died: August 13, 1910 (aged 90)
Nationality: English
Occupation: Social reformer, statistician and the founder of modern nursing - 1821
Elizabeth Blackwell
Elizabeth Blackwell
February 3, 1821 - 1854
Hertha Ayrton
Hertha Ayrton
April 28, 1854Born: 28 April 1854
Died: 26 August 1923 (aged 69)
Nationality: British
Occupation: Engineer, mathematician, physicist, inventor - 1861
Nettie Stevens
Nettie Stevens
July 7, 1861 - 1862
Florence Bascom
Florence Bascom
July 14, 1862Born: July 14, 1862
Died: June 18, 1945 (aged 82)
Nationality: American
Occupation: Geologist teacher - 1867
Marie Curie
Marie Curie
November 7, 1867Born: November 7, 1867
Died: July 4, 1934 (aged 66)
Nationality: Polish
Occupation: Physicist and chemist - 1878
Lilian Gilbreth
Lilian Gilbreth
May 24, 1878Born: May 24, 1878
Died: January 2, 1972 (aged 93)
Nationality: American
Occupation: Psychologist, industrial engineer - 1878
Lise Meitner
Lise Meitner
November 7, 1878Born: November 7, 1878
Died: October 27, 1968 (aged 89)
Nationality: Austrian-Swedish
Occupation: Physicist - 1882
Emmy Noether
Emmy Noether
March 23, 1882Born: 23 March 1882
Died: 14 April 1935 (aged 53)
Nationality: German
Occupation: Mathematician - 1883
Edith Clarke
Edith Clarke
February 10, 1883Born: February 10, 1883
Died: October 29, 1959 (aged 76)
Nationality: American
Occupation: Electrical engineer - 1896
Gerty Cori
Gerty Cori
August 15, 1896Born: August 15, 1896
Died: October 26, 1957 (aged 61)
Nationality: Austro-Hungarian-American
Occupation: Biochemist - 1897
Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart
July 24, 1897Born: July 24, 1897
Died: July 2, 1937 (aged 39) (Disappeared)
Nationality: American
Occupation: Αviation pioneer - 1897
Joan Beauchamp Procter
Joan Beauchamp Procter
August 5, 1897Born: August 5, 1897
Died: September 20, 1931 (aged 34)
Nationality: British
Occupation: Zoologist - 1900
Cecilia Payne Gaposchkin
Cecilia Payne Gaposchkin
May 10, 1900Born: May 10, 1900
Died: December 7, 1979 (aged 79)
Nationality: British-born American
Occupation: Astronomer - 1902
Barbara Mcclintock
Barbara Mcclintock
June 16, 1902Born: June 16, 1902
Died: September 2, 1992 (aged 90)
Nationality: American
Occupation: Cytogeneticist - 1906
Maria Goeppert Mayer
Maria Goeppert Mayer
June 28, 1906Born: June 28, 1906
Died: February 20, 1972 (aged 65)
Nationality: German-born American
Occupation: Τheoretical physicist - 1906
Grace Hopper
Grace Hopper
December 9, 1906Born: December 9, 1906
Died: January 1, 1992 (aged 85)
Nationality: American
Occupation: Computer scientist - 1907
Rachel Carson
Rachel Carson
May 14, 1907Born: May 27, 1907
Died: April 14, 1964 (aged 56)
Nationality: American
Occupation: Marine biologist - 1909
Rita Levi Montalcini
Rita Levi Montalcini
April 22, 1909Born: 22 April 1909
Died: 30 December 2012 (aged 103)
Nationality: Italian
Occupation: Neurobiology - 1910
Dorothy Hodgkin
Dorothy Hodgkin
May 12, 1910 - 1918
Gertrude B. Elion
Gertrude B. Elion
January 23, 1918Born: January 23, 1918
Died: February 21, 1999 (aged 81)
Nationality: American
Occupation: Biochemist - 1918
Katherine Johnson
Katherine Johnson
August 26, 1918Born: August 26, 1918
Died: February 24, 2020 (aged 101)
Nationality: American
Occupation: Mathematician - 1919
Jane Cooke Wright
Jane Cooke Wright
October 20, 1919Born: November 20, 1919
Died: February 19, 2013 (aged 93)
Nationality: American
Occupation: Cancer researcher and surgeon - 1920
Rosalind Franklin
Rosalind Franklin
July 25, 1920Born: July 25, 1920
Died: April 16, 1958 (aged 37)
Nationality: English
Occupation: Chemist and X-ray crystallographer - 1933
Annie Easley
Annie Easley
April 23, 1933Born: April 23, 1933
Died: June 25, 2011 (aged 78)
Nationality: American
Occupation: Computer scientist, mathematician, and rocket scientist - 1934
Jane Goodall
Jane Goodall
April 3, 1934Born: April 3, 1934 (age 86)
Nationality: English
Occupation: Primatologist and anthropologist - 1937
Valentina Tereshkova
Valentina Tereshkova
March 6, 1937 - 1942
Christiane Nusslein Volhard
Christiane Nusslein Volhard
October 20, 1942 - 1943
Jocelyn Bell Burnell
Jocelyn Bell Burnell
July 15, 1943 - 1956
Mae Jemison
Mae Jemison
October 17, 1956Born: October 17, 1956 (age 64)
Nationality: American
Occupation: Engineer, physician, and former NASA astronaut - 1963
May Britt Moser
May Britt Moser
January 4, 1963Born: 4 January 1963 (age 58)
Nationality: Norwegian
Occupation: Psychologist and neuroscientist - 1967
Özlem Türeci
Özlem Türeci
March 6, 1967 - 1977
Maryam Mirzakhani
Maryam Mirzakhani
May 12, 1977Born: 12 May 1977
Died: 14 July 2017 (aged 40)
Nationality: Iranian
Occupation: Mathematician and a professor of mathematics
Could you please help us find as many as possible women scientists’ biographies?