Marie Crous
French mathematician from the 17th century who wrote pioneering books on arithmetic and helped introduce decimal fractions in France.
Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Polish-French physicist and chemist, pioneer of radioactivity research and the first person to win Nobel Prizes in two different sciences.
Sophie Germain
Self-taught French mathematician who made important contributions to number theory and elasticity theory, despite being denied formal education because of her gender.
Pierre de Fermat
A French magistrate and mathematician, he made a significant contribution to the history of mathematics through his work in number theory, geometry, probability and differential calculus.