List of logicians

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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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  • 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)

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  • Dirk van Dalen (Netherlands, born 1932)
  • Martin Davis (US, born 1928)
  • Augustus De Morgan (UK, 1806–1871)
  • René Descartes (France, 1596–1650)
  • Dharmakirti (India, c. 7th century)
  • Dignāga (India, fl. 5th century)
  • Diodorus Cronus (Greece, 4th–3rd century BC)
  • Martin Dorp (Netherlands, c. 1485–1525)
  • John Dumbleton (England, died c. 1349)
  • Michael A. E. Dummett (UK, 1925–2011)
  • Jon Michael Dunn (US, 1941–2021)

E[]

  • Alexander Esenin-Volpin (Russia, 1924–2016)
  • John Etchemendy (US, born 1952)
  • Leonhard Euler (Switzerland, 1707–1783)

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H[]

  • Susan Haack (UK, born 1945)
  • Petr Hájek (Czech Republic, 1941–2016)
  • Leo Harrington (US, born 1946)
  • Robert S. Hartman (Germany/US, 1910–1973)
  • Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (Germany, 1770–1831)
  • Jean Van Heijenoort (France/US, 1912–1986)
  • Leon Henkin (US, 1921–2006)
  • Jacques Herbrand (France, 1908–1931)
  • Arend Heyting (Netherlands, 1898–1980)
  • David Hilbert (Germany, 1862–1943)
  • Jaakko Hintikka (Finland, 1929–2015)
  • Alfred Horn (US, 1918–2001)
  • William Alvin Howard (US, born 1926)
  • Ehud Hrushovski (Israel, born 1959)
  • Gérard Huet (France, born 1947)

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  • Ibn Taymiyyah (Turkey, 1263–1328 CE)
  • Marsilius of Inghen (Netherlands/France/Germany, 1330/1340–1396)

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  • Pavel Naumov (Soviet Union/Russia/US, born 1970)
  • Sara Negri (Italy/Finland, born 1967)
  • Edward Nelson (US, 1932–2014)
  • John von Neumann (Hungary, US, 1903–1957)
  • (see article: 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)

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Q[]

  • Willard Van Orman Quine (US, 1908–2000)

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T[]

  • Gaisi Takeuti (Japan, 1926–2017)
  • Alfred Tarski (Poland, 1902–1983)
  • Theophrastus (Greece, 371–c. 287 BC)
  • Pavel Tichý (Czechoslovakia, New Zealand, 1936–1994)
  • Friedrich Adolf Trendelenburg (Germany, 1802–1872)
  • Anne Sjerp Troelstra (Netherlands, 1939–2019)
  • Alan Turing (UK, 1912–1954)
  • Kazimierz Twardowski (Poland, 1866–1938)

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W[]

  • Hao Wang (China/US, 1921–1995)
  • Isaac Watts (England, 1674–1748)
  • Richard Whately (England, 1787–1863)
  • Alfred North Whitehead (UK, 1861–1947)
  • Ludwig Wittgenstein (Austria, UK, 1889–1951)
  • Christian Wolff (Germany, 1679–1754)
  • W. Hugh Woodin (US, born 1955)
  • John Woods (Canada, born 1937)
  • Georg Henrik von Wright (Finland, UK, 1916–2003)

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Y[]

  • Jin Yuelin (China, 1895–1984)

Z[]

  • Jacopo Zabarella (Italy, 1533–1589)
  • Lotfi A. Zadeh (US, 1921–2017)
  • Ernst Zermelo (Germany, 1871–1953)
  • Alexander Zinoviev (Soviet Union, 1922–2006)

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