Florence Nightingale was a pioneer in professional nursing. She was the first person in the English-speaking world to apply statistics to public health. She was also a pioneer in the graphic representation of statistics; the pie-chart was her invention, for example.
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David Robinson
San Antonio Spurs center David Robinson received a BS in mathematics from the United States Naval Academy.
Date and Time
At 12:34 on May 6, 1978, there was a peculiar lining up of dates and hours that will not happen again until the year 2078. On that day the numbers in the hour 12:34 were followed by the number Sequence of the month, day, and year for May 6, 1978, which reads 5/6/78. The resulting Sequence was 12345678. http://www.skygaze.com/content/facts/math.shtml
Danica McKellar
Actress Danica McKellar (Winnie Cooper from The Wonder Years) was a math major. She now advocates math education through bestsellers like Math Doesn’t Suck, and Kiss My Math. She is an inspiration to aspiring young women.
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Christopher Wren
Christopher Wren, the architect of St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, earned a degree in mathematics.