This list of statisticians lists people who have made notable contributions to the theories or application of statistics, or to the related fields of probability or machine learning. It includes the founders of statistics and others. It includes some 17th- and 18th-century mathematicians and polymaths whose work is regarded as influential in shaping the later discipline of statistics. Also included are various actuaries, economists, and demographers known for providing leadership in applying statistics to their fields. __NOTOC__
A Aalen, Odd Olai Abbey, Helen (1915–2001) Abbott, Edith (1876–1957) Abelson, Robert P. (1928–2005) Abramovitz, Moses (1912–2000) Achenwall, Gottfried (1719–1772) Adelstein, Abraham Manie (1916–1992) Adkins, Dorothy (1912–1975) Ahtime, Laura Aitchison, Beatrice (1908–1997) Aitchison, John (1926–2016) Aitken, Alexander (1895–1967) Akaike, Hirotsugu (1927–2009) Aliaga, Martha (1937–2011) Allan, Betty (1905–1952) Allen, R. G. D. (1906–1983) Allison, David B. Altman, Doug (1948–2018) Altman, Naomi Amemiya, Takeshi (1935–2026) Anderson, Oskar (1887–1960) Anderson, Theodore Wilbur Anderson-Cook, Christine (1966–) de Andrade, Mariza Anscombe, Francis (1918–2001) Anselin, Luc Antonovska, Svetlana (1952–2016) Armitage, Peter (1924–2024) Armstrong, Margaret Arrow, Kenneth Ash, Arlene Ashby, Deborah (1959–) Asher, Jana Ashley-Cooper, Anthony Austin, Oscar Phelps Ayres, Leonard Porter
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Backer, Julie E. (1890–1977) Bahadur, Raghu Raj (1924–1997) Bahn, Anita K. (1920–1980) Bailar, Barbara A. Bailey, Rosemary A. (1947–) Bailey-Wilson, Joan (1953–) Baker, Rose Balding, David Bandeen-Roche, Karen Barber, Rina Foygel Barnard, George Alfred (1915–2002) Barnard, Mildred (1908–2000) Barnett, William A. Bartels, Julius Bartlett, M. S. (1910–2002) Bascand, Geoff Basford, Kaye Basu, Debabrata (1924–2001) Bates, Nancy Batcher, Mary Baxter, Laurence (1954–1996) Bayarri, M. J. (1956–2014) Bayes, Thomas (1702–1761) Beale, Calvin Becker, Betsy Bediako, Grace Behm, Ernst Benjamin, Bernard Benzécri, Jean-Paul (1932–2019) Berger, James Berkson, Joseph (1899–1982) Bernardo, José-Miguel Bernoulli, Jacob (1655–1705) Berry, Don Best, Alfred M. (1876–1958) Best, Nicky Betensky, Rebecca Beveridge, William Bhat, B. R. Bhat, P. N. Mari Bhat, U. Narayan (1934–2021) Bienaymé, Irénée-Jules Bienias, Julia Billiard, Lynne (1943–) Bingham, Christopher Bird, Sheila (1952–) Birnbaum, Allan (1923–1976) Bishop, Yvonne (–2015) Bisika, Thomas John Bixby, Lenore E. (1914–1994) Blackwell, David (1919–2010) Blankenship, Erin Bliss, Chester Ittner (1899–1979) Block, Maurice Bloom, David E. Blumberg, Carol Joyce Bock, Mary Ellen Boente, Graciela Bodio, Luigi Bodmer, Walter Bonferroni, Carlo Emilio (1892–1960) Booth, Charles Boreham, John Borror, Connie M. (1966–2016) Bortkiewicz, Ladislaus (1868–1931) Bose, R. C. (1901–1987) Boscovich, Roger Joseph (Ruđer Josip Bošković; Rogerius (Iosephus) Boscovicius (1711–1787) Botha, Roelof Bottou, Léon Bowley, Arthur Lyon (1869–1957) Bowman, Kimiko O. (1927–2019) Box, George E. P. (1919–2010) Boyle, Phelim Brad, Ion Ionescu de la (1818–1891) Brady, Dorothy (1903–1977) Brassey, Thomas Braverman, Amy Breiman, Leo Breslow, Norman (1941–2015) Brogan, Donna (1939–) Brooks, Steve Brown, Jennifer Brown, Lawrence D. (1940–2018) Broze, Laurence (1960–) Buck, Caitlin E. (1964–) Bunea, Florentina (1966–) Burgess, Warren Randolph Burns, Arthur F. (1904–1987) Butler, Margaret K. (1924–2013) Butucea, Cristina Buzek, Józef Bycroft, Christine
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Cai, T. Tony Caird, James Calder, Kate Caldwell, John Cam, Lucien Le (1924–2000) Campion, Harry Candès, Emmanuel Cannon, Ann R. Carriquiry, Alicia L. Carroll, Mavis B. (1917–2009) Carson, Carol S. Cartwright, Ann (1925–) Carver, Harry C. Castles, Ian Cattaneo, Matias D. Çetinkaya-Rundel, Mine Chakrabarti, M. C. Chalmers, George (1742–1825) Chaloner, Kathryn (1954–2014) Chambers, John M. Champernowne, D. G. (1912–2000) Chand, Rattan (1955–) Chao, Anne Charles, Enid (1894–1972) Charlier, Carl (1862–1934) Chebyshev, Pafnuty (1821–1894) Chen, Louis Hsiao Yun Chen, Cathy Woan-Shu Chen, Jie Chernoff, Herman (1923–2026) Chervonenkis, Alexey (1938–2014) Chetwynd, Amanda Chiaromonte, Francesca Chow, Yuan-Shih (1924–2022) Chuang-Stein, Christy Chuprov, Alexander Alexandrovich (1874–1926) Chuprov, Alexander Ivanovich (1841–1908) Ciol, Marcia Citro, Constance F. (1942–) Claeskens, Gerda Claghorn, Kate (1864–1938) Clark, Colin (1905–1989) Clark, Cynthia (1942–) Clarke, Richard W. B. (1910–1975) Clayton, David (1944–) Clyde, Merlise A. Coale, Ansley J. Coats, Robert H. (1874–1960) Cochran, William Gemmell (1909–1980) Cockfield, Arthur Coghlan, Timothy Augustine (1856–1926) Cohen, Jacob Cohen, Joel E. Coifman, Ronald Coleman, David Collet, Clara (1860–1948) Coman, Katharine (1857–1915) Cook, Dianne Cook, Len (1949–) Cordeiro, Gauss Moutinho (1952–) Cornfield, Jerome (1912–1979) Cournot, Antoine Augustin (1801–1877) Courtney, Leonard Cover, Thomas M. Cowan, Cathy A. Cox, David (1924–2022) Cox, Gertrude Mary (1900–1978) Cox, Richard Threlkeld (1898–1991) Cramér, Harald (1893–1985) Crome, August Friedrich Wilhelm Crosby, James Cudmore, Sedley Cunliffe, Stella (1917–2012) Cutler, Adele Czado, Claudia Czekanowski, Jan Czitrom, Veronica
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Dabrowska, Dorota Dagum, Estelle Bee Dale, Angela (1945–) Daniels, Henry (1912–2000) Dantzig, David van (1900–1959) Dantzig, George (1914–2005) Darby, Sarah Darwin, John (1923–2008) Dasgupta, Nairanjana Datta, Susmita David, Florence Nightingale (1909–1993) David, Herbert A. (1925–2014) Davidian, Marie Davies, Griffith (1788–1855) Davis, Kingsley (1908–1997) Dawid, Philip (1946–) Day, Besse (1889–1986) Daykin, Christopher (1948–) Dean, Angela Dean, Charmaine (1958–) Deane, Charlotte (1975–) DeGroot, Morris H. (1931–1989) Delaigle, Aurore DeLong, Elizabeth Deming, W. Edwards (1900–1993) Dempster, Arthur P. (1929–2026) Desrosières, Alain Dewey, Davis Rich Diaconis, Persi (1945–) Díaz, María del Pilar Diener-West, Marie Dietz, E. Jacquelin Dilke, Sir Charles Ditlevsen, Susanne Dixon, Wilfrid (1915–2008) Do, Kim-Anh Dobson, Annette (1945–) Dodge, Harold F. Dodson, James Doerge, Rebecca Doll, Sir Richard (1912–2005) Dominici, Francesca Donnelly, Christl Donnelly, Peter Donoho, David Doob, Joseph Leo Dublin, Louis Israel Duckworth, Frank Dudley, Richard M. Dudoit, Sandrine Dukic, Vanja Duncan, David F. Duncan, Otis Dudley Dunn, Halbert L. Dunn, Olive Jean (1915–2008) Dunnell, Karen (1946–) Dunnett, Charles Dupuis, Debbie Dupuis, Josée Durbin, James Dvoretzky, Aryeh
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Easton, Brian Ebbinghaus, Hermann (1850–1909) Eberly, Lynn Eckler, A. Ross (1901–1991) Eckler, A. Ross Jr. (1927–2016) Eeden, Constance van (1927–2021) Eden, Sir Frederick (1766–1809) Edgeworth, Francis Ysidro (1845–1926) Edwards, A. W. F. (1935–) Efron, Bradley (1938–) Eisenhart, Churchill (1913–1994) Elashoff, Janet D. Elderton, Ethel M. (1878–1954) Elderton, William Palin Eldridge, Marie D. (1926–2009) Ellenberg, Jonas H. Ellenberg, Susan S. Elliot, Jane (1966–) Elston, Robert C. Engel, Ernst (1821–1896) Engle, Robert F. Ensor, Kathy Erlang, A. K. (1878–1929) Erritt, John Esterby, Sylvia Etheridge, Alison (1964–) Ezekiel, Mordecai
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Fabri, Johann Ernst Fallati, Johannes Fan, Jianqing Farr, William (1807–1883) Farrer, Thomas Fechner, Gustav (1801–1887) Federer, Walter T. (1915-2008) Fellegi, Ivan (1935–) Feller, William Fernique, Xavier Fienberg, Stephen Finetti, Bruno de (1906–1985) Finlaison, John Finney, D. J. (1917–2018) Fisher, Irving (1867–1947) Fisher, Sir Ronald A. (1890–1962) Fitz-Gibbon, Carol (1938–2017) Fix, Evelyn (1904–1965) Fleetwood, William (1656–1723) Fleiss, Joseph L. (1937–2003) Flournoy, Nancy (1947–) Flux, A. William Foot, David Fowler, Henry Fox, John (1945–) Frankel, Lester Franscini, Stefano Freedman, David A. Freedman, Ronald Friedman, Milton Frigessi, Arnoldo di Rattalma (1959–) Frühwirth-Schnatter, Sylvia (1959–) Fu, Rongwei Fuentes, Montserrat Furlong, Cathy
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Gage, Linda Gain, Anil Kumar (1919–1978) Gallant, A. Ronald Gallup, George (1901–1984) Galton, Francis (1822–1911) Gantert, Nina Gardner, Martha M. Garfield, Joan Gauquelin, Michel Gauss, Johann Carl Friedrich (1777–1855) Geary, Roy C. Geer, Sara van de (1958–) Geiringer, Hilda (1893–1973) Geisser, Seymour (1929–2004) Gel, Yulia Geller, Nancy (1944–) Gelman, Andrew (1965–) Geman, Donald (1943–) Genest, Christian (1957–) Geppert, Maria-Pia (1907–1997) Ghazzali, Nadia (1961–) Ghosh, Jayanta Kumar Ghysels, Eric Gibbons, Jean D. (1938–) Giblin, Lyndhurst (1872–1951) Giffen, Robert (1837–1910) Gijbels, Irène Gilbert, Ethel Gile, Krista Gilford, Dorothy M. (1919–2014) Gill, Richard D. (1951–) Gini, Corrado (1884–1965) Girolami, Mark (1963–) Glass, David Glass, Gene V. (1940–) Golbeck, Amanda L. Goldberg, Lisa Goldin, Rebecca Goldman, Samuel Goldschmidt, Christina Goldsmith, Selma Fine (1912–1962) Goldstein, Harvey Gompertz, Benjamin (1779–1865) Good, I. J. (1916–2009) Good, Phillip (1937–) Goodnight, James Gordon, Nancy Goschen, George Gosset, William Sealy (known as "Student") (1876–1937) Gotway Crawford, Carol A. Goulden, Cyril (1897–1981) Granger, Clive Graunt, John (1620–1674) Gray, Mary W. (1938–) Grebenik, Eugene Green, Peter Greenland, Sander Greenwood, Cindy Greenwood, Major (1880–1949) Griffiths, Robert Griliches, Zvi Grimmett, Geoffrey (1950–) Guerry, André-Michel Gumbel, Emil Julius (1891–1966) Guttman, Louis Guo, Ying Guy, William (1810–1885) Gy, Pierre (1924–2015)
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Haberman, Steven (1951–) Hagood, Margaret Jarman (1907–1963) Hahn, Marjorie Haines, Linda M. Hájek, Jaroslav (1926–1974) Hajnal, John (1924–2008) Halabi, Susan Hald, Anders (1913–2007) Hastie, Trevor Hall, Peter Gavin (1951–2016) Halley, Edmond (1656–1742) Halloran, Betz Halmos, Paul (1916–2006) Hamaker, Ellen (1974–) Hamilton, Lord George (1845–1927) Hampe, Asta Hand, David (1950–) Harch, Bronwyn Harcourt, Alison Hardin, Garrett (1915–2003) Hardin, Jo Harris, Ted (1919–2006) Harter, Rachel M. Hartley, Herman Otto (1912–1980) Hayek, Lee-Ann C. Hayter, Henry Heylyn (1821–1895) He, Xuming Healy, Michael (1923–2016) Hearron, Martha S. (1943–2014) Heckman, Nancy E. Hedges, Larry V. Hein, Jotun (1956–) Helmert, Friedrich Robert (1843–1917) Henderson, Charles Roy (1911–1989) Henningsen, Inge (1941–2024) Herring, Amy H. Herzberg, Agnes M. (1938–2026) Hertzberg, Vicki Hess, Irene Heyde, Chris (1939–2008) Hibbert, Sir Jack (1932–2005) Hickman, James C. (1927–2006) Hilbe, Joseph (1944–2017) Hill, Austin Bradford (1897–1991) Hill, Joseph Adna (1860–1938) Hinkley, David V. Hjort, Nils Lid (1953–) Ho, Weang Kee Hoeffding, Wassily (1914–1991) Hoem, Jan (1939–2017) Hoeting, Jennifer A. Hofmann, Heike (1972–) Hollander, Myles (1941–) Hollerith, Herman (1860–1929) Holmes, Chris Holmes, Susan P. Holran, Virginia Thompson Holt, Tim (1943–) Holtsmark, Gabriel Gabrielsen Hogben, Lancelot (1895–1975) Hooker, Reginald Hawthorn (1867–1944) Horn, Susan Hotelling, Harold (1895–1973) Hsiung, Chao Agnes Hsu, Pao-Lu Hu, Joan Hubert, Mia Huff, Darrell (1913–2001) Hughes-Oliver, Jacqueline Hunter, John Stuart Hunter, Sir William Wilson (1840–1900) Hunter, William (1937–1986) Hurwitz, Shelley Hušková, Marie (1942–) Hutchinson, Col Hutton, Jane Huzurbazar, Aparna V. Huzurbazar, Snehalata V. Huzurbazar, V. S. Hyndman, Rob J
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Ihaka, Ross (1954–) Iman, Ronald L. Inoue, Lurdes Irony, Telba Irwin, Joseph Oscar (1898–1982) Isham, Valerie (1947–) Ishikawa, Kaoru (1915–1989) Isserlis, Leon (1881–1966) Ivy, Julie
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Jacoby, Oswald (1902–1984) Jaffrey, Thomas (1861–1953) James, Bill (1949–) Jaynes, Edwin Thompson (1922–1998) Jefferys, William H. (1940–) Jeffreys, Harold (1891–1989)