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.
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) Ahsan, Riaz (1951–2008) 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
B 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
C 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
D 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. 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
E 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
F 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
G 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)
H 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. 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
I 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
J Jacoby, Oswald (1902–1984) Jaffrey, Thomas (1861–1953) James, Bill (1949–) Jaynes, Edwin Thompson (1922–1998) Jefferys, William H. (1940–) Jeffreys, Harold (1891–1989) Jellinek, E. Morton (1890–1963) Jenkins, Gwilym (1933–1982) Jevons, William Stanley (1835–1882) Jobson, Alexander (1875–1933) Johnson, George (1837–1911) Johnson, Norman Lloyd (1917–2004) Johnston, Robert Mackenzie Jones, Edward Jones-Loyd, Samuel Jordan, Michael I. Jöreskog, Karl Gustav Jouffret, Esprit Juran, Joseph M. (1904–2008) Jurin, James (1684–1750)
K Kac, Mark Kempthorne, Oscar Kendall, David George (1918–2007) Kendall, Sir Maurice (1907–1983) Kennedy, Joseph C. G. Khattree, Ravindra Khmaladze, Estate V. Kiefer, Jack Kiær, Anders Nicolai King, Gregory King, Willford I. Kingman, John (1939–) Kish, Leslie (1910–2000) Knibbs, George Handley Kočović, Bogoljub Kolmogorov, Andrey Nikolaevich (1903–1987) Koopman, Bernard Kott, Phillip Krewski, Dan Krumbein, William C. Kruskal, Joseph (1929–2010) Kruskal, William (1919–2005) Krüger, André Kuczynski, Robert René Kulischer, Eugene M. Kullback, Solomon (1907–1994) Kulldorff, Gunnar (1927–2015) Künsch, Hans-Rudolf Kurnow, Ernest Kuzmicich, Steve Kuznets, Simon
L Lachenbruch, Peter A. (1937–2021) Lah, Ivo Laird, Nan Laplace, Pierre-Simon (1749–1827) Laslett, Peter Laspeyres, Étienne (1834–1913) Lathrop, Mark Law, John (1671–1729) Lawler, Gregory Francis Lawrence, Charles Legendre, Adrien-Marie (1752–1833) Lehmann, Erich Leo Lemon, Charles Leontief, Wassily Lewis, Tony Lexis, Wilhelm (1837–1914) Li, C. C. Li, David X. Likert, Rensis Lilliefors, Hubert (c. 1928–2008) Lindeberg, Jarl Waldemar (1876–1932) Lindley, Dennis V. (1923–2013) Lindstedt, Anders Lindstrom, Frederick B. Linnik, Yuri (1915–1972) Liu, Jun Longman, Phillip Lord, Frederic M. Lorenz, Max O. Lotka, Alfred J. (1880–1949) Loève, Michel Lubbock, John Lundberg, Filip (1876–1965)
M MacGregor, John F. Mahalanobis, Prasanta Chandra (1893–1972) Manwar, Khandakar Hossain (1930–1999) Mallet, Bernard Malthus, Thomas Robert (1766–1834) Mannheimer, Renato Mantel, Nathan (1919–2002) Mardia, Kantilal Marpsat, Maryse Marquardt, Donald (1929–1997) Marquis, Frederick Marschak, Jacob Marshall, Herbert Martin, Sir Richard Martin, Margaret E. (1912–2012) Martin, Margaret P. (1915–2012) Massey, Frank J. (1919–1995) Massey, Kenneth Masuyama, Motosaburo (1912–2005) Mauchly, John Mayer, Tobias (1723–1762) McClintock, Emory McCrossan, Paul McCullagh, Peter McEvedy, Colin McKendrick, Anderson Gray (1876–1943) McLennan, Bill McNemar, Quinn (1900–1986) McVean, Gilean Meeker, Royal Meier, Paul, (1924–2011) Meng, Xiao-Li (1963–) Mercado, Joseph Mihoc, Gheorghe Milliken, George A. Milliman, Wendell Mills, Frederick C. (1892–1964) Milne, Joshua Milnes, Richard Monckton Mitchell, Wesley Clair Mitofsky, Warren Mohn, Jakob Moivre, Abraham de Molina, Edward C. Mood, Alexander M. (1913–2009) Moore, Henry Ludwell Moran, Pat Mores, Edward Rowe Morgan, William Morris, Carl Morrison, Winifred J. Moser, Claus (1922–2015) Mosteller, Frederick (1916–2006) Mouat, Frederic J. Moyal, José Enrique Murphy, Susan
N Nair, Vijayan N. Nason, Guy Neill, Charles P. Nelder, John (1924–2010) Nesbitt, Cecil J. Newmarch, William (1820–1882) Neyman, Jerzy (1894–1981) Nightingale, Florence (1820–1910) Niyogi, Partha (1967–2010) Noether, Gottfried E. Nordling, Carl O. Norwood, Janet L. (1923–2015) Notestein, Frank W.
O Ogburn, William Fielding Olshansky, S. Jay Onicescu, Octav Onslow, William Orshansky, Mollie
P Paine, George Pakington, John Panaretos, John Parzen, Emanuel (1929–2016) Pearl, Raymond Pearson, Egon (1895–1980) Pearson, Karl (1857–1936) Peirce, Charles Sanders Pereira, Basilio de Bragança Pena, Daniel Peto, Julian Peto, Richard Petty, William (1623–1687) Petty-Fitzmaurice, Henry Piekałkiewicz, Jan Pillai, K. C. Sreedharan Pillai, Vijayan K Pink, Brian Pitman, E. J. G. (1897–1993) Plackett, Robin Playfair, William (1759–1823) Pleszczyńska, Elżbieta Pocock, Stuart Poisson, Siméon Denis (1781–1840) Pollak, Henry O. Polson, Nicholas Preston, Samuel H. Price, Richard Priestley, Maurice Princet, Maurice Proschan, Frank (1921–2003) Punnett, Reginald Pólya, George (1887–1985) Puri, Madan Lal (1929–)
Q Quetelet, Adolphe (1796–1874) Qazi Motahar Hossain (1897–1981)
R Chand Rattan (1955–) Raftery, Adrian Raghavarao, D. Raiffa, Howard Ralescu, Stefan (1952–) Rao, C.R. (1920–2023) Rasch, Georg (1901–1980) Redington, Frank Reid, Nancy Reiersøl, Olav (1908–2001) Rhodes, E. C. Rice, Thomas Spring Richardson, Sylvia Rickman, John Ripley, Brian Daniel (1952–) Robbins, Herbert (1922–2001) Robbins, Naomi (1937–) Roberts, Gareth O. Roberts, Harry V. Robertson, Stuart A. Robine, Jean-Marie Robins, James Robinson, Claude E. Rosenthal, Jeff Rousseeuw, Peter J. Roy, Bimal Kumar Roy, S. N. (1906–1966) Rubin, Donald Rubinow, I. M. Rubinstein, Reuven Ruggles, Steven Russell, John Ryder, Dudley
S Sagarin, Jeff Saha, Jahar Saint-Maur, Nicolas-François Dupré de Salsburg, David Samuel, Herbert Samworth, Richard Sanders, William Savage, I. Richard (1925–2004) Savage, Leonard Jimmie (1917–1971) Sawilowsky, Shlomo (1954–2021) Scheffé, Henry (1907–1977) Schlaifer, Robert (1915–1994) Schultz, Henry Schuster, Arthur (1851–1934) Schweder, Tore (1943–2024) Scott, Elizabeth (1917–1988) Scurfield, Hugh Hedley Searle, Shayle R. (1928–2013) Sebastiani, Paola Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky, Pyotr (1827–1914) Shah, B. V. Shapiro, Samuel (1930–2023) Swamy, Subramanium Shapley, Lloyd (1923–2016) Shaw-Lefevre, George Shephard, Neil Shepp, Lawrence Sheppard, William Fleetwood (1863–1936) Shewhart, Walter A. (1891–1967) Shrikhande, S. S. (1917–2020) Sichel, Herbert (1915–1995) Siegel, Sidney Siegmund, David Silver, Nate Silvers, Abraham (1934–2021) Silverman, Bernard Simiand, François Simon, Leslie Earl Simpson, Thomas (1710–1761) Sinclair, Sir John (1754–1835) Sirkeci, Ibrahim Slutsky, Eugen (1880–1948) Smith, A.F.M Smith, Cedric (1917–2002) Smith, Walter L. (1926–2023) Snedecor, George W. (1881–1974) Snyder, Carl (1869–1946) Sokal, Robert R. Spearman, Charles (1863–1945) Speed, Terry Spengler, Joseph J. Spiegelhalter, David (1953–) Srivastava, J. N. Stamp, Josiah (1880–1941) Stanley, Julian C. Jr. Stanley, Edward Steele, J. Michael Steffensen, Johan Frederik (1873–1961) Stein, Charles Stephens, Matthew Hal S. Stern Stigler, Stephen (1941–) Stoffer, David S. Stone, Richard Stouffer, Samuel A. Stoyan, Dietrich (1940–) Sun, Jiayang Süssmilch, Johann Peter Sykes, William Henry Sylvester, James Joseph Sztrem, Edward Szturm de Shyamaprasad Mukherjee (1939–)
T Taguchi, Genichi (1924–2012) Teitelbaum, Michael Telser, Lester G. Thiele, Thorvald N. (1838–1910) Thorndike, Robert L. Thornton, John Wingate Thorp, Willard Thurstone, Louis Leon Tibshirani, Robert Tippett, Leonard Henry Caleb Tobin, James Todd, Emmanuel Tong, Howell Trewin, Dennis Trybuła, Stanisław Tufte, Edward Tukey, John (1915–2000)
U Utts, Jessica Uyanto, Stanislaus S.
V Vaart, Aad van der (1959–) Vapnik, Vladimir (1936–) Vaupel, James Villani, Giovanni Visman, Jan
W Wahba, Grace Wakefield, Edward (1774–1854) Wald, Abraham (1902–1950) Walker, Francis Amasa Walker, Gilbert Walker, Helen M. (1891–1983) Wallace, Chris (1933–2004) Wallis, W. Allen Wanless, Derek Watson, Geoffrey Wedderburn, Robert Wegman, Edward Weibull, Waloddi (1887–1979) Weinstock, Arnold (1924–2002) Weldon, Walter Frank Raphael Welton, Thomas A. Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, Charles Westergaard, Harald Ludvig (1853–1936) Wheeler, Donald J. Whittle, Peter (1927–2021) Wickens, Aryness Joy (1901–1991) Wickham, Hadley Wilcoxon, Frank (1892–1965) Wilk, Martin (1922–2013) Wilkinson, Leland Wilks, Samuel S. (1906–1964) Willcox, Walter Francis Wilson, Edwin Bidwell (1879–1964) Wilson, Harold Wishart, John (1898–1956) Wold, Herman (1908–1992) Wolfowitz, Jacob (1910–1981) Wood, George Henry Woodroofe, Michael (1940–2022) Woolhouse, Wesley S. B. Working, Holbrook Wright, Carroll D. Wright, Elizur Wright, Sewall Wrigley, E. A. Wu, Jeff C. F.
Y Yates, Frank (1902–1994) Young, Allyn Abbott Young, Arthur (1741–1820) Young, Hilton Yule, G. Udny (1871–1951)
Z Zaltzman, Andy Zaman, Arif Zarnowitz, Victor Zellner, Arnold (1927–2010) Zhaohuan, Zhang (1925–2005) Žiberna, Aleš Zipf, George Kingsley (1902–1950)
See also
List of actuaries List of mathematical probabilists List of mathematicians Founders of statistics
External links "Statisticians in History". American Statistical Association. 30 November 2016. "Life and Work of Statisticians". Department of Mathematics, University of York. John Aldrich. "Figures from the History of Probability and Statistics". University of Southampton.
