| Famous for being | Mathematician | Dates |
| The first known female mathematician. She was also a philosopher and astronomer. | |
| The first woman to be appointed as a professor at a university. She also wrote the first book concerning both differential and integral calculus. | |
| The first lady to attend sessions at both the Academie de Science and Institut de France. She also made significant contributions towards Fermat's Last Theorem. | |
| The daughter of poet Lord Byron, and considered to be the worlds first computer programmer after making considerable discoveries regarding Charles Babbage's mechanical computer. | |
| Made significant discoveries in the area of abstract algebra. Considered by David Hilbert and Albert Einstein to be the most able female mathematician of modern history. | |
| First female mathematician to be elected a fellow of the Royal Society. She went on to become the first female president of the London Mathematical Society. | |
| Youngest person to ever pass the Oxford entrance exams. Her work is in the field of Braid Groups where she shares a respresentation result with Dutch mathematician Daan Krammer | |