Pafnuty Lvovich Chebyshev (1821 - 1894)

* 16 May 1821, † 8 December 1894

Pafnuty Lvovich Chebyshev was born on 16 May 1821 in Okatovo, Kaluga Region, Russia. Pafnuty Chebyshev is largely remembered for his investigations in number theory. Chebyshev was also interested in mechanics and is famous for the orthogonal polynomials he invented. Pafnuty Lvovich Chebyshev died on 8 December 1894 in St Petersburg, Russia.