List Of Statisticians

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. Also included are actuaries and demographers.
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A

* Aalen, Odd Olai (1947–1987)
* 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 (1938–)
* 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–)
* 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
* Berry, Don
* Best, Alfred M. (1876–1958)
* Best, Nicky
* Betensky, Rebecca
* Beveridge, William
* Bhat, B. R.
* Bhat, P. N. Mari
* Bhat, U. Narayan
* Bienaymé, Irénée-Jules
* Bienias, Julia
* Billard, 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)
* 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
* 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
* 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–)
* Chervonenkis, Alexey (1938–2014)
* Chetwynd, Amanda
* Chiaromonte, Francesca
* Chow, Yuan-Shih (1924–2022)
* 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)
* Courtney, Leonard
* Cover, Thomas M.
* Cowan, Cathy A.
* Cox, David (1924–2022)
* Cox, Gertrude Mary (1900–1978)
* Cox, Richard Threlkeld (1898–1991)
* Cramér, Harald (Sweden, 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)
* 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
* 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
* 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, 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)
* 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
* 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–)
* 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)
* 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)
* 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–)
* 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, 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.

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, 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
* Kahwachi, Wasfi
* Kempthorne, Oscar
* Kendall, David George (1918–2007)
* Kendall, Sir Maurice (1907–1983)
* Kennedy, Joseph C. G.
* Khattree, Ravindra
* Khmaladze, Estate V.
* Kibria, B. M. G. (1963- )
* 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

* Lah, Ivo
* Laird, Nan
* Laslett, Peter
* Laspeyres, Étienne (1834–1913)
* Lathrop, Mark
* Law, John (1671–1729)
* Lawler, Gregory Francis
* Lawrence, Charles
* Lehmann, Erich Leo
* Lemon, Charles
* Leontief, Wassily
* Levit, Boris
* 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
* Massey, Kenneth
* Masuyama, Motosaburo (1912–2005)
* Mauchly, John
* 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
* Milne, Joshua
* Milnes, Richard Monckton
* Mitchell, Wesley Clair
* Mitofsky, Warren
* Mohn, Jakob
* Moivre, Abraham de
* Molina, Edward C.
* 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.
* 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
* Pollak, Henry O.
* Polson, Nicholas
* Preston, Samuel H.
* Price, Richard
* Priestley, Maurice
* Princet, Maurice
* Punnett, Reginald
* Pólya, George (1887–1985)
* Puri, Madan Lal (1929–)

Q

* Quetelet, Adolphe (1796–1874)
*Qazi Motahar Hossain (1897–1981) Bangladesh

R

* Chand Rattan (1955–)
* Raftery, Adrian
* Raghavarao, D.
* Raiffa, Howard
* Ralescu, Stefan (1952–)
* Rao, C.R. (1920–)
* 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, 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–)
* 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–)
* Swamy, Subramanium
* Shapley, Lloyd (1923–2016)
* Shaw-Lefevre, George
* Shepp, Lawrence
* Sheppard, William Fleetwood (1863–1936)
* Shewhart, Walter A. (1891–1967)
* Shrikhande, S. S. (1917–2020)
* Sichel, Herbert (1915–1995)
* Siegel, Sidney
* Silver, Nate
* Silverman, Bernard
* Simiand, François
* Simon, Leslie Earl
* Sinclair, Sir John (1754–1835)
* Sirkeci, Ibrahim
* Slutsky, Eugen (1880–1948)
* Smith, A.F.M
* Smith, Cedric (1917–2002)
* Smith, Walter L.
* 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
* Stigler, Stephen (1941–)
* Stone, Richard
* Stouffer, Samuel A.
* Dietrich Stoyan, Stoyan, Dietrich (1940–)
* Johann Peter Süssmilch, Süssmilch, Johann Peter
* William Henry Sykes, Sykes, William Henry
* James Joseph Sylvester, Sylvester, James Joseph
* Edward Szturm de Sztrem, Sztrem, Edward Szturm de
* Shyamaprasad Mukherjee (1939–), India

T

* Genichi Taguchi, Taguchi, Genichi (1924–2012)
* Michael Teitelbaum, Teitelbaum, Michael
* Lester G. Telser, Telser, Lester G.
* Thorvald N. Thiele, Thiele, Thorvald N. (1838–1910)
* Robert L. Thorndike, Thorndike, Robert L.
* John Wingate Thornton, Thornton, John Wingate
* Willard Thorp, Thorp, Willard
* Louis Leon Thurstone, Thurstone, Louis Leon
* Robert Tibshirani, Tibshirani, Robert
* Leonard Henry Caleb Tippett, Tippett, Leonard Henry Caleb
* James Tobin, Tobin, James
* Emmanuel Todd, Todd, Emmanuel
* Howell Tong, Tong, Howell
* Dennis Trewin, Trewin, Dennis
* Stanisław Trybuła, Trybuła, Stanisław
* Edward Tufte, Tufte, Edward
* John Tukey, Tukey, John (1915–2000)

U

* Jessica Utts, Utts, Jessica
* Stanislaus S. Uyanto, Uyanto, Stanislaus S.

V

* Vladimir Vapnik, Vapnik, Vladimir (~1935–)
* James Vaupel, Vaupel, James
* Giovanni Villani, Villani, Giovanni
* Jan Visman, Visman, Jan

W

* Grace Wahba, Wahba, Grace
* Edward Wakefield (statistician), Wakefield, Edward (1774–1854)
* Abraham Wald, Wald, Abraham (1902–1950)
* Francis Amasa Walker, Walker, Francis Amasa
* Gilbert Walker (physicist), Walker, Gilbert
* Chris Wallace (computer scientist), Wallace, Chris (1933–2004)
* W. Allen Wallis, Wallis, W. Allen
* Derek Wanless, Wanless, Derek
* Geoffrey Watson, Watson, Geoffrey
* Robert Wedderburn (statistician), Wedderburn, Robert
* Edward Wegman, Wegman, Edward
* Waloddi Weibull, Weibull, Waloddi (1887–1979)
* Arnold Weinstock, Weinstock, Arnold (1924–2002)
* Walter Frank Raphael Weldon, Weldon, Walter Frank Raphael
* Thomas A. Welton, Welton, Thomas A.
* Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 5th Earl Fitzwilliam, Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, Charles
* Harald Ludvig Westergaard, Westergaard, Harald Ludvig (1853–1936)
* Donald J. Wheeler, Wheeler, Donald J.
* Peter Whittle (mathematician), Whittle, Peter (1927–2021)
* Hadley Wickham, Wickham, Hadley
* Frank Wilcoxon, Wilcoxon, Frank (1892–1965)
* Martin Wilk, Wilk, Martin (1922–2013)
* Leland Wilkinson, Wilkinson, Leland
* Samuel S. Wilks, Wilks, Samuel S. (1906–1964)
* Walter Francis Willcox, Willcox, Walter Francis
* Edwin Bidwell Wilson, Wilson, Edwin Bidwell (1879–1964)
* Harold Wilson, Wilson, Harold
* John Wishart (statistician), Wishart, John (1898–1956)
* Herman Wold, Wold, Herman (1908–1992)
* Jacob Wolfowitz, Wolfowitz, Jacob (1910–1981)
* George Henry Wood (statistician), Wood, George Henry
* Michael Woodroofe, Woodroofe, Michael (1940–2022)
* Wesley S. B. Woolhouse, Woolhouse, Wesley S. B.
* Holbrook Working, Working, Holbrook
* Carroll D. WWright, Carroll D.
* Elizur WWright, Elizur
* Sewall WWright, Sewall
* E. A. Wrigley, Wrigley, E. A.
* C.F. Jeff Wu, Wu, Jeff C. F.

Y

* Frank Yates, Yates, Frank (1902–1994)
* Allyn Abbott Young, Young, Allyn Abbott
* Arthur Young (writer), Young, Arthur (1741–1820)
* Hilton Young, 1st Baron Kennet, Young, Hilton
* Udny Yule, Yule, G. Udny (1871–1951)

Z

* Arif Zaman, Zaman, Arif
* Victor Zarnowitz, Zarnowitz, Victor
* Arnold Zellner, Zellner, Arnold (1927–2010)
* Zhang Zhaohuan, Zhaohuan, Zhang
* Aleš Žiberna, Žiberna, Aleš
* George Kingsley Zipf, Zipf, George Kingsley (1902–1950)

See also

* List of actuaries
* List of mathematical probabilists
* List of mathematicians
* Founders of statistics

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