List of amateur mathematicians
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This is a list of people whose primary vocation did not involve mathematics (or any similar discipline) yet made notable, and sometimes important, contributions to the field of mathematics.
- Ahmes (scribe)
- Robert Ammann (programmer and postal worker)
- John Arbuthnot (surgeon and author)
- Rev. Thomas Bayes (Presbyterian minister)
- Harlan J. Brothers (teacher and inventor)
- Sir James Cockle (judge)
- Martin Demaine (goldsmith and glass artist)
- Bernard Frénicle de Bessy (counsellor)
- Britney Gallivan (high school student)
- James A. Garfield (United States President)
- Thorold Gosset (lawyer)
- Hermann Grassmann (school teacher)
- Kurt Heegner (high school teacher)
- F. H. Jackson (navy chaplain)
- Alfred Bray Kempe (lawyer)
- Kathleen Ollerenshaw (politician)
- Rudolf Ondrejka (veterinarian)
- Panini (linguist)
- Pingala (musician)
- Marjorie Rice (homemaker)
- William Shanks (landlord)
- Gaston Terry (civil servant)
And the man widely regarded as "The King of Amateurs",
- Pierre de Fermat (lawyer)
