Not to pile on, but don't forget Paul Dirac: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Dirac http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Dirac who's eponymous Delta Dirac functi

Not to pile on, but don't forget Paul Dirac: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Dirac http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Dirac who's eponymous Delta Dirac function is essential for signals (e.g. information theory) analysis. Oh yeah. He also basically invented modern wave theory.