List of scientists from Asia facts for kids
This is a list of scientists from Asia.
Afghanistan
| Name | Field | Known for | Most noted award/fellowship | Year of death | Picture | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashraf Ghani | Anthropology | President of Afghanistan | ||||
| Nake M. Kamrany | Economy | |||||
| Abdul Karim Mustaghni | Scientist | He was a Defense Minister of Afghanistan | 2004 |
Azerbaijan
- Vafa Guluzade - he was a Foreign Policy State Advisor for Azerbaijan President; the political scientist died in 2015.
- Lotfi A. Zadeh - pioneer (or one of the earliest scientists) of fuzzy logic; computer scientist, electrical engineer, mathematician; d. in 2017
Bangladesh
- Muhammed Zafar Iqbal - he has a Bangladesh National Film Awards for Best Story; he is a scholar of engineering and computer science.
China
Main page: List of Chinese scientists
Georgia
- Tamaz V. Gamkrelidze - a former member of the Parliament of Georgia; he is an assyriologist (and therefore a linguist)
- Jamshid Giunashvili - he was a linguist (Iranologist); died in 2017
India
Main page: List of Indian scientists
Indonesia
- Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie - a former president of Indonesia; aerospace engineering scientist
- Ivan A. Taslimson - Microsoft designer; cognitive & biomimetic engineering scientist
Japan
- Masaaki Sugihara - former professor at the University of Tokyo
- Masao Iri
- Masatake Mori
- Motoo Kimura
- Ryogo Hirota - former professor at Waseda University
- Shinichi Oishi
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