Andrei Nikolaevich Kolmogorov

lived from 1903 to 1987

Kolmogorov was one of the developers of probability theory. He later used this work to study the motion of the planets and the turbulent flow of air from a jet engine.

Find out more at:
http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/history/
Mathematicians/Kolmogorov.html