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An actuary is a business professional who deals with a financial situation of risk and uncertainty. This is a list of notable actuaries and others who have influenced the profession.

Born in the 17th century
John Graunt (1620–1674), English, constructed one of the first life tables • William Petty (1623–1687), English, much early writing on life tables • Johan de Witt (1625–1672), Dutch, early pioneering work on life annuitiesEdmond Halley (1656–1742), English, constructed one of the first life tables ==Born in the 18th century==
Born in the 18th century
James Dodson (1705–1751), English, developed statistical mortality tables • Alexander Webster (1708–1784), Scottish, developed a scheme for providing pensions to widows of church ministers • Richard Price (1723–1791), Welsh, introduced correct methods for values of contingent reversions • Edward Rowe Mores (1731–1778), English, founder of The Society for Equitable Assurances on Lives and Survivorships and the first person to use the professional title "actuary" • William Morgan (1750–1833), Welsh • George Barrett (1752–1821), English • Nathaniel Bowditch (1773–1838), probably the second American insurance actuary; Essex Fire and Marine • Joshua Milne (1776–1851), English • Benjamin Gompertz (1779–1865), English, developed the Gompertz-Makeham law of mortality and the Gompertz functionJohn Finlaison (1783–1860), Scottish, first president of the Institute of ActuariesGriffith Davies (1788–1855), Welsh • Thomas Galloway (1796–1851), Scottish ==Born in the 19th century==
Born in the 19th century
Elizur Wright (1804–1885), American, campaigned for valuation laws requiring life insurance companies to hold reserves to guarantee payment of benefits • Wesley S. B. Woolhouse (1809–1893), English, co-founder of the Institute of Actuaries • James Joseph Sylvester (1814–1897), English • Ole Jacob Broch (1818–1889), Norwegian, founded Christiania almindelige gjensidige Forsørgelsesanstalt, Scandinavia's first life insurance company • Ernst Engel (1821–1896), German, founded the first mortgage insurance company at DresdenThomas Bond Sprague (1830–1920), British • Esprit Jouffret (1837–1904), French • Thorvald N. Thiele (1838–1910), DanishEmory McClintock (1840–1916), American • Anders Lindstedt (1854–1939), SwedishThomas Bassett Macaulay (1860–1942), CanadianThomas Jaffrey (1861–1953), Scottish • Miles Menander Dawson (1863–1942), American • Gabriel Gabrielsen Holtsmark (1867–1954), Norwegian • George James Lidstone (1870–1952), British • Joseph Burn (1871–1950), English • Johan Frederik Steffensen (1873–1961), DanishAlexander Jobson (1875–1933), Australian • Maurice Princet (1875–1973), FrenchHenry Louis Rietz (1875–1943), American • I. M. Rubinow (1875–1936), RussianAlfred M. Best (1876–1958), American, founder of the A. M. Best companyFilip Lundberg (1876–1965), Swedish, founder of mathematical risk theory and managing director of several insurance companies • William Palin Elderton (1877–1962), English • Alfred J. Lotka (1880–1949), American • Sverre Krogh (1883–1957), Norwegian • Harald Cramér (1893–1985), Swedish, developed numerous statistical theories and methods • Ivo Lah (1896–1979), SloveneDorothy Spiers (1897–1977), first woman to qualify as an actuary in the United Kingdom • Henrik Palmstrøm (1900–1998), Norwegian ==Born in the 20th century==
Born in the 20th century
Oswald Jacoby (1902–1984), American, youngest person to pass four examinations of the Society of ActuariesPedro Teotónio Pereira (1902–1972), PortugueseWendell Milliman (1905–1976), American, co-founder of Milliman & RobertsonAndreas Tømmerbakke (1905–1994), Norwegian • Bruno de Finetti (1906–1985), ItalianFrank Redington (1906–1984), English, developed a theory concerning the immunisation of fixed-income portfolios • Bernard Benjamin (1910–2002), English • Cecil J. Nesbitt (1912–2001), Canadian • Stuart A. Robertson (1918–2005), American, co-founder of Milliman & Robertson • James C. Hickman (1927–2006), American • Harvey Milk (1930-1978), American • David Wilkie (1934-), British, developer of the Wilkie ModelHugh Hedley Scurfield (1935–2020), English • Phelim Boyle (1941–), Northern IrishJeremy Gold, (1942–2018), American • Paul McCrossan (1942–), Canadian • Ed Savitz (1942–1993), American • Ward Whitt (1942–), American • Howard Winklevoss (1943–), American • Robert Astley (1944–), Canadian • Bryn Davies (1944–), British • Christopher Daykin (1948–), English • Steven Haberman (1951–), English • James Robert Crosby (1956–), English • Terri Vaughan (1956–), American • Tan Suee Chieh (1959–), SingaporeanDavid X. Li (~1960s), Chinese, advanced the use of Gaussian copula models to price collateralized debt obligations • Michael Shackleford (1965–), English • Roelof Botha (1973–), South African ==References==
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