• Source: List of actuaries

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 annuities
Edmond Halley (1656–1742), English, constructed one of the first life tables




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 function
John Finlaison (1783–1860), Scottish, first president of the Institute of Actuaries
Griffith Davies (1788–1855), Welsh
Thomas Galloway (1796–1851), Scottish




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 Dresden
Thomas Bond Sprague (1830–1920), British
Esprit Jouffret (1837–1904), French
Thorvald N. Thiele (1838–1910), Danish
Emory McClintock (1840–1916), American
Anders Lindstedt (1854–1939), Swedish
Thomas Bassett Macaulay (1860–1942), Canadian
Thomas 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), Danish
Alexander Jobson (1875–1933), Australian
Maurice Princet (1875–1973), French
Henry Louis Rietz (1875–1943), American
I. M. Rubinow (1875–1936), Russian
Alfred M. Best (1876–1958), American, founder of the A. M. Best company
Filip 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), Slovene
Dorothy Spiers (1897–1977), first woman to qualify as an actuary in the United Kingdom
Henrik Palmstrøm (1900–1998), Norwegian




Born in the 20th century


Oswald Jacoby (1902–1984), American, youngest person to pass four examinations of the Society of Actuaries
Pedro Teotónio Pereira (1902–1972), Portuguese
Wendell Milliman (1905–1976), American, co-founder of Milliman & Robertson
Andreas Tømmerbakke (1905–1994), Norwegian
Bruno de Finetti (1906–1985), Italian
Frank 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
Hugh Hedley Scurfield (1935–2020), English
Phelim Boyle (1941–), Northern Irish
Jeremy 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–), Singaporean
David 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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