Leon Mirsky

Leon Mirsky
Born(1918-12-19)19 December 1918
Died1 December 1983(1983-12-01) (aged 64)
Nationality Russian
 British
Alma materUniversity of Sheffield
King's College, London
Known forMirsky's theorem
Mirsky–Newman theorem
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsUniversity of Sheffield

Leonid Mirsky (19 December 1918 – 1 December 1983) was a Russian-British mathematician who worked in number theory, linear algebra, and combinatorics. Mirsky's theorem is named after him.