Actuarial science  

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An actuary is a business professional who deals with the measurement and management of risk and uncertainty. The name of the corresponding field is actuarial science. These risks can affect both sides of the balance sheet and require asset management, liability management, and valuation skills.

Notable actuaries

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Nathaniel Bowditch

Early American mathematician remembered for his work on ocean navigation. In 1804, Bowditch became what was probably the United States of America's second insurance actuary as president of the Essex Fire and Marine Insurance Company in Salem, Massachusetts Template:Sfn

Harald Cramér

Swedish actuary and probabilist notable for his contributions in mathematical statistics, such as the Cramér–Rao inequality.Template:Sfn Cramér was an Honorary President of the Swedish Actuarial Society Template:Sfn

James Dodson

Head of the Royal Mathematical School, and Stone's School, Dodson built on the statistical mortality tables developed by Edmund Halley in 1693 Template:Sfn

Edmond Halley

While Halley actually predated much of what is now considered the start of the actuarial profession, he was the first to rigorously calculate premiums for a life insurance policy mathematically and statistically Template:Sfn

James C. Hickman

American actuarial educator, researcher, and author Template:Sfn

Oswald Jacoby

American actuary best known as a contract bridge player, he was the youngest person ever to pass four examinations of the Society of Actuaries Template:Sfn

David X. Li

Canadian qualified actuary who in the first decade of the 21st century pioneered the use of Gaussian copula models for the pricing of collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) Template:Sfn

Edward Rowe Mores

First person to use the title 'actuary' with respect to a business position Template:Sfn

William Morgan

Morgan was the appointed Actuary of the Society for Equitable Assurances in 1775. He expanded on Mores's and Dodson's work, and may be considered the father of the actuarial profession in that his title became applied to the field as a whole Template:Sfn

Robert J. Myers

American actuary who was instrumental in the creation of the U.S. Social Security program Template:Sfn

Frank Redington

British actuary who developed the Redington Immunization Theory.Template:Sfn

Isaac M. Rubinow

Founder and first president of the Casualty Actuarial Society.Template:Sfn

Elizur Wright

American actuary and abolitionist, professor of mathematics at Western Reserve College (Ohio). He campaigned for laws that required life insurance companies to hold sufficient reserves to guarantee that policies would be paid.Template:Sfn

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Fictional actuaries

Actuaries have appeared in works of fiction including literature, theater, television, and film. At times, they have been portrayed as "math-obsessed, socially disconnected individuals with shockingly bad comb-overs", which has resulted in a mixed response amongst actuaries themselves.