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1850–1891 · 19th-century Russian mathematician

Also known as: Sofja Wassiljewna Kowalewskaja, Sofia Kovalevskaia, Sofia Kovalevskaja, Sofia Kovalevski, Sofia Kovalevsky, Sofia Kowalewskaja

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