Author: John Wilder Tukey
Alternate names: John W. Tukey
Born: 1915
Died: 2000
Bio: American mathematician and statistician, best known for the development of the fast Fourier Transform (FFT) algorithm and box plot. The Tukey range test, the Tukey lambda distribution, the Tukey test of additivity, and the Teichmüller–Tukey lemma all bear his name.