Maryam Mirzakhani
Maryam Mirzakhani (12 May 1977 - 14 July 2017) was the first Iranian matematician and the first of only two women to date to be honoured with the Fields Medal, the highest honour in the discipline.
She died of breast cancer at the age of 40.
The May 12 Initiative to celebrate women in Mathematics was created in her honour.
