Max August Zorn
Max August Zorn (June 6, 1906 - March 9, 1993) was a German-born American mathematician.He was an algebraist, group theorist, and numerical analyst.
He is famous for Zorn's lemma, a powerful tool in set theory that is applicable to a wide range of mathematical constructs such as vector spaces, ordered sets, etc.
He was a professor at Indiana University from 1946 until his death.
