Maryam Mirzakhani, Fields Medal, 2014.

Maryam Mirzakhani (Persian: مریم میرزاخانی), born May 5, 1977 in Tehran, Iran, and died July 14, 2017 in Stanford, California, was an Iranian mathematician and professor at Stanford University. Maryam Mirzakhani is known for her work in topology and geometry (particularly Riemann surface geometry). She is the first and, to date, only female recipient of the Fields Medal, awarded on August 12, 2014.