Leopoldo Nachbin

Leopoldo Nachbin (7 January 1922 – 3 April 1993) was a Brazilian mathematician of Jewish origins who dealt with topology and harmonic analysis.

Nachbin was born in Recife, and is best known for Nachbin's theorem. He died, aged 71, in Rio de Janeiro. He went to primary school in Recife with Brazilian literary giant Clarice Lispector. He is featured in one of her short stories, called “As Grandes Punições” (The Great Punishments) in her book “Aprendendo a Viver,” by the Rocco publishing house.

Nachbin was a Ph.D. student of Laurent Schwartz at the University of Chicago. His Ph.D. students include Francisco Antônio Dória and Seán Dineen.