Damodar Dharmananda Kosambi, Indian mathematician and statistician (Kosben, Goa 31 July 1907 – Pune, Maharashtra State 29 June 1966)

Introduced Kosambi map function in The Estimation of Map Distance from Recombination Values. Annals of Eugenics (1944)

Developed proper orthogonal decomposition or Kosambi-Karhunen-Loeve decomposition (1943)

Developed methods for quality control of industrial goods and statistical methods for determining dams sites and sizes

Eponym of Kosambi rule