Maryam Mirzakhani

Maryam Mirzakhani, the first Iranian and the first woman to receive the Fields medal, died in July 2017 after a fight with breast cancer.
Maryam Mirzakhani | Mathematicians Who Died Young | Abakcus

Maryam Mirzakhani, the first Iranian and the first woman to receive the Fields medal, died in July 2017 after a fight with breast cancer. She was the first Iranian and the first woman to receive the Fields medal. In 2000, she was only 40 years old when she passed away.

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