One of this individual was Apollonius of Perga who was known as one of the greatest Greek geometer and an astronomer.Apollonius was born in Perga in 262B.C.-190B.C.
With all of his acknowledge discoveries he had made, he made himself to be acknowledged by many even today thanks to him whe can use the algebra we know today since Apollonius was noted for his writings on the conic section (the parabolas, circles and ellipse, and the hyperbola)