- What you shouldn't put before the horse.
Descartes (the cart)
- Smack those singers with cream & crust.
Pythagoras (Pie the chorus)
- He's one away from being nothing.
Zeno (one off from "zero")
- Wealthy rancher
Richard Guy (rich herd guy)
- Criminal's modus operandi
Conway
- What a de-louser looks for.
Liebnitz (live nits)
- Lubricator.
Euler (for those not in the know, this mathematician's name is
pronounced "oiler". Now you have joined the secret mathematicians'
fraternity.)
- Antisocial guy with a transcendental number.
Hermite (hermit + e)
- Relatives croak like frogs.
Ken Ribet (kin ribbit)
- Not able to row.
Cantor (can't oar)
- Bridge over imaginary Greek and Roman foes.
Archimedes (Arch + i + medes)
- He'll plead to determine your size.
Lebesgue (le beg)
- Split him, and you'll hear sheep and a request to enter.
Banach (baa + knock)
- Many bands spend their time doing this.
Turing (touring)
- Proof that those Scandinavians sure know how to tat.
Laplace (Lapp + lace)
- The stack of paper is ready to go.
Riemann (ream on)
- The bottom of the flower paid for its rule.
L'Hopital (low petal)
- You ruin my cold!
Markov (mar cough)
- What Gallup likes to do.
Polya (poll ya)
- What mah momma done.
Ptolemy (tol' me)
- What I do on my winter vacations in La Brea.
Tarski