Grigory Isaakovich Barenblatt (Russian: Григо́рий Исаа́кович Баренблат; 10 July 1927 – 22 June 2018)[1] was a Russian mathematician.

Barenblatt graduated in 1950 from Moscow State University,[2] Department of Mechanics and Mathematics.

He received his Ph.D. in 1953 from Moscow State University under the supervision of A. N.

[2] He was an emeritus Professor in Residence at the Department of Mathematics of the University of California, Berkeley[4] and Mathematician at Department of Mathematics, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

[4] He was G. I. Taylor Professor of Fluid Mechanics at the University of Cambridge from 1992 to 1994[4] and he was Emeritus G. I. Taylor Professor of Fluid Mechanics.