Marcus Peter Francis du Sautoy (/dʊ ˈsoʊtɔɪ/;[6] born 26 August 1965)[4][7] is a British mathematician, Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science at the University of Oxford,[8][9] Fellow of New College, Oxford[10] and author of popular mathematics and popular science books.

[18] Du Sautoy is known for his work popularising mathematics, and has been named by The Independent on Sunday as one of the UK's leading scientists.

[20] In a 2006 article published in Seed magazine, du Sautoy discussed the Hilbert-Pólya conjecture, a way for advances in quantum physics to provide insight into the Riemann hypothesis.

In 2009 he won the Michael Faraday Prize from the Royal Society of London for "excellence in communicating science to UK audiences".

[1] Du Sautoy was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2010 New Year Honours "for services to Science".

[1] Du Sautoy lives in London with his family and plays football (No 17 for Recreativo Hackney FC) and the trumpet.