Israel Gelfand (September 2, 1913 — October 5, 2009). R.I.P.
To learn more about him, see e.g. the excellent post by Terence Tao.
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Who’s Aron Turgenev?
It’s a nom de plume (as far as I can tell) for a Russian-speaking math blogger. By the way, thanks for posting the info to the Wikipedia! It’s now all over the blogosphere. If you happen to read in Russian, you can find an obituary here.
Hey, I can read in Russian, it’s easy:
http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.polit.ru%2Fscience%2F2009%2F10%2F06%2Fimgelfand.html&sl=ru&tl=en (^_^).