Karl Friedrich Gauss was a German mathematician and physicist, commonly hailed as the "Prince of Mathematicians." He made many contributions to the field of mathematics, including the development of the normal distribution, the method of least squares, and the Gauss-Newton algorithm. Some synonyms for Karl Friedrich Gauss include "Gauss," "Prince of Mathematicians," "Father of Modern Mathematics," and "Master of Numbers." Despite his significant contributions to mathematics, Gauss remained humble throughout his life, stating that "mathematics is the queen of sciences and number theory is the queen of mathematics - but God is the emperor of them all".