Joel Lee Brenner ((1912-08-02)August 2, 1912 – (1997-11-14)November 14, 1997) was an American mathematician who specialized in matrix theory, linear algebra, and group theory.
He is known as the translator of several popular Russian texts.
He was a teaching professor at some dozen colleges and universities and was a Senior Mathematician at Stanford Research Institute from 1956 to 1968.
He published over one hundred scholarly papers, 35 with coauthors, and wrote book reviews.