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No single person made mathematics: it was, and continues to be, the combined effort of thousands of mathematicians.
Judgment call. 'Best' in what way? I like Leonhard Euler (1707-1783) but there are many other candidates.
There is no evidence that Einstein made even one great contribution to mathematics. Einstein relied heavily on mathematics to provide his contributions to physics, of which there are many.
Although he made enormously important contributions to physics, his contribution to mathematics was limited. The non-existence of a fixed frame of reference is probably the most significant mathematical contribution - as opposed to contribution to physics.
The father of algebra is known as Diophantus. He made great contributions to mathematics in the form of number theory.