I don't know if this really qualifies, but I would say that Scott Draves can be viewed as an amateur mathematician for inventing/discovering the fractals known as Flame fractals. His work is more towards art, but there is a decent amount of math behind to optimize the aesthetically properties of the fractals. (The "nicest" fractal dimension is 1.52, for example).
Per Alexandersson
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