Mathematician

James Lighthill

British applied mathematician

1924 - 1998

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James Lighthill

His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). James Lighthill is the 883rd most popular mathematician (up from 899th in 2024), the 5,003rd most popular biography from France (up from 5,079th in 2019) and the 111th most popular French Mathematician.

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James Lighthill's biography spans 21 Wikipedia language editions and earns a Historical Popularity Index of 53.28.

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Among Mathematicians

Among mathematicians, James Lighthill ranks 883 out of 1,010. Before him are Michael Aschbacher, Andrzej Mostowski, Anatoly Maltsev, Ngô Bảo Châu, Garrett Birkhoff, and Kenneth Appel. After him are Adele Goldstine, Herman Chernoff, Juliusz Schauder, J. H. C. Whitehead, Robin Hartshorne, and Radhanath Sikdar.

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HPI: 53.50
Rank: 877
Andrzej Mostowski
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HPI: 53.49
Rank: 878
Anatoly Maltsev
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HPI: 53.45
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Ngô Bảo Châu
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Garrett Birkhoff
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HPI: 53.32
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Kenneth Appel
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HPI: 53.29
Rank: 882
James Lighthill
1924 - 1998
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 883
Adele Goldstine
1920 - 1964
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 884
Herman Chernoff
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HPI: 53.27
Rank: 885
Juliusz Schauder
1899 - 1943
HPI: 53.24
Rank: 886
J. H. C. Whitehead
1904 - 1960
HPI: 53.21
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1938 - Present
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 888
Radhanath Sikdar
1813 - 1870
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 889

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, James Lighthill ranks 440. Before him are Humberto Fernández-Morán, Kemal Karpat, Arvo Viitanen, Maria Golubnichaya, Donald Richie, and Muhammad Osman Said. After him are Claude Netter, Serafim Fernandes de Araújo, Scott Brady, Otis Spann, Leo Buscaglia, and Lucy Salani. Among people deceased in 1998, James Lighthill ranks 279. Before him are Elio Morille, Clark Clifford, Henry Spira, Givi Kartozia, Vico Torriani, and Max Streibl. After him are Anna J. Harrison, Duncan White, Leo Buscaglia, Fred Davis, René Ferrier, and Denniz Pop.

Others Born in 1924

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Humberto Fernández-Morán
PHYSICIST
1924 - 1999
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 434
Kemal Karpat
HISTORIAN
1924 - 2019
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 435
Arvo Viitanen
ATHLETE
1924 - 1999
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 436
Maria Golubnichaya
ATHLETE
1924 - 2015
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 437
Donald Richie
WRITER
1924 - 2013
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 438
Muhammad Osman Said
POLITICIAN
1924 - 2007
HPI: 53.30
Rank: 439
James Lighthill
MATHEMATICIAN
1924 - 1998
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 440
Claude Netter
FENCER
1924 - 2007
HPI: 53.26
Rank: 441
Serafim Fernandes de Araújo
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1924 - 2019
HPI: 53.24
Rank: 442
Scott Brady
ACTOR
1924 - 1985
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 443
Otis Spann
MUSICIAN
1924 - 1970
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 444
Leo Buscaglia
WRITER
1924 - 1998
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 445
Lucy Salani
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1924 - 2023
HPI: 53.16
Rank: 446