1902 - 1950
Abraham Wald (; Hungarian: Wald Ábrahám, Yiddish: אברהם וואַלד; (1902-10-31)31 October 1902 – (1950-12-13)13 December 1950) was a Jewish Hungarian mathematician who contributed to decision theory, geometry and econometrics, and founded the field of sequential analysis. One of his well-known statistical works was written during World War II on how to minimize the damage to bomber aircraft and took into account the survivorship bias in his calculations. He spent his research career at Columbia University. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abraham Wald has received more than 693,326 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Abraham Wald is the 335th most popular mathematician (down from 322nd in 2019), the 149th most popular biography from Romania (down from 133rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Romanian Mathematician.
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Among mathematicians, Abraham Wald ranks 335 out of 823. Before him are Charles-Eugène Delaunay, Jean Dieudonné, Guidobaldo del Monte, Richard Courant, George Green, and Gerhard Gentzen. After him are Edward Waring, Felix Bernstein, Jesse Douglas, Pietro Cataldi, Richard Hamming, and Paul Lévy.
1816 - 1872
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 329
1906 - 1992
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 330
1545 - 1607
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 331
1888 - 1972
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 332
1793 - 1841
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 333
1909 - 1945
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 334
1902 - 1950
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 335
1736 - 1798
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 336
1878 - 1956
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 337
1897 - 1965
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 338
1552 - 1626
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 339
1915 - 1998
HPI: 54.23
Rank: 340
1886 - 1971
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 341
Among people born in 1902, Abraham Wald ranks 109. Before him are Jean Rey, Ryu Gwansun, Peregrino Anselmo, Elsa Lanchester, Albert Anastasia, and Leopold Figl. After him are Heinz Rühmann, Giuseppe Pella, Santos Iriarte, Mitrofan Nedelin, Ernst von Salomon, and Josep Lluís Sert. Among people deceased in 1950, Abraham Wald ranks 70. Before him are Olaf Stapledon, Traian Vuia, Edwin Sutherland, Hantaro Nagaoka, Walter Eucken, and Walton Walker. After him are Kazys Grinius, Ulrich Graf, Lev Berg, Gustaf John Ramstedt, Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, and Shigenori Tōgō.
1902 - 1983
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 103
1902 - 1920
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 104
1902 - 1975
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 105
1902 - 1986
HPI: 54.61
Rank: 106
1902 - 1957
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 107
1902 - 1965
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 108
1902 - 1950
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 109
1902 - 1994
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 110
1902 - 1981
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 111
1902 - 1968
HPI: 54.36
Rank: 112
1902 - 1960
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 113
1902 - 1972
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 114
1902 - 1983
HPI: 54.08
Rank: 115
1886 - 1950
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 64
1872 - 1950
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 65
1883 - 1950
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 66
1865 - 1950
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 67
1891 - 1950
HPI: 54.57
Rank: 68
1889 - 1950
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 69
1902 - 1950
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 70
1866 - 1950
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 71
1878 - 1950
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 72
1876 - 1950
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 73
1873 - 1950
HPI: 53.74
Rank: 74
1922 - 1950
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 75
1882 - 1950
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 76
Among people born in Romania, Abraham Wald ranks 149 out of 665. Before him are Ibrahim Muteferrika (1674), Sándor Kőrösi Csoma (1784), Nicolae Grigorescu (1838), Ecaterina Teodoroiu (1894), Octavian Goga (1881), and Radu Lupu (1945). After him are János Arany (1817), Lucian Blaga (1895), Victor Stănculescu (1928), Richard Wurmbrand (1909), Marthe Bibesco (1886), and Angelica Rozeanu (1921).
1674 - 1745
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 143
1784 - 1842
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 144
1838 - 1907
HPI: 54.57
Rank: 145
1894 - 1917
HPI: 54.56
Rank: 146
1881 - 1938
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 147
1945 - 2022
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 148
1902 - 1950
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 149
1817 - 1882
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 150
1895 - 1961
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 151
1928 - 2016
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 152
1909 - 2001
HPI: 54.14
Rank: 153
1886 - 1973
HPI: 54.14
Rank: 154
1921 - 2006
HPI: 54.09
Rank: 155
Among mathematicians born in Romania, Abraham Wald ranks 4. Before him are János Bolyai (1802), Zoia Ceaușescu (1949), and Farkas Bolyai (1775). After him are Ion Ghica (1816), Ion Barbu (1895), Spiru Haret (1851), Grigore Moisil (1906), and Solomon Marcus (1925).
1802 - 1860
HPI: 65.30
Rank: 1
1949 - 2006
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 2
1775 - 1856
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 3
1902 - 1950
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 4
1816 - 1897
HPI: 51.89
Rank: 5
1895 - 1961
HPI: 47.26
Rank: 6
1851 - 1912
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 7
1906 - 1973
HPI: 45.73
Rank: 8
1925 - 2016
HPI: 43.36
Rank: 9