MATHEMATICIAN
Alonzo Church
1903 - 1995
Alonzo Church
Alonzo Church (June 14, 1903 – August 11, 1995) was an American computer scientist, mathematician, logician, and philosopher who made major contributions to mathematical logic and the foundations of theoretical computer science. He is best known for the lambda calculus, the Church–Turing thesis, proving the unsolvability of the Entscheidungsproblem ("decision problem"), the Frege–Church ontology, and the Church–Rosser theorem. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alonzo Church has received more than 817,246 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Alonzo Church is the 162nd most popular mathematician (up from 204th in 2019), the 1,174th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,574th in 2019) and the 9th most popular American Mathematician.
Alonzo Church was a logician and mathematician who is most famous for inventing the lambda calculus in the 1930s.
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820k
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Languages Editions (L)
6.94
Effective Languages (L*)
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Among MATHEMATICIANS
Among mathematicians, Alonzo Church ranks 162 out of 1,004. Before him are Arthur Cayley, Menelaus of Alexandria, Robert Aumann, Giambattista della Porta, Simplicius of Cilicia, and Wacław Sierpiński. After him are André Weil, James Joseph Sylvester, Pierre Bouguer, George Pólya, Felix Hausdorff, and René Thom.
Most Popular Mathematicians in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsArthur Cayley
1821 - 1895
HPI: 62.00
Rank: 156
Menelaus of Alexandria
70 - 140
HPI: 61.99
Rank: 157
Robert Aumann
1930 - Present
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 158
Giambattista della Porta
1535 - 1615
HPI: 61.93
Rank: 159
Simplicius of Cilicia
490 - 560
HPI: 61.76
Rank: 160
Wacław Sierpiński
1882 - 1969
HPI: 61.68
Rank: 161
Alonzo Church
1903 - 1995
HPI: 61.60
Rank: 162
André Weil
1906 - 1998
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 163
James Joseph Sylvester
1814 - 1897
HPI: 61.54
Rank: 164
Pierre Bouguer
1698 - 1758
HPI: 61.48
Rank: 165
George Pólya
1887 - 1985
HPI: 61.39
Rank: 166
Felix Hausdorff
1868 - 1942
HPI: 61.36
Rank: 167
René Thom
1923 - 2002
HPI: 61.33
Rank: 168
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1903, Alonzo Church ranks 56. Before him are John Vincent Atanasoff, Claudio Arrau, Giulio Natta, The French Angel, Yisrael Kristal, and Vladimir Bartol. After him are Ernest Walton, Claudette Colbert, Abul A'la Maududi, Eliot Ness, George Davis Snell, and Vincente Minnelli. Among people deceased in 1995, Alonzo Church ranks 43. Before him are Roger Zelazny, Louis Malle, U Nu, Rory Gallagher, John Vincent Atanasoff, and Pierre Schaeffer. After him are Ernest Walton, Lita Grey, Carlos Monzón, Ștefan Kovács, Siad Barre, and Ernest Gellner.
Others Born in 1903
Go to all RankingsJohn Vincent Atanasoff
PHYSICIST
1903 - 1995
HPI: 62.12
Rank: 50
Claudio Arrau
MUSICIAN
1903 - 1991
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 51
Giulio Natta
CHEMIST
1903 - 1979
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 52
The French Angel
WRESTLER
1903 - 1954
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 53
Yisrael Kristal
POLITICIAN
1903 - 2017
HPI: 61.74
Rank: 54
Vladimir Bartol
WRITER
1903 - 1967
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 55
Alonzo Church
MATHEMATICIAN
1903 - 1995
HPI: 61.60
Rank: 56
Ernest Walton
PHYSICIST
1903 - 1995
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 57
Claudette Colbert
ACTOR
1903 - 1996
HPI: 61.48
Rank: 58
Abul A'la Maududi
PHILOSOPHER
1903 - 1979
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 59
Eliot Ness
POLITICIAN
1903 - 1957
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 60
George Davis Snell
BIOLOGIST
1903 - 1996
HPI: 60.62
Rank: 61
Vincente Minnelli
FILM DIRECTOR
1903 - 1986
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 62
Others Deceased in 1995
Go to all RankingsRoger Zelazny
WRITER
1937 - 1995
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 37
Louis Malle
FILM DIRECTOR
1932 - 1995
HPI: 62.62
Rank: 38
U Nu
POLITICIAN
1907 - 1995
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 39
Rory Gallagher
MUSICIAN
1948 - 1995
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 40
John Vincent Atanasoff
PHYSICIST
1903 - 1995
HPI: 62.12
Rank: 41
Pierre Schaeffer
COMPOSER
1910 - 1995
HPI: 61.74
Rank: 42
Alonzo Church
MATHEMATICIAN
1903 - 1995
HPI: 61.60
Rank: 43
Ernest Walton
PHYSICIST
1903 - 1995
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 44
Lita Grey
ACTOR
1908 - 1995
HPI: 61.39
Rank: 45
Carlos Monzón
BOXER
1942 - 1995
HPI: 61.21
Rank: 46
Ștefan Kovács
SOCCER PLAYER
1920 - 1995
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 47
Siad Barre
POLITICIAN
1919 - 1995
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 48
Ernest Gellner
PHILOSOPHER
1925 - 1995
HPI: 60.78
Rank: 49
In United States
Among people born in United States, Alonzo Church ranks 1,174 out of 20,380. Before him are Roy O. Disney (1893), Susan Wojcicki (1968), Jackie Robinson (1919), Noah Gordon (1926), Liliʻuokalani (1838), and Clyde Drexler (1962). After him are William Gibson (1948), Gene Sharp (1928), Yonatan Netanyahu (1946), Anjelica Huston (1951), George Armitage Miller (1920), and Lisa Kudrow (1963).
Others born in United States
Go to all RankingsRoy O. Disney
BUSINESSPERSON
1893 - 1971
HPI: 61.61
Rank: 1,168
Susan Wojcicki
POLITICIAN
1968 - 2024
HPI: 61.61
Rank: 1,169
Jackie Robinson
BASEBALL PLAYER
1919 - 1972
HPI: 61.61
Rank: 1,170
Noah Gordon
WRITER
1926 - 2021
HPI: 61.61
Rank: 1,171
Liliʻuokalani
NOBLEMAN
1838 - 1917
HPI: 61.61
Rank: 1,172
Clyde Drexler
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1962 - Present
HPI: 61.60
Rank: 1,173
Alonzo Church
MATHEMATICIAN
1903 - 1995
HPI: 61.60
Rank: 1,174
William Gibson
WRITER
1948 - Present
HPI: 61.59
Rank: 1,175
Gene Sharp
POLITICAL SCIENTIST
1928 - 2018
HPI: 61.59
Rank: 1,176
Yonatan Netanyahu
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1946 - 1976
HPI: 61.59
Rank: 1,177
Anjelica Huston
ACTOR
1951 - Present
HPI: 61.58
Rank: 1,178
George Armitage Miller
PSYCHOLOGIST
1920 - 2012
HPI: 61.58
Rank: 1,179
Lisa Kudrow
ACTOR
1963 - Present
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 1,180
Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States
Among mathematicians born in United States, Alonzo Church ranks 9. Before him are Norbert Wiener (1894), Claude Shannon (1916), Katherine Johnson (1918), Herbert A. Hauptman (1917), Mary Jackson (1921), and Edward Norton Lorenz (1917). After him are Jesse Douglas (1897), Karen Uhlenbeck (1942), Paul Cohen (1934), Lloyd Shapley (1923), John Milnor (1931), and John G. Thompson (1932).
Norbert Wiener
1894 - 1964
HPI: 69.47
Rank: 3
Claude Shannon
1916 - 2001
HPI: 69.38
Rank: 4
Katherine Johnson
1918 - 2020
HPI: 66.69
Rank: 5
Herbert A. Hauptman
1917 - 2011
HPI: 63.30
Rank: 6
Mary Jackson
1921 - 2005
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 7
Edward Norton Lorenz
1917 - 2008
HPI: 62.33
Rank: 8
Alonzo Church
1903 - 1995
HPI: 61.60
Rank: 9
Jesse Douglas
1897 - 1965
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 10
Karen Uhlenbeck
1942 - Present
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 11
Paul Cohen
1934 - 2007
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 12
Lloyd Shapley
1923 - 2016
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 13
John Milnor
1931 - Present
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 14
John G. Thompson
1932 - Present
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 15