1906 - 1998
André Weil (; French: [ɑ̃dʁe vɛj]; 6 May 1906 – 6 August 1998) was a French mathematician, known for his foundational work in number theory and algebraic geometry. He was one of the most influential mathematicians of the twentieth century. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of André Weil has received more than 509,266 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). André Weil is the 170th most popular mathematician (up from 174th in 2019), the 1,231st most popular biography from France (up from 1,246th in 2019) and the 34th most popular French Mathematician.
André Weil is most famous for his work on the Weil Conjectures, which are a set of conjectures in number theory.
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Among mathematicians, André Weil ranks 170 out of 823. Before him are Jost Bürgi, Jean Gaston Darboux, Wacław Sierpiński, Zu Chongzhi, Colin Maclaurin, and Conon of Samos. After him are Wang Chong, René Thom, Pierre Bouguer, Vito Volterra, George Pólya, and Mikhail Ostrogradsky.
1552 - 1632
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 164
1842 - 1917
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 165
1882 - 1969
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 166
429 - 500
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 167
1698 - 1746
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 168
280 BC - 221 BC
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 169
1906 - 1998
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 170
27 - 97
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 171
1923 - 2002
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 172
1698 - 1758
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 173
1860 - 1940
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 174
1887 - 1985
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 175
1801 - 1862
HPI: 60.44
Rank: 176
Among people born in 1906, André Weil ranks 63. Before him are Max Delbrück, Ettore Majorana, Vera Menchik, James Hadley Chase, Fredric Brown, and Anthony Mann. After him are Muzafer Sherif, Douglas McGregor, Chandra Shekhar Azad, Heinz Harmel, John Dickson Carr, and Nelson Goodman. Among people deceased in 1998, André Weil ranks 34. Before him are Alan Hodgkin, Conrad Schumann, Julien Green, Lúcio Costa, Alan J. Pakula, and David McClelland. After him are Otto Wichterle, Linda McCartney, Florence Griffith Joyner, Maria Reiche, Derek Barton, and Ernst-Günther Schenck.
1906 - 1981
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 57
1906 - 1959
HPI: 61.40
Rank: 58
1906 - 1944
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 59
1906 - 1985
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 60
1906 - 1972
HPI: 60.66
Rank: 61
1906 - 1967
HPI: 60.52
Rank: 62
1906 - 1998
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 63
1906 - 1988
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 64
1906 - 1964
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 65
1906 - 1931
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 66
1906 - 2000
HPI: 59.66
Rank: 67
1906 - 1977
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 68
1906 - 1998
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 69
1914 - 1998
HPI: 61.08
Rank: 28
1942 - 1998
HPI: 60.95
Rank: 29
1900 - 1998
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 30
1902 - 1998
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 31
1928 - 1998
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 32
1917 - 1998
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 33
1906 - 1998
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 34
1913 - 1998
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 35
1941 - 1998
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 36
1959 - 1998
HPI: 60.17
Rank: 37
1903 - 1998
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 38
1918 - 1998
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 39
1904 - 1998
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 40
Among people born in France, André Weil ranks 1,231 out of 6,011. Before him are Ange-Jacques Gabriel (1698), Fanny Ardant (1949), Adalberon (947), Laurent Blanc (1965), Prince Jean, Duke of Guise (1874), and Édouard Mortier, Duke of Trévise (1768). After him are Ernest Gellner (1925), René Thom (1923), Francis I, Duke of Lorraine (1517), Jaufre Rudel (1125), André Masson (1896), and Pierre Bouguer (1698).
1698 - 1782
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 1,225
1949 - Present
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 1,226
947 - 1030
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 1,227
1965 - Present
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 1,228
1874 - 1940
HPI: 60.52
Rank: 1,229
1768 - 1835
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 1,230
1906 - 1998
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 1,231
1925 - 1995
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 1,232
1923 - 2002
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 1,233
1517 - 1545
HPI: 60.48
Rank: 1,234
1125 - 1148
HPI: 60.48
Rank: 1,235
1896 - 1987
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 1,236
1698 - 1758
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 1,237
Among mathematicians born in France, André Weil ranks 34. Before him are Michel Rolle (1652), Jacques Hadamard (1865), Joseph Liouville (1809), Gabriel Lamé (1795), Étienne Bézout (1730), and Jean Gaston Darboux (1842). After him are René Thom (1923), Pierre Bouguer (1698), Jean-Pierre Serre (1926), Camille Jordan (1838), Étienne-Louis Malus (1775), and Antoine Augustin Cournot (1801).
1652 - 1719
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 28
1865 - 1963
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 29
1809 - 1882
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 30
1795 - 1870
HPI: 61.06
Rank: 31
1730 - 1783
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 32
1842 - 1917
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 33
1906 - 1998
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 34
1923 - 2002
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 35
1698 - 1758
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 36
1926 - Present
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 37
1838 - 1922
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 38
1775 - 1812
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 39
1801 - 1877
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 40