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David Blackwell

1919 - 2010

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David Harold Blackwell (April 24, 1919 – July 8, 2010) was an American statistician and mathematician who made significant contributions to game theory, probability theory, information theory, and statistics. He is one of the eponyms of the Rao–Blackwell theorem. He was the first African American inducted into the National Academy of Sciences, the first African American full professor (with tenure) at the University of California, Berkeley, and the seventh African American to receive a Ph.D. in mathematics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Blackwell has received more than 500,534 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. David Blackwell is the 947th most popular mathematician, the 12,051st most popular biography from United States and the 89th most popular American Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, David Blackwell ranks 947 out of 1,004. Before him are Leonard Jimmie Savage, Carl Pomerance, Andrew M. Gleason, Bill Gosper, Neil Sloane, and Timothy Gowers. After him are Sun-Yung Alice Chang, Christopher Zeeman, Richard Schoen, Mary Ellen Rudin, Henry John Stephen Smith, and Kathleen Ollerenshaw.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, David Blackwell ranks 338. Before him are Norman Lane, Leopold Neumer, Kaifi Azmi, Shamshad Begum, Johnny Carey, and Kitty Wells. After him are Walt Hansgen, Mason Adams, George Avakian, Naushad, Isabella Abbott, and Gretchen Fraser. Among people deceased in 2010, David Blackwell ranks 438. Before him are Dick Gibson, Mitch Miller, Oleg Kopayev, James Moody, Eddie Baily, and Art Clokey. After him are Juanita M. Kreps, Vladislav Galkin, Jimmy Dean, Isabelle Caro, Ellis Clarke, and Grażyna Gęsicka.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David Blackwell ranks 12,051 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert Cormier (1925), Esther Rolle (1920), Ron Canada (1949), Elle King (1989), CeeLo Green (1974), and Shelley Fabares (1944). After him are Claudia Jennings (1949), Leon Wilkeson (1952), Chuck Daigh (1923), Brian Hallisay (1978), Hudson Leick (1969), and Al Sharpton (1954).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, David Blackwell ranks 89. Before him are Ormond Stone (1847), David Singmaster (1938), Leonard Jimmie Savage (1917), Carl Pomerance (1944), Andrew M. Gleason (1921), and Bill Gosper (1943). After him are Richard Schoen (1950), Mary Ellen Rudin (1924), Eric W. Weisstein (1969), Euphemia Haynes (1890), June Huh (1983), and Nathaniel Bowditch (1773).

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