MATHEMATICIAN

Edward Norton Lorenz

1917 - 2008

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Edward Norton Lorenz (May 23, 1917 – April 16, 2008) was an American mathematician and meteorologist who established the theoretical basis of weather and climate predictability, as well as the basis for computer-aided atmospheric physics and meteorology. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward Norton Lorenz has received more than 546,954 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Edward Norton Lorenz is the 149th most popular mathematician (down from 121st in 2019), the 1,052nd most popular biography from United States (down from 886th in 2019) and the 8th most popular American Mathematician.

Edward Norton Lorenz is most famous for his discovery of the butterfly effect.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Edward Norton Lorenz ranks 149 out of 1,004. Before him are Mary Jackson, Johannes Trithemius, Émile Borel, Henri Lebesgue, Zoia Ceaușescu, and Andrey Markov. After him are Wang Chong, Joseph Liouville, Scipione del Ferro, Robert Grosseteste, Michel Rolle, and Vladimir Arnold.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Edward Norton Lorenz ranks 46. Before him are Jane Wyman, George Gaynes, Leonid Hurwicz, Mel Ferrer, Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia, and Danielle Darrieux. After him are Jack Kirby, Manolete, Andrew Huxley, John Cornforth, Violeta Parra, and Maurice Duverger. Among people deceased in 2008, Edward Norton Lorenz ranks 38. Before him are John Archibald Wheeler, Leonid Hurwicz, Mel Ferrer, Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow, Thomas Huckle Weller, and Aimé Césaire. After him are Ivan Rebroff, Masanobu Fukuoka, Chiara Lubich, George Carlin, Giuseppe Di Stefano, and Lansana Conté.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edward Norton Lorenz ranks 1,052 out of 20,380. Before him are Lance Henriksen (1940), Howard H. Aiken (1900), Muddy Waters (1913), Margaret Brown (1867), Chester Bennington (1976), and Thomas Pynchon (1937). After him are Gary Sinise (1955), Ed O'Neill (1946), Jack Kirby (1917), Groucho Marx (1890), Frank B. Kellogg (1856), and Joyce Carol Oates (1938).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, Edward Norton Lorenz ranks 8. Before him are Charles Sanders Peirce (1839), Norbert Wiener (1894), Claude Shannon (1916), Katherine Johnson (1918), Herbert A. Hauptman (1917), and Mary Jackson (1921). After him are Alonzo Church (1903), Jesse Douglas (1897), Karen Uhlenbeck (1942), Paul Cohen (1934), Lloyd Shapley (1923), and John Milnor (1931).

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