1940 - 2019
Elwyn Ralph Berlekamp (September 6, 1940 – April 9, 2019) was a professor of mathematics and computer science at the University of California, Berkeley. Berlekamp was widely known for his work in computer science, coding theory and combinatorial game theory. Berlekamp invented an algorithm to factor polynomials and the Berlekamp switching game, and was one of the inventors of the Berlekamp–Welch algorithm and the Berlekamp–Massey algorithms, which are used to implement Reed–Solomon error correction. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elwyn Berlekamp has received more than 215,155 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Elwyn Berlekamp is the 817th most popular mathematician (down from 770th in 2019), the 9,261st most popular biography from United States (down from 9,108th in 2019) and the 65th most popular American Mathematician.
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Among mathematicians, Elwyn Berlekamp ranks 817 out of 823. Before him are Barry Mazur, Mark Kac, Alexander Aitken, Heinz Prüfer, Kenneth Appel, and Yury Osipov. After him are Volker Strassen, Curtis T. McMullen, Richard K. Guy, Yuri Linnik, Norman Johnson, and Hans Lewy.
1937 - Present
HPI: 42.57
Rank: 811
1914 - 1984
HPI: 42.56
Rank: 812
1895 - 1967
HPI: 42.55
Rank: 813
1896 - 1934
HPI: 42.55
Rank: 814
1932 - 2013
HPI: 42.51
Rank: 815
1936 - Present
HPI: 42.49
Rank: 816
1940 - 2019
HPI: 42.46
Rank: 817
1936 - Present
HPI: 42.46
Rank: 818
1958 - Present
HPI: 42.46
Rank: 819
1916 - 2020
HPI: 42.31
Rank: 820
1914 - 1972
HPI: 42.25
Rank: 821
1930 - 2017
HPI: 42.24
Rank: 822
1904 - 1988
HPI: 42.21
Rank: 823
Among people born in 1940, Elwyn Berlekamp ranks 472. Before him are Jürgen Kurbjuhn, Roberto Matosas, Yvonne Blake, Viktor Kuzkin, Jutta Heine, and Alexander Almetov. After him are John Castle, Fontella Bass, Juliet Mitchell, Chris Menges, David Gates, and Manfred Manglitz. Among people deceased in 2019, Elwyn Berlekamp ranks 422. Before him are Juan Rodríguez, Serafim Fernandes de Araújo, Norbert Eder, Aleksandar Kostov, Siegmar Wätzlich, and Julie Gibson. After him are Gennadi Manakov, Neil Innes, Norma Croker, Roky Erickson, Pernell Whitaker, and Eddie Money.
1940 - 2014
HPI: 42.71
Rank: 466
1940 - Present
HPI: 42.68
Rank: 467
1940 - 2018
HPI: 42.66
Rank: 468
1940 - 2008
HPI: 42.64
Rank: 469
1940 - Present
HPI: 42.57
Rank: 470
1940 - 1992
HPI: 42.50
Rank: 471
1940 - 2019
HPI: 42.46
Rank: 472
1940 - Present
HPI: 42.40
Rank: 473
1940 - 2012
HPI: 42.29
Rank: 474
1940 - Present
HPI: 42.28
Rank: 475
1940 - Present
HPI: 42.22
Rank: 476
1940 - Present
HPI: 42.20
Rank: 477
1940 - Present
HPI: 42.16
Rank: 478
1928 - 2019
HPI: 42.67
Rank: 416
1924 - 2019
HPI: 42.66
Rank: 417
1955 - 2019
HPI: 42.65
Rank: 418
1938 - 2019
HPI: 42.63
Rank: 419
1947 - 2019
HPI: 42.54
Rank: 420
1913 - 2019
HPI: 42.49
Rank: 421
1940 - 2019
HPI: 42.46
Rank: 422
1950 - 2019
HPI: 42.44
Rank: 423
1944 - 2019
HPI: 42.43
Rank: 424
1934 - 2019
HPI: 42.43
Rank: 425
1947 - 2019
HPI: 42.22
Rank: 426
1964 - 2019
HPI: 42.20
Rank: 427
1949 - 2019
HPI: 42.14
Rank: 428
Among people born in United States, Elwyn Berlekamp ranks 9,261 out of 18,182. Before him are John N. Mitchell (1913), Payman Maadi (1970), Sunrise Adams (1982), Anita Louise (1915), Holland Roden (1986), and Keith Andrews (1920). After him are William Varley (1880), Curtis T. McMullen (1958), Kyle Eastwood (1968), Kim Delaney (1961), Craig Robinson (1971), and Richie Ramone (1957).
1913 - 1988
HPI: 42.46
Rank: 9,255
1970 - Present
HPI: 42.46
Rank: 9,256
1982 - Present
HPI: 42.46
Rank: 9,257
1915 - 1970
HPI: 42.46
Rank: 9,258
1986 - Present
HPI: 42.46
Rank: 9,259
1920 - 1957
HPI: 42.46
Rank: 9,260
1940 - 2019
HPI: 42.46
Rank: 9,261
1880 - 1968
HPI: 42.46
Rank: 9,262
1958 - Present
HPI: 42.46
Rank: 9,263
1968 - Present
HPI: 42.45
Rank: 9,264
1961 - Present
HPI: 42.45
Rank: 9,265
1971 - Present
HPI: 42.45
Rank: 9,266
1957 - Present
HPI: 42.45
Rank: 9,267
Among mathematicians born in United States, Elwyn Berlekamp ranks 65. Before him are Garrett Birkhoff (1911), Marston Morse (1892), Ormond Stone (1847), Cleve Moler (1939), Barry Mazur (1937), and Kenneth Appel (1932). After him are Curtis T. McMullen (1958), Norman Johnson (1930), Martin David Kruskal (1925), George Mostow (1923), Robert Daniel Carmichael (1879), and Martin Davis (1928).
1911 - 1996
HPI: 43.00
Rank: 59
1892 - 1977
HPI: 42.89
Rank: 60
1847 - 1933
HPI: 42.76
Rank: 61
1939 - Present
HPI: 42.62
Rank: 62
1937 - Present
HPI: 42.57
Rank: 63
1932 - 2013
HPI: 42.51
Rank: 64
1940 - 2019
HPI: 42.46
Rank: 65
1958 - Present
HPI: 42.46
Rank: 66
1930 - 2017
HPI: 42.24
Rank: 67
1925 - 2006
HPI: 41.99
Rank: 68
1923 - 2017
HPI: 41.89
Rank: 69
1879 - 1967
HPI: 41.77
Rank: 70
1928 - 2023
HPI: 41.69
Rank: 71