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Emil Artin

1898 - 1962

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Emil Artin (German: [ˈaʁtiːn]; March 3, 1898 – December 20, 1962) was an Austrian mathematician of Armenian descent. Artin was one of the leading mathematicians of the twentieth century. He is best known for his work on algebraic number theory, contributing largely to class field theory and a new construction of L-functions. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Emil Artin has received more than 283,382 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia. Emil Artin is the 263rd most popular mathematician (up from 273rd in 2019), the 397th most popular biography from Austria (up from 413th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Austrian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Emil Artin ranks 263 out of 1,004. Before him are Hugo Steinhaus, Guo Shoujing, Andreas Osiander, Hans Hahn, Adolf Hurwitz, and Thomas Simpson. After him are John Horton Conway, Jesse Douglas, Tatyana Afanasyeva, John Wilkins, Mikhail Leonidovich Gromov, and Carl David Tolmé Runge.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Emil Artin ranks 77. Before him are Marie-Pierre Kœnig, August Hirt, Matvei Zakharov, Jean Borotra, István Dobi, and Salvatore Ferragamo. After him are Leo McCarey, Hastings Banda, Fyodor Kuznetsov, Desanka Maksimović, Luigi Fagioli, and Helmuth von Pannwitz. Among people deceased in 1962, Emil Artin ranks 55. Before him are Lei Feng, Gianna Beretta Molla, Hu Shih, Frank Borzage, Thomas Mitchell, and Muhammad VIII al-Amin. After him are Albert Sarraut, E. E. Cummings, Wilhelm Ohnesorge, Kirsten Flagstad, Leonardo De Lorenzo, and Poul Nielsen.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Emil Artin ranks 397 out of 1,424. Before him are Christine Kaufmann (1945), Hans Hahn (1879), Martin Weinek (1964), Robert Stolz (1880), Jack Unterweger (1951), and Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein (1760). After him are Archduchess Clementina of Austria (1798), Paul Wittgenstein (1887), Heinz Kohut (1913), Constanze Manziarly (1920), Hanns Albin Rauter (1895), and Sigismund Francis, Archduke of Austria (1630).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Austria

Among mathematicians born in Austria, Emil Artin ranks 5. Before him are Paul Ehrenfest (1880), Josef Stefan (1835), Georg von Peuerbach (1423), and Hans Hahn (1879). After him are Georg Alexander Pick (1859), Karl Menger (1902), Philipp Frank (1884), Hermann Bondi (1919), Simon von Stampfer (1790), Friedrich Waismann (1896), and Hilda Geiringer (1893).

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