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Friedrich Hirzebruch

1927 - 2012

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Friedrich Ernst Peter Hirzebruch ForMemRS (17 October 1927 – 27 May 2012) was a German mathematician, working in the fields of topology, complex manifolds and algebraic geometry, and a leading figure in his generation. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Friedrich Hirzebruch has received more than 99,960 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Friedrich Hirzebruch is the 488th most popular mathematician (down from 455th in 2019), the 3,281st most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,010th in 2019) and the 59th most popular German Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Friedrich Hirzebruch ranks 488 out of 1,004. Before him are Ion Ghica, W. V. D. Hodge, Samuel Eilenberg, David Mumford, Moritz Pasch, and Alfred Pringsheim. After him are René de Saussure, Jean-Étienne Montucla, Johannes de Muris, Joseph Raphson, Stanisław Leśniewski, and Pavel Urysohn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Friedrich Hirzebruch ranks 184. Before him are Stuart Rosenberg, Juan Alonso, Sadako Ogata, Gisèle Halimi, Hans Bauer, and Gianna Maria Canale. After him are Lyudmila Alexeyeva, Emmanuel III Delly, Richard Johnson, Rachel Roberts, Claude Abbes, and Thanin Kraivichien. Among people deceased in 2012, Friedrich Hirzebruch ranks 168. Before him are Shulamith Firestone, Vicar, Sixten Jernberg, Ignatius Moses I Daoud, Maria Emanuel, Margrave of Meissen, and Vitaly Vorotnikov. After him are Pierre Sinibaldi, Rashidi Yekini, Simeon ten Holt, Avraham Adan, Roy Salvadori, and Genichi Taguchi.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Friedrich Hirzebruch ranks 3,281 out of 7,253. Before him are Ernst Hartert (1859), Lilli Lehmann (1848), Alwin Berger (1871), Duchess Marie Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1803), Reiner Klimke (1936), and Prince Alfons of Bavaria (1862). After him are Richard Hildebrandt (1897), Maximilian Fretter-Pico (1892), Henricus Martellus Germanus (1401), Paul Fleming (1609), Rudi Gutendorf (1926), and Janosch (1931).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Germany

Among mathematicians born in Germany, Friedrich Hirzebruch ranks 59. Before him are Johannes Werner (1468), Ernst Schröder (1841), Hermann Hankel (1839), Adam Ries (1492), Johann Samuel König (1712), and Karl Mollweide (1774). After him are Johann Benedict Listing (1808), Gerd Faltings (1954), Hillel Furstenberg (1935), Otto Hölder (1859), Martin Ohm (1792), and Max Noether (1921).

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