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Friedrich Waismann

1896 - 1959

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Friedrich Waismann (German: [ˈvaɪsman]; 21 March 1896 – 4 November 1959) was an Austrian mathematician, physicist, and philosopher. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Friedrich Waismann has received more than 66,903 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Friedrich Waismann is the 646th most popular mathematician (down from 606th in 2019), the 753rd most popular biography from Austria (down from 692nd in 2019) and the 13th most popular Austrian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Friedrich Waismann ranks 646 out of 823Before him are Vladimir Drinfeld, Paul Bernays, Paul du Bois-Reymond, John Tate, Johann Karl Burckhardt, and Guido Castelnuovo. After him are Paul Gordan, Edward Routh, David Gregory, Mikio Sato, Eliyahu Rips, and Jordanus de Nemore.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Friedrich Waismann ranks 170Before him are William Gopallawa, Ivan Merz, Jaromír Weinberger, Roger Sessions, Fritz Julius Kuhn, and Frank Loomis. After him are Brock Chisholm, Gerhard Fieseler, Lado Gudiashvili, Carlos P. Garcia, Edvin Wide, and Alberto Vargas. Among people deceased in 1959, Friedrich Waismann ranks 130Before him are Edith Clarke, Heleno de Freitas, Max O. Lorenz, Roald Larsen, Nicholas Charnetsky, and Paul Rivet. After him are Jacob Epstein, Guillermo Riveros, Zakaria Goneim, Jean Grémillon, Hans Henny Jahnn, and Felix Jacoby.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Friedrich Waismann ranks 753 out of 1,237Before him are Franz Steindachner (1834), Herma Bauma (1915), Fritz Wotruba (1907), Ursula Ledóchowska (1865), Alexander Wurz (1974), and Adi Hütter (1970). After him are Christian Kern (1966), Karl Wendlinger (1968), Josef August Schultes (1773), Benita Ferrero-Waldner (1948), Franz de Paula Adam von Waldstein (1759), and Hans Moser (1880).

Among MATHEMATICIANS In Austria

Among mathematicians born in Austria, Friedrich Waismann ranks 13Before him are Georg Alexander Pick (1859), Karl Menger (1902), Philipp Frank (1884), Hermann Bondi (1919), Simon von Stampfer (1790), and Otto E. Neugebauer (1899). After him are Walter Rudin (1921), Hilda Geiringer (1893), Helena Rasiowa (1917), and Leopold Vietoris (1891).