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Garrett Birkhoff

1911 - 1996

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Garrett Birkhoff (January 19, 1911 – November 22, 1996) was an American mathematician. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Garrett Birkhoff has received more than 130,292 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Garrett Birkhoff is the 801st most popular mathematician (down from 753rd in 2019), the 8,911th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,516th in 2019) and the 59th most popular American Mathematician.

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  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 2.91

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Garrett Birkhoff ranks 801 out of 823. Before him are S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan, Roger Apéry, Georgy Adelson-Velsky, Solomon Marcus, Ivan Petrovsky, and Yasumasa Kanada. After him are Richard Rado, Stanislav Smirnov, Marston Morse, Harish-Chandra, Ormond Stone, and Anatoly Maltsev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Garrett Birkhoff ranks 312. Before him are Milan Stojanović, Donald Piper, Marie Kraja, Gedeon Barcza, Georg Dascher, and Paul Grégoire. After him are Maurice Perrin, John Gorton, Terence Rattigan, Eric Williams, Dudley Senanayake, and Basil Dearden. Among people deceased in 1996, Garrett Birkhoff ranks 259. Before him are Mark Lenard, Latifa al-Zayyat, Swami Rama, Audrey Munson, George Kojac, and Raymond Salles. After him are Tommy Lawton, Christine Pascal, Otto Licha, Barney Ewell, Sarah Palfrey Cooke, and Mavuba Mafuila.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Garrett Birkhoff ranks 8,911 out of 18,182. Before him are Janet Rowley (1925), Melvin Laird (1922), Maggie McNamara (1928), Harvey Kurtzman (1924), Carmine Caridi (1934), and Tim DeKay (1963). After him are Bob Gaudio (1942), John Jakes (1932), William Beebe (1877), Michael Michele (1966), Rose Marie (1923), and Bill Laimbeer (1957).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, Garrett Birkhoff ranks 59. Before him are Gregory Chaitin (1947), Robin Hartshorne (1938), Rudy Rucker (1946), Joseph Keller (1923), Marshall Harvey Stone (1903), and Erna Schneider Hoover (1926). After him are Marston Morse (1892), Ormond Stone (1847), Cleve Moler (1939), Barry Mazur (1937), Kenneth Appel (1932), and Elwyn Berlekamp (1940).

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