MATHEMATICIAN

Henri Cartan

1904 - 2008

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Henri Paul Cartan (French: [kaʁtɑ̃]; 8 July 1904 – 13 August 2008) was a French mathematician who made substantial contributions to algebraic topology. He was the son of the mathematician Élie Cartan, nephew of mathematician Anna Cartan, oldest brother of composer Jean Cartan, physicist Louis Cartan and mathematician Hélène Cartan, and the son-in-law of physicist Pierre Weiss. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henri Cartan has received more than 187,662 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Henri Cartan is the 220th most popular mathematician (up from 230th in 2019), the 1,513th most popular biography from France (up from 1,604th in 2019) and the 45th most popular French Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Henri Cartan ranks 220 out of 1,004. Before him are Autolycus of Pitane, Willem de Sitter, Kazimierz Kuratowski, Callippus, Michel Chasles, and Xu Guangqi. After him are Henry Briggs, Thomas Abbt, Anatoly Fomenko, Maria Reiche, Israel Gelfand, and Pierre Varignon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Henri Cartan ranks 60. Before him are Serge Lifar, Donald O. Hebb, Princess Irene, Duchess of Aosta, Moshé Feldenkrais, Josef Bühler, and Peter Lorre. After him are Rudolf Arnheim, Leopold Trepper, Elyesa Bazna, Ralph Bellamy, Arnold Gehlen, and Ernst-Günther Schenck. Among people deceased in 2008, Henri Cartan ranks 58. Before him are Horst Tappert, Tassos Papadopoulos, Joshua Lederberg, Rajko Mitić, Sufi Abu Taleb, and Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah. After him are Jerry Reed, Mark Felt, Youssef Chahine, Muslim Magomayev, Hugo Claus, and Imad Mughniyah.

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In France

Among people born in France, Henri Cartan ranks 1,513 out of 6,770. Before him are Peter Faber (1506), Paul Gachet (1828), Fredegund (545), Humbert of Silva Candida (1000), Henri Giffard (1825), and Gustave Charpentier (1860). After him are Guillaume Budé (1467), Blaise de Vigenère (1523), Odo of Cluny (878), Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully (1560), Adhemar of Le Puy (1055), and Hubert Robert (1733).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In France

Among mathematicians born in France, Henri Cartan ranks 45. Before him are Jean Gaston Darboux (1842), Gabriel Lamé (1795), Laurent Schwartz (1915), Étienne-Louis Malus (1775), Antoine Augustin Cournot (1801), and Michel Chasles (1793). After him are Pierre Varignon (1654), Élie Cartan (1869), Gilles de Roberval (1602), Joseph Bertrand (1822), Émile Picard (1856), and Édouard Roche (1820).

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