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Henryk Zygalski

1908 - 1978

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Henryk Zygalski (Polish pronunciation: [ˈxɛnrɨk zɨˈɡalski] ; 15 July 1908 – 30 August 1978) was a Polish mathematician and cryptologist who worked at breaking German Enigma-machine ciphers before and during World War II. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henryk Zygalski has received more than 102,291 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Henryk Zygalski is the 415th most popular mathematician (up from 447th in 2019), the 2,787th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,945th in 2019) and the 50th most popular German Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Henryk Zygalski ranks 415 out of 1,004. Before her are Mary Cartwright, Ibn al-Banna' al-Marrakushi, Carl Ludwig Siegel, Thomas Fincke, László Lovász, and Abraham Robinson. After her are Georgy Voronoy, Albert W. Tucker, Al-Sijzi, Helmut Hasse, Michael O. Rabin, and Vladimir Smirnov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Henryk Zygalski ranks 145. Before her are Mario Evaristo, Anna Sten, Juan López Fontana, Mel Blanc, Lupe Vélez, and Paul Henreid. After her are Elio Vittorini, John Tuzo Wilson, Michel Marcel Navratil, Robert Morley, Karel Ančerl, and Sœur Emmanuelle. Among people deceased in 1978, Henryk Zygalski ranks 94. Before her are Leo Genn, Hans Stuck, Emilio Portes Gil, Max Mallowan, George Maciunas, and Mstislav Keldysh. After her are Jacques Brugnon, Joe Davis, Semyon Krivoshein, Ivan Tyulenev, Gig Young, and Jacques Bergier.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Henryk Zygalski ranks 2,787 out of 7,253. Before her are Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow (1663), Waldemar Bonsels (1880), Joseph Dietzgen (1828), Julian Nagelsmann (1987), Karl, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1813), and Matthias Claudius (1740). After her are Christoph Daum (1953), Ferdinand Christian Baur (1792), Petra Kelly (1947), Jean Malaurie (1922), Duchess Charlotte Felicitas of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1671), and Ralf Moeller (1959).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Germany

Among mathematicians born in Germany, Henryk Zygalski ranks 50. Before her are Philipp Ludwig von Seidel (1821), Elwin Bruno Christoffel (1829), Hans Freudenthal (1905), Abraham Fraenkel (1891), Carl Ludwig Siegel (1896), and Thomas Fincke (1561). After her are Helmut Hasse (1898), Gerhard Gentzen (1909), Johannes Werner (1468), Ernst Schröder (1841), Hermann Hankel (1839), and Adam Ries (1492).

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