MATHEMATICIAN

Herman Chernoff

1923 - Today

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Herman Chernoff (born July 1, 1923) is an American applied mathematician, statistician and physicist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Herman Chernoff has received more than 90,603 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Herman Chernoff is the 911th most popular mathematician, the 10,620th most popular biography from United States and the 78th most popular American Mathematician.

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  • 91k

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  • 50.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Herman Chernoff ranks 911 out of 1,004. Before him are W. T. Tutte, William Gemmell Cochran, Øystein Ore, Robert Daniel Carmichael, Shreeram Shankar Abhyankar, and Cathleen Synge Morawetz. After him are George Szekeres, Andrei Okounkov, Joseph Wedderburn, Wilhelm Wirtinger, Ken Ribet, and Satish Dhawan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Herman Chernoff ranks 447. Before him are Dannie Abse, Sam Rivers, Slim Whitman, Bjørn Paulson, Alice Ghostley, and Cathleen Synge Morawetz. After him are Arthur Jensen, Bernice Rubens, Trevor Ford, Edward Clancy, Roger Foulon, and László Jeney.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Herman Chernoff ranks 10,620 out of 20,380. Before him are Louis Kuehn (1901), Christine Korsgaard (1952), June Christy (1925), Kathy Ellis (1946), Naomi Parker Fraley (1921), and Bruce C. Murray (1931). After him are Gillian Flynn (1971), Eugenie Scott (1945), Samuel S. Hinds (1875), Richard Blumenthal (1946), T Bone Burnett (1948), and Arthur Fry (1931).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, Herman Chernoff ranks 78. Before him are Robin Hartshorne (1938), Clifford Truesdell (1919), Adele Goldstine (1920), Phillip Griffiths (1938), Erna Schneider Hoover (1926), and Robert Daniel Carmichael (1879). After him are Ken Ribet (1948), Martin David Kruskal (1925), Elwyn Berlekamp (1940), George Mostow (1923), Ormond Stone (1847), and David Singmaster (1938).

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