1930 - 2021
Jacques Tits (French: [tits]) (12 August 1930 – 5 December 2021) was a Belgian-born French mathematician who worked on group theory and incidence geometry. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacques Tits has received more than 321,204 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Jacques Tits is the 393rd most popular mathematician (up from 672nd in 2019), the 339th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 564th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Belgian Mathematician.
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Among mathematicians, Jacques Tits ranks 393 out of 823. Before him are Guido Fubini, Nikolai Luzin, Rolf Nevanlinna, Pierre Wantzel, Albert Girard, and Abū Ja'far al-Khāzin. After him are Alfred J. Lotka, Ignazio Danti, Henri Brocard, Ibn Sahl, Qin Jiushao, and Caspar Wessel.
1879 - 1943
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 387
1883 - 1950
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 388
1895 - 1980
HPI: 53.03
Rank: 389
1814 - 1848
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 390
1595 - 1632
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 391
900 - 960
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 392
1930 - 2021
HPI: 52.94
Rank: 393
1880 - 1949
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 394
1536 - 1586
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 395
1845 - 1922
HPI: 52.88
Rank: 396
940 - 1000
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 397
1201 - 1261
HPI: 52.84
Rank: 398
1745 - 1818
HPI: 52.81
Rank: 399
Among people born in 1930, Jacques Tits ranks 201. Before him are FM-2030, Uladzimir Karatkievich, Gregory Corso, Veljo Tormis, Lazar Berman, and Hussain Muhammad Ershad. After him are Ahmad Shah of Pahang, Frederick Wiseman, Juan Gelman, Ross Perot, María Elena Walsh, and Lawrence Eagleburger. Among people deceased in 2021, Jacques Tits ranks 248. Before him are Captain Tom, Ioannis Palaiokrassas, Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk, Lawrence Weiner, Leonid Bartenyev, and Willie Garson. After him are Jessica Walter, Giacomo Capuzzi, Umberto Colombo, Carla Fracci, Bell hooks, and El Risitas.
1930 - 2000
HPI: 53.10
Rank: 195
1930 - 1984
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 196
1930 - 2001
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 197
1930 - 2017
HPI: 52.98
Rank: 198
1930 - 2005
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 199
1930 - 2019
HPI: 52.94
Rank: 200
1930 - 2021
HPI: 52.94
Rank: 201
1930 - 2019
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 202
1930 - Present
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 203
1930 - 2014
HPI: 52.87
Rank: 204
1930 - 2019
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 205
1930 - 2011
HPI: 52.76
Rank: 206
1930 - 2011
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 207
1920 - 2021
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 242
1934 - 2021
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 243
1931 - 2021
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 244
1942 - 2021
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 245
1933 - 2021
HPI: 52.99
Rank: 246
1964 - 2021
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 247
1930 - 2021
HPI: 52.94
Rank: 248
1941 - 2021
HPI: 52.87
Rank: 249
1929 - 2021
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 250
1933 - 2021
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 251
1936 - 2021
HPI: 52.77
Rank: 252
1952 - 2021
HPI: 52.76
Rank: 253
1956 - 2021
HPI: 52.68
Rank: 254
Among people born in Belgium, Jacques Tits ranks 339 out of 1,019. Before him are Prince Laurent of Belgium (1963), Stradanus (1523), FM-2030 (1930), Wim Mertens (1953), Hélène Dutrieu (1877), and Sigebert of Gembloux (1030). After him are François de Cuvilliés (1695), René Jacobs (1946), Perkin Warbeck (1474), Dirk II, Count of Holland (901), Abraham Janssens (1570), and Sylvère Maes (1909).
1963 - Present
HPI: 53.21
Rank: 333
1523 - 1605
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 334
1930 - 2000
HPI: 53.10
Rank: 335
1953 - Present
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 336
1877 - 1961
HPI: 53.04
Rank: 337
1030 - 1112
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 338
1930 - 2021
HPI: 52.94
Rank: 339
1695 - 1768
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 340
1946 - Present
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 341
1474 - 1499
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 342
901 - 988
HPI: 52.84
Rank: 343
1570 - 1632
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 344
1909 - 1966
HPI: 52.78
Rank: 345
Among mathematicians born in Belgium, Jacques Tits ranks 5. Before him are Simon Stevin (1548), Victor D'Hondt (1841), Eugène Charles Catalan (1814), and Pierre Deligne (1944). After him are Adriaan van Roomen (1561), Pierre François Verhulst (1804), Grégoire de Saint-Vincent (1584), Charles Jean de la Vallée Poussin (1866), David Ruelle (1935), Elias M. Stein (1931), and Jean Bourgain (1954).
1548 - 1620
HPI: 68.48
Rank: 1
1841 - 1902
HPI: 61.37
Rank: 2
1814 - 1894
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 3
1944 - Present
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 4
1930 - 2021
HPI: 52.94
Rank: 5
1561 - 1615
HPI: 52.51
Rank: 6
1804 - 1849
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 7
1584 - 1667
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 8
1866 - 1962
HPI: 49.46
Rank: 9
1935 - Present
HPI: 48.51
Rank: 10
1931 - 2018
HPI: 48.19
Rank: 11
1954 - 2018
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 12