MATHEMATICIAN

Jean-Christophe Yoccoz

1957 - 2016

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Jean-Christophe Yoccoz (29 May 1957 – 3 September 2016) was a French mathematician. He was awarded a Fields Medal in 1994, for his work on dynamical systems. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean-Christophe Yoccoz has received more than 120,730 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Jean-Christophe Yoccoz is the 694th most popular mathematician (down from 683rd in 2019), the 4,204th most popular biography from France (down from 4,044th in 2019) and the 97th most popular French Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Jean-Christophe Yoccoz ranks 694 out of 1,004Before him are Pierre Raymond de Montmort, Giovanni Battista Zupi, Roy Kerr, Viktor Sadovnichiy, Jürgen Moser, and Heinz Hopf. After him are Lewis Fry Richardson, Eduard Čech, Lady Byron, Jacques Tits, Abu Said Gorgani, and Marc-Antoine Parseval.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Jean-Christophe Yoccoz ranks 223Before him are Florence Arthaud, Khandi Alexander, Princess Margaretha of Liechtenstein, Kathy Najimy, Assumpta Serna, and Ikuo Takahara. After him are Judge Reinhold, Marc Almond, Ulrich Tukur, Jüri Tamm, Maurizio Arrivabene, and Alim Qasimov. Among people deceased in 2016, Jean-Christophe Yoccoz ranks 295Before him are Pierre Aubert, Prince Buster, Nina Ponomaryova, James Joseph Dresnok, Alexander Esenin-Volpin, and Lúcio Lara. After him are José Parra Martínez, Muhamed Mujić, Doreen Massey, Alcindo, Motiur Rahman Nizami, and Geydar Dzhemal.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-Christophe Yoccoz ranks 4,204 out of 6,770Before him are Hatem Ben Arfa (1987), Christian d'Oriola (1928), Hélène Grimaud (1969), Louis Henri Boussenard (1847), Claude Mauriac (1914), and Fernand de Langle de Cary (1849). After him are Mathieu Flamini (1984), Marielle Goitschel (1945), Paul Du Chaillu (1835), Marguerite Laugier (1896), Henri Duveyrier (1840), and Rémi Gaillard (1975).

Among MATHEMATICIANS In France

Among mathematicians born in France, Jean-Christophe Yoccoz ranks 97Before him are Arnaud Denjoy (1884), Pierre-Louis Lions (1956), Serge Lang (1927), Sylvestre François Lacroix (1765), Edmond Laguerre (1834), and Pierre Raymond de Montmort (1678). After him are Marc-Antoine Parseval (1755), Jean-Baptiste-Charles-Joseph Bélanger (1790), Victor Puiseux (1820), Joseph-Alfred Serret (1819), Jacques-Louis Lions (1928), and Marie-Jeanne de Lalande (1768).