MATHEMATICIAN

Jim Simons

1938 - 2024

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James Harris Simons (April 25, 1938 – May 10, 2024) was an American hedge fund manager, investor, mathematician, and philanthropist. At the time of his death, Simons' net worth was estimated to be $31.4 billion, making him the 55th-richest person in the world. He was the founder of Renaissance Technologies, a quantitative hedge fund based in East Setauket, New York. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jim Simons has received more than 511,151 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Jim Simons is the 438th most popular mathematician (down from 368th in 2019), the 3,526th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,150th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular American Mathematician.

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  • 53.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Jim Simons ranks 438 out of 1,004. Before him are Martin Kutta, Johann II Bernoulli, Nicomedes, Thomas Bradwardine, Nikolai Luzin, and Athir al-Din al-Abhari. After him are Paul Lévy, Goro Shimura, Pierre Wantzel, Kamāl al-Dīn al-Fārisī, Jacques Ozanam, and Christian Kramp.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Jim Simons ranks 211. Before him are Tatsuya Shiji, Ralph Bakshi, Perry Anderson, Rauno Aaltonen, Chuan Leekpai, and Lee Morgan. After him are Larry Niven, Richard Beymer, Manuel Monteiro de Castro, Lawrence Block, Grethe Ingmann, and Eiko Ishioka. Among people deceased in 2024, Jim Simons ranks 170. Before him are Günter Brus, Humberto Maschio, Teri Garr, Brian Mulroney, William Anders, and Benny Golson. After him are Helmuth Duckadam, Selim Hoss, Allen J. Bard, Muazzez İlmiye Çığ, Ethel Kennedy, and Lev Rubinstein.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jim Simons ranks 3,526 out of 20,380. Before him are Rufus Wainwright (1973), John Zerzan (1943), Wayne Knight (1955), Pernell Roberts (1928), Maria Tallchief (1925), and Louis Farrakhan (1933). After him are Walter Cronkite (1916), Alicia Silverstone (1976), Steve Lukather (1957), Alice Walton (1949), Irene Dunne (1898), and Eddie Adams (1933).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, Jim Simons ranks 23. Before him are Edward Kasner (1878), Sam Loyd (1841), Stephen Cole Kleene (1909), Raymond Smullyan (1919), Richard Hamming (1915), and Richard S. Hamilton (1943). After him are Whitfield Diffie (1944), William Thurston (1946), Richard E. Bellman (1920), Isadore Singer (1924), Dennis Sullivan (1941), and George David Birkhoff (1884).

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