MATHEMATICIAN

Joan Birman

1927 - Today

Photo of Joan Birman

Icon of person Joan Birman

Joan Sylvia Lyttle Birman (born May 30, 1927, in New York City) is an American mathematician, specializing in low-dimensional topology. She has made contributions to the study of knots, 3-manifolds, mapping class groups of surfaces, geometric group theory, contact structures and dynamical systems. Birman is research professor emerita at Barnard College, Columbia University, where she has been since 1973. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Joan Birman is the 994th most popular mathematician (down from 981st in 2024), the 15,961st most popular biography from United States (down from 14,280th in 2019) and the 100th most popular American Mathematician.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Joan Birman by language

Loading...

Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Joan Birman ranks 994 out of 1,004. Before her are Victor Glushkov, Marcus du Sautoy, Euphemia Haynes, Manjul Bhargava, Hugo Duminil-Copin, and Steven Strogatz. After her are Raman Parimala, Lai-Sang Young, Akshay Venkatesh, Svetlana Jitomirskaya, Edward Frenkel, and Hee Oh.

Most Popular Mathematicians in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Joan Birman ranks 505. Before her are Norman Petty, Rupert Crosse, Barbara Cook, Willie Ormond, Mohammed Zahur Khayyam, and Mort Sahl. After her are Peggie Castle, Phyllis Coates, Abrar Alvi, Ken Dodd, Edwin Edwards, and Steven Muller.

Others Born in 1927

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United States

Among people born in United States, Joan Birman ranks 15,968 out of 20,380. Before her are Kristin Armstrong (1973), Jayne Brook (1960), Stacey Dash (1966), Cynthia McKinney (1955), Joey McIntyre (1972), and Christopher Tin (1976). After her are Rosemary DeCamp (1910), Erica Leerhsen (1976), Mookie Betts (1992), Kelly Oubre Jr. (1995), Monet Mazur (1976), and Pete Wentz (1979).

Others born in United States

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, Joan Birman ranks 100. Before her are Leonard Jimmie Savage (1917), Nathaniel Bowditch (1773), June Huh (1983), Robert J. Lang (1961), Euphemia Haynes (1890), and Steven Strogatz (1959). After her are Daniel J. Bernstein (1971), Jennifer Tour Chayes (1956), Noam Elkies (1966), Cathy O'Neil (null), and Charles Hoskinson (1987).

American born Mathematicians

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous