MATHEMATICIAN
John Forbes Nash Jr.
1928 - 2015
John Forbes Nash Jr.
John Forbes Nash, Jr. (June 13, 1928 – May 23, 2015), known and published as John Nash, was an American mathematician who made fundamental contributions to game theory, real algebraic geometry, differential geometry, and partial differential equations. Nash and fellow game theorists John Harsanyi and Reinhard Selten were awarded the 1994 Nobel Prize in Economics. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Forbes Nash Jr. has received more than 12,338,009 page views. His biography is available in 92 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 88 in 2019). John Forbes Nash Jr. is the 26th most popular mathematician (down from 15th in 2019), the 110th most popular biography from United States (down from 55th in 2019) and the most popular American Mathematician.
John Forbes Nash Jr. is most famous for his contributions to game theory and differential geometry. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 1994.
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Among MATHEMATICIANS
Among mathematicians, John Forbes Nash Jr. ranks 26 out of 1,004. Before him are Joseph Fourier, Hero of Alexandria, Jean le Rond d'Alembert, Luca Pacioli, John von Neumann, and Joseph-Louis Lagrange. After him are Évariste Galois, Apollonius of Perga, John Napier, François Viète, Diophantus, and Gerolamo Cardano.
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1768 - 1830
HPI: 75.81
Rank: 20
Hero of Alexandria
10 - 75
HPI: 75.71
Rank: 21
Jean le Rond d'Alembert
1717 - 1783
HPI: 75.67
Rank: 22
Luca Pacioli
1445 - 1517
HPI: 75.53
Rank: 23
John von Neumann
1903 - 1957
HPI: 75.43
Rank: 24
Joseph-Louis Lagrange
1736 - 1813
HPI: 75.30
Rank: 25
John Forbes Nash Jr.
1928 - 2015
HPI: 75.17
Rank: 26
Évariste Galois
1811 - 1832
HPI: 74.98
Rank: 27
Apollonius of Perga
262 BC - 190 BC
HPI: 74.96
Rank: 28
John Napier
1550 - 1617
HPI: 74.84
Rank: 29
François Viète
1540 - 1603
HPI: 74.65
Rank: 30
Diophantus
201 - 300
HPI: 74.54
Rank: 31
Gerolamo Cardano
1501 - 1576
HPI: 73.98
Rank: 32
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1928, John Forbes Nash Jr. ranks 7. Before him are Che Guevara, Ariel Sharon, Andy Warhol, Stanley Kubrick, Hosni Mubarak, and Ennio Morricone. After him are Noam Chomsky, Agnès Varda, Eduard Shevardnadze, Serge Gainsbourg, James Watson, and Chinghiz Aitmatov. Among people deceased in 2015, John Forbes Nash Jr. ranks 4. Before him are Lee Kuan Yew, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, and Günter Grass. After him are Demis Roussos, Nicholas Winton, Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, Christopher Lee, Omar Sharif, Terry Pratchett, Tomas Tranströmer, and B.B. King.
Others Born in 1928
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SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1928 - 1967
HPI: 90.81
Rank: 1
Ariel Sharon
POLITICIAN
1928 - 2014
HPI: 80.24
Rank: 2
Andy Warhol
ARTIST
1928 - 1987
HPI: 78.90
Rank: 3
Stanley Kubrick
FILM DIRECTOR
1928 - 1999
HPI: 78.35
Rank: 4
Hosni Mubarak
POLITICIAN
1928 - 2020
HPI: 77.90
Rank: 5
Ennio Morricone
COMPOSER
1928 - 2020
HPI: 77.84
Rank: 6
John Forbes Nash Jr.
MATHEMATICIAN
1928 - 2015
HPI: 75.17
Rank: 7
Noam Chomsky
LINGUIST
1928 - Present
HPI: 74.91
Rank: 8
Agnès Varda
FILM DIRECTOR
1928 - 2019
HPI: 72.70
Rank: 9
Eduard Shevardnadze
POLITICIAN
1928 - 2014
HPI: 72.69
Rank: 10
Serge Gainsbourg
SINGER
1928 - 1991
HPI: 72.48
Rank: 11
James Watson
BIOLOGIST
1928 - Present
HPI: 72.43
Rank: 12
Chinghiz Aitmatov
WRITER
1928 - 2008
HPI: 71.80
Rank: 13
Others Deceased in 2015
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POLITICIAN
1923 - 2015
HPI: 78.57
Rank: 1
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
POLITICIAN
1931 - 2015
HPI: 77.96
Rank: 2
Günter Grass
WRITER
1927 - 2015
HPI: 75.19
Rank: 3
John Forbes Nash Jr.
MATHEMATICIAN
1928 - 2015
HPI: 75.17
Rank: 4
Demis Roussos
SINGER
1946 - 2015
HPI: 75.09
Rank: 5
Nicholas Winton
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1909 - 2015
HPI: 74.84
Rank: 6
Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
POLITICIAN
1924 - 2015
HPI: 74.68
Rank: 7
Christopher Lee
ACTOR
1922 - 2015
HPI: 74.16
Rank: 8
Omar Sharif
ACTOR
1932 - 2015
HPI: 74.14
Rank: 9
Terry Pratchett
WRITER
1948 - 2015
HPI: 73.85
Rank: 10
Tomas Tranströmer
WRITER
1931 - 2015
HPI: 72.07
Rank: 11
B.B. King
MUSICIAN
1925 - 2015
HPI: 69.49
Rank: 12
In United States
Among people born in United States, John Forbes Nash Jr. ranks 110 out of 20,380. Before him are Vin Diesel (1967), Jimi Hendrix (1942), Jim Morrison (1943), John Dewey (1859), Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (1929), and Debbie Reynolds (1932). After him are Joan Baez (1941), Bhumibol Adulyadej (1927), Jack Nicholson (1937), Madonna (1958), Jane Addams (1860), and Isadora Duncan (1877).
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ACTOR
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HPI: 75.28
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Jim Morrison
SINGER
1943 - 1971
HPI: 75.26
Rank: 106
John Dewey
PSYCHOLOGIST
1859 - 1952
HPI: 75.21
Rank: 107
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
COMPANION
1929 - 1994
HPI: 75.21
Rank: 108
Debbie Reynolds
ACTOR
1932 - 2016
HPI: 75.20
Rank: 109
John Forbes Nash Jr.
MATHEMATICIAN
1928 - 2015
HPI: 75.17
Rank: 110
Joan Baez
SINGER
1941 - Present
HPI: 75.13
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Bhumibol Adulyadej
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HPI: 75.08
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HPI: 75.05
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Madonna
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1958 - Present
HPI: 74.95
Rank: 114
Jane Addams
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1860 - 1935
HPI: 74.93
Rank: 115
Isadora Duncan
DANCER
1877 - 1927
HPI: 74.92
Rank: 116
Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States
Among mathematicians born in United States, John Forbes Nash Jr. ranks 1. After him are Charles Sanders Peirce (1839), Norbert Wiener (1894), Claude Shannon (1916), Katherine Johnson (1918), Herbert A. Hauptman (1917), Mary Jackson (1921), Edward Norton Lorenz (1917), Alonzo Church (1903), Jesse Douglas (1897), Karen Uhlenbeck (1942), and Paul Cohen (1934).
John Forbes Nash Jr.
1928 - 2015
HPI: 75.17
Rank: 1
Charles Sanders Peirce
1839 - 1914
HPI: 70.88
Rank: 2
Norbert Wiener
1894 - 1964
HPI: 69.47
Rank: 3
Claude Shannon
1916 - 2001
HPI: 69.38
Rank: 4
Katherine Johnson
1918 - 2020
HPI: 66.69
Rank: 5
Herbert A. Hauptman
1917 - 2011
HPI: 63.30
Rank: 6
Mary Jackson
1921 - 2005
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 7
Edward Norton Lorenz
1917 - 2008
HPI: 62.33
Rank: 8
Alonzo Church
1903 - 1995
HPI: 61.60
Rank: 9
Jesse Douglas
1897 - 1965
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 10
Karen Uhlenbeck
1942 - Present
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 11
Paul Cohen
1934 - 2007
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 12