Mathematician
John Forbes Nash Jr.
1928 - 2015
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John Forbes Nash Jr.
His biography is available in 95 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 92 in 2024). John Forbes Nash Jr. is the 11th most popular mathematician (up from 26th in 2024), the 36th most popular biography from United States (up from 110th 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 11 out of 1,004. Before him are Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi, Euclid, Fibonacci, Ada Lovelace, Leonhard Euler, and Omar Khayyam. After him are Bernhard Riemann, Hypatia, Joseph-Louis Lagrange, Al-Biruni, Pierre de Fermat, and Bertrand Russell.
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Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
780 - 850
HPI: 90.62
Rank: 5
Euclid
350 BC - 240 BC
HPI: 90.02
Rank: 6
Fibonacci
1170 - 1240
HPI: 89.74
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1815 - 1852
HPI: 87.83
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Leonhard Euler
1707 - 1783
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Omar Khayyam
1048 - 1131
HPI: 86.69
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John Forbes Nash Jr.
1928 - 2015
HPI: 85.78
Rank: 11
Bernhard Riemann
1826 - 1866
HPI: 85.32
Rank: 12
Hypatia
350 - 415
HPI: 84.85
Rank: 13
Joseph-Louis Lagrange
1736 - 1813
HPI: 84.17
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973 - 1048
HPI: 83.73
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Pierre de Fermat
1601 - 1665
HPI: 83.45
Rank: 16
Bertrand Russell
1872 - 1970
HPI: 82.69
Rank: 17
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1928, John Forbes Nash Jr. ranks 2. Before him is Che Guevara. After him are James Watson, Andy Warhol, Hosni Mubarak, Ennio Morricone, Stanley Kubrick, Ariel Sharon, Noam Chomsky, Eduard Shevardnadze, Jean-Marie Le Pen, and Chinghiz Aitmatov. Among people deceased in 2015, John Forbes Nash Jr. ranks 1. After him are Lee Kuan Yew, B.B. King, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Charles H. Townes, Günter Grass, Lemmy, Christopher Lee, Tomas Tranströmer, Nicholas Winton, Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, and Demis Roussos.
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Che Guevara
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1928 - 1967
HPI: 93.09
Rank: 1
John Forbes Nash Jr.
MATHEMATICIAN
1928 - 2015
HPI: 85.78
Rank: 2
James Watson
BIOLOGIST
1928 - 2025
HPI: 83.14
Rank: 3
Andy Warhol
ARTIST
1928 - 1987
HPI: 82.94
Rank: 4
Hosni Mubarak
POLITICIAN
1928 - 2020
HPI: 82.43
Rank: 5
Ennio Morricone
COMPOSER
1928 - 2020
HPI: 81.73
Rank: 6
Stanley Kubrick
FILM DIRECTOR
1928 - 1999
HPI: 81.71
Rank: 7
Ariel Sharon
POLITICIAN
1928 - 2014
HPI: 80.78
Rank: 8
Noam Chomsky
LINGUIST
1928 - Present
HPI: 79.50
Rank: 9
Eduard Shevardnadze
POLITICIAN
1928 - 2014
HPI: 79.00
Rank: 10
Jean-Marie Le Pen
POLITICIAN
1928 - 2025
HPI: 78.64
Rank: 11
Chinghiz Aitmatov
WRITER
1928 - 2008
HPI: 77.57
Rank: 12
Others Deceased in 2015
Go to all RankingsJohn Forbes Nash Jr.
MATHEMATICIAN
1928 - 2015
HPI: 85.78
Rank: 1
Lee Kuan Yew
POLITICIAN
1923 - 2015
HPI: 83.27
Rank: 2
B.B. King
MUSICIAN
1925 - 2015
HPI: 81.79
Rank: 3
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
POLITICIAN
1931 - 2015
HPI: 81.57
Rank: 4
Charles H. Townes
PHYSICIST
1915 - 2015
HPI: 80.63
Rank: 5
Günter Grass
WRITER
1927 - 2015
HPI: 80.42
Rank: 6
Lemmy
MUSICIAN
1945 - 2015
HPI: 79.99
Rank: 7
Christopher Lee
ACTOR
1922 - 2015
HPI: 79.50
Rank: 8
Tomas Tranströmer
WRITER
1931 - 2015
HPI: 79.26
Rank: 9
Nicholas Winton
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1909 - 2015
HPI: 79.12
Rank: 10
Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
POLITICIAN
1924 - 2015
HPI: 79.06
Rank: 11
Demis Roussos
SINGER
1946 - 2015
HPI: 78.95
Rank: 12
In United States
Among people born in United States, John Forbes Nash Jr. ranks 36 out of NaN. Before him are George Washington (1732), John F. Kennedy (1917), Joe Biden (1942), Neil Armstrong (1930), Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882), and Benjamin Franklin (1706). After him are Cher (1946), Madonna (1958), Pocahontas (1595), Martin Scorsese (1942), Joseph Smith (1805), and Emily Dickinson (1830).
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George Washington
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1917 - 1963
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Rank: 31
Joe Biden
POLITICIAN
1942 - Present
HPI: 86.00
Rank: 32
Neil Armstrong
ASTRONAUT
1930 - 2012
HPI: 85.96
Rank: 33
Franklin D. Roosevelt
POLITICIAN
1882 - 1945
HPI: 85.92
Rank: 34
Benjamin Franklin
POLITICIAN
1706 - 1790
HPI: 85.90
Rank: 35
John Forbes Nash Jr.
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1928 - 2015
HPI: 85.78
Rank: 36
Cher
SINGER
1946 - Present
HPI: 85.78
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Madonna
MUSICIAN
1958 - Present
HPI: 85.74
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Pocahontas
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Martin Scorsese
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Joseph Smith
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HPI: 85.34
Rank: 41
Emily Dickinson
WRITER
1830 - 1886
HPI: 85.12
Rank: 42
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), Katherine Johnson (1918), Herbert A. Hauptman (1917), Jim Simons (1938), Claude Shannon (1916), Paul Cohen (1934), John Tate (1925), Mary Jackson (1921), Edward Norton Lorenz (1917), and Alonzo Church (1903).
John Forbes Nash Jr.
1928 - 2015
HPI: 85.78
Rank: 1
Charles Sanders Peirce
1839 - 1914
HPI: 75.56
Rank: 2
Norbert Wiener
1894 - 1964
HPI: 74.10
Rank: 3
Katherine Johnson
1918 - 2020
HPI: 73.76
Rank: 4
Herbert A. Hauptman
1917 - 2011
HPI: 73.31
Rank: 5
Jim Simons
1938 - 2024
HPI: 72.89
Rank: 6
Claude Shannon
1916 - 2001
HPI: 72.12
Rank: 7
Paul Cohen
1934 - 2007
HPI: 71.36
Rank: 8
John Tate
1925 - 2019
HPI: 69.04
Rank: 9
Mary Jackson
1921 - 2005
HPI: 68.42
Rank: 10
Edward Norton Lorenz
1917 - 2008
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 11
Alonzo Church
1903 - 1995
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 12
