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John G. Kemeny

1926 - 1992

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John George Kemeny (born Kemény János György; May 31, 1926 – December 26, 1992) was a Hungarian-born American mathematician, computer scientist, and educator best known for co-developing the BASIC programming language in 1964 with Thomas E. Kurtz. Kemeny served as the 13th President of Dartmouth College from 1970 to 1981 and pioneered the use of computers in college education. Kemeny chaired the presidential commission that investigated the Three Mile Island accident in 1979. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John G. Kemeny has received more than 231,192 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). John G. Kemeny is the 391st most popular mathematician (down from 362nd in 2019), the 271st most popular biography from Hungary (down from 254th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Hungarian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, John G. Kemeny ranks 391 out of 1,004. Before him are Richard Courant, Grigory Margulis, Maryam Mirzakhani, Lennart Carleson, Eugenio Beltrami, and Ibn Sahl. After him are Stephen Cole Kleene, Raymond Smullyan, Qin Jiushao, Campanus of Novara, Lars Hörmander, and Pierre Alphonse Laurent.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, John G. Kemeny ranks 157. Before him are Alfredo Oscar Saint Jean, Elias Hrawi, John Derek, Jaba Ioseliani, Raif Dizdarević, and Claude Akins. After him are Ernst Ocwirk, Ingrid Haebler, Paul Janssen, Peter Shaffer, Vicente Aranda, and Claudio Villa. Among people deceased in 1992, John G. Kemeny ranks 98. Before him are Giorgio Perlasca, Jeff Porcaro, Yang Kyoungjong, Suleiman Frangieh, Dana Andrews, and Tevfik Esenç. After him are Franco Cristaldi, Frederick William Franz, Lusine Zakaryan, Seichō Matsumoto, Néstor Almendros, and Aleksandar Tirnanić.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, John G. Kemeny ranks 271 out of 1,077. Before him are Amrita Sher-Gil (1913), Prince Álmos (1070), Gabor Maté (1944), Pál Csernai (1932), Elizabeth of Hungary, Queen of Serbia (1255), and George Friedman (1949). After him are Ferenc Münnich (1886), János Kornai (1928), Géza Maróczy (1870), Thomas Szasz (1920), Ferenc Nagy (1903), and Tivadar Soros (1894).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Hungary

Among mathematicians born in Hungary, John G. Kemeny ranks 6. Before him are John von Neumann (1903), Paul Erdős (1913), George Pólya (1887), Marcel Grossmann (1878), and Rudolf E. Kálmán (1930). After him are László Lovász (1948), Frigyes Riesz (1880), Raoul Bott (1923), Peter Lax (1926), Pál Turán (1910), and Klára Dán von Neumann (1911).

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