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John G. Thompson

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John Griggs Thompson (born October 13, 1932) is an American mathematician at the University of Florida noted for his work in the field of finite groups. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John G. Thompson has received more than 164,165 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). John G. Thompson is the 315th most popular mathematician (up from 350th in 2019), the 2,451st most popular biography from United States (up from 2,978th in 2019) and the 15th most popular American Mathematician.

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  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 3.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, John G. Thompson ranks 315 out of 1,004. Before him are Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro, Igor Ansoff, Pierre Deligne, John Graunt, John Milnor, and Johannes Widmann. After him are Oronce Finé, Theodor Kaluza, Gotthold Eisenstein, Abraham Wald, Igor Shafarevich, and Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, John G. Thompson ranks 140. Before him are Shintaro Ishihara, Kurt Diemberger, Michael H. Hart, Jerzy Hoffman, Walter Schröder, and Renato Martino. After him are Alvin Plantinga, Robert Benton, Chea Sim, Elena Poniatowska, Yukio Shimomura, and Isao Tomita.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John G. Thompson ranks 2,451 out of 20,380. Before him are Henry Winkler (1945), Dan Quayle (1947), Henry George (1839), P. G. T. Beauregard (1818), Robert James Waller (1939), and Grace Moore (1898). After him are Al Oerter (1936), Jeb Bush (1953), Neil Sedaka (1939), Nicholas Sparks (1965), Paris Hilton (1981), and Henrietta Lacks (1920).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, John G. Thompson ranks 15. Before him are Alonzo Church (1903), Jesse Douglas (1897), Karen Uhlenbeck (1942), Paul Cohen (1934), Lloyd Shapley (1923), and John Milnor (1931). After him are Stephen Smale (1930), Edward Kasner (1878), Sam Loyd (1841), Stephen Cole Kleene (1909), Raymond Smullyan (1919), and Richard Hamming (1915).

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