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John Milnor

1931 - Today

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John Willard Milnor (born February 20, 1931) is an American mathematician known for his work in differential topology, algebraic K-theory and low-dimensional holomorphic dynamical systems. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Milnor has received more than 388,504 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). John Milnor is the 313th most popular mathematician (up from 326th in 2019), the 2,444th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,736th in 2019) and the 14th most popular American Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, John Milnor ranks 313 out of 1,004. Before him are Aristyllus, Wilhelm Ackermann, Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro, Igor Ansoff, Pierre Deligne, and John Graunt. After him are Johannes Widmann, John G. Thompson, Oronce Finé, Theodor Kaluza, Gotthold Eisenstein, and Abraham Wald.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, John Milnor ranks 135. Before him are Uri Orlev, Colin Wilson, Shadia, Claire Bloom, Ken Takakura, and Rip Torn. After him are Pierre Nora, Hirokazu Kanazawa, Kang Song-san, Yevdokiya Mekshilo, Sébastien Japrisot, and Vaino Väljas.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Milnor ranks 2,444 out of 20,380. Before him are Ralph Boston (1939), James Bond (1900), Joe Dante (1946), Frances Arnold (1956), Jaclyn Smith (1945), and W. E. B. Du Bois (1868). After him are Henry Winkler (1945), Dan Quayle (1947), Henry George (1839), P. G. T. Beauregard (1818), Robert James Waller (1939), and Grace Moore (1898).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, John Milnor ranks 14. Before him are Edward Norton Lorenz (1917), Alonzo Church (1903), Jesse Douglas (1897), Karen Uhlenbeck (1942), Paul Cohen (1934), and Lloyd Shapley (1923). After him are John G. Thompson (1932), Stephen Smale (1930), Edward Kasner (1878), Sam Loyd (1841), Stephen Cole Kleene (1909), and Raymond Smullyan (1919).

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