1931 - Today
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 363,901 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia. John Milnor is the 326th most popular mathematician (up from 342nd in 2019), the 2,743rd most popular biography from United States (up from 2,832nd in 2019) and the 15th most popular American Mathematician.
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Among mathematicians, John Milnor ranks 326 out of 823. Before him are Ernesto Cesàro, Theodor Kaluza, Philipp Ludwig von Seidel, Jacques Charles François Sturm, Isaac Beeckman, and Pierre Alphonse Laurent. After him are Sergei Sobolev, Kunihiko Kodaira, Charles-Eugène Delaunay, Jean Dieudonné, Guidobaldo del Monte, and Richard Courant.
1859 - 1906
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 320
1885 - 1954
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 321
1821 - 1896
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 322
1803 - 1855
HPI: 54.78
Rank: 323
1588 - 1637
HPI: 54.78
Rank: 324
1813 - 1854
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 325
1931 - Present
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 326
1908 - 1989
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 327
1915 - 1997
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 328
1816 - 1872
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 329
1906 - 1992
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 330
1545 - 1607
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 331
1888 - 1972
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 332
Among people born in 1931, John Milnor ranks 140. Before him are Morris Chang, Lamberto Dini, Jan Troell, Don Walsh, Roman Opałka, and Sébastien Japrisot. After him are Marianne Koch, Antonella Lualdi, Daniel Ellsberg, Robert Morris, Sven Tumba, and Linda Nochlin.
1931 - Present
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 134
1931 - Present
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 135
1931 - Present
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 136
1931 - Present
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 137
1931 - 2011
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 138
1931 - 2003
HPI: 54.78
Rank: 139
1931 - Present
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 140
1931 - Present
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 141
1931 - 2023
HPI: 54.57
Rank: 142
1931 - 2023
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 143
1931 - 2018
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 144
1931 - 2011
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 145
1931 - 2017
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 146
Among people born in United States, John Milnor ranks 2,743 out of 18,182. Before him are Joey DeMaio (1954), Flannery O'Connor (1925), Douglas Trumbull (1942), Neilia Hunter Biden (1942), Joseph Valachi (1904), and Royal Rife (1888). After him are J. Presper Eckert (1919), Wilder Penfield (1891), Freddie King (1934), Edgar Snow (1905), Tracy Morgan (1968), and Ronald Lauder (1944).
1954 - Present
HPI: 54.76
Rank: 2,737
1925 - 1964
HPI: 54.76
Rank: 2,738
1942 - 2022
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 2,739
1942 - 1972
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 2,740
1904 - 1971
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 2,741
1888 - 1971
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 2,742
1931 - Present
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 2,743
1919 - 1995
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 2,744
1891 - 1976
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 2,745
1934 - 1976
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 2,746
1905 - 1972
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 2,747
1968 - Present
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 2,748
1944 - Present
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 2,749
Among mathematicians born in United States, John Milnor ranks 15. Before him are Alonzo Church (1903), Lloyd Shapley (1923), Sam Loyd (1841), Karen Uhlenbeck (1942), Richard S. Hamilton (1943), and Paul Cohen (1934). After him are Jesse Douglas (1897), Richard Hamming (1915), Stephen Smale (1930), Edward Kasner (1878), John G. Thompson (1932), and Jim Simons (1938).
1903 - 1995
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 9
1923 - 2016
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 10
1841 - 1911
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 11
1942 - Present
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 12
1943 - Present
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 13
1934 - 2007
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 14
1931 - Present
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 15
1897 - 1965
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 16
1915 - 1998
HPI: 54.23
Rank: 17
1930 - Present
HPI: 54.15
Rank: 18
1878 - 1955
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 19
1932 - Present
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 20
1938 - Present
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 21