MATHEMATICIAN

John von Neumann

1903 - 1957

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John von Neumann ( von NOY-mən; Hungarian: Neumann János Lajos [ˈnɒjmɒn ˈjaːnoʃ ˈlɒjoʃ]; December 28, 1903 – February 8, 1957) was a Hungarian and American mathematician, physicist, computer scientist, engineer and polymath. He had perhaps the widest coverage of any mathematician of his time, integrating pure and applied sciences and making major contributions to many fields, including mathematics, physics, economics, computing, and statistics. He was a pioneer in building the mathematical framework of quantum physics, in the development of functional analysis, and in game theory, introducing or codifying concepts including cellular automata, the universal constructor and the digital computer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John von Neumann has received more than 8,442,183 page views. His biography is available in 96 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 93 in 2019). John von Neumann is the 24th most popular mathematician (down from 17th in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 4th in 2019) and the most popular Hungarian Mathematician.

John von Neumann is most famous for his work in quantum mechanics, game theory, and computer science.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, John von Neumann ranks 24 out of 1,004. Before him are Srinivasa Ramanujan, Henri Poincaré, Joseph Fourier, Hero of Alexandria, Jean le Rond d'Alembert, and Luca Pacioli. After him are Joseph-Louis Lagrange, John Forbes Nash Jr., Évariste Galois, Apollonius of Perga, John Napier, and François Viète.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, John von Neumann ranks 3. Before him are George Orwell, and Olav V of Norway. After him are Konrad Lorenz, Aram Khachaturian, Theodor W. Adorno, Georges Simenon, Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Mark Rothko, Habib Bourguiba, C. F. Powell, and Fernandel. Among people deceased in 1957, John von Neumann ranks 4. Before him are Haakon VII of Norway, Friedrich Paulus, and Jean Sibelius. After him are Miklós Horthy, Diego Rivera, Christian Dior, Nikos Kazantzakis, Humphrey Bogart, Johannes Stark, Wilhelm Reich, and Arturo Toscanini.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, John von Neumann ranks 10 out of 1,077. Before him are Elizabeth Báthory (1560), Matthias Corvinus (1443), Edward Teller (1908), Rudolf Steiner (1861), Harry Houdini (1874), and Stephen I of Hungary (975). After him are George Soros (1930), Miklós Horthy (1868), Ignaz Semmelweis (1818), Imre Nagy (1896), Louis II of Hungary (1506), and Louis I of Hungary (1326).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Hungary

Among mathematicians born in Hungary, John von Neumann ranks 1. After him are Paul Erdős (1913), George Pólya (1887), Marcel Grossmann (1878), Rudolf E. Kálmán (1930), John G. Kemeny (1926), 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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