1925 - 2020
Louis Nirenberg (February 28, 1925 – January 26, 2020) was a Canadian-American mathematician, considered one of the most outstanding mathematicians of the 20th century.Nearly all of his work was in the field of partial differential equations. Many of his contributions are now regarded as fundamental to the field, such as his strong maximum principle for second-order parabolic partial differential equations and the Newlander–Nirenberg theorem in complex geometry. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louis Nirenberg has received more than 220,170 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Louis Nirenberg is the 483rd most popular mathematician (down from 441st in 2019), the 193rd most popular biography from Canada (down from 170th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Canadian Mathematician.
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Among mathematicians, Louis Nirenberg ranks 483 out of 823. Before him are Jean Leray, Johann Friedrich Pfaff, Yves Meyer, David Mumford, Erik Ivar Fredholm, and Aleksandr Khinchin. After him are Nina Bari, Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz, Jakob Hermann, Harold Jeffreys, Paul Halmos, and William Thurston.
1906 - 1998
HPI: 51.31
Rank: 477
1765 - 1825
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 478
1939 - Present
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 479
1937 - Present
HPI: 51.28
Rank: 480
1866 - 1927
HPI: 51.25
Rank: 481
1894 - 1959
HPI: 51.24
Rank: 482
1925 - 2020
HPI: 51.24
Rank: 483
1901 - 1961
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 484
1890 - 1963
HPI: 51.14
Rank: 485
1678 - 1733
HPI: 51.13
Rank: 486
1891 - 1989
HPI: 51.13
Rank: 487
1916 - 2006
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 488
1946 - 2012
HPI: 51.08
Rank: 489
Among people born in 1925, Louis Nirenberg ranks 205. Before him are Bauer, Robert Mulligan, David Warren, Art Pepper, Lenny Bruce, and Maureen Stapleton. After him are John List, John Neville, Philippe Jaccottet, Bobbejaan Schoepen, Otto Muehl, and Rubem Fonseca. Among people deceased in 2020, Louis Nirenberg ranks 230. Before him are Jörn Donner, John Lewis, David Graeber, Park Won-soon, Jean Delumeau, and Ernesto Brambilla. After him are Larry Tesler, Silva Batuta, Marian Jaworski, Lee Konitz, Rubem Fonseca, and Yevgeny Shaposhnikov.
1925 - 2007
HPI: 51.56
Rank: 199
1925 - 2008
HPI: 51.55
Rank: 200
1925 - 2010
HPI: 51.55
Rank: 201
1925 - 1982
HPI: 51.46
Rank: 202
1925 - 1966
HPI: 51.41
Rank: 203
1925 - 2006
HPI: 51.38
Rank: 204
1925 - 2020
HPI: 51.24
Rank: 205
1925 - 2008
HPI: 51.13
Rank: 206
1925 - 2011
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 207
1925 - 2021
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 208
1925 - 2010
HPI: 51.08
Rank: 209
1925 - 2013
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 210
1925 - 2020
HPI: 51.02
Rank: 211
1933 - 2020
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 224
1940 - 2020
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 225
1961 - 2020
HPI: 51.42
Rank: 226
1956 - 2020
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 227
1923 - 2020
HPI: 51.31
Rank: 228
1934 - 2020
HPI: 51.31
Rank: 229
1925 - 2020
HPI: 51.24
Rank: 230
1945 - 2020
HPI: 51.21
Rank: 231
1940 - 2020
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 232
1926 - 2020
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 233
1927 - 2020
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 234
1925 - 2020
HPI: 51.02
Rank: 235
1942 - 2020
HPI: 51.02
Rank: 236
Among people born in Canada, Louis Nirenberg ranks 193 out of 1,350. Before him are Oliver Platt (1960), René Lévesque (1922), Bret Hart (1957), Alfred Aho (1941), Ian Hacking (1936), and Gabrielle Roy (1909). After him are Barry Pepper (1970), Phil Hartman (1948), Harold Innis (1894), Alanis Morissette (1974), Paul Haggis (1953), and Arthur Jeffrey Dempster (1886).
1960 - Present
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 187
1922 - 1987
HPI: 51.50
Rank: 188
1957 - Present
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 189
1941 - Present
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 190
1936 - 2023
HPI: 51.37
Rank: 191
1909 - 1983
HPI: 51.25
Rank: 192
1925 - 2020
HPI: 51.24
Rank: 193
1970 - Present
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 194
1948 - 1998
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 195
1894 - 1952
HPI: 51.20
Rank: 196
1974 - Present
HPI: 51.17
Rank: 197
1953 - Present
HPI: 51.12
Rank: 198
1886 - 1950
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 199
Among mathematicians born in Canada, Louis Nirenberg ranks 4. Before him are John Charles Fields (1863), Simon Newcomb (1835), and Robert Langlands (1936). After him are Edward Routh (1831), Albert W. Tucker (1905), William Kahan (1933), Cathleen Synge Morawetz (1923), Irving Kaplansky (1917), and Manjul Bhargava (1974).
1863 - 1932
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 1
1835 - 1909
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 2
1936 - Present
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 3
1925 - 2020
HPI: 51.24
Rank: 4
1831 - 1907
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 5
1905 - 1995
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 6
1933 - Present
HPI: 46.00
Rank: 7
1923 - 2017
HPI: 42.18
Rank: 8
1917 - 2006
HPI: 37.50
Rank: 9
1974 - Present
HPI: 33.29
Rank: 10