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Marcus du Sautoy

1965 - Today

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Marcus Peter Francis du Sautoy (; born 26 August 1965) is a British mathematician, Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science at the University of Oxford, Fellow of New College, Oxford and author of popular mathematics and popular science books. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marcus du Sautoy has received more than 503,433 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Marcus du Sautoy is the 955th most popular mathematician (down from 876th in 2019), the 5,903rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,621st in 2019) and the 108th most popular British Mathematician.

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  • 500k

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  • 48.01

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Marcus du Sautoy ranks 955 out of 1,004. Before him are Christopher Zeeman, Richard Schoen, Mary Ellen Rudin, Henry John Stephen Smith, Kathleen Ollerenshaw, and Peter Scholze. After him are Frank Adams, Fan Chung, Peter Sarnak, Nigel Hitchin, Dusa McDuff, and Simon Singh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Marcus du Sautoy ranks 546. Before him are Thomas Stangassinger, Hernán Díaz, Peter Kjær, Christoph Brüx, Dieter Baumann, and Paul Ben-Victor. After him are Peter O'Neill, Butch Hartman, Jacky Terrasson, Jasna Šekarić, Thomas Schönlebe, and Jeremy Ratchford.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Marcus du Sautoy ranks 5,903 out of 8,785. Before him are Alan Noble (1885), Ronnie Barker (1929), Ali Carter (1979), Alfred Enoch (1988), Mike Wilds (1946), and David Davis (1948). After him are Nathaniel Philip Rothschild (1971), George Blagden (1989), Frank Adams (1930), Thomas Chalmers (1780), Warren Treadgold (1949), and Eddie Hapgood (1908).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Marcus du Sautoy ranks 108. Before him are James Maynard (1987), Graham Higman (1917), Henry Thomas Colebrooke (1765), Neil Sloane (1939), Timothy Gowers (1963), and Kathleen Ollerenshaw (1912). After him are Frank Adams (1930), Nigel Hitchin (1946), Dusa McDuff (1945), Simon Singh (1964), William Spottiswoode (1825), and Philippa Fawcett (1868).

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