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Maryam Mirzakhani

1977 - 2017

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Maryam Mirzakhani (Persian: مریم میرزاخانی, pronounced [mæɾˈjæm miːɾzɑːxɑːˈniː]; 12 May 1977 – 14 July 2017) was an Iranian mathematician and a professor of mathematics at Stanford University. Her research topics included Teichmüller theory, hyperbolic geometry, ergodic theory, and symplectic geometry. On 13 August 2014, Mirzakhani was honored with the Fields Medal, the most prestigious award in mathematics, becoming the first woman to win the prize, as well as the first Iranian. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maryam Mirzakhani has received more than 3,019,999 page views. Her biography is available in 78 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 76 in 2019). Maryam Mirzakhani is the 461st most popular mathematician (down from 389th in 2019), the 262nd most popular biography from Iran (down from 216th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Iranian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Maryam Mirzakhani ranks 461 out of 823Before her are John Hadley, Friedrich Hirzebruch, Thomas Bradwardine, Geminus, Pierre Fatou, and Roger Cotes. After her are Whitfield Diffie, Adam Ries, Mitchell Feigenbaum, Hypsicles, Grégoire de Saint-Vincent, and Agner Krarup Erlang.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1977, Maryam Mirzakhani ranks 44Before her are Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Milo Ventimiglia, Hasan Salihamidžić, Arash, James Wan, and Brock Lesnar. After her are Tom Welling, Daddy Yankee, Tom Brady, John Mayer, Matt Bomer, and Nick Heidfeld. Among people deceased in 2017, Maryam Mirzakhani ranks 195Before her are Federico Luppi, Marjorie Boulton, Shashi Kapoor, Peter Berling, Michael Bond, and Bengt Gustavsson. After her are James Rosenquist, Robert M. Pirsig, Daphne Caruana Galizia, Henning Jensen, Max Gallo, and Clifton James.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Maryam Mirzakhani ranks 262 out of 528Before her are Leila Pahlavi (1970), Farahnaz Pahlavi (1963), Mithridates V of Parthia (100), Ahmad Qavam (1876), Orodes I of Parthia (-190), and Sohrab Sepehri (1928). After her are Samad Behrangi (1939), Behrouz Vossoughi (1938), Subh-i-Azal (1831), Mohammad-Taqi Bahar (1886), Shirin Neshat (1957), and Hamza ibn-'Ali ibn-Ahmad (985).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Iran

Among mathematicians born in Iran, Maryam Mirzakhani ranks 8Before her are Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani (940), Al-Karaji (953), Abu Nasr Mansur (960), Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi (1236), Al-Khazini (1077), and Sharaf al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī (1135). After her are Al-Nayrizi (865) and Caucher Birkar (1978).