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Max Dehn

1878 - 1952

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Max Wilhelm Dehn (November 13, 1878 – June 27, 1952) was a German mathematician most famous for his work in geometry, topology and geometric group theory. Dehn's early life and career took place in Germany. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Max Dehn has received more than 74,046 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Max Dehn is the 442nd most popular mathematician (up from 504th in 2019), the 2,922nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,037th in 2019) and the 53rd most popular German Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Max Dehn ranks 442 out of 823. Before him are Klaus Roth, Oscar Zariski, Vladimir Smirnov, Robert Langlands, Andrey Nikolayevich Tikhonov, and Kurt Hensel. After him are Peter Lax, Abu Mansur al-Baghdadi, Michael O. Rabin, Georgy Voronoy, 'Abd al-Hamīd ibn Turk, and Henryk Zygalski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Max Dehn ranks 104. Before him are Georgios Kondylis, Frank Jarvis, Nikolaos Andriakopoulos, Walther Ritz, Louis Marcoussis, and Herbert Chapman. After him are André Caplet, Stamen Grigorov, Glenn Curtiss, Maria Ilyinichna Ulyanova, Yemelyan Yaroslavsky, and Pierre Fatou. Among people deceased in 1952, Max Dehn ranks 79. Before him are Rued Langgaard, Johan Nygaardsvold, Takenoshin Nakai, Matrona Nikonova, Carlo Sforza, and Juan Yagüe. After him are Maurice De Waele, Franz John, Antonia Maury, Harold Innis, Edward S. Curtis, and Krystyna Skarbek.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Max Dehn ranks 2,922 out of 6,142. Before him are Friedrich Franz, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1910), Isdal Woman (1940), Engelbert II of Berg (1185), Prince George, Duke of Cambridge (1819), Hermann Zapf (1918), and Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern (1868). After him are Carl Peters (1856), Anton Ulrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1687), Alfred Abel (1879), Werner Goldberg (1919), Marcus Elieser Bloch (1723), and Magdalene Sibylle of Saxony (1617).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Germany

Among mathematicians born in Germany, Max Dehn ranks 53. Before him are Ernst Schröder (1841), Hermann Hankel (1839), Karl Mollweide (1774), Otto Hölder (1859), Hans Freudenthal (1905), and Johann Samuel König (1712). After him are Henryk Zygalski (1908), Lothar Collatz (1910), Friedrich Hirzebruch (1927), Adam Ries (1492), Johann Friedrich Pfaff (1765), and Heinrich Martin Weber (1842).

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