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Michael Atiyah

1929 - 2019

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Sir Michael Francis Atiyah (; 22 April 1929 – 11 January 2019) was a British-Lebanese mathematician specialising in geometry. His contributions include the Atiyah–Singer index theorem and co-founding topological K-theory. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Atiyah has received more than 885,366 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Atiyah is the 179th most popular mathematician (down from 157th in 2019), the 890th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 800th in 2019) and the 21st most popular British Mathematician.

Michael Atiyah is most famous for his work in algebraic geometry, which he did with Isadore Singer.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Michael Atiyah ranks 179 out of 823. Before him are Pierre Bouguer, Vito Volterra, George Pólya, Mikhail Ostrogradsky, Ernst Kummer, and Ahmes. After him are Jean-Pierre Serre, Camille Jordan, Maria Reiche, Étienne-Louis Malus, Theaetetus, and Ibn Yunus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Michael Atiyah ranks 85. Before him are Chadli Bendjedid, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Gordon Moore, Hebe Camargo, Ed Asner, and Andriyan Nikolayev. After him are Christos Sartzetakis, Imelda Marcos, Omar Torrijos, Bob Newhart, Gerald Edelman, and Fernanda Montenegro. Among people deceased in 2019, Michael Atiyah ranks 60. Before him are Ágnes Heller, Matti Nykänen, Alicia Alonso, Rosamunde Pilcher, Sigmund Jähn, and Max Wright. After him are Prem Tinsulanonda, Michel Serres, Zhores Alferov, Luke Perry, Yury Luzhkov, and Danny Aiello.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Michael Atiyah ranks 890 out of 7,765. Before him are Archer Martin (1910), James Paul Moody (1887), James Lovelock (1919), Elizabeth Gaskell (1810), Robert Clive (1725), and Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales (1594). After him are Andy Serkis (1964), Martin Evans (1941), Mairead Maguire (1944), Peter D. Mitchell (1920), Patrick Blackett (1897), and Mark Strong (1963).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Michael Atiyah ranks 21. Before him are Robert Grosseteste (1175), William Oughtred (1574), Arthur Cayley (1821), James Joseph Sylvester (1814), James Gregory (1638), and Colin Maclaurin (1698). After him are Henry Briggs (1561), John Horton Conway (1937), Johannes de Sacrobosco (1195), Robert Recorde (1512), George Atwood (1745), and Thomas Simpson (1710).

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