1951 - Today
Michael Hartley Freedman (born April 21, 1951) is an American mathematician at Microsoft Station Q, a research group at the University of California, Santa Barbara. In 1986, he was awarded a Fields Medal for his work on the 4-dimensional generalized Poincaré conjecture. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Freedman has received more than 243,104 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Freedman is the 554th most popular mathematician (up from 572nd in 2019), the 4,803rd most popular biography from United States (up from 4,818th in 2019) and the 35th most popular American Mathematician.
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Among mathematicians, Michael Freedman ranks 554 out of 823. Before him are Sylvestre François Lacroix, Giovanni Battista Zupi, Jai Singh II, Solomon Lefschetz, Ian Stewart, and Johann Baptist Cysat. After him are Evgraf Fedorov, Theodosius of Bithynia, Johann Radon, Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter, Max August Zorn, and Cahit Arf.
1765 - 1843
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 548
1589 - 1667
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 549
1688 - 1743
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 550
1884 - 1972
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 551
1945 - Present
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 552
1585 - 1657
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 553
1951 - Present
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 554
1853 - 1919
HPI: 49.72
Rank: 555
160 BC - 100 BC
HPI: 49.71
Rank: 556
1887 - 1956
HPI: 49.71
Rank: 557
1907 - 2003
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 558
1906 - 1993
HPI: 49.64
Rank: 559
1910 - 1997
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 560
Among people born in 1951, Michael Freedman ranks 216. Before him are Börje Salming, Jimi Jamison, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Gilbert Baker, Dennis Frederiksen, and Gordon Liu. After him are Musa Manarov, Izhar Cohen, Waldir Peres, Maithripala Sirisena, Isa Mustafa, and Hans-Jürgen Dörner.
1951 - 2022
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 210
1951 - 2014
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 211
1951 - 2021
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 212
1951 - 2017
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 213
1951 - 2014
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 214
1951 - Present
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 215
1951 - Present
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 216
1951 - Present
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 217
1951 - Present
HPI: 49.71
Rank: 218
1951 - 2017
HPI: 49.68
Rank: 219
1951 - Present
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 220
1951 - Present
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 221
1951 - 2022
HPI: 49.64
Rank: 222
Among people born in United States, Michael Freedman ranks 4,803 out of 18,182. Before him are Connie Willis (1945), Johnny Thunders (1952), Aldo Leopold (1887), Travis Barker (1975), John Elkann (1976), and Debbie Allen (1950). After him are John Hay (1838), Signe Toly Anderson (1941), Judy Collins (1939), J. E. B. Stuart (1833), Nate Thurmond (1941), and Dianne Feinstein (1933).
1945 - Present
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 4,797
1952 - 1991
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 4,798
1887 - 1948
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 4,799
1975 - Present
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 4,800
1976 - Present
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 4,801
1950 - Present
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 4,802
1951 - Present
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 4,803
1838 - 1905
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 4,804
1941 - 2016
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 4,805
1939 - Present
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 4,806
1833 - 1864
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 4,807
1941 - 2016
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 4,808
1933 - 2023
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 4,809
Among mathematicians born in United States, Michael Freedman ranks 35. Before him are William Thurston (1946), Haskell Curry (1900), Isadore Singer (1924), Robert Axelrod (1943), Harold Hotelling (1895), and Richard Montague (1930). After him are Benjamin Peirce (1809), Ronald Graham (1935), Edward O. Thorp (1932), Louis J. Mordell (1888), Saunders Mac Lane (1909), and Oswald Veblen (1880).
1946 - 2012
HPI: 51.08
Rank: 29
1900 - 1982
HPI: 50.72
Rank: 30
1924 - 2021
HPI: 50.28
Rank: 31
1943 - Present
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 32
1895 - 1973
HPI: 50.01
Rank: 33
1930 - 1971
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 34
1951 - Present
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 35
1809 - 1880
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 36
1935 - 2020
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 37
1932 - Present
HPI: 49.03
Rank: 38
1888 - 1972
HPI: 48.80
Rank: 39
1909 - 2005
HPI: 48.76
Rank: 40
1880 - 1960
HPI: 48.48
Rank: 41