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Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn

Dutch mathematician

1918 - 2012

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His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn is the 937th most popular mathematician (down from 924th in 2024), the 1,005th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 991st in 2019) and the 15th most popular Dutch Mathematician.

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Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn's biography spans 16 Wikipedia language editions and earns a Historical Popularity Index of 51.24.

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Among Mathematicians

Among mathematicians, Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn ranks 937 out of 1,010. Before him are Barry Mazur, Béla Bollobás, Carl Pomerance, Antoni Zygmund, Yakov Eliashberg, and Poul Heegaard. After him are Krystyna Kuperberg, Nikolai Durov, Peter Sarnak, Christopher Zeeman, W. T. Tutte, and Ormond Stone.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn ranks 308. Before him are James Daly, Virginia Davis, Guillermo Lovell, Jafar Salmasi, Allan Arbus, and Penaia Ganilau. After him are Sid Abel, Eddy Arnold, Walter Schneiter, Bill Talbert, Diana Serra Cary, and P. H. Newby. Among people deceased in 2012, Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn ranks 441. Before him are Roman Totenberg, Stanford R. Ovshinsky, Joe South, Robert B. Sherman, Colin Davis, and Turhan Bey. After him are Johnny Otis, Mitch Lucker, Ruth Barcan Marcus, Finn Pedersen, Stephen Dunham, and Slater Martin.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn ranks 1,005 out of 2,139. Before him are Melisa Aslı Pamuk (1991), Rob Bauer (1962), Arthur Numan (1969), Inge de Bruijn (1973), Kees Schouhamer Immink (1946), and Tom Dumoulin (1990). After him are Sonny Silooy (1963), Jos Luhukay (1963), Loona (1974), Boy Hayje (1949), Dick Schoenaker (1952), and Cody Gakpo (1999).

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Among Mathematicians In Netherlands

Among mathematicians born in Netherlands, Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn ranks 15. Before him are Hendrik C. van de Hulst (1918), Willem 's Gravesande (1688), Arend Heyting (1898), Jacobus Golius (1596), Gustav de Vries (1866), and Diederik Korteweg (1848).

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