1946 - Today
Nigel James Hitchin FRS (born 2 August 1946) is a British mathematician working in the fields of differential geometry, gauge theory, algebraic geometry, and mathematical physics. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nigel Hitchin has received more than 95,238 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Nigel Hitchin is the 868th most popular mathematician (down from 799th in 2019), the 5,344th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,940th in 2019) and the 104th most popular British Mathematician.
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Among mathematicians, Nigel Hitchin ranks 868 out of 823. Before him are James Waddell Alexander II, Javier Perez-Capdevila, William Spottiswoode, Bill Gosper, Daina Taimiņa, and Peter Scholze. After him are Christopher Zeeman, Mary Ellen Rudin, Peter Sarnak, Evelyn Boyd Granville, Artur Avila, and Keith Devlin.
1888 - 1971
HPI: 39.46
Rank: 862
1963 - Present
HPI: 39.42
Rank: 863
1825 - 1883
HPI: 39.31
Rank: 864
1943 - Present
HPI: 39.27
Rank: 865
1954 - Present
HPI: 39.27
Rank: 866
1987 - Present
HPI: 38.95
Rank: 867
1946 - Present
HPI: 38.81
Rank: 868
1925 - 2016
HPI: 38.17
Rank: 869
1924 - 2013
HPI: 38.12
Rank: 870
1953 - Present
HPI: 38.04
Rank: 871
1924 - 2023
HPI: 37.74
Rank: 872
1979 - Present
HPI: 37.73
Rank: 873
1947 - Present
HPI: 37.71
Rank: 874
Among people born in 1946, Nigel Hitchin ranks 663. Before him are Naveen Patnaik, Emily de Jongh-Elhage, Richard O. Covey, Petra Burka, Kazuhiro Ninomiya, and John M. Lounge. After him are Julie Covington, Comunardo Niccolai, Julia Annas, Zeca, Richard Bauckham, and Aruna Roy.
1946 - Present
HPI: 39.19
Rank: 657
1946 - Present
HPI: 39.17
Rank: 658
1946 - Present
HPI: 39.15
Rank: 659
1946 - Present
HPI: 39.03
Rank: 660
1946 - Present
HPI: 39.02
Rank: 661
1946 - 2011
HPI: 38.97
Rank: 662
1946 - Present
HPI: 38.81
Rank: 663
1946 - Present
HPI: 38.80
Rank: 664
1946 - Present
HPI: 38.79
Rank: 665
1946 - Present
HPI: 38.45
Rank: 666
1946 - Present
HPI: 38.38
Rank: 667
1946 - Present
HPI: 38.04
Rank: 668
1946 - Present
HPI: 37.83
Rank: 669
Among people born in United Kingdom, Nigel Hitchin ranks 5,344 out of 7,765. Before him are Adrian Biddle (1952), David Oyelowo (1976), Sarita Choudhury (1966), Kelly Johnson (1958), Shaun Evans (1980), and Henry Green (1905). After him are Julie Covington (1946), Johnny Douglas (1882), Margaret Wycherly (1881), Simon Wells (1961), Emma Chambers (1964), and Jasper Fforde (1961).
1952 - 2005
HPI: 38.85
Rank: 5,338
1976 - Present
HPI: 38.84
Rank: 5,339
1966 - Present
HPI: 38.84
Rank: 5,340
1958 - 2007
HPI: 38.83
Rank: 5,341
1980 - Present
HPI: 38.83
Rank: 5,342
1905 - 1973
HPI: 38.82
Rank: 5,343
1946 - Present
HPI: 38.81
Rank: 5,344
1946 - Present
HPI: 38.80
Rank: 5,345
1882 - 1930
HPI: 38.79
Rank: 5,346
1881 - 1956
HPI: 38.78
Rank: 5,347
1961 - Present
HPI: 38.76
Rank: 5,348
1964 - 2018
HPI: 38.75
Rank: 5,349
1961 - Present
HPI: 38.75
Rank: 5,350
Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Nigel Hitchin ranks 104. Before him are Simon Singh (1964), Neil Sloane (1939), Henry Thomas Colebrooke (1765), Timothy Gowers (1963), W. T. Tutte (1917), and William Spottiswoode (1825). After him are Keith Devlin (1947), Marcus du Sautoy (1965), Dusa McDuff (1945), Stuart Milner-Barry (1906), and Kathleen Ollerenshaw (1912).
1964 - Present
HPI: 40.51
Rank: 98
1939 - Present
HPI: 40.06
Rank: 99
1765 - 1837
HPI: 39.97
Rank: 100
1963 - Present
HPI: 39.69
Rank: 101
1917 - 2002
HPI: 39.55
Rank: 102
1825 - 1883
HPI: 39.31
Rank: 103
1946 - Present
HPI: 38.81
Rank: 104
1947 - Present
HPI: 37.71
Rank: 105
1965 - Present
HPI: 37.05
Rank: 106
1945 - Present
HPI: 36.42
Rank: 107
1906 - 1995
HPI: 36.37
Rank: 108
1912 - 2014
HPI: 35.84
Rank: 109