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Norbert Wiener

1894 - 1964

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Norbert Wiener (November 26, 1894 – March 18, 1964) was an American computer scientist, mathematician and philosopher. He became a professor of mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Norbert Wiener has received more than 1,385,048 page views. His biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 60 in 2019). Norbert Wiener is the 55th most popular mathematician (down from 49th in 2019), the 310th most popular biography from United States (down from 288th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular American Mathematician.

Norbert Wiener is most famous for his work in cybernetics, which is the study of the control and communication between humans and machines.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Norbert Wiener ranks 55 out of 1,004. Before him are Eudoxus of Cnidus, Brahmagupta, Sophie Germain, Karl Weierstrass, Philolaus, and Marin Mersenne. After him are Claude Shannon, Gaspard Monge, Al-Battani, Émilie du Châtelet, August Ferdinand Möbius, and Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Norbert Wiener ranks 13. Before him are Maximilian Kolbe, Georges Lemaître, John Ford, Boris III of Bulgaria, Moshe Sharett, and Jean Renoir. After him are Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi, Fritz Sauckel, Joseph Roth, Harold Macmillan, Gala Dalí, and Isaac Babel. Among people deceased in 1964, Norbert Wiener ranks 7. Before him are Jawaharlal Nehru, Douglas MacArthur, Herbert Hoover, Paul of Greece, Alma Mahler, and Victor Francis Hess. After him are Leo Szilard, Ian Fleming, Rachel Carson, Frans Eemil Sillanpää, James Franck, and Vasily Grossman.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Norbert Wiener ranks 310 out of 20,380. Before him are Clinton Davisson (1881), Oliver Hardy (1892), David Woodard (1964), Calvin Coolidge (1872), Billy the Kid (1859), and B.B. King (1925). After him are Eli Whitney (1765), Rita Hayworth (1918), J. Edgar Hoover (1895), Nina Simone (1933), J. P. Morgan (1837), and Claude Shannon (1916).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, Norbert Wiener ranks 3. Before him are John Forbes Nash Jr. (1928), and Charles Sanders Peirce (1839). After him are Claude Shannon (1916), Katherine Johnson (1918), Herbert A. Hauptman (1917), Mary Jackson (1921), Edward Norton Lorenz (1917), Alonzo Church (1903), Jesse Douglas (1897), Karen Uhlenbeck (1942), and Paul Cohen (1934).

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