1916 - 2006
Paul Richard Halmos (Hungarian: Halmos Pál; March 3, 1916 – October 2, 2006) was a Hungarian-born American mathematician and statistician who made fundamental advances in the areas of mathematical logic, probability theory, statistics, operator theory, ergodic theory, and functional analysis (in particular, Hilbert spaces). He was also recognized as a great mathematical expositor. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Halmos has received more than 302,778 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Paul Halmos is the 488th most popular mathematician (down from 470th in 2019), the 330th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 290th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Hungarian Mathematician.
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Among mathematicians, Paul Halmos ranks 488 out of 823. Before him are Aleksandr Khinchin, Louis Nirenberg, Nina Bari, Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz, Jakob Hermann, and Harold Jeffreys. After him are William Thurston, Willem 's Gravesande, Johannes de Muris, John Pell, Giovanni Antonio Magini, and Jacques Herbrand.
1894 - 1959
HPI: 51.24
Rank: 482
1925 - 2020
HPI: 51.24
Rank: 483
1901 - 1961
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 484
1890 - 1963
HPI: 51.14
Rank: 485
1678 - 1733
HPI: 51.13
Rank: 486
1891 - 1989
HPI: 51.13
Rank: 487
1916 - 2006
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 488
1946 - 2012
HPI: 51.08
Rank: 489
1688 - 1742
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 490
1290 - 1350
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 491
1611 - 1685
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 492
1555 - 1617
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 493
1908 - 1931
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 494
Among people born in 1916, Paul Halmos ranks 135. Before him are Ri Jong-ok, Jack Arnold, Halet Çambel, Ugo Locatelli, M. S. Subbulakshmi, and Bismillah Khan. After him are Werner Bischof, Veronika Dudarova, Wan Li, Svend Asmussen, Lou Thesz, and Fernando Lamas. Among people deceased in 2006, Paul Halmos ranks 168. Before him are Anthony Franciosa, Dana Reeve, Maureen Stapleton, Vera Aceva, Bismillah Khan, and Chris Penn. After him are Henri Colpi, Gennadiy Aygi, Bruno Kirby, Kazimierz Górski, Anita O'Day, and Ghulam Ishaq Khan.
1916 - 1999
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 129
1916 - 1992
HPI: 51.54
Rank: 130
1916 - 2014
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 131
1916 - 1993
HPI: 51.37
Rank: 132
1916 - 2004
HPI: 51.28
Rank: 133
1916 - 2006
HPI: 51.15
Rank: 134
1916 - 2006
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 135
1916 - 1954
HPI: 50.89
Rank: 136
1916 - 2009
HPI: 50.63
Rank: 137
1916 - 2015
HPI: 50.57
Rank: 138
1916 - 2017
HPI: 50.53
Rank: 139
1916 - 2002
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 140
1916 - 1982
HPI: 50.46
Rank: 141
1928 - 2006
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 162
1961 - 2006
HPI: 51.39
Rank: 163
1925 - 2006
HPI: 51.38
Rank: 164
1919 - 2006
HPI: 51.33
Rank: 165
1916 - 2006
HPI: 51.15
Rank: 166
1965 - 2006
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 167
1916 - 2006
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 168
1921 - 2006
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 169
1934 - 2006
HPI: 50.89
Rank: 170
1949 - 2006
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 171
1921 - 2006
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 172
1919 - 2006
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 173
1915 - 2006
HPI: 50.77
Rank: 174
Among people born in Hungary, Paul Halmos ranks 330 out of 866. Before him are László Polgár (1946), Stephen Heller (1813), Antal Dunai (1943), Charles Vidor (1900), Árpád Szakasits (1888), and József Takács (1904). After him are Imre Frivaldszky (1799), Tibor Déry (1894), Lippo Hertzka (1904), Gyula Breyer (1893), Lili Kraus (1903), and Frigyes Riesz (1880).
1946 - Present
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 324
1813 - 1888
HPI: 51.24
Rank: 325
1943 - Present
HPI: 51.13
Rank: 326
1900 - 1959
HPI: 51.12
Rank: 327
1888 - 1965
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 328
1904 - 1983
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 329
1916 - 2006
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 330
1799 - 1870
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 331
1894 - 1977
HPI: 51.08
Rank: 332
1904 - 1951
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 333
1893 - 1921
HPI: 50.90
Rank: 334
1903 - 1986
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 335
1880 - 1956
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 336
Among mathematicians born in Hungary, Paul Halmos ranks 9. Before him are George Pólya (1887), Marcel Grossmann (1878), Rudolf E. Kálmán (1930), John G. Kemeny (1926), László Lovász (1948), and Peter Lax (1926). After him are Frigyes Riesz (1880), Dénes Kőnig (1884), Pál Turán (1910), Rózsa Péter (1905), Endre Szemerédi (1940), and Alfréd Rényi (1921).
1887 - 1985
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 3
1878 - 1936
HPI: 59.35
Rank: 4
1930 - 2016
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 5
1926 - 1992
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 6
1948 - Present
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 7
1926 - Present
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 8
1916 - 2006
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 9
1880 - 1956
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 10
1884 - 1944
HPI: 50.62
Rank: 11
1910 - 1976
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 12
1905 - 1977
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 13
1940 - Present
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 14
1921 - 1970
HPI: 48.26
Rank: 15