MATHEMATICIAN

Paul Lévy

1886 - 1971

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Paul Pierre Lévy (15 September 1886 – 15 December 1971) was a French mathematician who was active especially in probability theory, introducing fundamental concepts such as local time, stable distributions and characteristic functions. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Lévy has received more than 15,627 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Lévy is the 439th most popular mathematician (down from 341st in 2019), the 3,016th most popular biography from France (down from 2,471st in 2019) and the 68th most popular French Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Paul Lévy ranks 439 out of 1,004. Before him are Johann II Bernoulli, Nicomedes, Thomas Bradwardine, Nikolai Luzin, Athir al-Din al-Abhari, and Jim Simons. After him are Goro Shimura, Pierre Wantzel, Kamāl al-Dīn al-Fārisī, Jacques Ozanam, Christian Kramp, and Whitfield Diffie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Paul Lévy ranks 132. Before him are Itzhak Katzenelson, John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, Takuboku Ishikawa, Pierre Benoit, Bertha Krupp, and José Linhares. After him are Mohammed Ben Aarafa, Max Vasmer, Rash Behari Bose, Delmira Agustini, Robert Hennet, and Arthur Jeffrey Dempster. Among people deceased in 1971, Paul Lévy ranks 93. Before him are Shigeyoshi Suzuki, Otto Lasch, James Alberione, Karl Pfeffer-Wildenbruch, Andrey Andreyevich Andreyev, and Gregorio Pietro Agagianian. After him are Bobby Jones, Thomas E. Dewey, Bill W., Gioacchino Guaragna, Albin Stenroos, and Erich Abraham.

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In France

Among people born in France, Paul Lévy ranks 3,016 out of 6,770. Before him are Charles Tournemire (1870), Petrus de Cruce (1300), Didier Auriol (1958), Brigitte Fontaine (1939), Manuel Amoros (1962), and Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine (1282). After him are Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux (1737), Marie-Denise Villers (1774), Jules Simon (1814), Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée (1724), Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine (1762), and Jean Jouvenet (1644).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In France

Among mathematicians born in France, Paul Lévy ranks 68. Before him are Albert Girard (1595), Pierre Alphonse Laurent (1813), Adhémar Jean Claude Barré de Saint-Venant (1797), Philippe de La Hire (1640), Paul Émile Appell (1855), and Pierre Vernier (1580). After him are Pierre Wantzel (1814), Jacques Ozanam (1640), Christian Kramp (1760), Yves Meyer (1939), Jacques Philippe Marie Binet (1786), and Jean Leray (1906).

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