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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 14,946 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Paul Lévy is the 341st most popular mathematician (up from 361st in 2019), the 2,479th most popular biography from France (up from 2,499th in 2019) and the 60th most popular French Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Paul Lévy ranks 341 out of 823. Before him are Abraham Wald, Edward Waring, Felix Bernstein, Jesse Douglas, Pietro Cataldi, and Richard Hamming. After him are William Sealy Gosset, Thomas Fincke, Stephen Smale, Edward Kasner, Karl Menger, and Eutocius of Ascalon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Paul Lévy ranks 99. Before him are Taimur bin Feisal, Mohammed Ben Aarafa, Hans von Obstfelder, Mir Osman Ali Khan, Salvatore Maranzano, and Helen Parkhurst. After him are Yehuda Ashlag, Marthe Bibesco, Otto von Knobelsdorff, Ty Cobb, Chester Barnard, and Salvador de Madariaga. Among people deceased in 1971, Paul Lévy ranks 78. Before him are Philo Farnsworth, József Zakariás, Amet-khan Sultan, Mak Dizdar, Dimitrios Loundras, and Yrjö Väisälä. After him are Ignazio Giunti, Princess Anna of Montenegro, Gregorio Pietro Agagianian, Edith Tolkien, Bella Darvi, and Mikhail Yangel.

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In France

Among people born in France, Paul Lévy ranks 2,479 out of 6,011. Before him are Michel Barnier (1951), Julie Delpy (1969), Antoine François Marmontel (1816), Carlo Andrea Pozzo di Borgo (1764), Paul Andreu (1938), and Vincent Lindon (1959). After him are Paul Ramadier (1888), Charles Amadeus, Duke of Nemours (1624), Alix, Duchess of Brittany (1200), Alain Ducasse (1956), Éléonore Desmier d'Olbreuse (1639), and Jacques Doriot (1898).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In France

Among mathematicians born in France, Paul Lévy ranks 60. Before him are Guillaume Postel (1510), Oronce Finé (1494), Adhémar Jean Claude Barré de Saint-Venant (1797), Pierre Alphonse Laurent (1813), Charles-Eugène Delaunay (1816), and Jean Dieudonné (1906). After him are Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde (1735), Alain Connes (1947), Maurice René Fréchet (1878), Paul Émile Appell (1855), Pierre Vernier (1580), and Philippe de La Hire (1640).

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