1953 - Today
Peter Clive Sarnak (born 18 December 1953) is a South African-born mathematician with dual South-African and American nationalities. Sarnak has been a member of the permanent faculty of the School of Mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study since 2007. He is also Eugene Higgins Professor of Mathematics at Princeton University since 2002, succeeding Sir Andrew Wiles, and is an editor of the Annals of Mathematics. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Sarnak has received more than 205,846 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Sarnak is the 871st most popular mathematician (down from 801st in 2019), the 203rd most popular biography from South Africa (down from 179th in 2019) and the 4th most popular South African Mathematician.
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Among mathematicians, Peter Sarnak ranks 871 out of 823. Before him are Bill Gosper, Daina Taimiņa, Peter Scholze, Nigel Hitchin, Christopher Zeeman, and Mary Ellen Rudin. After him are Evelyn Boyd Granville, Artur Avila, Keith Devlin, Irving Kaplansky, Henry John Stephen Smith, and Fan Chung.
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
1917 - 2006
HPI: 37.50
Rank: 875
1826 - 1883
HPI: 37.20
Rank: 876
1949 - Present
HPI: 37.12
Rank: 877
Among people born in 1953, Peter Sarnak ranks 533. Before him are Peter Mandelson, Antonio Villaraigosa, The Honky Tonk Man, Jimmy McCulloch, Stan Bush, and Jochen Danneberg. After him are Vincent Curatola, Harumi Kori, Pavel Pinigin, Benno Magnusson, Ralf Rothmann, and Aleksandr Poleshchuk.
1953 - Present
HPI: 38.32
Rank: 527
1953 - Present
HPI: 38.21
Rank: 528
1953 - Present
HPI: 38.18
Rank: 529
1953 - 1979
HPI: 38.14
Rank: 530
1953 - Present
HPI: 38.13
Rank: 531
1953 - Present
HPI: 38.07
Rank: 532
1953 - Present
HPI: 38.04
Rank: 533
1953 - Present
HPI: 38.01
Rank: 534
1953 - Present
HPI: 37.96
Rank: 535
1953 - Present
HPI: 37.95
Rank: 536
1953 - Present
HPI: 37.91
Rank: 537
1953 - Present
HPI: 37.87
Rank: 538
1953 - Present
HPI: 37.79
Rank: 539
Among people born in South Africa, Peter Sarnak ranks 203 out of 374. Before him are Troye Sivan (1995), Thomas François Burgers (1834), Guy Tunmer (1948), Maggie Laubser (1886), Theo de Raadt (1968), and Theuns Jordaan (1971). After him are Damon Galgut (1963), Phil Masinga (1969), Penelope Coelen (1940), Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka (1955), J. L. B. Smith (1897), and Mark González (1984).
1995 - Present
HPI: 38.40
Rank: 197
1834 - 1881
HPI: 38.31
Rank: 198
1948 - 1999
HPI: 38.28
Rank: 199
1886 - 1973
HPI: 38.19
Rank: 200
1968 - Present
HPI: 38.15
Rank: 201
1971 - 2021
HPI: 38.13
Rank: 202
1953 - Present
HPI: 38.04
Rank: 203
1963 - Present
HPI: 37.96
Rank: 204
1969 - 2019
HPI: 37.95
Rank: 205
1940 - Present
HPI: 37.93
Rank: 206
1955 - Present
HPI: 37.93
Rank: 207
1897 - 1968
HPI: 37.91
Rank: 208
1984 - Present
HPI: 37.85
Rank: 209
Among mathematicians born in South Africa, Peter Sarnak ranks 4. Before him are Seymour Papert (1928), Claude Chevalley (1909), and Richard Borcherds (1959).
1928 - 2016
HPI: 58.44
Rank: 1
1909 - 1984
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 2
1959 - Present
HPI: 41.71
Rank: 3
1953 - Present
HPI: 38.04
Rank: 4