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Pierre Deligne

1944 - Today

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Pierre René, Viscount Deligne (French: [dəliɲ]; born 3 October 1944) is a Belgian mathematician. He is best known for work on the Weil conjectures, leading to a complete proof in 1973. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pierre Deligne has received more than 340,543 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Pierre Deligne is the 311th most popular mathematician (down from 301st in 2019), the 258th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 257th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Belgian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Pierre Deligne ranks 311 out of 1,004. Before him are Eutocius of Ascalon, Eugène Charles Catalan, Aristyllus, Wilhelm Ackermann, Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro, and Igor Ansoff. After him are John Graunt, John Milnor, Johannes Widmann, John G. Thompson, Oronce Finé, and Theodor Kaluza.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Pierre Deligne ranks 185. Before him are Alvin Lee, Rosalía Mera, Jacques Doillon, Michael Rosbash, Ton Koopman, and Craig T. Nelson. After him are Kim Yong-il, Leif Segerstam, Terry Funk, Steve Fossett, Robert Powell, and Peter Cetera.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Pierre Deligne ranks 258 out of 1,190. Before him are Eugène Charles Catalan (1814), Rimbert (830), William of St-Thierry (1085), Godfrey I, Count of Louvain (1060), Ovide Decroly (1871), and Gillis van Coninxloo (1544). After him are Michel de Ghelderode (1898), Adam Frans van der Meulen (1632), John of Ruusbroec (1293), Pierre de Decker (1812), François-Joseph Fétis (1784), and Cornelis Floris de Vriendt (1514).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Belgium

Among mathematicians born in Belgium, Pierre Deligne ranks 4. Before him are Simon Stevin (1548), Victor D'Hondt (1841), and Eugène Charles Catalan (1814). After him are Adriaan van Roomen (1561), Pierre François Verhulst (1804), Charles Jean de la Vallée Poussin (1866), David Ruelle (1935), Jean Bourgain (1954), Elias M. Stein (1931), Ingrid Daubechies (1954), and Grégoire de Saint-Vincent (1584).

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