1910 - 1976
Pál Turán (Hungarian: [ˈpaːl ˈturaːn]; 18 August 1910 – 26 September 1976) also known as Paul Turán, was a Hungarian mathematician who worked primarily in extremal combinatorics. In 1940, because of his Jewish origins, he was arrested by the Nazis and sent to a labour camp in Transylvania, later being transferred several times to other camps. While imprisoned, Turán came up with some of his best theories, which he was able to publish after the war. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pál Turán has received more than 88,928 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Pál Turán is the 575th most popular mathematician (up from 635th in 2019), the 383rd most popular biography from Hungary (up from 415th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Hungarian Mathematician.
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Among mathematicians, Pál Turán ranks 575 out of 823. Before him are Charles Jean de la Vallée Poussin, William Burnside, Gino Fano, Hillel Furstenberg, Nilakantha Somayaji, and Edmund Gunter. After him are Ilia Vekua, Jacques Pelletier du Mans, Yuri Manin, Luigi Bianchi, Rózsa Péter, and Ronald Graham.
1866 - 1962
HPI: 49.46
Rank: 569
1852 - 1927
HPI: 49.46
Rank: 570
1871 - 1952
HPI: 49.45
Rank: 571
1935 - Present
HPI: 49.43
Rank: 572
1444 - 1544
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 573
1581 - 1626
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 574
1910 - 1976
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 575
1907 - 1977
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 576
1517 - 1583
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 577
1937 - 2023
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 578
1856 - 1928
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 579
1905 - 1977
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 580
1935 - 2020
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 581
Among people born in 1910, Pál Turán ranks 190. Before him are Arsenie Boca, Francisco Coloane, Gaston Defferre, Viggo Kampmann, Edwin O. Reischauer, and Fei Xiaotong. After him are Lupita Tovar, Elmar Klos, Alicia Markova, Gus Hall, Robert Cummings, and Willy Ronis. Among people deceased in 1976, Pál Turán ranks 141. Before him are Jimmy Reed, Hamit Kaplan, Floyd Council, Conduelo Píriz, Viggo Kampmann, and Hidetsugu Yagi. After him are Stanley Baker, Walter Piston, Yashpal, Maurice Dobb, Rudi Fischer, and Mariano Ospina Pérez.
1910 - 1989
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 184
1910 - 2002
HPI: 49.49
Rank: 185
1910 - 1986
HPI: 49.45
Rank: 186
1910 - 1976
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 187
1910 - 1990
HPI: 49.31
Rank: 188
1910 - 2005
HPI: 49.30
Rank: 189
1910 - 1976
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 190
1910 - 2016
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 191
1910 - 1993
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 192
1910 - 2004
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 193
1910 - 2000
HPI: 49.15
Rank: 194
1910 - 1990
HPI: 49.08
Rank: 195
1910 - 2009
HPI: 49.07
Rank: 196
1925 - 1976
HPI: 49.67
Rank: 135
1934 - 1976
HPI: 49.64
Rank: 136
1911 - 1976
HPI: 49.57
Rank: 137
1905 - 1976
HPI: 49.55
Rank: 138
1910 - 1976
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 139
1886 - 1976
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 140
1910 - 1976
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 141
1928 - 1976
HPI: 49.14
Rank: 142
1894 - 1976
HPI: 49.12
Rank: 143
1903 - 1976
HPI: 49.07
Rank: 144
1900 - 1976
HPI: 48.96
Rank: 145
1912 - 1976
HPI: 48.70
Rank: 146
1891 - 1976
HPI: 48.62
Rank: 147
Among people born in Hungary, Pál Turán ranks 383 out of 866. Before him are János Starker (1924), Ervin Zádor (1935), Paul von Jankó (1856), Mária Mednyánszky (1901), Gyula Károlyi (1871), and Lajos Czeizler (1893). After him are László Kovács (1939), Alexandre Trauner (1906), Rózsa Péter (1905), Catherine Schell (1944), Zsuzsa Koncz (1946), and László Paskai (1927).
1924 - 2013
HPI: 49.45
Rank: 377
1935 - 2012
HPI: 49.45
Rank: 378
1856 - 1919
HPI: 49.35
Rank: 379
1901 - 1978
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 380
1871 - 1947
HPI: 49.31
Rank: 381
1893 - 1969
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 382
1910 - 1976
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 383
1939 - Present
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 384
1906 - 1993
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 385
1905 - 1977
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 386
1944 - Present
HPI: 49.20
Rank: 387
1946 - Present
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 388
1927 - 2015
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 389
Among mathematicians born in Hungary, Pál Turán ranks 12. Before him are John G. Kemeny (1926), László Lovász (1948), Peter Lax (1926), Paul Halmos (1916), Frigyes Riesz (1880), and Dénes Kőnig (1884). After him are Rózsa Péter (1905), Endre Szemerédi (1940), Alfréd Rényi (1921), Alfréd Haar (1885), Lipót Fejér (1880), and Cornelius Lanczos (1893).
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
1885 - 1933
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 16
1880 - 1959
HPI: 47.06
Rank: 17
1893 - 1974
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 18