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Raymond Smullyan

1919 - 2017

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Raymond Merrill Smullyan (; May 25, 1919 – February 6, 2017) was an American mathematician, magician, concert pianist, logician, Taoist, and philosopher. Born in Far Rockaway, New York, his first career was stage magic. He earned a BSc from the University of Chicago in 1955 and his PhD from Princeton University in 1959. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Raymond Smullyan has received more than 403,797 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Raymond Smullyan is the 393rd most popular mathematician (down from 372nd in 2019), the 3,110th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,164th in 2019) and the 20th most popular American Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Raymond Smullyan ranks 393 out of 1,004. Before him are Maryam Mirzakhani, Lennart Carleson, Eugenio Beltrami, Ibn Sahl, John G. Kemeny, and Stephen Cole Kleene. After him are Qin Jiushao, Campanus of Novara, Lars Hörmander, Pierre Alphonse Laurent, Richard Hamming, and Benedetto Castelli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Raymond Smullyan ranks 105. Before him are Gérard Oury, Joseph Serchuk, Tomáš Špidlík, Rubén González, Vera Aceva, and Toni Turek. After him are Ferdinand Kübler, Hennes Weisweiler, Ferruccio Valcareggi, J. Presper Eckert, Morteza Motahhari, and Beate Uhse-Rotermund. Among people deceased in 2017, Raymond Smullyan ranks 163. Before him are Ulf Stark, Étienne Tshisekedi, Kate Millett, Viktor Gorbatko, Maryam Mirzakhani, and Predrag Matvejević. After him are John Wetton, Miloslav Vlk, Christine Keeler, Dionigi Tettamanzi, Angry Grandpa, and Igor Volk.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Raymond Smullyan ranks 3,110 out of 20,380. Before him are Daniel Boone (1734), Esther Lederberg (1922), Frances Sternhagen (1930), Larry Semon (1889), Annie Proulx (1935), and Stephen Cole Kleene (1909). After him are John Waters (1946), Jedediah Smith (1799), Sun Ra (1914), Carmen Electra (1972), Harry Harlow (1905), and Eric Stoltz (1961).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, Raymond Smullyan ranks 20. Before him are John Milnor (1931), John G. Thompson (1932), Stephen Smale (1930), Edward Kasner (1878), Sam Loyd (1841), and Stephen Cole Kleene (1909). After him are Richard Hamming (1915), Richard S. Hamilton (1943), Jim Simons (1938), Whitfield Diffie (1944), William Thurston (1946), and Richard E. Bellman (1920).

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