1923 - 2002
René Frédéric Thom (French: [ʁəne tɔm]; 2 September 1923 – 25 October 2002) was a French mathematician, who received the Fields Medal in 1958. He made his reputation as a topologist, moving on to aspects of what would be called singularity theory; he became world-famous among the wider academic community and the educated general public for one aspect of this latter interest, his work as founder of catastrophe theory (later developed by Christopher Zeeman). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of René Thom has received more than 193,831 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). René Thom is the 172nd most popular mathematician (up from 176th in 2019), the 1,233rd most popular biography from France (up from 1,259th in 2019) and the 35th most popular French Mathematician.
René Thom is most famous for his work in catastrophe theory. He created a mathematical model to describe the evolution of complex systems.
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Among mathematicians, René Thom ranks 172 out of 823. Before him are Wacław Sierpiński, Zu Chongzhi, Colin Maclaurin, Conon of Samos, André Weil, and Wang Chong. After him are Pierre Bouguer, Vito Volterra, George Pólya, Mikhail Ostrogradsky, Ernst Kummer, and Ahmes.
1882 - 1969
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 166
429 - 500
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 167
1698 - 1746
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 168
280 BC - 221 BC
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 169
1906 - 1998
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 170
27 - 97
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 171
1923 - 2002
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 172
1698 - 1758
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 173
1860 - 1940
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 174
1887 - 1985
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 175
1801 - 1862
HPI: 60.44
Rank: 176
1810 - 1893
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 177
1680 BC - 1620 BC
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 178
Among people born in 1923, René Thom ranks 48. Before him are Jorge Semprún, Edgar F. Codd, Stephanie Kwolek, Merton Miller, Erland Josephson, and Horst Tappert. After him are Philip Warren Anderson, Lola Flores, Linda Christian, Dev Anand, Aristides Pereira, and Queen Anne of Romania. Among people deceased in 2002, René Thom ranks 39. Before him are Ne Win, Zizinho, George Porter, John Gotti, Max Perutz, and Eduardo Chillida. After him are Erwin Chargaff, Xi Zhongxun, Archer Martin, Laurent Schwartz, Pim Fortuyn, and César Milstein.
1923 - 2011
HPI: 60.97
Rank: 42
1923 - 2003
HPI: 60.90
Rank: 43
1923 - 2014
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 44
1923 - 2000
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 45
1923 - 2012
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 46
1923 - 2008
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 47
1923 - 2002
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 48
1923 - 2020
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 49
1923 - 1995
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 50
1923 - 2011
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 51
1923 - 2011
HPI: 59.91
Rank: 52
1923 - 2011
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 53
1923 - 2016
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 54
1910 - 2002
HPI: 61.37
Rank: 33
1921 - 2002
HPI: 61.06
Rank: 34
1920 - 2002
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 35
1940 - 2002
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 36
1914 - 2002
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 37
1924 - 2002
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 38
1923 - 2002
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 39
1905 - 2002
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 40
1913 - 2002
HPI: 60.39
Rank: 41
1910 - 2002
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 42
1915 - 2002
HPI: 59.27
Rank: 43
1948 - 2002
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 44
1927 - 2002
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 45
Among people born in France, René Thom ranks 1,233 out of 6,011. Before him are Adalberon (947), Laurent Blanc (1965), Prince Jean, Duke of Guise (1874), Édouard Mortier, Duke of Trévise (1768), André Weil (1906), and Ernest Gellner (1925). After him are Francis I, Duke of Lorraine (1517), Jaufre Rudel (1125), André Masson (1896), Pierre Bouguer (1698), Vincent of Beauvais (1190), and André Antoine (1858).
947 - 1030
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 1,227
1965 - Present
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 1,228
1874 - 1940
HPI: 60.52
Rank: 1,229
1768 - 1835
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 1,230
1906 - 1998
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 1,231
1925 - 1995
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 1,232
1923 - 2002
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 1,233
1517 - 1545
HPI: 60.48
Rank: 1,234
1125 - 1148
HPI: 60.48
Rank: 1,235
1896 - 1987
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 1,236
1698 - 1758
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 1,237
1190 - 1264
HPI: 60.46
Rank: 1,238
1858 - 1943
HPI: 60.46
Rank: 1,239
Among mathematicians born in France, René Thom ranks 35. Before him are Jacques Hadamard (1865), Joseph Liouville (1809), Gabriel Lamé (1795), Étienne Bézout (1730), Jean Gaston Darboux (1842), and André Weil (1906). After him are Pierre Bouguer (1698), Jean-Pierre Serre (1926), Camille Jordan (1838), Étienne-Louis Malus (1775), Antoine Augustin Cournot (1801), and Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre (1749).
1865 - 1963
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 29
1809 - 1882
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 30
1795 - 1870
HPI: 61.06
Rank: 31
1730 - 1783
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 32
1842 - 1917
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 33
1906 - 1998
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 34
1923 - 2002
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 35
1698 - 1758
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 36
1926 - Present
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 37
1838 - 1922
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 38
1775 - 1812
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 39
1801 - 1877
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 40
1749 - 1822
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 41