1930 - 1971
Richard Merritt Montague (September 20, 1930 – March 7, 1971) was an American mathematician and philosopher who made contributions to mathematical logic and the philosophy of language. He is known for proposing Montague grammar to formalize the semantics of natural language. As a student of Alfred Tarski, he also contributed early developments to axiomatic set theory (ZFC). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Montague has received more than 135,586 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Montague is the 547th most popular mathematician (down from 447th in 2019), the 4,748th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,574th in 2019) and the 34th most popular American Mathematician.
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Among mathematicians, Richard Montague ranks 547 out of 823. Before him are Harold Hotelling, Dmitri Egorov, John Cairncross, Joseph Valentin Boussinesq, August Leopold Crelle, and Martin Kutta. After him are Sylvestre François Lacroix, Giovanni Battista Zupi, Jai Singh II, Solomon Lefschetz, Ian Stewart, and Johann Baptist Cysat.
1895 - 1973
HPI: 50.01
Rank: 541
1869 - 1931
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 542
1913 - 1995
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 543
1842 - 1929
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 544
1780 - 1855
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 545
1867 - 1944
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 546
1930 - 1971
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 547
1765 - 1843
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 548
1589 - 1667
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 549
1688 - 1743
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 550
1884 - 1972
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 551
1945 - Present
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 552
1585 - 1657
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 553
Among people born in 1930, Richard Montague ranks 276. Before him are William R. Pogue, Hank Mobley, Jan Olszewski, Robert Prosky, Egon Klepsch, and Rolf Hoppe. After him are Lothar Wolleh, Yuri Rytkheu, Orvar Bergmark, Rubén Morán, Ken Naganuma, and Sonja Edström. Among people deceased in 1971, Richard Montague ranks 120. Before him are Lester Germer, Bobby Jones, Gladys Cooper, Kathleen Lonsdale, Paruyr Sevak, and Harald Öhquist. After him are Bengt Ekerot, Wynton Kelly, Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi, Shunryū Suzuki, Simon Vestdijk, and Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay.
1930 - 2014
HPI: 50.06
Rank: 270
1930 - 1986
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 271
1930 - 2019
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 272
1930 - 2008
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 273
1930 - 2010
HPI: 49.96
Rank: 274
1930 - 2018
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 275
1930 - 1971
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 276
1930 - 1979
HPI: 49.86
Rank: 277
1930 - 2008
HPI: 49.78
Rank: 278
1930 - 2004
HPI: 49.69
Rank: 279
1930 - 1978
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 280
1930 - 2008
HPI: 49.55
Rank: 281
1930 - 2020
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 282
1896 - 1971
HPI: 50.06
Rank: 114
1902 - 1971
HPI: 50.02
Rank: 115
1888 - 1971
HPI: 50.00
Rank: 116
1903 - 1971
HPI: 49.97
Rank: 117
1924 - 1971
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 118
1891 - 1971
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 119
1930 - 1971
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 120
1920 - 1971
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 121
1931 - 1971
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 122
1887 - 1971
HPI: 49.14
Rank: 123
1904 - 1971
HPI: 49.13
Rank: 124
1898 - 1971
HPI: 49.01
Rank: 125
1898 - 1971
HPI: 48.87
Rank: 126
Among people born in United States, Richard Montague ranks 4,748 out of 18,182. Before him are Barry Bonds (1964), Mitchell Ryan (1928), Haddon Sundblom (1899), Parry O'Brien (1932), Samuel Jones (1880), and David Chase (1945). After him are Art Farmer (1928), Stephen Collins (1947), Joe Haldeman (1943), Octavia E. Butler (1947), Strom Thurmond (1902), and Broderick Crawford (1911).
1964 - Present
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 4,742
1928 - 2022
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 4,743
1899 - 1976
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 4,744
1932 - 2007
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 4,745
1880 - 1954
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 4,746
1945 - Present
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 4,747
1930 - 1971
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 4,748
1928 - 1999
HPI: 49.86
Rank: 4,749
1947 - Present
HPI: 49.86
Rank: 4,750
1943 - Present
HPI: 49.86
Rank: 4,751
1947 - 2006
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 4,752
1902 - 2003
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 4,753
1911 - 1986
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 4,754
Among mathematicians born in United States, Richard Montague ranks 34. Before him are George David Birkhoff (1884), William Thurston (1946), Haskell Curry (1900), Isadore Singer (1924), Robert Axelrod (1943), and Harold Hotelling (1895). After him are Michael Freedman (1951), Benjamin Peirce (1809), Ronald Graham (1935), Edward O. Thorp (1932), Louis J. Mordell (1888), and Saunders Mac Lane (1909).
1884 - 1944
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 28
1946 - 2012
HPI: 51.08
Rank: 29
1900 - 1982
HPI: 50.72
Rank: 30
1924 - 2021
HPI: 50.28
Rank: 31
1943 - Present
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 32
1895 - 1973
HPI: 50.01
Rank: 33
1930 - 1971
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 34
1951 - Present
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 35
1809 - 1880
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 36
1935 - 2020
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 37
1932 - Present
HPI: 49.03
Rank: 38
1888 - 1972
HPI: 48.80
Rank: 39
1909 - 2005
HPI: 48.76
Rank: 40