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William Feller

1906 - 1970

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William "Vilim" Feller (July 7, 1906 – January 14, 1970), born Vilibald Srećko Feller, was a Croatian–American mathematician specializing in probability theory. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Feller has received more than 192,722 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. William Feller is the 838th most popular mathematician (down from 738th in 2019), the 338th most popular biography from Croatia (down from 252nd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Croatian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, William Feller ranks 838 out of 1,004. Before him are Gregory Chaitin, Curtis T. McMullen, Nathan Jacobson, Friedrich Engel, Sergey Nikolsky, and Tom M. Apostol. After him are S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan, Georgy Adelson-Velsky, Walther von Dyck, Marshall Harvey Stone, Thomas Henderson, and Simon Donaldson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, William Feller ranks 341. Before him are Zoltan Sarosy, Ernest Libérati, Meindert DeJong, Stefan Andres, Károly Kárpáti, and Jan Diddens. After him are Käthe Krauss, Snorri Hjartarson, Bukka White, Andrei Abrikosov, Alberto Soria, and Vera Maretskaya. Among people deceased in 1970, William Feller ranks 226. Before him are Otis Spann, John Beazley, Matthias Heidemann, Jacob Viner, Georgi Naydenov, and Stefan Andres. After him are Käthe Krauss, Paul Sturzenegger, Georg de Laval, Lonnie Johnson, Grethe Weiser, and Paul Fritsch.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, William Feller ranks 338 out of 700. Before him are Alexander Wittek (1852), Jelena Rozga (1977), Željko Jerkov (1953), Andrej Kramarić (1991), Šime Vrsaljko (1992), and Luciano Sušanj (1948). After him are Srđan Mrkušić (1915), Dražen Mužinić (1953), Tajči (1970), Ivica Kostelić (1979), Ronald Lopatni (1944), and Sanja Iveković (1949).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Croatia

Among mathematicians born in Croatia, William Feller ranks 5. Before him are Marino Ghetaldi (1568), John Vitéz (1408), Paul Neményi (1895), and Đuro Kurepa (1907). After him are Branko Grünbaum (1929).

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