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Alfréd Rényi

1921 - 1970

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Alfréd Rényi (20 March 1921 – 1 February 1970) was a Hungarian mathematician known for his work in probability theory, though he also made contributions in combinatorics, graph theory, and number theory. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alfréd Rényi is the 664th most popular mathematician (up from 679th in 2019), the 467th most popular biography from Hungary (up from 479th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Hungarian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Alfréd Rényi ranks 664 out of 1,004. Before him are Michael Artin, Ludwig Schläfli, Oswald Veblen, Mihailo Petrović, Robert Simson, and Georg Stiernhielm. After him are Agner Krarup Erlang, Louis Bachelier, Cesare Arzelà, Richard Montague, Johann Schreck, and Đuro Kurepa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Alfréd Rényi ranks 254. Before him are Maria Gorokhovskaya, Jack Clayton, Kurt Adolff, Adolf Wiklund, Edvard Mirzoyan, and Cuthbert Sebastian. After him are Jacques Lecoq, Grigory Chukhray, Inge Borkh, François Picard, Ted Schroeder, and Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński. Among people deceased in 1970, Alfréd Rényi ranks 170. Before him are William Daniels, Tammi Terrell, Ralph Hartley, Adolf Wiklund, Alfred Sturtevant, and Jérôme Carcopino. After him are Parashqevi Qiriazi, William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, Johnny Hodges, Alice Hamilton, Nathan Altman, and Anna Louise Strong.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Alfréd Rényi ranks 467 out of 1,077. Before him are László Sárosi (1932), Olivér Halassy (1909), Valéria Gyenge (1933), Géza von Bolváry (1897), Zsigmond Móricz (1879), and Antal Nagy (1944). After him are Zoltán Varga (1945), Jenő Jandó (1952), Alexandre Trauner (1906), Edith Bruck (1931), József Tóth (1929), and Yuriy Venelin (1802).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Hungary

Among mathematicians born in Hungary, Alfréd Rényi ranks 18. Before him are Endre Szemerédi (1940), Rózsa Péter (1905), Pál Turán (1910), Dénes Kőnig (1884), Lipót Fejér (1880), and Alfréd Haar (1885). After him are Vera T. Sós (1930), George Szekeres (1911), Marcel Riesz (1886), Raoul Bott (1923), Cornelius Lanczos (1893), and Béla Bollobás (1943).

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