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André Weil

1906 - 1998

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André Weil (; French: [ɑ̃dʁe vɛj]; 6 May 1906 – 6 August 1998) was a French mathematician, known for his foundational work in number theory and algebraic geometry. He was one of the most influential mathematicians of the twentieth century. His influence is due both to his original contributions to a remarkably broad spectrum of mathematical theories, and to the mark he left on mathematical practice and style, through some of his own works as well as through the Bourbaki group, of which he was one of the principal founders. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. André Weil is the 205th most popular mathematician (down from 163rd in 2019), the 1,300th most popular biography from France (down from 1,160th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular French Mathematician.

André Weil is most famous for his work on the Weil Conjectures, which are a set of conjectures in number theory.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, André Weil ranks 205 out of 1,004. Before him are Lewis Fry Richardson, Charles Proteus Steinmetz, Ernst Schröder, Tatyana Afanasyeva, Conon of Samos, and Victor D'Hondt. After him are Ibn Sahl, Arthur Cayley, Maria Reiche, Henry Briggs, Mikhail Leonidovich Gromov, and Paul Guldin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, André Weil ranks 66. Before him are Edmond Debeaumarché, Bugsy Siegel, Luis Federico Leloir, J. R. Jayewardene, James Hadley Chase, and Vera Menchik. After him are John Dickson Carr, Markos Vafeiadis, Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark, Anthony Mann, Horst Schumann, and George Wald. Among people deceased in 1998, André Weil ranks 41. Before him are Stokely Carmichael, Otto Kretschmer, Agostino Casaroli, Alan J. Pakula, Linda McCartney, and Lúcio Costa. After him are Martin Rodbell, Maria Reiche, Antonio Quarracino, Bob Kane, Hans von Ohain, and Zlatko Čajkovski.

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In France

Among people born in France, André Weil ranks 1,300 out of 6,770. Before him are Catherine de Bourbon (1559), Louis, Duke of Guyenne (1397), André Maginot (1877), Raymond Poulidor (1936), Georges Prêtre (1924), and Gustave Charpentier (1860). After him are John III of Navarre (1477), Elif Shafak (1971), Philip, Duke of Orléans (1336), Armand David (1826), Alain-Fournier (1886), and Henri Désiré Landru (1869).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In France

Among mathematicians born in France, André Weil ranks 43. Before him are Étienne Bézout (1730), Édouard Lucas (1842), Jean Gaston Darboux (1842), Étienne-Louis Malus (1775), Camille Jordan (1838), and René Thom (1923). After him are Élie Cartan (1869), Pierre Bouguer (1698), Laurent Schwartz (1915), Antoine Augustin Cournot (1801), Pierre Varignon (1654), and Michel Chasles (1793).

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