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Barry Mazur

1937 - Today

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Barry Charles Mazur (; born December 19, 1937) is an American mathematician and the Gerhard Gade University Professor at Harvard University. His contributions to mathematics include his contributions to Wiles's proof of Fermat's Last Theorem in number theory, Mazur's torsion theorem in arithmetic geometry, the Mazur swindle in geometric topology, and the Mazur manifold in differential topology. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Barry Mazur is the 929th most popular mathematician (down from 877th in 2019), the 11,103rd most popular biography from United States (down from 9,298th in 2019) and the 84th most popular American Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Barry Mazur ranks 929 out of 1,004. Before him are Caucher Birkar, Ivar Otto Bendixson, Fan Chung, Evelyn Boyd Granville, Richard Garfield, and Henry Thomas Colebrooke. After him are Béla Bollobás, Carl Pomerance, Antoni Zygmund, Yakov Eliashberg, Poul Heegaard, and Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Barry Mazur ranks 515. Before him are Peter Medak, Lorne Loomer, Peter Kreeft, Charles Dumas, Peter Cook, and Matthew Carter. After him are Jenő Kamuti, Isabelle Daniels, Little Willie John, Marlo Thomas, Michel Stievenard, and George Steele.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Barry Mazur ranks 11,105 out of 20,380. Before him are Coleen Gray (1922), Richard Long (1927), Alice Joyce (1890), Joy Page (1924), Al Parker (1952), and Edward Albert (1951). After him are Merv Griffin (1925), Simone Biles (1997), Amedee Reyburn (1889), John R. Leonetti (1956), Oscar Hijuelos (1951), and Kathy Griffin (1960).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, Barry Mazur ranks 84. Before him are Clifford Truesdell (1919), Christine Darden (1942), David Blackwell (1919), Martin David Kruskal (1925), Evelyn Boyd Granville (1924), and Richard Garfield (1963). After him are Carl Pomerance (1944), Ormond Stone (1847), Cleve Moler (1939), Norman Johnson (1930), David Singmaster (1938), and Bill Gosper (1943).

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