MATHEMATICIAN

David Cox

1924 - 2022

David Cox

Sir David Roxbee Cox (15 July 1924 – 18 January 2022) was a British statistician and educator. His wide-ranging contributions to the field of statistics included introducing logistic regression, the proportional hazards model and the Cox process, a point process named after him. He was a professor of statistics at Birkbeck College, London, Imperial College London and the University of Oxford, and served as Warden of Nuffield College, Oxford. The first recipient of the International Prize in Statistics, he also received the Guy, George Box and Copley medals, as well as a knighthood. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. David Cox is the 723rd most popular mathematician (down from 718th in 2019), the 3,560th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,380th in 2019) and the 76th most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, David Cox ranks 723 out of 1,004. Before him are Carl Neumann, Heinz Prüfer, Fritz Noether, Eugene Dynkin, John Cairncross, and Wu Wenjun. After him are Pingala, Max Newman, Paul Gordan, Leopold Vietoris, Moritz Pasch, and Otto Toeplitz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, David Cox ranks 324. Before him are Alexander Esenin-Volpin, Lloyd Alexander, Valerio Bacigalupo, Eugene Dynkin, Boris Markov, and Pablo Birger. After him are Frank Havens, Roger Marche, Sonny Stitt, Paruyr Sevak, Karel Kachyňa, and Robert Bolt. Among people deceased in 2022, David Cox ranks 350. Before him are Hans-Jürgen Dörner, Milan Dvořák, Juan Diego, Stanisław Kowalski, Rex Cawley, and Nora Nova. After him are Andrei Sukhovetsky, Christiane Hörbiger, Mark Lanegan, Bob Falkenburg, Benjamin Kogo, and Leszek Engelking.

Others Born in 1924

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Alexander Esenin-Volpin
MATHEMATICIAN
1924 - 2016
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 318
Lloyd Alexander
WRITER
1924 - 2007
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 319
Valerio Bacigalupo
SOCCER PLAYER
1924 - 1949
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 320
Eugene Dynkin
MATHEMATICIAN
1924 - 2014
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 321
Boris Markov
ACTOR
1924 - 1977
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 322
Pablo Birger
RACING DRIVER
1924 - 1966
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 323
David Cox
MATHEMATICIAN
1924 - 2022
HPI: 56.75
Rank: 324
Frank Havens
ATHLETE
1924 - 2018
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 325
Roger Marche
SOCCER PLAYER
1924 - 1997
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 326
Sonny Stitt
MUSICIAN
1924 - 1982
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 327
Paruyr Sevak
WRITER
1924 - 1971
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 328
Karel Kachyňa
FILM DIRECTOR
1924 - 2004
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 329
Robert Bolt
WRITER
1924 - 1995
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 330

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Hans-Jürgen Dörner
SOCCER PLAYER
1951 - 2022
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 344
Milan Dvořák
SOCCER PLAYER
1934 - 2022
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 345
Juan Diego
ACTOR
1942 - 2022
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 346
Stanisław Kowalski
ATHLETE
1910 - 2022
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 347
Rex Cawley
ATHLETE
1940 - 2022
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 348
Nora Nova
SINGER
1928 - 2022
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 349
David Cox
MATHEMATICIAN
1924 - 2022
HPI: 56.75
Rank: 350
Andrei Sukhovetsky
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1974 - 2022
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Christiane Hörbiger
ACTOR
1938 - 2022
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Mark Lanegan
MUSICIAN
1964 - 2022
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 353
Bob Falkenburg
TENNIS PLAYER
1926 - 2022
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 354
Benjamin Kogo
ATHLETE
1944 - 2022
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 355
Leszek Engelking
WRITER
1955 - 2022
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 356

In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, David Cox ranks 3,561 out of 8,785. Before him are Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham (1402), Fred Martin (1929), Aldhelm (639), Ted Drake (1912), Henry Peach Robinson (1830), and William Robert Brooks (1844). After him are Michael Moran (1948), George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood (1923), Anohni (1971), Tina Charles (1954), Donald Watson (1910), and Jimmy McGrory (1904).

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Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham
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Fred Martin
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Aldhelm
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639 - 709
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Rank: 3,557
Ted Drake
SOCCER PLAYER
1912 - 1995
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 3,558
Henry Peach Robinson
PHOTOGRAPHER
1830 - 1901
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 3,559
William Robert Brooks
ASTRONOMER
1844 - 1921
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David Cox
MATHEMATICIAN
1924 - 2022
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Michael Moran
MUSICIAN
1948 - Present
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George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood
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HPI: 56.75
Rank: 3,563
Anohni
SINGER
1971 - Present
HPI: 56.75
Rank: 3,564
Tina Charles
SINGER
1954 - Present
HPI: 56.75
Rank: 3,565
Donald Watson
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1910 - 2005
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 3,566
Jimmy McGrory
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1904 - 1982
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