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Dennis Sullivan

1941 - Today

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Dennis Parnell Sullivan (born February 12, 1941) is an American mathematician known for his work in algebraic topology, geometric topology, and dynamical systems. He holds the Albert Einstein Chair at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and is a distinguished professor at Stony Brook University. Sullivan was awarded the Wolf Prize in Mathematics in 2010 and the Abel Prize in 2022. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dennis Sullivan is the 525th most popular mathematician (down from 474th in 2019), the 4,446th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,809th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular American Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Dennis Sullivan ranks 525 out of 1,004. Before him are Viktor Sadovnichiy, Endre Szemerédi, Ernest William Brown, Guðbrandur Þorláksson, Henri Brocard, and Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov. After him are Nicolaus I Bernoulli, David Mumford, Luis Caffarelli, George David Birkhoff, Julia Robinson, and Arnaud Denjoy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Dennis Sullivan ranks 261. Before him are Eugène Terre'Blanche, Alfred Aho, Cristina Peri Rossi, Boris Vallejo, Sonny Landham, and Chucho Valdés. After him are Yuri Norstein, Gregory Benford, Maurice Piat, Vlado Milunić, Miriam Margolyes, and Roberto Calasso.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dennis Sullivan ranks 4,446 out of 20,380. Before him are Eddie Lawson (1958), Fred Quimby (1886), John Havlicek (1940), Jim Carroll (1949), David Stern (1942), and Roger Ailes (1940). After him are Norman Finkelstein (1953), Chavo Guerrero Jr. (1970), Afrika Bambaataa (1957), Burt Kennedy (1922), Nick Bollettieri (1931), and Clarence Thomas (1948).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, Dennis Sullivan ranks 33. Before him are William Thurston (1946), Sam Loyd (1841), James Waddell Alexander II (1888), Whitfield Diffie (1944), Stephen Cole Kleene (1909), and Richard Hamming (1915). After him are George David Birkhoff (1884), Julia Robinson (1919), Richard E. Bellman (1920), Andrew M. Gleason (1921), Ronald Graham (1935), and Isadore Singer (1924).

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