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Fausto Cercignani

1941 - Today

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Fausto Cercignani (Italian pronunciation: [ˈfausto tʃertʃiɲˈɲani]; born March 21, 1941) is an Italian scholar, essayist and poet. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fausto Cercignani is the 440th most popular writer (up from 445th in 2019), the 609th most popular biography from Italy (down from 569th in 2019) and the 39th most popular Italian Writer.

Fausto Cercignani is most famous for his contributions to the field of quantum field theory, in particular his work on the renormalization group.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Fausto Cercignani ranks 440 out of 7,302. Before him are Sholem Aleichem, Joseph Brodsky, Sergei Yesenin, Sándor Márai, Gregory of Tours, and Georges Bataille. After him are Andrzej Sapkowski, Qu Yuan, Henri Barbusse, Vuk Karadžić, Jim Corbett, and Raymond Chandler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Fausto Cercignani ranks 28. Before him are Martha Argerich, Harry Nilsson, Václav Klaus, Faye Dunaway, M. Stanley Whittingham, and Julia Kristeva. After him are Dick Cheney, Mahmoud Darwish, Laura Antonelli, Jon Brower Minnoch, Franco Nero, and Nick Nolte.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Fausto Cercignani ranks 609 out of 5,161. Before him are Bonaventura Cavalieri (1598), Paolo Rossi (1956), Pope Leo VI (914), Nero Julius Caesar (6), Giuliano Gemma (1938), and Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma (1545). After him are Anastasia of Sirmium (281), Pinturicchio (1454), Luca Signorelli (1450), Hippasus (-600), Lazzaro Spallanzani (1729), and Dionysius I of Syracuse (-430).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Fausto Cercignani ranks 39. Before him are Elena Ferrante (1943), Giosuè Carducci (1835), Livius Andronicus (-280), Pietro Aretino (1492), Ennius (-239), and Propertius (-50). After him are Baldassare Castiglione (1478), Statius (40), Alessandro Manzoni (1785), Edmondo De Amicis (1846), Tibullus (-50), and Salvatore Quasimodo (1901).

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