MATHEMATICIAN

Gaston Julia

1893 - 1978

Gaston Julia

Gaston Maurice Julia (3 February 1893 – 19 March 1978) was a French mathematician who devised the formula for the Julia set. His works were popularized by Benoit Mandelbrot; the Julia and Mandelbrot fractals are closely related. He founded, independently with Pierre Fatou, the modern theory of holomorphic dynamics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gaston Julia is the 349th most popular mathematician (down from 341st in 2019), the 59th most popular biography from Algeria (up from 66th in 2019) and the most popular Algerian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Gaston Julia ranks 349 out of 1,004. Before him are Giovanni Antonio Amedeo Plana, Felix Bernstein, Viggo Brun, Klára Dán von Neumann, Viktor Bunyakovsky, and Giambattista Benedetti. After him are Andreas Osiander, Johannes Widmann, Kiyosi Itô, Abraham bar Hiyya, Liu Xin, and Caspar Wessel.

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Giovanni Antonio Amedeo Plana
1781 - 1864
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 343
Felix Bernstein
1878 - 1956
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 344
Viggo Brun
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HPI: 63.53
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Klára Dán von Neumann
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Viktor Bunyakovsky
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Giambattista Benedetti
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HPI: 63.46
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Gaston Julia
1893 - 1978
HPI: 63.45
Rank: 349
Andreas Osiander
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HPI: 63.45
Rank: 350
Johannes Widmann
1460 - 1505
HPI: 63.44
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Kiyosi Itô
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HPI: 63.43
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Abraham bar Hiyya
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Liu Xin
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Rank: 354
Caspar Wessel
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HPI: 63.37
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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Gaston Julia ranks 90. Before him are Marianne Brandt, Frederick William Franz, Bai Chongxi, Jean Absil, Merian C. Cooper, and Friedrich Christian, Margrave of Meissen. After him are Nestor Lakoba, Dorothy L. Sayers, Clark Ashton Smith, William Moulton Marston, Mina Witkojc, and Alfréd Schaffer. Among people deceased in 1978, Gaston Julia ranks 76. Before him are Pablo Dorado, Lilya Brik, Héctor Germán Oesterheld, Wadie Haddad, Viggo Brun, and Pancho Vladigerov. After him are Samuel Goudsmit, José Manuel Moreno, Burt Munro, Oscar Homolka, Karl Lennart Oesch, and Salvador de Madariaga.

Others Born in 1893

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Marianne Brandt
ARTIST
1893 - 1983
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 84
Frederick William Franz
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1893 - 1992
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 85
Bai Chongxi
POLITICIAN
1893 - 1966
HPI: 63.71
Rank: 86
Jean Absil
COMPOSER
1893 - 1974
HPI: 63.67
Rank: 87
Merian C. Cooper
FILM DIRECTOR
1893 - 1973
HPI: 63.60
Rank: 88
Friedrich Christian, Margrave of Meissen
NOBLEMAN
1893 - 1968
HPI: 63.50
Rank: 89
Gaston Julia
MATHEMATICIAN
1893 - 1978
HPI: 63.45
Rank: 90
Nestor Lakoba
POLITICIAN
1893 - 1936
HPI: 63.45
Rank: 91
Dorothy L. Sayers
WRITER
1893 - 1957
HPI: 63.41
Rank: 92
Clark Ashton Smith
WRITER
1893 - 1961
HPI: 63.32
Rank: 93
William Moulton Marston
WRITER
1893 - 1947
HPI: 63.31
Rank: 94
Mina Witkojc
WRITER
1893 - 1975
HPI: 63.30
Rank: 95
Alfréd Schaffer
SOCCER PLAYER
1893 - 1945
HPI: 63.01
Rank: 96