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Harald Cramér

1893 - 1985

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Harald Cramér (Swedish: [kraˈmeːr]; 25 September 1893 – 5 October 1985) was a Swedish mathematician, actuary, and statistician, specializing in mathematical statistics and probabilistic number theory. John Kingman described him as "one of the giants of statistical theory". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Harald Cramér is the 762nd most popular mathematician (down from 584th in 2019), the 771st most popular biography from Sweden (down from 542nd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Swedish Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Harald Cramér ranks 762 out of 1,004. Before him are Johann Faulhaber, Saharon Shelah, Victor Puiseux, Curtis T. McMullen, Sergei Adian, and Simon Donaldson. After him are Ludwig Schlesinger, Hua Luogeng, Charles Howard Hinton, Maria Angela Ardinghelli, Franz Mertens, and Hassler Whitney.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Harald Cramér ranks 212. Before him are Elisaveta Bagriana, Gabrielle Petit, Romeo Bertini, Georges Buchard, Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia, and Urho Peltonen. After him are Jimmy Durante, Charley Chase, Tommaso Lequio di Assaba, Blind Blake, Georg Åberg, and Gladys Davis. Among people deceased in 1985, Harald Cramér ranks 191. Before him are Rudolf Gnägi, Arkady Fiedler, Božo Broketa, Taylor Caldwell, George London, and Myrtle Cook. After him are Hua Luogeng, Ruth Orkin, George Raynor, Ilka Gedő, Georges Verriest, and Efrem Zimbalist.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Harald Cramér ranks 771 out of 1,879. Before him are Bertha Valerius (1824), Sven Jacobsson (1914), Stellan Bengtsson (1952), Bo Ekelund (1894), Irma Johansson (1932), and Carl Frederik von Breda (1759). After him are Karin Dreijer (1975), Carl Folcker (1889), Glenn Strömberg (1960), May Britt (1933), Jan Arnald (1963), and Gustaf Skarsgård (1980).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Sweden

Among mathematicians born in Sweden, Harald Cramér ranks 6. Before him are Helge von Koch (1870), Gösta Mittag-Leffler (1846), Lennart Carleson (1928), Lars Hörmander (1931), and Erik Ivar Fredholm (1866). After him are Ivar Otto Bendixson (1861).

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