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Heisuke Hironaka

1931 - Today

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Heisuke Hironaka (広中 平祐, Hironaka Heisuke; born April 9, 1931) is a Japanese mathematician who was awarded the Fields Medal in 1970 for his contributions to algebraic geometry. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Heisuke Hironaka is the 434th most popular mathematician (down from 365th in 2019), the 802nd most popular biography from Japan (down from 689th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Japanese Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Heisuke Hironaka ranks 434 out of 1,004. Before him are Yuri Manin, Gerhard Gentzen, William Thurston, Al-Mahani, Diocles, and Kamāl al-Dīn al-Fārisī. After him are Giovanni Antonio Magini, Johannes Werner, Jacques Ozanam, Nina Bari, Alfred Clebsch, and Benedetto Castelli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Heisuke Hironaka ranks 181. Before him are Iajuddin Ahmed, Rolf Hochhuth, Aleksei Gubarev, Roger Piantoni, Tom Wilson, and Umberto Lenzi. After him are Shintaro Katsu, Larry Silverstein, Atsuko Ikeda, Rajko Kuzmanović, Johnny Kitagawa, and Carl Brashear.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Heisuke Hironaka ranks 802 out of 6,245. Before him are Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi (1958), Masami Kurumada (1953), Ikki Kita (1883), Iwakura Tomomi (1825), Mitsuo Kato (1953), and Prince Munetaka (1242). After him are Ki no Tsurayuki (866), Hasegawa Tōhaku (1539), Shintaro Katsu (1931), Ariwara no Narihira (825), Yuji Kishioku (1954), and Sanae Mishima (1957).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Japan

Among mathematicians born in Japan, Heisuke Hironaka ranks 4. Before him are Seki Takakazu (1642), Kunihiko Kodaira (1915), and Kiyosi Itô (1915). After him are Goro Shimura (1930), Yutaka Taniyama (1927), Mikio Sato (1928), Shigefumi Mori (1951), Kenkichi Iwasawa (1917), Yasumasa Kanada (1948), Shinichi Mochizuki (1969), and Christopher Zeeman (1925).

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