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Henryk Zygalski

1908 - 1978

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Henryk Zygalski (Polish pronunciation: [ˈxɛnrɨk zɨˈɡalski] ; 15 July 1908 – 30 August 1978) was a Polish mathematician and cryptologist who worked at breaking German Enigma-machine ciphers before and during World War II. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henryk Zygalski is the 508th most popular mathematician (down from 415th in 2019), the 3,118th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,787th in 2019) and the 61st most popular German Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Henryk Zygalski ranks 508 out of 1,004. Before her are Ian Stewart, William Kingdon Clifford, Abraham Robinson, Al-Ḥajjāj ibn Yūsuf ibn Maṭar, John Vitéz, and Thomas Bradwardine. After her are Emil Leon Post, Georgy Voronoy, Theodor Kaluza, Ion Ghica, Richard Hamming, and Thomas Joannes Stieltjes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Henryk Zygalski ranks 161. Before her are Louis, Prince of Hesse and by Rhine, Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, John Tuzo Wilson, Nicholas Kaldor, Richard Wright, and William Hartnell. After her are Leo Sternbach, Štefan Čambal, Paul Henreid, Baby Face Nelson, Titus Burckhardt, and Ștefan Barbu. Among people deceased in 1978, Henryk Zygalski ranks 113. Before her are Carlos Chávez, Ivan Tyulenev, Jean Acker, Lucius D. Clay, Mária Mednyánszky, and Nancy Spungen. After her are Semyon Krivoshein, Hans Stuck, Bernhard Karlgren, Costante Girardengo, Juan Evaristo, and Warren Weaver.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Henryk Zygalski ranks 3,120 out of 7,253. Before her are Carl Chun (1852), Friedrich von Gärtner (1791), Johann Rosenmüller (1619), Günter Eich (1907), Charles Augustus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1844), and Albrecht Ritschl (1822). After her are Michael Maier (1568), Albert V, Duke of Saxe-Coburg (1648), Lina Radke (1903), Bertha Krupp (1886), Willi Schulz (1938), and Johann Baptist Cramer (1771).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Germany

Among mathematicians born in Germany, Henryk Zygalski ranks 61. Before her are August Leopold Crelle (1780), Hermann Hankel (1839), Karl Mollweide (1774), Otto Hölder (1859), Friedrich Hirzebruch (1927), and Friedrich Robert Helmert (1843). After her are Hans Freudenthal (1905), Max Dehn (1878), Jordanus de Nemore (null), Adam Ries (1492), Abraham Gotthelf Kästner (1719), and Johann Samuel König (1712).

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