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Herman Chernoff

1923 - Today

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Herman Chernoff (born July 1, 1923) is an American applied mathematician, statistician and physicist. He was formerly a professor at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Stanford, and MIT, currently emeritus at Harvard University. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Herman Chernoff is the 883rd most popular mathematician (up from 911th in 2019), the 9,702nd most popular biography from United States (up from 10,619th in 2019) and the 71st most popular American Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Herman Chernoff ranks 883 out of 1,004. Before him are Anatoly Maltsev, Ngô Bảo Châu, Garrett Birkhoff, Kenneth Appel, James Lighthill, and Adele Goldstine. After him are Juliusz Schauder, J. H. C. Whitehead, Robin Hartshorne, Radhanath Sikdar, Phillip Griffiths, and Erna Schneider Hoover.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Herman Chernoff ranks 408. Before him are Tom M. Apostol, Haydée Santamaría, Eric Sykes, Ron Flockhart, Antonio Siddi, and Leonid Shamkovich. After him are Isaac Schwartz, Robert Sabatier, Percy Heath, Monica Lovinescu, George Russell, and Ivano Blason.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Herman Chernoff ranks 9,704 out of 20,380. Before him are Chris Paul (1985), Gregory R. Wiseman (1975), Yakima Canutt (1895), Adele Goldstine (1920), Richard Bass (1929), and Kim Kashkashian (1952). After him are Jon Turteltaub (1963), Teddy Pendergrass (1950), Rick Carlisle (1959), Magic Slim (1937), David Frankel (1959), and Carey Bell (1936).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, Herman Chernoff ranks 71. Before him are Marston Morse (1892), Tom M. Apostol (1923), Michael Aschbacher (1944), Garrett Birkhoff (1911), Kenneth Appel (1932), and Adele Goldstine (1920). After him are Robin Hartshorne (1938), Phillip Griffiths (1938), Erna Schneider Hoover (1926), Gilbert Strang (1934), George Mostow (1923), and Elwyn Berlekamp (1940).

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