MATHEMATICIAN

Israel Gelfand

1913 - 2009

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Israel Moiseevich Gelfand, also written Israïl Moyseyovich Gel'fand, or Izrail M. Gelfand (Yiddish: ישראל געלפֿאַנד, Russian: Изра́иль Моисе́евич Гельфа́нд, Ukrainian: Ізраїль Мойсейович Гельфанд; 2 September [O.S. 20 August] 1913 – 5 October 2009) was a prominent Soviet and American mathematician, one of the greatest mathematicians of the 20th century, biologist, teacher and organizer of mathematical education. He made significant contributions to many branches of mathematics, including group theory, representation theory and functional analysis. The recipient of many awards, including the Order of Lenin and the first Wolf Prize, he was a Foreign Fellow of the Royal Society and professor at Moscow State University and, after immigrating to the United States shortly before his 76th birthday, at Rutgers University. Gelfand is also a 1994 MacArthur Fellow. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Israel Gelfand is the 277th most popular mathematician (down from 225th in 2019), the 207th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 194th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Ukrainian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Israel Gelfand ranks 277 out of 1,004. Before him are Nikolay Bogolyubov, Jabir ibn Aflah, Paul Lévy, Seymour Papert, Robert Recorde, and Lloyd Shapley. After him are Alan Baker, Édouard Roche, Vitello, George Atwood, Jacques Charles François Sturm, and Jacopo Riccati.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Israel Gelfand ranks 81. Before him are Robert Adler, Boris Pahor, Bruno Pontecorvo, Nicolás Gómez Dávila, Sergey Mikhalkov, and Roger Caillois. After him are 'Abd al-Ilah, Méret Oppenheim, Paul Grice, Barrington Moore Jr., Mary Leakey, and Osvaldo Moles. Among people deceased in 2009, Israel Gelfand ranks 63. Before him are Toni Sailer, Eleanor F. Helin, J. G. Ballard, Ertuğrul Osman, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, and Susan Atkins. After him are Mario Benedetti, Ingemar Johansson, Jack Kemp, Hussein-Ali Montazeri, Samak Sundaravej, and Ricardo Montalbán.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Israel Gelfand ranks 207 out of 1,365. Before him are Valeriy Borzov (1949), Leonid Kogan (1924), Yaropolk II of Kiev (1082), Mstislav II of Kiev (1200), Jarosław Dąbrowski (1836), and Alexandru Averescu (1859). After him are Alexander Rutskoy (1947), Ivan Chernyakhovsky (1906), Ewelina Hańska (1805), Georgy Dobrovolsky (1928), Cyril Genik (1857), and Natalia Sedova (1882).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Ukraine

Among mathematicians born in Ukraine, Israel Gelfand ranks 8. Before him are Mikhail Ostrogradsky (1801), Vladimir Arnold (1937), Jan Łukasiewicz (1878), Tatyana Afanasyeva (1876), Anatoly Fomenko (1945), and Richard von Mises (1883). After him are Viktor Bunyakovsky (1804), Alfred J. Lotka (1880), Vladimir Drinfeld (1954), Igor Shafarevich (1923), Sergei Natanovich Bernstein (1880), and Abram Samoilovitch Besicovitch (1891).

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