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James Arthur

1944 - today

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His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). James Arthur is the 918th most popular mathematician (down from 875th in 2024), the 635th most popular biography from Canada (down from 522nd in 2019) and the 8th most popular Canadian Mathematician.

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Among Mathematicians

Among mathematicians, James Arthur ranks 918 out of 1,004. Before him are Mark Kac, Salomon Bochner, Philip Hall, Don Zagier, Branko Grünbaum, and Paul Koebe. After him are Martin David Kruskal, William Spottiswoode, Arthur Geoffrey Walker, William Gemmell Cochran, Cathleen Synge Morawetz, and Paul Gustav Heinrich Bachmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, James Arthur ranks 646. Before him are Mike Enzi, Liesel Westermann, Ann Sidney, Ronald Lopatni, Roman Dzindzichashvili, and Clarence White. After him are Colm Wilkinson, Itzhak Vissoker, Carl I. Hagen, Neil Innes, Fidélis, and Rúben Bareño.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, James Arthur ranks 635 out of 1,622. Before him are Dean Butler (1956), K.d. lang (1961), Marie Prevost (1896), Richard Harmon (1991), Charles Coughlin (1891), and Justin Chatwin (1982). After him are Hayley Wickenheiser (1978), Anne Dorval (1960), Ross Cuthbert (1892), Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin (1849), Guy Delisle (1966), and Martin Kamen (1913).

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Among Mathematicians In Canada

Among mathematicians born in Canada, James Arthur ranks 8. Before him are Simon Newcomb (1835), Louis Nirenberg (1925), Robert Langlands (1936), Edward Routh (1831), William Kahan (1933), and Albert W. Tucker (1905). After him are Cathleen Synge Morawetz (1923), Irving Kaplansky (1917), and Manjul Bhargava (1974).

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