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Jean Bourgain

1954 - 2018

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Jean Louis, baron Bourgain (French: [buʁɡɛ̃]; (1954-02-28)28 February 1954 – (2018-12-22)22 December 2018) was a Belgian mathematician. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1994 in recognition of his work on several core topics of mathematical analysis such as the geometry of Banach spaces, harmonic analysis, ergodic theory and nonlinear partial differential equations from mathematical physics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean Bourgain is the 678th most popular mathematician (down from 617th in 2019), the 556th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 524th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Belgian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Jean Bourgain ranks 678 out of 1,004. Before him are Harold Hotelling, Abu Said Gorgani, Jan Śniadecki, Pierre-Louis Lions, Arend Heyting, and John Hadley. After him are Thoralf Skolem, Julius Petersen, Nilakantha Somayaji, Egon Pearson, Edmond Laguerre, and Johann Karl Burckhardt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Jean Bourgain ranks 264. Before him are Frank Bainimarama, Rekha, Torbjörn Nilsson, Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf, Kazuhiko Inoue, and Sergei Sidorsky. After him are Alex Salmond, Jesús María Satrústegui, David Paich, Igor Krutoy, Ivo Van Damme, and François Van der Elst. Among people deceased in 2018, Jean Bourgain ranks 262. Before him are André Lerond, Claudio Scimone, Inge Borkh, Kim Yong-chun, Tomás Maldonado, and Vinnie Paul. After him are Sergio Pitol, Alfredo del Águila, Phan Văn Khải, Dave Holland, Luis Posada Carriles, and Sabahudin Kurt.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Jean Bourgain ranks 556 out of 1,190. Before him are Guido Reybrouck (1941), Pieter Boel (1622), Jean Aerts (1907), Jacques d'Arthois (1613), Kim Clijsters (1983), and Émilie Dequenne (1981). After him are Georges Ronsse (1906), Walter Meeuws (1951), Tony Parker (1982), Frans Pourbus the Elder (1545), Princess Delphine of Belgium (1968), and Arno (1949).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Belgium

Among mathematicians born in Belgium, Jean Bourgain ranks 11. Before him are Charles Jean de la Vallée Poussin (1866), Adriaan van Roomen (1561), Pierre François Verhulst (1804), Ingrid Daubechies (1954), Grégoire de Saint-Vincent (1584), and David Ruelle (1935). After him are Elias M. Stein (1931), and Jacques Tits (1930).

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