MATHEMATICIAN

Jean Leray

1906 - 1998

Jean Leray

Jean Leray (French: [ləʁɛ]; 7 November 1906 – 10 November 1998) was a French mathematician, who worked on both partial differential equations and algebraic topology. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean Leray is the 541st most popular mathematician (down from 465th in 2019), the 3,284th most popular biography from France (down from 3,137th in 2019) and the 81st most popular French Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Jean Leray ranks 541 out of 1,004. Before him are Pietro Mengoli, Hans Freudenthal, Erik Ivar Fredholm, Max Dehn, Joseph Ludwig Raabe, and Jordanus de Nemore. After him are Terence Tao, Theodosius of Bithynia, Adam Ries, Andrew M. Gleason, Ibrahim ibn Sinan, and Edward Arthur Milne.

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Pietro Mengoli
1626 - 1686
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 535
Hans Freudenthal
1905 - 1990
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 536
Erik Ivar Fredholm
1866 - 1927
HPI: 60.02
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Max Dehn
1878 - 1952
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 538
Joseph Ludwig Raabe
1801 - 1859
HPI: 60.00
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Jordanus de Nemore
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 540
Jean Leray
1906 - 1998
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 541
Terence Tao
1975 - Present
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 542
Theodosius of Bithynia
160 BC - 100 BC
HPI: 59.91
Rank: 543
Adam Ries
1492 - 1559
HPI: 59.82
Rank: 544
Andrew M. Gleason
1921 - 2008
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 545
Ibrahim ibn Sinan
908 - 946
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 546
Edward Arthur Milne
1896 - 1950
HPI: 59.78
Rank: 547

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Jean Leray ranks 177. Before him are Pietro Serantoni, Robert Surtees, Renate Müller, Knut Kroon, Martí Ventolrà, and James Quinn. After him are Walter Legge, René Huyghe, William J. Brennan Jr., Igor Moiseyev, Sergei Gerasimov, and Harry Hammond Hess. Among people deceased in 1998, Jean Leray ranks 137. Before him are Mariano Martín, Clara Rockmore, Régine Pernoud, Phil Hartman, Leo Penn, and Michael Tippett. After him are Hide, Nguyễn Văn Linh, Otto Wichterle, Theodor Oberländer, Eric Ambler, and Qian Zhongshu.

Others Born in 1906

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Pietro Serantoni
SOCCER PLAYER
1906 - 1964
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 171
Robert Surtees
FILM DIRECTOR
1906 - 1985
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 172
Renate Müller
SINGER
1906 - 1937
HPI: 60.09
Rank: 173
Knut Kroon
SOCCER PLAYER
1906 - 1975
HPI: 60.09
Rank: 174
Martí Ventolrà
SOCCER PLAYER
1906 - 1977
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 175
James Quinn
ATHLETE
1906 - 2004
HPI: 60.02
Rank: 176
Jean Leray
MATHEMATICIAN
1906 - 1998
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 177
Walter Legge
PRODUCER
1906 - 1979
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 178
René Huyghe
WRITER
1906 - 1997
HPI: 59.86
Rank: 179
William J. Brennan Jr.
LAWYER
1906 - 1997
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 180
Igor Moiseyev
POLITICIAN
1906 - 2007
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 181
Sergei Gerasimov
FILM DIRECTOR
1906 - 1985
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 182
Harry Hammond Hess
GEOLOGIST
1906 - 1969
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 183

Others Deceased in 1998

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Mariano Martín
SOCCER PLAYER
1919 - 1998
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 131
Clara Rockmore
MUSICIAN
1911 - 1998
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 132
Régine Pernoud
HISTORIAN
1909 - 1998
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 133
Phil Hartman
ACTOR
1948 - 1998
HPI: 60.09
Rank: 134
Leo Penn
ACTOR
1921 - 1998
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 135
Michael Tippett
COMPOSER
1905 - 1998
HPI: 60.00
Rank: 136
Jean Leray
MATHEMATICIAN
1906 - 1998
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 137
Hide
MUSICIAN
1964 - 1998
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 138
Nguyễn Văn Linh
POLITICIAN
1915 - 1998
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 139
Otto Wichterle
CHEMIST
1913 - 1998
HPI: 59.87
Rank: 140
Theodor Oberländer
POLITICIAN
1905 - 1998
HPI: 59.86
Rank: 141
Eric Ambler
WRITER
1909 - 1998
HPI: 59.75
Rank: 142
Qian Zhongshu
WRITER
1910 - 1998
HPI: 59.75
Rank: 143

In France

Among people born in France, Jean Leray ranks 3,284 out of 6,770. Before him are Pierre Pigneau de Behaine (1741), Prince Peter of Greece and Denmark (1908), Michel Aumont (1936), René de Froulay de Tessé (1648), Wolfgang Capito (1478), and Jean-Jacques Marcel (1931). After him are Patrick Demarchelier (1943), Madeleine de Souvré, marquise de Sablé (1599), François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers (1753), Joan, Countess of Toulouse (1220), Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent (1778), and Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine (1762).

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Pierre Pigneau de Behaine
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1741 - 1799
HPI: 59.97
Rank: 3,278
Prince Peter of Greece and Denmark
NOBLEMAN
1908 - 1980
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 3,279
Michel Aumont
ACTOR
1936 - 2019
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 3,280
René de Froulay de Tessé
POLITICIAN
1648 - 1725
HPI: 59.95
Rank: 3,281
Wolfgang Capito
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1478 - 1541
HPI: 59.95
Rank: 3,282
Jean-Jacques Marcel
SOCCER PLAYER
1931 - 2014
HPI: 59.95
Rank: 3,283
Jean Leray
MATHEMATICIAN
1906 - 1998
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 3,284
Patrick Demarchelier
PHOTOGRAPHER
1943 - 2022
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 3,285
Madeleine de Souvré, marquise de Sablé
WRITER
1599 - 1678
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 3,286
François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1753 - 1798
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 3,287
Joan, Countess of Toulouse
POLITICIAN
1220 - 1271
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 3,288
Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent
BIOLOGIST
1778 - 1846
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 3,289
Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine
ARCHITECT
1762 - 1853
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 3,290