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John G. Thompson

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John Griggs Thompson (born October 13, 1932) is an American mathematician at the University of Florida noted for his work in the field of finite groups. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1970, the Wolf Prize in 1992, and the Abel Prize in 2008. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John G. Thompson is the 290th most popular mathematician (up from 315th in 2019), the 2,298th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,451st in 2019) and the 16th most popular American Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, John G. Thompson ranks 290 out of 1,004. Before him are Sharaf al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī, S. R. Ranganathan, Gemma Frisius, Seki Takakazu, Al-Karaji, and Atle Selberg. After him are Edmund Landau, Hugo Steinhaus, Pierre Deligne, Adolf Hurwitz, Jesse Douglas, and Shing-Tung Yau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, John G. Thompson ranks 120. Before him are Paolo Villaggio, Tatsuya Nakadai, Piper Laurie, Geraldine McEwan, Manuel Puig, and Michael Smith. After him are Oscar de la Renta, Meir Kahane, Stuart Hall, Mustafa Tlass, Dieter Rams, and Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John G. Thompson ranks 2,298 out of 20,380. Before him are Joseph Augustus Zarelli (1953), Lucille Ball (1911), Robert Grant Aitken (1864), Ernie Hudson (1945), Jerry West (1938), and Eric Maskin (1950). After him are Ben Bradlee (1921), Sarah Rose Karr (1984), Luke Perry (1966), Marcia Cross (1962), Owen Wilson (1968), and John Phillips (1935).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, John G. Thompson ranks 16. Before him are Mary Jackson (1921), Edward Norton Lorenz (1917), Alonzo Church (1903), Karen Uhlenbeck (1942), Richard S. Hamilton (1943), and Lloyd Shapley (1923). After him are Jesse Douglas (1897), Robert Axelrod (1943), Stephen Smale (1930), Edward Kasner (1878), Martin Davis (1928), and John Milnor (1931).

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