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John Milnor

1931 - Today

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John Willard Milnor (born February 20, 1931) is an American mathematician known for his work in differential topology, algebraic K-theory and low-dimensional holomorphic dynamical systems. Milnor is a distinguished professor at Stony Brook University and the only mathematician to have won the Fields Medal, the Wolf Prize, the Abel Prize and all three Steele prizes. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Milnor is the 377th most popular mathematician (down from 313th in 2019), the 3,113th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,444th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular American Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, John Milnor ranks 377 out of 1,004. Before him are Sergei Sobolev, Antoine Gombaud, Vladimir Drinfeld, Michael Maestlin, László Lovász, and Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac. After him are Raymond Smullyan, Guillaume Postel, Simon Antoine Jean L'Huilier, Thomas Heath, Marshall Harvey Stone, and Louis Nirenberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, John Milnor ranks 153. Before him are Marianne Koch, Uri Orlev, Peter Collins, Te Atairangikaahu, George Vassiliou, and Magali Noël. After him are Franco Interlenghi, Olympia Dukakis, Claude Piron, Rubens de Falco, Sébastien Japrisot, and Christian Metz.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Milnor ranks 3,113 out of 20,380. Before him are Elizabeth Bolden (1890), Bill Cobbs (1934), John Kennedy Toole (1937), Alfre Woodard (1952), Gabby Giffords (1970), and Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930). After him are J. B. Pritzker (1965), Matthew Fox (1966), Raymond Smullyan (1919), Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe (1822), Marian Anderson (1897), and Sofia Coppola (1971).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, John Milnor ranks 22. Before him are John G. Thompson (1932), Jesse Douglas (1897), Robert Axelrod (1943), Stephen Smale (1930), Edward Kasner (1878), and Martin Davis (1928). After him are Raymond Smullyan (1919), Marshall Harvey Stone (1903), Sal Khan (1976), Mitchell Feigenbaum (1944), William Thurston (1946), and Sam Loyd (1841).

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