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John Tukey

1915 - 2000

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John Wilder Tukey (; June 16, 1915 – July 26, 2000) was an American mathematician and statistician, best known for the development of the fast Fourier Transform (FFT) algorithm and the box plot. The Tukey range test, the Tukey lambda distribution, the Tukey test of additivity, and the Teichmüller–Tukey lemma all bear his name. He is also credited with coining the term bit and the first published use of the word software. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Tukey is the 451st most popular chemist (down from 417th in 2019), the 5,343rd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,302nd in 2019) and the 84th most popular American Chemist.

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Among chemists, John Tukey ranks 451 out of 602. Before him are Alexander William Williamson, James Crafts, Constantin Fahlberg, J. L. B. Smith, Auguste Laurent, and Gaston Tissandier. After him are Peter Atkins, Benjamin List, Johann Schweigger, Nikolay Zinin, Peter Armbruster, and Kathleen Lonsdale.

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Among people born in 1915, John Tukey ranks 145. Before him are Alan Lomax, Robert Monroe, Philip Morrison, Argemiro, Aldo Boffi, and Edmond Leburton. After him are Antonio Innocenti, Karl Leisner, Arthur Owen, Günther Schwägermann, Patrick Leigh Fermor, and Harry Edison. Among people deceased in 2000, John Tukey ranks 159. Before him are Dorino Serafini, Ernst Jandl, Jim Varney, Penelope Fitzgerald, Franco Rossi, and Ian Dury. After him are Bruno Zevi, Franco Donatoni, Basil Bernstein, Gustaw Herling-Grudziński, Stephanos Christopoulos, and Robert Dienst.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Tukey ranks 5,343 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert Anton Wilson (1932), Roseanne Barr (1952), Albert Ayler (1936), Jim Courier (1970), Jimmy Douglas (1898), and Hot Rod Hundley (1934). After him are Oliver Kirk (1884), Jon Krakauer (1954), Kaʻahumanu (1768), Ward Bond (1903), Norman Vincent Peale (1898), and Freddie Hubbard (1938).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, John Tukey ranks 84. Before him are Eric Betzig (1960), Jennifer Doudna (1964), Roy J. Plunkett (1910), George Church (1954), Frank Wigglesworth Clarke (1847), and James Crafts (1839). After him are Myrtle Bachelder (1908), Donella Meadows (1941), Allen J. Bard (1933), Karen Wetterhahn (1948), Helen Murray Free (1923), and Bruce Ames (1928).

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