MATHEMATICIAN

Kunihiko Kodaira

1915 - 1997

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Kunihiko Kodaira (小平 邦彦, Kodaira Kunihiko; Japanese pronunciation: [kodaꜜiɾa kɯɲiꜜçi̥ko], 16 March 1915 – 26 July 1997) was a Japanese mathematician known for distinguished work in algebraic geometry and the theory of complex manifolds, and as the founder of the Japanese school of algebraic geometers. He was awarded a Fields Medal in 1954, being the first Japanese national to receive this honour. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kunihiko Kodaira is the 323rd most popular mathematician (down from 284th in 2019), the 598th most popular biography from Japan (down from 542nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Japanese Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Kunihiko Kodaira ranks 323 out of 1,004. Before him are Alain Connes, Abu Zayd al-Balkhi, Pietro Cataldi, Willem de Sitter, Edward Kasner, and Lennart Carleson. After him are Edward Waring, Georg Alexander Pick, Emil Artin, Adhémar Jean Claude Barré de Saint-Venant, René-Louis Baire, and Eutocius of Ascalon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Kunihiko Kodaira ranks 84. Before him are Tapio Wirkkala, Marie-Louise von Franz, Piet de Jong, Tadeusz Kantor, Denis Thatcher, and Ibolya Csák. After him are Peter Medawar, Godfrey Brown, Branko Ćopić, Kiyosi Itô, Horst Sindermann, and Thomas Merton. Among people deceased in 1997, Kunihiko Kodaira ranks 86. Before him are Héctor Yazalde, Ernst Wilimowski, Virgilio Barco Vargas, Edward Mulhare, Samuel Fuller, and Manfred von Ardenne. After him are Son Sen, Jean Françaix, Gunpei Yokoi, Jacinto Quincoces, Giuseppe De Santis, and Jean-Dominique Bauby.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kunihiko Kodaira ranks 598 out of 6,245. Before him are Satoru Iwata (1959), Tokugawa Ieyoshi (1793), Otozō Yamada (1881), Emperor Junnin (733), George W. Casey Jr. (1948), and Dom Justo Takayama (1552). After him are Sadaharu Oh (1940), Hiroshi Amano (1960), Minamoto no Sanetomo (1192), Zenkō Suzuki (1911), Emperor Chūkyō (1218), and Emperor Suzaku (923).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Japan

Among mathematicians born in Japan, Kunihiko Kodaira ranks 2. Before him are Seki Takakazu (1642). After him are Kiyosi Itô (1915), Heisuke Hironaka (1931), Goro Shimura (1930), Yutaka Taniyama (1927), Mikio Sato (1928), Shigefumi Mori (1951), Kenkichi Iwasawa (1917), Yasumasa Kanada (1948), Shinichi Mochizuki (1969), and Christopher Zeeman (1925).

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