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Lloyd Shapley

1923 - 2016

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Lloyd Stowell Shapley (; June 2, 1923 – March 12, 2016) was an American mathematician and Nobel Memorial Prize-winning economist. He contributed to the fields of mathematical economics and especially game theory. Shapley is generally considered one of the most important contributors to the development of game theory since the work of von Neumann and Morgenstern. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lloyd Shapley is the 276th most popular mathematician (up from 281st in 2019), the 2,138th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,221st in 2019) and the 15th most popular American Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Lloyd Shapley ranks 276 out of 1,004. Before him are Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde, Nikolay Bogolyubov, Jabir ibn Aflah, Paul Lévy, Seymour Papert, and Robert Recorde. After him are Israel Gelfand, Alan Baker, Édouard Roche, Vitello, George Atwood, and Jacques Charles François Sturm.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Lloyd Shapley ranks 81. Before him are Chuck Yeager, Hwang Jang-yop, Frederick Herzberg, Valentina Cortese, Conrad Bain, and Yuriko, Princess Mikasa. After him are Ousmane Sembène, Diane Arbus, Glynis Johns, Reinhart Koselleck, Robert Maxwell, and Leonid Gaidai. Among people deceased in 2016, Lloyd Shapley ranks 97. Before him are Toots Thielemans, Mohamed Abdelaziz, Hanoi Hannah, Claude Gensac, Seymour Papert, and Rick Parfitt. After him are Paul Elvstrøm, Thorbjörn Fälldin, Michael Massee, Franciszek Macharski, Gordie Howe, and Thomas Luckmann.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lloyd Shapley ranks 2,138 out of 20,380. Before him are Susan Atkins (1948), Brion James (1945), John Turturro (1957), Lou Gehrig (1903), Sydne Rome (1951), and John Cena (1977). After him are Edward James Olmos (1947), Veronica Lake (1922), Steve McCurry (1950), Elias Howe (1819), Vincent Schiavelli (1948), and Jack White (1975).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, Lloyd Shapley ranks 15. Before him are John Tate (1925), Mary Jackson (1921), Edward Norton Lorenz (1917), Alonzo Church (1903), Karen Uhlenbeck (1942), and Richard S. Hamilton (1943). After him are John G. Thompson (1932), Jesse Douglas (1897), Robert Axelrod (1943), Stephen Smale (1930), Edward Kasner (1878), and Martin Davis (1928).

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