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Michael Atiyah

1929 - 2019

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Sir Michael Francis Atiyah (; 22 April 1929 – 11 January 2019) was a British-Lebanese mathematician specialising in geometry. His contributions include the Atiyah–Singer index theorem and co-founding topological K-theory. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1966 and the Abel Prize in 2004. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Atiyah is the 235th most popular mathematician (down from 207th in 2019), the 1,154th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 935th in 2019) and the 28th most popular British Mathematician.

Michael Atiyah is most famous for his work in algebraic geometry, which he did with Isadore Singer.

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Among mathematicians, Michael Atiyah ranks 235 out of 1,004. Before him are Hermann Grassmann, Menaechmus, Karen Uhlenbeck, Abu Nasr Mansur, Theaetetus, and Joseph Petzval. After him are Callippus, Michel Chasles, Richard S. Hamilton, Giovanni Ceva, Marcel Grossmann, and Ahmes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Michael Atiyah ranks 108. Before him are Isabel Sarli, Peter L. Berger, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar, Andriyan Nikolayev, and Joan Plowright. After him are Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, Carolyn S. Shoemaker, Věra Chytilová, Branko Zebec, June Carter Cash, and Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie. Among people deceased in 2019, Michael Atiyah ranks 76. Before him are Isabel Sarli, Yury Luzhkov, Alicia Alonso, Owen Garriott, Claudine Auger, and César Pelli. After him are Sibghatullah Mojaddedi, Nikolai Kardashev, Christopher C. Kraft Jr., Mirjana Marković, Moshe Arens, and Henri, Count of Paris.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Michael Atiyah ranks 1,154 out of 8,785. Before him are Joan Plowright (1929), Joseph Chamberlain (1836), Terence Stamp (1938), Prince John of the United Kingdom (1905), Emperor Norton (1818), and Elizabeth Gaskell (1810). After him are Thomas Graham (1805), Prince Philippe, Duke of Orléans (1869), Hans Sloane (1660), Michael Jackson (1942), James Mill (1773), and Samuel Crompton (1753).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Michael Atiyah ranks 28. Before him are James Gregory (1638), Lewis Fry Richardson (1881), Arthur Cayley (1821), Henry Briggs (1561), Robert Grosseteste (1175), and Peter Tait (1831). After him are Johannes de Sacrobosco (1195), Lady Byron (1792), Robert Recorde (1512), Alan Baker (1939), George Atwood (1745), and John Horton Conway (1937).

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