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Mitchell Feigenbaum

1944 - 2019

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Mitchell Jay Feigenbaum (December 19, 1944 – June 30, 2019) was an American mathematical physicist whose pioneering studies in chaos theory led to the discovery of the Feigenbaum constants. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mitchell Feigenbaum is the 420th most popular mathematician (up from 498th in 2019), the 3,526th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,049th in 2019) and the 26th most popular American Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Mitchell Feigenbaum ranks 420 out of 1,004. Before him are Pierre Raymond de Montmort, Philipp Ludwig von Seidel, Roger Cotes, Jakow Trachtenberg, Daniele Barbaro, and Abram Samoilovitch Besicovitch. After him are Guido Fubini, Charles Jean de la Vallée Poussin, Ignazio Danti, Alī ibn Ahmad al-Nasawī, Maryam Mirzakhani, and Elwin Bruno Christoffel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Mitchell Feigenbaum ranks 262. Before him are Bernd Bransch, Christopher Browning, Billy Cobham, Frances de la Tour, Abdulah Sidran, and Lena Nyman. After him are Kelly Bishop, Francisco Sagasti, Edgar Froese, Han Myeong-sook, Tom Okker, and Takeshi Ono. Among people deceased in 2019, Mitchell Feigenbaum ranks 154. Before him are Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, Gershon Kingsley, Kevin Roche, Peggy Lipton, Achille Silvestrini, and Jacques Loussier. After him are Emanuel Ungaro, Monkey Punch, Vonda N. McIntyre, Harrison Dillard, Sogyal Rinpoche, and John C. Bogle.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mitchell Feigenbaum ranks 3,526 out of 20,380. Before him are Ethel Kennedy (1928), Ace Frehley (1951), Dolores Costello (1903), Fred Kelly (1891), Estelle Getty (1923), and James M. Cain (1892). After him are Carla Bley (1936), Lisa Edelstein (1966), Joe Rosenthal (1911), Stephen Paddock (1953), Alex Haley (1921), and Carl W. Stalling (1891).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, Mitchell Feigenbaum ranks 26. Before him are Edward Kasner (1878), Martin Davis (1928), John Milnor (1931), Raymond Smullyan (1919), Marshall Harvey Stone (1903), and Sal Khan (1976). After him are William Thurston (1946), Sam Loyd (1841), James Waddell Alexander II (1888), Whitfield Diffie (1944), Stephen Cole Kleene (1909), and Richard Hamming (1915).

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