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Peter Scholze

1987 - Today

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Peter Scholze (German pronunciation: [ˈpeːtɐ ˈʃɔltsə] ; born 11 December 1987) is a German mathematician known for his work in arithmetic geometry. He has been a professor at the University of Bonn since 2012 and co-director at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics since 2018. He has been called one of the leading mathematicians in the world. In 2018, he won the Fields Medal, an award regarded as the highest professional honor in mathematics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2024). Peter Scholze is the 970th most popular mathematician (down from 954th in 2024), the 5,893rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 5,814th in 2019) and the 106th most popular German Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Peter Scholze ranks 970 out of 1,004. Before him are Stanley Skewes, Ben Green, Bill Gosper, Irving Kaplansky, Shreeram Shankar Abhyankar, and Mary Ellen Rudin. After him are Dusa McDuff, Leonid Levin, Richard Schoen, Grace Alele-Williams, Satish Dhawan, and Frank Adams.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1987, Peter Scholze ranks 263. Before him are Asako Ideue, Chris Crocker, Kamaru Usman, Elnur Hüseynov, Przemysław Tytoń, and Ryan Guzman. After him are Masatoshi Mizutani, Aida Garifullina, Lyndsy Fonseca, The Korean Zombie, Apollo Crews, and Kévin Constant.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Peter Scholze ranks 5,896 out of 7,253. Before him are Olivia Brown (1960), Udo Quellmalz (1967), Clemens Fritz (1980), Volker Wissing (1970), Gesine Lötzsch (1961), and Jutta Behrendt (1960). After him are Simone Thomalla (1965), Nicole Vaidišová (1989), Julia Jentsch (1978), Sebastian Rudy (1990), Nadiem Amiri (1996), and Thorsten Kaye (1966).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Germany

Among mathematicians born in Germany, Peter Scholze ranks 106. Before him are Leopold Löwenheim (1878), Ruth Moufang (1905), Volker Strassen (1936), Don Zagier (1951), Paul Koebe (1882), and Paul Gustav Heinrich Bachmann (1837). After him are Ulrike Tillmann (1962).

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