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Richard E. Bellman

1920 - 1984

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Richard Ernest Bellman (August 26, 1920 – March 19, 1984) was an American applied mathematician, who introduced dynamic programming in 1953, and made important contributions in other fields of mathematics, such as biomathematics. He founded the leading biomathematical journal Mathematical Biosciences, as well as the Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard E. Bellman is the 534th most popular mathematician (down from 455th in 2024), the 4,511th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,710th in 2019) and the 36th most popular American Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Richard E. Bellman ranks 534 out of 1,004. Before him are David Mumford, Luis Caffarelli, George David Birkhoff, Julia Robinson, Arnaud Denjoy, and Harold Jeffreys. After him are Rózsa Péter, Pietro Mengoli, Hans Freudenthal, Erik Ivar Fredholm, Max Dehn, and Joseph Ludwig Raabe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Richard E. Bellman ranks 199. Before him are Lydia Wideman, Celia Sánchez, Georges Marchais, José Gonzalvo, Leo McKern, and Lê Đức Anh. After him are Vlastimil Brodský, Stanko Todorov, Yegor Ligachyov, Alfredo II, Amos Tutuola, and Lewis Gilbert. Among people deceased in 1984, Richard E. Bellman ranks 118. Before him are El Santo, Helge Løvland, Titus Burckhardt, Matías González, Tim, and Panteleimon Ponomarenko. After him are Kenneth Arnold, Big Mama Thornton, Maximilian Fretter-Pico, Walter Pidgeon, Ken Armstrong, and Fazıl Küçük.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard E. Bellman ranks 4,511 out of 20,380. Before him are Gore Verbinski (1964), Evelyn Berezin (1925), Nikos Galis (1957), Dorothy McGuire (1916), Jim Rohn (1930), and Lori Lightfoot (1962). After him are Jonathan Franzen (1959), David Cassidy (1950), Harold Arlen (1905), William Forsythe (1949), Jon Cryer (1965), and Tim Russ (1956).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, Richard E. Bellman ranks 36. Before him are Whitfield Diffie (1944), Stephen Cole Kleene (1909), Richard Hamming (1915), Dennis Sullivan (1941), George David Birkhoff (1884), and Julia Robinson (1919). After him are Andrew M. Gleason (1921), Ronald Graham (1935), Isadore Singer (1924), Louis J. Mordell (1888), Benjamin Peirce (1809), and Saunders Mac Lane (1909).

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