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Saunders Mac Lane

1909 - 2005

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Saunders Mac Lane (August 4, 1909 – April 14, 2005), born Leslie Saunders MacLane, was an American mathematician who co-founded category theory with Samuel Eilenberg. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Saunders Mac Lane is the 603rd most popular mathematician (up from 662nd in 2019), the 5,258th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,743rd in 2019) and the 42nd most popular American Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Saunders Mac Lane ranks 603 out of 1,004. Before him are Jai Singh II, Pierre Fatou, Sydney Chapman, Arthur Moritz Schoenflies, Carl Adam Petri, and Jacques Herbrand. After him are Boris Delaunay, Efim Zelmanov, Nicomedes, Jürgen Moser, Sulochana Gadgil, and Karol Borsuk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Saunders Mac Lane ranks 202. Before him are Adam von Trott zu Solz, Sattar Bahlulzade, Josef Košťálek, Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, Dorino Serafini, and Marion Dönhoff. After him are Pedro Henrique of Orléans-Braganza, Mario Pizziolo, Ivo Lapenna, Fritz Buchloh, Endel Puusepp, and Tatiana Proskouriakoff. Among people deceased in 2005, Saunders Mac Lane ranks 165. Before him are Rong Yiren, Philip Morrison, Milorad Pavić, Milena Hübschmannová, André Waterkeyn, and Hans Clarin. After him are Zainab al Ghazali, Jesús Moncada, Charles David Keeling, Piero Cappuccilli, Jacques Dufilho, and Juan José Saer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Saunders Mac Lane ranks 5,258 out of 20,380. Before him are Tom Scott (1948), Thurgood Marshall (1908), Sienna Miller (1981), Julian Rotter (1916), Nicky Hilton Rothschild (1983), and Bobby Vinton (1935). After him are William Goldman (1931), Patty Hearst (1954), Adriana Caselotti (1916), Patrick O'Neal (1927), Mark Blum (1950), and Rob Zombie (1965).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, Saunders Mac Lane ranks 42. Before him are Richard E. Bellman (1920), Andrew M. Gleason (1921), Ronald Graham (1935), Isadore Singer (1924), Louis J. Mordell (1888), and Benjamin Peirce (1809). After him are Michael Freedman (1951), Leonard Eugene Dickson (1874), Haskell Curry (1900), Oswald Veblen (1880), Richard Montague (1930), and Harold Hotelling (1895).

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