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William Thurston

1946 - 2012

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William Paul Thurston (October 30, 1946 – August 21, 2012) was an American mathematician. He was a pioneer in the field of low-dimensional topology and was awarded the Fields Medal in 1982 for his contributions to the study of 3-manifolds. Thurston was a professor of mathematics at Princeton University, University of California, Davis, and Cornell University. He was also a director of the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Thurston is the 430th most popular mathematician (up from 454th in 2019), the 3,614th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,709th in 2019) and the 27th most popular American Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, William Thurston ranks 430 out of 1,004. Before him are Alī ibn Ahmad al-Nasawī, Maryam Mirzakhani, Elwin Bruno Christoffel, Bartel Leendert van der Waerden, Yuri Manin, and Gerhard Gentzen. After him are Al-Mahani, Diocles, Kamāl al-Dīn al-Fārisī, Heisuke Hironaka, Giovanni Antonio Magini, and Johannes Werner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, William Thurston ranks 260. Before him are Christophe Pierre, René Jacobs, Duane Allman, Piet Schrijvers, Henrique Rosa, and John Watson. After him are Sonthi Boonyaratglin, Abdul Rasul Sayyaf, Terence McKenna, Moritz Leuenberger, Renzo Zorzi, and Marián Čalfa. Among people deceased in 2012, William Thurston ranks 143. Before him are Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, Iajuddin Ahmed, David Kelly, Andy Williams, Marcos Alonso, and Ulric Neisser. After him are Sixten Jernberg, Celeste Holm, Bohdan Stupka, Anita Björk, Jack Klugman, and Han Suyin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Thurston ranks 3,614 out of 20,380. Before him are Kristin Davis (1965), Harrison Dillard (1923), Eric Stoltz (1961), Kirk Kerkorian (1917), Maila Nurmi (1922), and Joyce Meyer (1943). After him are Hailey Baldwin (1996), Jack Williamson (1908), Leslie Lamport (1941), George Kelly (1905), Melissa McCarthy (1970), and Van Cliburn (1934).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, William Thurston ranks 27. Before him are Martin Davis (1928), John Milnor (1931), Raymond Smullyan (1919), Marshall Harvey Stone (1903), Sal Khan (1976), and Mitchell Feigenbaum (1944). After him are Sam Loyd (1841), James Waddell Alexander II (1888), Whitfield Diffie (1944), Stephen Cole Kleene (1909), Richard Hamming (1915), and Dennis Sullivan (1941).

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