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Émile Borel

1871 - 1956

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Félix Édouard Justin Émile Borel (French: [bɔʁɛl]; 7 January 1871 – 3 February 1956) was a French mathematician and politician. As a mathematician, he was known for his founding work in the areas of measure theory and probability. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Émile Borel is the 132nd most popular mathematician (up from 145th in 2019), the 898th most popular biography from France (up from 1,043rd in 2019) and the 29th most popular French Mathematician.

Émile Borel is most famous for his proof that a casino cannot make money in the long run.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Émile Borel ranks 132 out of 1,004. Before him are Hippocrates of Chios, Paul Ehrenfest, Jacques Hadamard, Lodovico Ferrari, Maurice René Fréchet, and Charles Hermite. After him are Theon of Alexandria, Andrew Wiles, Meton of Athens, Liu Hui, Hermann Weyl, and Hermann of Reichenau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1871, Émile Borel ranks 19. Before him are Baroness Mary Vetsera, Lesya Ukrainka, Heinrich Mann, Ioannis Metaxas, Elena of Montenegro, and Theodore Dreiser. After him are Georges Rouault, Maurice Garin, František Kupka, Giacomo Balla, Stjepan Radić, and William Stern. Among people deceased in 1956, Émile Borel ranks 24. Before him are Konstantin Päts, A. A. Milne, Alfred Kinsey, Bolesław Bierut, Reinhold Glière, and Alexander Rodchenko. After him are Ernest King, Josef Hoffmann, Kenji Mizoguchi, H. L. Mencken, Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein, and Anastasio Somoza García.

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In France

Among people born in France, Émile Borel ranks 898 out of 6,770. Before him are Edmond de Goncourt (1822), Emmanuelle Riva (1927), Prince Philippe, Count of Paris (1838), Jean-Pierre Cassel (1932), François Achille Bazaine (1811), and Paul Mauriat (1925). After him are Jean-Marie Balestre (1921), Theuderic II (587), Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo (1974), Joan the Lame (1293), Lucien Laurent (1907), and Gérard Mourou (1944).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In France

Among mathematicians born in France, Émile Borel ranks 29. Before him are Alexis Clairaut (1713), Pierre Louis Maupertuis (1698), Jean-Victor Poncelet (1788), Jacques Hadamard (1865), Maurice René Fréchet (1878), and Charles Hermite (1822). After him are Henri Lebesgue (1875), Gabriel Lamé (1795), Joseph Liouville (1809), Michel Rolle (1652), Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre (1749), and Joseph Bertrand (1822).

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