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Terence Tao

  • Adelaide: July 17, 1975 celebration
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    Terence Tao  

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    United States, Australia  

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    Terence Tao

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  • celebration Date of birth

    Adelaide: July 17, 1975  

  • language Official Website

    http://www.math.ucla.edu/~tao/  

  • engineering Field of Work

    1. mathematical analysis
    2. number theory
    3. combinatorics
    4. harmonic analysis
    5. extremal combinatorics
    6. analytic number theory
    7. additive combinatorics
     

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    1. Paul Erdős
     

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  • school Education

    1. Research Science Institute
    2. Blackwood High School
    3. Flinders University
    4. Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth
    5. Princeton University
     

  • trophy Awards & Honors

    1. Clay Research Award (2003)
    2. King Faisal Prize (2010)
    3. Ostrowski Prize (2007)
    4. Princess of Asturias Awards (2020)
    5. Crafoord Prize (2012)
    6. Royal Medal (2014)
    7. MacArthur Fellows Program (2007)
    8. Fellow of the Royal Society (2007)
    9. Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2009)
    10. Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013)
    11. Levi L. Conant Prize (2004)
    12. Alan T. Waterman Award (2008)
    13. Corresponding Member of the Australian Academy of Science (2006)
    14. IEEE Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal (2020)
    15. Crafoord Prize in Mathematics (2012)
    16. Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research (2020)
    17. Salem Prize (2000)
    18. King Faisal International Prize in Science (2010)
    19. Grand Prize of the French Academy of Science (2022)
    20. Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics (2015)
    21. George Pólya Prize (2009)
    22. Fulbright Scholarship
    23. Onsager Medal (2008)
    24. Bôcher Memorial Prize (2002)
    25. Fields medal (2006)
    26. SASTRA Ramanujan Prize (2006)
    27. Australian Mathematical Society Medal (2005)
    28. Nemmers Prize in Mathematics (2010)
     

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  • Australian-American mathematician | Clay Research Award (2003), King Faisal Prize (2010), Ostrowski Prize (2007), Princess of Asturias Awards (2020), Crafoord

1. Terence Tao

  • Adelaide: July 17, 1975 celebration

Australian-American mathematician | Clay Research Award (2003), King Faisal Prize (2010), Ostrowski Prize (2007), Princess of Asturias Awards (2020), Crafoord

2. Ulrich S. Schubert

  • Tübingen: July 17, 1969 celebration

German organic chemist | Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, University Teacher of the Year (2019) | Tübingen: July 17, 1969

3. Cecilia Noguez

  • Mexico City: July 17, 1966 celebration

Mexican physicist | National Prize for Arts and Sciences (2016) | National Autonomous University of Mexico | Mexico City: July 17, 1966 - Copenhagen: September 23, 1931

4. Michael Drmota

  • Vienna: July 17, 1964 celebration

Austrian mathematician | TU Wien | Vienna: July 17, 1964 - Ängelholm: July 20, 2007 | Michael Drmota | Vienna: July 17, 1964 - Ängelholm: July 20, 2007

5. Aleš Štrancar (Ales Strancar)

  • Planina: July 17, 1962 celebration

Slovenian chemist | Planina: July 17, 1962 - Houston: January 1, 2008 | Aleš Štrancar (Ales Strancar) | Planina: July 17, 1962 - Houston: January 1, 2008

6. Nikolaus Knoepffler

  • Miltenberg: July 17, 1962 celebration

German academic | Miltenberg: July 17, 1962 - Naples: May 16, 1714 | Nikolaus Knoepffler | Miltenberg: July 17, 1962 - Naples: May 16, 1714

7. Stephen Jackson

  • Nottingham: July 17, 1962 celebration

British biologist | EMBO Membership, Fellow of the Royal Society (2008), Buchanan Medal (2011), Colworth Medal (1997), Mullard Award (2020), Dr A.H. Heineken

8. Dominique Méda (Dominique Meda)

  • Sedan: July 17, 1962 celebration

French philosopher and sociologist | Knight of the Legion of Honour (2008), Officer of the Legion of Honour (2016) | École nationale d'administration

9. Janet L. Kavandi

  • Carthage: July 17, 1959 celebration

astronaut | University of Washington, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Missouri Southern State University, Carthage Senior High School

10. Wendy Freedman

  • Toronto: July 17, 1957 celebration

Canadian-American astronomer | National Medal of Science (2025), Women in Space Science Award (2016), Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics (2016), Fellow of

11. Andrzej Twardowski

  • Warsaw: July 17, 1955 celebration

Polish physicist | University of Warsaw | Warsaw: July 17, 1955 - Naples: January 1, 1980 | Andrzej Twardowski | Warsaw: July 17, 1955 - Naples: January 1, 1980

12. Angela Merkel

  • Eimsbüttel: July 17, 1954 celebration

chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021 | Order of the Sun of Peru, Order of Prince Henry, Order of the Netherlands Lion, Order of the White Double Cross

13. Hélène Esnault (Helene Esnault)

  • Paris: July 17, 1953 celebration

French mathematician | honorary doctor of the University of Rennes I (2013), Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize (2003) | École Normale Supérieure, Paris Diderot

14. Evaristo de Miranda

  • São Paulo: July 17, 1952 celebration

Brazilian agronomist and writer | São Paulo: July 17, 1952 - Kraków: August 24, 1625 | Evaristo de Miranda | São Paulo: July 17, 1952 - Kraków: August 24, 1625

15. Rashid Javanshir

  • Baku: July 17, 1951 celebration

Azerbaijani scientist | Baku: July 17, 1951 - Baku: February 23, 1936 | Rashid Javanshir | Baku: July 17, 1951 - Baku: February 23, 1936

16. Friedrich Stadler

  • Zeltweg: July 17, 1951 celebration

Austrian historian (1951-) | Grand Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria, Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria

17. Beata Borowicz-Sierocka

  • July 17, 1950 celebration

Polish philosopher | Medal of the National Education Commission | University of Wrocław | July 17, 1950 - Bad Oeynhausen: June 8, 1912 | Beata

18. Lev Klyachko

  • July 17, 1948 celebration

Russian scientist | Russian government prize for science and technology (1999), Merited mechanical engineer of the Russian Federation (2009) | July 17, 1948

19. Katalin Vesztergombi

  • Budapest: July 17, 1948 celebration

Hungarian mathematician | Eötvös Loránd University | Budapest: July 17, 1948 - Bonny Doon: September 25, 2018 | Katalin Vesztergombi | Budapest: July 17

20. Rasool Vatandoust

  • Isfahan: July 17, 1947 celebration

Iranian archeologist | University of London, University of Tehran | Isfahan: July 17, 1947 - Stoke Poges: April 22, 1944 | Rasool Vatandoust | Isfahan: July

21. Jean-Pierre Lecocq

  • Gosselies: July 17, 1947 celebration
  • Mont Sainte-Odile: January 20, 1992 deceased

Belgian molecular biologist and entrepreneur (1947-1992) | EMBO Membership | Free University of Brussels | Gosselies: July 17, 1947 - Mont Sainte-Odile: January 20, 1992

22. Tamara Krasovitskaya

  • Luhansk: July 17, 1946 celebration

Russian historian | Moscow Institute for History and Archives | Luhansk: July 17, 1946 - Moscow: November 18, 1930 | Tamara Krasovitskaya | Luhansk: July 17

23. Gligor Jovanovski

  • Nistrovo: July 17, 1945 celebration

Macedonian chemist | University of Zagreb, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje | Nistrovo: July 17, 1945 - July 21, 1993 | Gligor Jovanovski

24. Krystyna Kuperberg

  • Tarnów: July 17, 1944 celebration

Polish-American mathematician | Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013) | Rice University, University of Warsaw | Tarnów: July 17, 1944 - London

25. James H. Stith

  • Brunswick County: July 17, 1941 celebration

American physicist | Virginia State University | Brunswick County: July 17, 1941 - December 25, 1914 | James H. Stith | Brunswick County: July 17, 1941

26. Henk J. M. Bos

  • Enschede: July 17, 1940 celebration
  • Amsterdam: February 12, 2024 deceased

Dutch historian of mathematics (1940–2024) | Kenneth O. May Prize (2005) | Utrecht University | Enschede: July 17, 1940 - Amsterdam: February 12, 2024 | Henk

27. Wolfgang Merbach

  • Ranis: July 17, 1939 celebration

German biochemist, chemist and botanist | Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany | Ranis: July 17, 1939 - Paris: February 5, 1729

28. Teodor Paliczka

  • Piasek: July 17, 1937 celebration
  • Katowice: February 26, 2009 deceased

Polish educator, maths teacher and local government activist (1937-2009) | Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta (1985), Medal of the National Education

29. Elmira Süleymanova (Elmira Suleymanova)

  • Baku: July 17, 1937 celebration
  • Baku: April 25, 2024 deceased

Soviet-Azerbaijani chemist, university lecturer and women's rights activist | Medal "Veteran of Labour", 2nd degree "For Service to the Fatherland" order

30. Frans Oort

  • Bussum: July 17, 1935 celebration

Dutch mathematician | Leiden University | Bussum: July 17, 1935 - Brighton: December 8, 1903 | Frans Oort | Bussum: July 17, 1935 - Brighton: December 8, 1903

31. John Lachs

  • Budapest: July 17, 1934 celebration
  • January 1, 2023 deceased

American philosopher | Yale University | Budapest: July 17, 1934 - January 1, 2023 | John Lachs | Budapest: July 17, 1934 - January 1, 2023 | Yale University

32. Giuseppe Mifsud Bonnici

  • Bormla: July 17, 1930 celebration
  • February 22, 2019 deceased

Maltese Chief Justice, judge at the European Court of Human Rights, professor of philosophy and president of Malta's football association (1930-2019)

33. Sergei Godunov

  • Moscow: July 17, 1929 celebration
  • Novosibirsk: July 15, 2023 deceased

Russian mathematician | Lenin Prize, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Order of the Badge of Honour, Lavrentiev Prize (1993), Order of Honour, Order of

34. Márton Balázs (Marton Balazs)

  • Lueta: July 17, 1929 celebration
  • Cluj-Napoca: April 13, 2016 deceased

Romanian mathematician of Hungarian descent (1929–2016) | Bolyai University | Lueta: July 17, 1929 - Cluj-Napoca: April 13, 2016 | Márton Balázs (Marton

35. Boris Gutsulyak

  • July 17, 1927 celebration

Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"

36. Carlos París (Carlos Paris)

  • Bilbao: July 17, 1925 celebration
  • Madrid: January 31, 2014 deceased

Spanish writer and philosopher (1925–2014) | Bilbao: July 17, 1925 - Madrid: January 31, 2014 | Carlos París - Carlos París Amador (Carlos Paris) | Bilbao

37. Gerrit Blaauw

  • The Hague: July 17, 1924 celebration
  • Utrecht: March 21, 2018 deceased

Dutch computer scientist (1924–2018) | Computer Pioneer Award (1994) | Harvard University | The Hague: July 17, 1924 - Utrecht: March 21, 2018 | Gerrit

38. Gordon Gould

  • Manhattan: July 17, 1920 celebration
  • Lenox Hill Hospital: September 16, 2005 deceased

American physicist and inventor (1920–2005) | National Inventors Hall of Fame (1991), John Scott Award (1983) | Yale University, Scarsdale High School, Union

39. Władysław Matwin (Wladyslaw Matwin)

  • July 17, 1916 celebration

Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta | July 17, 1916 - July 18, 2013 | Władysław Matwin (Wladyslaw Matwin) | July 17, 1916 - July 18, 2013

40. Peter Neidhardt

  • July 17, 1911 celebration

July 17, 1911 - Bucharest: October 28, 1991 | Peter Neidhardt | July 17, 1911 - Bucharest: October 28, 1991

41. Frank Olson

  • Hurley: July 17, 1910 celebration
  • Manhattan: November 28, 1953 deceased

American chemist (1910-1953) | University of Wisconsin–Madison | Hurley: July 17, 1910 - Manhattan: November 28, 1953 | Frank Olson - Frank Rudolf Emanuel

42. Bram van Heel

  • July 17, 1899 celebration
  • May 18, 1966 deceased

Ph.D. Universiteit Leiden 1925 (1899–1966) | Leiden University | July 17, 1899 - May 18, 1966 | Bram van Heel | July 17, 1899 - May 18, 1966 | Leiden University

43. Berenice Abbott

  • Springfield: July 17, 1898 celebration
  • Monson: December 9, 1991 deceased

American photographer (1898-1991) | Ohio Women's Hall of Fame (1991), Women's Caucus for Art Lifetime Achievement Award (1982) | Ohio State University, Art

44. Georges Lemaître (Georges Lemaitre)

  • Charleroi: July 17, 1894 celebration
  • Leuven: June 20, 1966 deceased

Belgian scientist and priest (1894-1966) | Grand Officer of the Order of Leopold II, Mendel Medal (1934), Prix Jules Janssen (1936), Eddington Medal (1953)

45. Warren Weaver

  • Reedsburg: July 17, 1894 celebration
  • New Milford: November 24, 1978 deceased

American mathematician (1894–1978) | Fellow of the American Physical Society (1944), Kalinga Prize (1964), NAS Public Welfare Medal (1957) | University of

46. Hermann Heller

  • Cieszyn: July 17, 1891 celebration
  • Madrid: November 5, 1933 deceased

German philosopher and legal scholar (1891-1933) | Staatslehre | University of Kiel (1920), University of Innsbruck, University of Vienna, University of Graz (1915)

47. Lazar Fogelson

  • Vitebsk: July 17, 1890 celebration
  • Moscow: June 10, 1979 deceased

Soviet physician (1890–1979) | Honored Scientist of the RSFSR | Vitebsk: July 17, 1890 - Moscow: June 10, 1979 | Lazar Fogelson | Vitebsk: July 17, 1890

48. Bart de Ligt

  • Utrecht: July 17, 1883 celebration
  • Nantes: September 3, 1938 deceased

Dutch politician (1883–1938) | Utrecht University | Utrecht: July 17, 1883 - Nantes: September 3, 1938 | Bart de Ligt | Utrecht: July 17, 1883 - Nantes

49. Jan Klopper

  • July 17, 1878 celebration

July 17, 1878 - Geneva: March 18, 1834 | Jan Klopper | July 17, 1878 - Geneva: March 18, 1834

50. Jose Maria Plans y Freyre

  • Barcelona: July 17, 1878 celebration
  • Madrid: March 11, 1934 deceased

Spanish physicist and mathematician (1878–1934) | University of Barcelona | Barcelona: July 17, 1878 - Madrid: March 11, 1934 | Jose Maria Plans y Freyre

51. John Cromwell Lincoln

  • Painesville: July 17, 1866 celebration
  • Phoenix: May 24, 1959 deceased

American inventor and businessman (1866–1959) | Ohio State University | Painesville: July 17, 1866 - Phoenix: May 24, 1959 | John Cromwell Lincoln

52. Edoardo Bianchi

  • Milan: July 17, 1865 celebration
  • Varese: July 2, 1946 deceased

Italian entrepreneur and inventor (1865–1946) | Milan: July 17, 1865 - Varese: July 2, 1946 | Edoardo Bianchi | Milan: July 17, 1865 - Varese: July 2, 1946

53. Maximilian Toch

  • New York City: July 17, 1864 celebration
  • United States: May 28, 1946 deceased

American chemist (1864-1946) | New York University, Cooper Union | New York City: July 17, 1864 - United States: May 28, 1946 | Maximilian Toch | New York

54. Herbert William Richmond

  • Tottenham: July 17, 1863 celebration
  • Cambridge: April 22, 1948 deceased

mathematician; (1863-1948) | Cremona–Richmond configuration, Richmond surface | Tottenham: July 17, 1863 - Cambridge: April 22, 1948 | Herbert William

55. Otto Lummer

  • Gera: July 17, 1860 celebration
  • Wrocław: July 5, 1925 deceased

German physicist (1860–1925) | Humboldt University of Berlin | Gera: July 17, 1860 - Wrocław: July 5, 1925 | Otto Lummer | Gera: July 17, 1860 - Wrocław

56. Benjamin Rand

  • Canning: July 17, 1856 celebration
  • January 1, 1934 deceased

Canadian philosopher (1856–1934) | Canning: July 17, 1856 - January 1, 1934 | Benjamin Rand | Canning: July 17, 1856 - January 1, 1934

57. Alexius Meinong

  • Lviv: July 17, 1853 celebration
  • Graz: November 27, 1920 deceased

Austrian philosopher (1853–1920) | University of Vienna, Akademisches Gymnasium | Lviv: July 17, 1853 - Graz: November 27, 1920 | Alexius Meinong | Lviv

58. Randall Williams

  • Liverpool: July 17, 1846 celebration
  • Grimsby: November 14, 1898 deceased

1846–1898) British 19th-century showman | Liverpool: July 17, 1846 - Grimsby: November 14, 1898 | Randall Williams | Liverpool: July 17, 1846 - Grimsby

59. Vince Wartha

  • Rijeka: July 17, 1844 celebration
  • Budapest: July 20, 1914 deceased

chemist (1844-1914) | Rijeka: July 17, 1844 - Budapest: July 20, 1914 | Vince Wartha | Rijeka: July 17, 1844 - Budapest: July 20, 1914

60. Alejo García Moreno (Alejo Garcia Moreno)

  • Albanchez: July 17, 1842 celebration
  • January 1, 2000 deceased

Spanish translator | Universidad Central | Albanchez: July 17, 1842 - January 1, 2000 | Alejo García Moreno (Alejo Garcia Moreno) | Albanchez: July 17, 1842

61. Ephraim Shay

  • Sherman Township: July 17, 1839 celebration
  • Harbor Springs: April 19, 1916 deceased

American railroad engineer | John Scott Award (1892) | Sherman Township: July 17, 1839 - Harbor Springs: April 19, 1916 | Ephraim Shay | Sherman Township: July

62. Möxämmätsafa Bikkenin (Moxammatsafa Bikkenin)

  • July 17, 1839 celebration

July 17, 1839 - August 30, 1996 | Möxämmätsafa Bikkenin (Moxammatsafa Bikkenin) | July 17, 1839 - August 30, 1996

63. Julian Zachariewicz

  • Lviv: July 17, 1837 celebration
  • Lviv: December 27, 1898 deceased

Polish architect (1837–1898) | Order of the Iron Crown | TU Wien, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Lviv Polytechnic | Lviv: July 17, 1837 - Lviv: December 27, 1898

64. Amédée Mannheim (Amedee Mannheim)

  • Paris: July 17, 1831 celebration
  • Paris: December 11, 1906 deceased

French mathematician and artillerist (1831–1906) | Officer of the Legion of Honour (1879), Commander of the Legion of Honour (1890), Knight of the Legion of

65. Frederick Abel

  • London: July 17, 1827 celebration
  • London: September 6, 1902 deceased

chemist (1827-1902) | Telford Medal (1887), Royal Medal (1877), Albert Medal (1891), Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (1901), Knight Bachelor

66. Eunice Newton Foote

  • Goshen: July 17, 1819 celebration
  • Lenox: September 30, 1888 deceased

American scientist, inventor and women's rights activist (1819–1888) | Emma Willard School, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | Goshen: July 17, 1819 - Lenox

67. Lajos Bitnitz

  • Ják: July 17, 1790 celebration
  • Nagykanizsa: June 28, 1871 deceased

1790–1871) mathematician, linguist, Latin Catholic priest | Eötvös Loránd University | Ják: July 17, 1790 - Nagykanizsa: June 28, 1871 | Lajos Bitnitz

68. Andrew Crosse

  • Somerset: July 17, 1784 celebration
  • Fyne Court: July 6, 1855 deceased

British amateur scientist (1784–1855) | Somerset: July 17, 1784 - Fyne Court: July 6, 1855 | Andrew Crosse | Somerset: July 17, 1784 - Fyne Court: July 6, 1855

69. Alexander Crombie

  • Aberdeen: July 17, 1762 celebration
  • Regent's Park: June 11, 1840 deceased

Scottish philologist, philosopher, and schoolteacher | Fellow of the Royal Society | University of Aberdeen | Aberdeen: July 17, 1762 - Regent's Park: June 11, 1840

70. Ernst Gottfried Fischer

  • Hoheneiche: July 17, 1754 celebration
  • Berlin: January 27, 1831 deceased

German chemist (1754-1831) | Hoheneiche: July 17, 1754 - Berlin: January 27, 1831 | Ernst Gottfried Fischer | Hoheneiche: July 17, 1754 - Berlin: January 27, 1831

71. Barnaba Oriani

  • Garegnano: July 17, 1752 celebration
  • Milan: November 12, 1832 deceased

Italian astronomer (1752-1832) | Fellow of the Royal Society, Knight of the Legion of Honour | liceo classico Cesare Beccaria | Garegnano: July 17, 1752

72. Friedrich Christian Baumeister

  • Körner: July 17, 1709 celebration
  • Görlitz: October 8, 1785 deceased

German philosopher | Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg | Körner: July 17, 1709 - Görlitz: October 8, 1785 | Friedrich Christian Baumeister | Körner

73. César Chesneau Dumarsais (Cesar Chesneau Dumarsais)

  • Marseille: July 17, 1676 celebration
  • Paris: June 11, 1756 deceased

Early eighteenth century French philosopher and grammarian | Marseille: July 17, 1676 - Paris: June 11, 1756 | César Chesneau Dumarsais (Cesar Chesneau

74. Isaac Watts

  • Southampton: July 17, 1674 celebration
  • London: November 25, 1748 deceased

English hymnwriter, theologian and logician (1674-1748) | Joy to the World, Our God, Our Help in Ages Past, Come, We Who Love the Lord, From All That Dwell

75. Emmanuel Maignan

  • Toulouse: July 17, 1601 celebration
  • Toulouse: October 29, 1676 deceased

French physicist and theologian (1601-1676) | Toulouse: July 17, 1601 - Toulouse: October 29, 1676 | Emmanuel Maignan | Toulouse: July 17, 1601 - Toulouse

76. Gian Giorgio Trissino

  • Vicenza: July 17, 1478 celebration
  • Rome: December 18, 1550 deceased

Italian Renaissance humanist | Sofonisba, L'Italia liberata dai Goti | Vicenza: July 17, 1478 - Rome: December 18, 1550 | Gian Giorgio Trissino | Vicenza: July

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