List of Famous people with last name Gelfand

Vladimir Gelfand

First Name Vladimir

Last Name Gelfand

Died on November 25, 1983 (aged 13)

Vladimir Gelfand was a diarist and Soviet soldier in World War II.

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Israel Gelfand

Израиль Моисеевич Гельфанд

First Name Israel

Last Name Gelfand

Died on October 5, 2009 (aged 39)

Israel Moiseevich Gelfand, also written Israïl Moyseyovich Gel'fand, or Izrail M. Gelfand was a prominent Soviet mathematician. He made significant contributions to many branches of mathematics, including group theory, representation theory and functional analysis. The recipient of many awards, including the Order of Lenin and the first Wolf Prize, he was a Foreign Fellow of the Royal Society and professor at Moscow State University and, after immigrating to the United States shortly before his 76th birthday, at Rutgers University. Gelfand is also a 1994 MacArthur Fellow.

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