List of countries by number of Fields Medalists
This article includes a list of countries by number of Fields Medal winners. That is, a list of countries ranked by their Fields Medalists.
The figures only include Fields Medals awarded up to and including 3 August 2018 by their country of birth and citizenship at the time of the announcement of the award.
Notes
- Caucher Birkar was born in a Kurdish village in Iran and attended the University of Tehran but sought political asylum and now has British citizenship.
- Martin Hairer was born in Switzerland, but has Austrian citizenship.
- Martin Hairer was born in Switzerland, but has Austrian citizenship.
References
- https://www.mathunion.org/imu-awards/fields-medal
- Mirzakhani, Maryam. "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 November 2005. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- Valette, Alain. "The Fields Medalists 2014" (PDF). Neuchâtel, Switzerland: Institut de mathématiques, Université de Neuchâtel. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
- Nasar, Sylvia; Gruber, David (August 26, 2006). "Manifold Destiny: A legendary problem and the battle over who solved it". New Yorker. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
When I stepped out from the airplane, I touched the soil of Beijing and felt great joy to be in my mother country, I am proud to say that when I was awarded the Fields Medal in mathematics, I held no passport of any country and should certainly be considered Chinese.
Akshay Venkatesh was born in India but is an Australian citizen
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