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Benoit Mandelbrot — Age & Birthday
Born: 20 November 1924 · Died: 14 October 2010 · Age at death: 85
How old was Benoit Mandelbrot when he died?
Benoit Mandelbrot died aged 85. He was born on 20 November 1924 and died on 14 October 2010.
Mathematician who developed fractal geometry and the Mandelbrot set
Did you know?He worked as a research fellow for IBM for over thirty years, using their computers to visualise complex mathematical patterns.
Benoit B. Mandelbrot (20 November 1924 – 14 October 2010) was a Polish-born French-American mathematician and polymath with broad interests in the practical sciences, especially regarding what he labeled as "the art of roughness" of physical phenomena and "the uncontrolled element in life".
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- Age at death
- 85
- Would be
- 101
- Years since death
- 16
- Born
- November 20, 1924 · Warsaw, Poland
- Died
- October 14, 2010
- Cause of death
- Pancreatic cancer
- Nationality
- Polish
- Known for
- Science, Technology, Literature
Family
- Spouse
- Aliette Kagan
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- Would-be age todayBenoit Mandelbrot would be 101 years old today. See how many birthdays they would have celebrated.Age
- Birth anniversaryBenoit Mandelbrot's 102nd birthday is in 25 days. If it's your birthday too, it's a double celebration!102nd
- Death anniversaryThe 17th anniversary of Benoit Mandelbrot's death is in 353 days. A moment to remember their legacy.17th
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