Born: 13 June 1928 · Died: 23 May 2015 · Age at death: 86
How old was John Forbes Nash when he died?
John Forbes Nash died aged 86. He was born on 13 June 1928 and died on 23 May 2015.
American mathematician whose Nash equilibrium transformed game theory, a Nobel laureate whose life inspired A Beautiful Mind
Did you know?His life and struggle with schizophrenia were the subject of the Oscar-winning film A Beautiful Mind.
Quick facts
Date of birth13 June 1928
Date of death23 May 2015
Age at death86
Cause of deathTraffic collision
NationalityAmerican
BirthplaceBluefield, United States
Occupationmathematician, economist, university teacher
Editor's Take:
John Nash changed economics with a 27-page thesis. He grew up in West Virginia and was a maths prodigy. At Princeton, aged 21, he defined the Nash equilibrium in game theory. It describes situations where no one gains by changing strategy alone. He also did major work in geometry. In his thirties he developed paranoid schizophrenia and spent years in hospitals. Slowly he recovered. He shared the Nobel Prize in economics in 1994. The film A Beautiful Mind told his story. He and his wife died in a taxi crash in 2015.
John Forbes Nash Jr. (June 13, 1928 – May 23, 2015), known and published as John Nash, was an American mathematician who made fundamental contributions to game theory, real algebraic geometry, differential geometry, and partial differential equations.
John Forbes Nash's birthday is June 13. He was born on June 13, 1928 in Bluefield, United States.
How old was John Forbes Nash when he died?
John Forbes Nash died on May 23, 2015, aged 86.
Who shares a birthday with John Forbes Nash?
Famous people who share John Forbes Nash's June 13 birthday include James Clerk Maxwell, William Butler Yeats, Ban Ki-moon, Fernando Pessoa and Chris Evans.
