A mathematician whose work includes the minimax theorem and, with Oskar Morgenstern, the foundations of expected utility and game theory.
Portrait of John von Neumann
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John von Neumann was a Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, and computer scientist who made significant contributions to a wide range of fields, including mathematics, physics, economics, statistics, and computer science. Born on December 28, 1903, in Budapest, Hungary, he was known for his brilliant intellect and was considered one of the foremost mathematicians of the 20th century.
This is the one Ciro Santilli envies the most, because he has such a great overlap with Ciro's interests, e.g.:
John von Neuman - a documentary by the Mathematical Association of America (1966)
Source. Some good testimonies. Some boring.