# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-halmos
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:42:06.550Z

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name: "Paul Halmos"
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description: "Paul Richard Halmos was a Hungarian-born American mathematician and probabilist who made fundamental advances in the areas of mathematical logic, probability theory, operator theory, ergodic theory, and functional analysis. He was also recognized as a great mathematical expositor. He has been described as one of The Martians."
tagline: "American mathematician (1916–2006)"
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birthDate: "1916-03-03"
deathDate: "2006-10-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump