The Greatest Finnish Scientists

Birthdate: April 18, 1907

Sun Sign: Aries

Birthplace: Helsinki, Finland

Died: October 11, 1996

Lars Ahlfors was a Finnish mathematician best remembered for his text on complex analysis and his work concerning Riemann surfaces. He also made decisive contributions to value distribution theory, meromorphic curves, quasiconformal mappings, and conformal geometry among other areas. Lars Ahlfors was the recipient of the Fields Medal, Wolf Prize, Wihuri Prize, and Leroy P. Steele Prize.