Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro
Soviet-Israeli mathematician
Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro was a Soviet-born Israeli mathematician. During a career that spanned 60 years he made major contributions to applied science as well as pure mathematics. Wikipedia
Born: March 30, 1929, Moscow, Russia
Died: February 21, 2009 (age 79 years), Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
Awards: Israel Prize (1981) and Wolf Prize in Mathematics (1990)