Top 20 Living Mathematicians

Nationality: Hungarian
Claim to Fame: Szemerédi's theorem, the Szemerédi regularity lemma, the Erdos-Szemerédi theorem, the Hajnal-Szemerédi theorem, Szemerédi-Trotter theorem
Institutions: Rutgers University
Significant Awards:
Abel Prize (2012), Rolf Schock Prizes (2008), Leroy P. Steele Prize (2008), Pólya Prize (1975), Alfréd Rényi Prize (1973), Member NAS