Michael Atiyah
British mathematician
- Born
- 22 April 1929, Hampstead
- Died
- 11 January 2019, aged 89
- Birth name
- Michael Francis Atiyah
Sir Michael Francis Atiyah (22 April 1929 – 11 January 2019) was a British-Lebanese mathematician specialising in geometry. His contributions include the Atiyah–Singer index theorem and co-founding topological K-theory. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1966 and the Abel Prize in 2004.
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