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Mikhail Khovanov

American mathematician
Person Human Q1933628

Facts

18 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[14]
Date of birth
January 13, 1972
Place of birth
Moscow
Country of citizenship
Soviet Union, United States[6][7]
Occupation
mathematician, topologist, university teacher
Employer
Columbia University[9]
Field of work
topology[8]
Educated at
Yale University, Moscow State School 57[10][11]
Notable work
Khovanov homology[13]
Sibling
Tanya Khovanova[24]
Doctoral advisor
Igor Frenkel[12]
Doctoral student
Benjamin Elias, Yanfeng Chen, Daniel Krasner, You Qi[15][16][17][18]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Russian, English[22][23]
Academic degree
Doctor of Philosophy[19]
Given name
Mikhail, Mikhail[20]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics[25]
Professorship
full professor[21]
🏷️ Also known as
en Mikhail Khovanov de Khovanov fr Mikhail Khovanov fr Mikhaïl Khovanov ja ミハイル・コバノフ nl Михаил Хованов ru Хованов, Михаил zh 米哈伊爾·霍瓦諾夫
🔖 Identifiers · 25
ISNI
0000000370410972
ORCID iD
0009-0006-5296-6044
VIAF cluster ID
249709090
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n2012035886
GND ID
1025495403
All-Russian Mathematical Portal ID
34150
BIBSYS ID
12045726
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
170012138
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf11628754
CiNii Research ID
1140845216629869184
Freebase ID
/m/02qczs7
IdRef ID
163819939
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J9U entity ID
987007509638705171
MR Author ID
363306
MSRI person ID
2110
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
14936
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA17566458
NLab ID
Mikhail Khovanov
NUKAT ID
n2014186922
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810568725705606
RERO ID (legacy)
A022509421
SBN author ID
PUVV419435
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJfRB86bHxMH8TkyVK8XBP
Yale LUX ID
person/67c1e9e4-9c47-4b8f-ab53-6734a90853d8
ZbMATH author ID
khovanov.mikhail-g

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Occupation 3
mathematician, university teacher, topologist
Country of citizenship 2
United States, Soviet Union
Languages spoken, written or signed 2
English, Russian
Academic degree 1
Doctor of Philosophy
Doctoral advisor 1
Igor Frenkel
Doctoral advisors 1
Igor Frenkel
Educated at 1
Yale University
Employer 1
Columbia University
Field of work 1
topology
Given name 1
Mikhail
Instance of 1
human
Maintained by WikiProject 1
WikiProject Mathematics
Place of birth 1
Moscow
Professorship 1
full professor
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Mikhail Khovanov was born on January 13, 1972[1], in Moscow[2]. He has worked as a mathematician[3], topologist[4], and university teacher[5].

FAQs

Where was Mikhail Khovanov born?

Mikhail Khovanov's place of birth was Moscow[2].

What did Mikhail Khovanov do for work?

Mikhail Khovanov worked as a mathematician[3], topologist[4], and university teacher[5].

Where did Mikhail Khovanov go to school?

Mikhail Khovanov was educated at Yale University[10] and Moscow State School 57[11].

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  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. Retrieved . genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [1] ↑ . Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Bargioni · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #58040: add P1810 to P396"
  2. 5w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SBN author ID → PUVV419435
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  3. 17w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    ORCID iD → 0009-0006-5296-6044
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #40464: add missing ORCID via GND"
  4. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of birth → Moscow
    Educated at → Yale University, Moscow State School 57
    Professorship → full professor
    Maintained by WikiProject → WikiProject Mathematics
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    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32074: import P21 and P106 from GND (21)"
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