Who was born first, Valery Goppa or Israel Gelfand?
Valery Goppa: Valery Denisovich Goppa (Russian: Вале́рий Дени́сович Го́ппа ; born 1939) is a Soviet and Russian mathematician. Israel Gelfand: Israel Moiseevich Gelfand, also written Israïl Moyseyovich Gel'fand, or Izrail M. Gelfand (Yiddish: ישראל געלפֿאַנד‎ , Russian: Изра́иль Моисе́евич Гельфа́нд ; 2 September [O.S. 20 August] 1913 – 5 October 2009) was a prominent Soviet mathematician.
Israel Moiseevich Gelfand