Kalyanpudi Radhakrishna Rao

Kalyampūḍi Rādhākr̥ṣṇa Rāvu, English: Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao, Kannada: ಕಲ್ಯಂಪುಡಿ ರಾಧಾಕೃಷ್ಣ ರಾವ್, Romanized: Kalyampuḍi Rādhākr̥ṣṇa Rāv (September 20, 1920 - August 23, 2023), a Telugu American statistician and mathematician who served as an honorary professor at Pennsylvania State University and a research professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo. Rao has received many different honorary degrees and received the National Medal of Science in 2002. The American Statistical Association commented that he is "a living legend. His research results not only have an impact on statistics, but also have a profound impact on other disciplines, such as economics, genetics, anthropology, geology, demography, vital statistics, medicine, etc." The Indian Times listed Rao as one of India's top ten outstanding scientists.