David Kazhdan

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David Kazhdan
Born	(1946-06-20) 20 June 1946 (age 78) Moscow, Soviet Union
Nationality	Israeli
Alma mater	Moscow State University
Known for	Kazhdan–Lusztig polynomial Kazhdan–Margulis theorem Kazhdan's property (T)
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	Hebrew University of Jerusalem Harvard University
Doctoral advisor	Alexandre Kirillov
Doctoral students	Misha Verbitsky Vladimir Voevodsky

David Kazhdan (Hebrew: דוד קשדן), born Dmitry Aleksandrovich Kazhdan (Russian: Дми́трий Александро́вич Кажда́н), is a Soviet and Israeli mathematician known for work in representation theory. Kazhdan is a 1990 MacArthur Fellow.