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Elias M. Stein
Elias M. Stein
	Stein in 2008
Born	January 13, 1931; Antwerp, Belgium
Died	December 23, 2018 (aged 87); Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of Chicago (Ph.D., 1955)
Known for	Stein–Strömberg theorem
Spouse(s)	Elly Intrator
Children	Karen Stein; Jeremy C. Stein
Awards	Rolf Schock Prize in Mathematics (1993); Wolf Prize in Mathematics (1999); National Medal of Science (2001); Leroy P. Steele Prize (2002)
	Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	Princeton University
Thesis	Linear Operators on Lp Spaces (1955)
Doctoral advisor	Antoni Zygmund
Doctoral students	William E. Beckner; Charles Fefferman; Philip Gressman; David Jerison; Steven G. Krantz; Lillian Pierce; Christopher D. Sogge; Hart F. Smith; Robert Strichartz; Terence Tao; Sundaram Thangavelu; Gregg Zuckerman;

Elias Menachem Stein (January 13, 1931 – December 23, 2018) was an American mathematician. He was a known in the field of harmonic analysis. He was professor of Mathematics at Princeton University from 1963 until his death in 2018.

His honors include the Steele Prize (1984 and 2002), the Schock Prize in Mathematics (1993), the Wolf Prize in Mathematics (1999), and the National Medal of Science (2001). In 2012 he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.