Ari Ben-Menahem: key obituary facts
Is Ari Ben-Menahem dead? Yes. Ari Ben-Menahem died on April 9, 2026, at age 97.
Cause of death: Ari Ben-Menahem's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Ari Ben-Menahem known for?
Ari Ben-Menahem was a German-born Israeli mathematician and geophysicist.
More about Ari Ben-Menahem
Born: (1928-11-04) 4 November 1928 (age 97)Berlin.
Ari Ben-Menahem, a German-born Israeli mathematician and geophysicist, died on April 9, 2026.
He was 97. Born in Berlin on November 4, 1928, he was a professor of mathematics and geophysics at the Weizmann Institute of Science from 1964 and also served as a visiting professor at MIT.
Ben-Menahem was a seismologist, author, polymath, and historian of science. He received a master’s degree in physics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1954 and a doctorate from the California Institute of Technology in 1961.
Ari Ben-Menahem, 97, German-born Israeli mathematician and geophysicist.