Question: Who was born first, Valery Goppa or Israel Gelfand?
Sentence (from "Gelfand–Naimark theorem"): This result was proven by Israel Gelfand and Mark Naimark in 1943 and was a significant point in the development of the theory of C*-algebras since it established the possibility of considering a C*-algebra as an abstract algebraic entity without reference to particular realizations as an operator algebra.
Relevant evidence: No