Poincaré Conjecture Verified

This is very very big news in mathematics.

http://mathworld.wolfram.com/news/2003-04-15/poincare/

Thoughts? If you haven't heard of the conjecture, it is actually quite easy to understand. It relates to topology, so read an intro guide on that, and then have a read of the question on the Clay Math site.

Not to sound nitpicky but Wiles is a Briton, not an American, and Euler is a Swiss, not a Swede.

Anyway, 14 is right, there is no such thing as a "famous" working mathematician, American or otherwise. Contemporary mathematics as a whole is completely unknown to the genereal public.