Occupation

MATHEMATICIANS

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With 828 biographies, Mathematicians are the 20th most common occupation in Pantheon, behind Racing Drivers, Biologists, and Noblemen.

People

Pantheon has 826 people classified as mathematicians born between 500 BC and 1988. Of these 826, 125 (15.13%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living mathematicians include Grigori Perelman, Andrew Wiles, and Robert Aumann. The most famous deceased mathematicians include Archimedes, Blaise Pascal, and Carl Friedrich Gauss. As of October 2020, 82 new mathematicians have been added to Pantheon including Ostilio Ricci, Sergei Adian, and Karl Wilhelm Feuerbach.

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Newly Added Mathematicians (2020)

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Places

Most mathematicians were born in France (104), United Kingdom (101), and Germany (86). By city, the most common birth places were Paris (25), Budapest (16), and Moscow (14).The most common death places of mathematicians were United States (108), France (104), and United Kingdom (83). By city, these were Paris (65), Moscow (26), and Cambridge (20).

Places Over Time

The earliest biographies classified as mathematicians in Pantheon are Philolaus, Hippocrates of Chios, and Meton of Athens.  The concentration of mathematicians was largest during the Newspaper Era, which lasted from 1700 to 1899. Some birth or death locations for earlier mathematicians are unknown, which may account for timeline differences below.

Overlapping Lives

Which Mathematicians were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 25 most globally memorable Mathematicians since 1700.

Related Occupations

Mathematicians are found within the Science & Technology domain which also includes Biologists, Physicists, Astronomers, Chemists, and Physicians.

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