The Most Famous
Mathematicians from Austria
This page contains a list of the greatest Austrians Mathematicians. The pantheon dataset contains 1,004 Mathematicians, 17 of which were born in Austria. This makes Austria the birth place of the 14th most number of Mathematicians behind India and Iran.
Top 10 Mathematicians
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Austrians Mathematicians of all time. This list of famous Austrians Mathematicians is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Austrians Mathematicians.
- #1
Josef Stefan
1835 - 1893
HPI 75.7051 langsJosef Stefan is most famous for his law of radiation, which states that the total power radiated by a black body is proportional to the...Read moreShow less
Josef Stefan is most famous for his law of radiation, which states that the total power radiated by a black body is proportional to the fourth power of its absolute temperature.
- #2
Paul Ehrenfest
1880 - 1933
HPI 70.5142 langsPaul Ehrenfest is most famous for his work in statistical mechanics. He was the first to introduce the concept of the mean field...Read moreShow less
Paul Ehrenfest is most famous for his work in statistical mechanics. He was the first to introduce the concept of the mean field approximation, which is a method for calculating the behavior of a system of interacting particles.
People by Birth Decade
Browse notable Austrians Mathematicians grouped by birth decade. Each decade shows the top 10 by HPI; expand to see everyone.
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Overlapping Lives
Which Mathematicians were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 16 most globally memorable Mathematicians since 1700.
