
Zhang Heng
78 - 139
Zhang Heng was a Chinese astronomer, mathematician, and geographer during the Han Dynasty. He is most famous for his work in astronomy and mathematics.
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The top 10 Mathematicians from China trending on Wikipedia in the past 7 days, with a quick note on what drove the spike.

b. 1949
Trending in Chinese (#51) Wikipedia (1,905 views, on Jul 14).
This page contains a list of the greatest Chinese Mathematicians. The pantheon dataset contains 1,010 Mathematicians, 20 of which were born in China. This makes China the birth place of the 11th most number of Mathematicians behind Hungary and Switzerland.
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Chinese Mathematicians of all time. This list of famous Chinese 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 Chinese Mathematicians.

78 - 139
Zhang Heng was a Chinese astronomer, mathematician, and geographer during the Han Dynasty. He is most famous for his work in astronomy and mathematics.

225 - 295
Liu Hui is most famous for his book "Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art".

429 - 500
Zu Chongzhi is most famous for his contributions to mathematics. He was one of the first mathematicians to use negative numbers, and he worked on a system of equations that could be solved by both addition and subtraction.

27 - 97
Wang Chong was a Chinese historian who lived during the Eastern Han Dynasty. He is most famous for his book, "Lunheng" or "Discourses Weaving Together the Past and Present."

1562 - 1633
late-Ming-dynasty Chinese politician, Scholar, Lay Catholic leader and Servant of God (*1562 – †1633)

b. 1949
Chinese mathematician

1231 - 1316
Chinese astronomer and mathematician (1231–1316)

683 - 727
8th-century Buddhist monk and astronomer

50 BC - 23
Chinese astronomer, mathematician, historian, librarian and politician (c. 50 BCE-23CE)

1911 - 2004
Chinese-American mathematician and poet
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Which Mathematicians were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 9 most globally memorable Mathematicians since 1700.