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The Most Famous

MATHEMATICIANS from Croatia

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This page contains a list of the greatest Croatian Mathematicians. The pantheon dataset contains 823 Mathematicians, 4 of which were born in Croatia. This makes Croatia the birth place of the 31st most number of Mathematicians behind Finland and Iraq.

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The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Croatian Mathematicians of all time. This list of famous Croatian Mathematicians is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

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1. Marino Ghetaldi (1568 - 1626)

With an HPI of 53.57, Marino Ghetaldi is the most famous Croatian Mathematician.  Her biography has been translated into 25 different languages on wikipedia.

Marino Ghetaldi (Latin: Marinus Ghetaldus; Croatian: Marin Getaldić; 2 October 1568 – 11 April 1626) was a Ragusan scientist. A mathematician and physicist who studied in Italy, England and Belgium, his best results are mainly in physics, especially optics, and mathematics. He was one of the few students of François Viète and friend of Giovanni Camillo Glorioso.

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2. Đuro Kurepa (1907 - 1993)

With an HPI of 48.49, Đuro Kurepa is the 2nd most famous Croatian Mathematician.  His biography has been translated into 20 different languages.

Đuro Kurepa (Serbian Cyrillic: Ђуро Курепа, pronounced [dʑǔːro kǔrepa]; 16 August 1907 – 2 November 1993) was a Yugoslav and Serbian mathematician, university professor and academic.Throughout his life, Kurepa published over 700 articles, books, papers, and reviews and over 1,000 scientific reviews. He lectured at universities across Europe, as well as those in Canada, Cuba, Iraq, Israel, and the United States, and was quoted saying "I lectured at almost each of [the] nineteen universities of [the former] Yugoslavia..."

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3. William Feller (1906 - 1970)

With an HPI of 45.18, William Feller is the 3rd most famous Croatian Mathematician.  His biography has been translated into 19 different languages.

William "Vilim" Feller (July 7, 1906 – January 14, 1970), born Vilibald Srećko Feller, was a Croatian–American mathematician specializing in probability theory.

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4. Branko Grünbaum (1929 - 2018)

With an HPI of 40.09, Branko Grünbaum is the 4th most famous Croatian Mathematician.  His biography has been translated into 17 different languages.

Branko Grünbaum (Hebrew: ברנקו גרונבאום; 2 October 1929 – 14 September 2018) was a Croatian-born mathematician of Jewish descent and a professor emeritus at the University of Washington in Seattle. He received his Ph.D. in 1957 from Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel.

Pantheon has 4 people classified as mathematicians born between 1568 and 1929. Of these 4, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased mathematicians include Marino Ghetaldi, Đuro Kurepa, and William Feller. As of April 2022, 1 new mathematicians have been added to Pantheon including Branko Grünbaum.

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