The Most Famous
MATHEMATICIANS from Croatia
This page contains a list of the greatest Croatian Mathematicians. The pantheon dataset contains 1,004 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.
Top 6
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.
1. Marino Ghetaldi (1568 - 1626)
With an HPI of 56.97, 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.
2. John Vitéz (1408 - 1472)
With an HPI of 53.87, John Vitéz is the 2nd most famous Croatian Mathematician. His biography has been translated into 23 different languages.
John Vitéz de Zredna (Hungarian: zrednai Vitéz János, Croatian: Ivan Vitez od Sredne, Slovak: Ján Vitéz zo Sredny; c. 1408 – 8 August 1472) was a Hungarian and Croat humanist, diplomat, Latinist, mathematician, astrologist and astronomer. He served as Archbishop of Esztergom from 1465 until his death.
3. Paul Neményi (1895 - 1952)
With an HPI of 49.90, Paul Neményi is the 3rd most famous Croatian Mathematician. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.
Paul Felix Neményi (June 5, 1895 – March 1, 1952) was a Hungarian mathematician and physicist who specialized in continuum mechanics. He was known for using what he called the inverse or semi-inverse approach, which applied vector field analysis, to obtain numerous exact solutions of the nonlinear equations of gas dynamics, many of them representing rotational flows of nonuniform total energy. His work applied geometrical solutions to fluid dynamics. In continuum mechanics, "Neményi's theorem" proves that, given any net of isothermal curves, there exists a five parameter family of plane stress systems for which these curves are stress trajectories. Neményi's five constant theory for the determination of stress trajectories in plane elastic systems was subsequently proven by later mathematicians. He was the father of the statistician Peter Nemenyi and the putative father of former World Chess Champion Bobby Fischer.
4. Đuro Kurepa (1907 - 1993)
With an HPI of 49.45, Đuro Kurepa is the 4th most famous Croatian Mathematician. His biography has been translated into 21 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..."
5. William Feller (1906 - 1970)
With an HPI of 45.71, William Feller is the 5th 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.
6. Branko Grünbaum (1929 - 2018)
With an HPI of 42.34, Branko Grünbaum is the 6th most famous Croatian Mathematician. His biography has been translated into 18 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.
People
Pantheon has 6 people classified as Croatian mathematicians born between 1408 and 1929. Of these 6, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Croatian mathematicians include Marino Ghetaldi, John Vitéz, and Paul Neményi. As of April 2024, 1 new Croatian mathematicians have been added to Pantheon including Paul Neményi.
Deceased Croatian Mathematicians
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Marino Ghetaldi
1568 - 1626
HPI: 56.97
John Vitéz
1408 - 1472
HPI: 53.87
Paul Neményi
1895 - 1952
HPI: 49.90
Đuro Kurepa
1907 - 1993
HPI: 49.45
William Feller
1906 - 1970
HPI: 45.71
Branko Grünbaum
1929 - 2018
HPI: 42.34
Newly Added Croatian Mathematicians (2024)
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Which Mathematicians were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 4 most globally memorable Mathematicians since 1700.
