Mathematicians from Germany

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Germans Mathematicians of all time. This list of famous Germans 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 Germans Mathematicians.

1. #1

   

   Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

   1646 - 1716

   HPI 92.00156 langs

   Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz is most famous for his work on calculus and the binary system.

2. #2

   

   Carl Friedrich Gauss

   1777 - 1855

   HPI 91.44160 langs

   Carl Friedrich Gauss is most famous for his contributions to mathematics, specifically in the fields of number theory and geometry. He also...Read moreShow less

   Carl Friedrich Gauss is most famous for his contributions to mathematics, specifically in the fields of number theory and geometry. He also made contributions to astronomy, statistics, and geodesy.

3. #3

   

   Bernhard Riemann

   1826 - 1866

   HPI 85.32101 langs

   Bernhard Riemann is most famous for his contributions to mathematics, including the Riemann integral, the Riemann-Roch theorem, and the...Read moreShow less

   Bernhard Riemann is most famous for his contributions to mathematics, including the Riemann integral, the Riemann-Roch theorem, and the Riemann hypothesis.

4. #4

   

   Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet

   1805 - 1859

   HPI 80.7763 langs

   Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet was a German mathematician who is most famous for his work in number theory. He is responsible for the first...Read moreShow less

   Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet was a German mathematician who is most famous for his work in number theory. He is responsible for the first rigorous proof of the Prime Number Theorem, which states that the number of primes less than or equal to a given number is asymptotic to the form n/ln(n).

5. #5

   

   Gottlob Frege

   1848 - 1925

   HPI 76.8175 langs

   Gottlob Frege was a German mathematician and philosopher. He is most famous for his work in logic and the philosophy of language.

6. #6

   

   Emmy Noether

   1882 - 1935

   HPI 76.3884 langs

   Emmy Noether is most famous for her contributions to abstract algebra and theoretical physics. She was the first woman to be awarded a full...Read moreShow less

   Emmy Noether is most famous for her contributions to abstract algebra and theoretical physics. She was the first woman to be awarded a full professorship at the University of Göttingen in Germany.

7. #7

   

   August Ferdinand Möbius

   1790 - 1868

   HPI 75.8155 langs

   August Ferdinand Möbius (1790-1868) was a German mathematician and astronomer. He is most famous for his discovery of the Möbius strip, a...Read moreShow less

   August Ferdinand Möbius (1790-1868) was a German mathematician and astronomer. He is most famous for his discovery of the Möbius strip, a two-dimensional surface with only one side and one boundary.

8. #8

   

   Friedrich Bessel

   1784 - 1846

   HPI 75.6364 langs

   Friedrich Bessel is most famous for determining the orbit of the star 61 Cygni and the distance from Earth to the Sun.

9. #9

   

   Karl Weierstrass

   1815 - 1897

   HPI 75.4171 langs

   Karl Weierstrass is most famous for proving that every continuous function on the real line can be uniformly approximated by polynomials.

10. #10

    

    Ludolph van Ceulen

    1540 - 1610

    HPI 74.7942 langs

    Ludolph van Ceulen is most famous for calculating the value of Pi to over 31 digits.