The Most Famous

Mathematicians from India

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This page contains a list of the greatest Indians Mathematicians. The pantheon dataset contains 1,004 Mathematicians, 20 of which were born in India. This makes India the birth place of the 12th most number of Mathematicians behind Switzerland and China.

Top 10 Mathematicians

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

  1. #1
    Photo of Srinivasa Ramanujan

    Srinivasa Ramanujan

    1887 - 1920

    HPI 79.8596 langs

    Srinivasa Ramanujan is most famous for his contributions to number theory and infinite series.

  2. #2
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    Brahmagupta

    598 - 670

    HPI 78.74115 langs

    Brahmagupta is most famous for the Brahmagupta-Fibonacci series, which is a set of numbers that are the sum of the two previous numbers.

  3. #3
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    Bhāskara II

    1114 - 1185

    HPI 73.9058 langs
    Bhāskara II is most famous for his text, Siddhānta Shiromani. It is a commentary on the Brahma Sutras, one of the most important texts in...Read moreShow less

    Bhāskara II is most famous for his text, Siddhānta Shiromani. It is a commentary on the Brahma Sutras, one of the most important texts in Vedanta philosophy.

  4. #4
    Photo of Augustus De Morgan

    Augustus De Morgan

    1806 - 1871

    HPI 71.6948 langs
    Augustus de Morgan was a mathematician and logician who is most famous for his contributions to logic and algebra. He is credited with the...Read moreShow less

    Augustus de Morgan was a mathematician and logician who is most famous for his contributions to logic and algebra. He is credited with the invention of the de Morgan's Laws, which are used in the study of Boolean algebra.

People by Birth Decade

Browse notable Indians Mathematicians grouped by birth decade. Each decade shows the top 10 by HPI; expand to see everyone.

Overlapping Lives

Which Mathematicians were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 8 most globally memorable Mathematicians since 1700.

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