The Most Famous
MATHEMATICIANS from Iraq
This page contains a list of the greatest Iraqi Mathematicians. The pantheon dataset contains 823 Mathematicians, 4 of which were born in Iraq. This makes Iraq the birth place of the 30th most number of Mathematicians behind Belarus and Finland.
Top 4
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Iraqi Mathematicians of all time. This list of famous Iraqi Mathematicians is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī (746 - 806)
With an HPI of 56.91, Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī is the most famous Iraqi Mathematician. His biography has been translated into 22 different languages on wikipedia.
Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Habib ibn Sulayman ibn Samra ibn Jundab al-Fazari (Arabic: محمد بن إبراهيم بن حبيب بن سليمان بن سمرة بن جندب الفزاري) (died 796 or 806) was an Arab philosopher, mathematician and astronomer.
2. Abu Mansur al-Baghdadi (980 - 1037)
With an HPI of 52.01, Abu Mansur al-Baghdadi is the 2nd most famous Iraqi Mathematician. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Abū Manṣūr ʿAbd al-Qāhir ibn Ṭāhir bin Muḥammad bin ʿAbd Allāh al-Tamīmī al-Shāfiʿī al-Baghdādī (Arabic: أبو منصور عبدالقاهر ابن طاهر بن محمد بن عبدالله التميمي الشافعي البغدادي) was an Arab Shafi'i scholar, Usul Imam, heresiologist and mathematician.
3. Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī ( - 777)
With an HPI of 50.83, Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī is the 3rd most famous Iraqi Mathematician. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
4. Ahmad ibn Yusuf (835 - 912)
With an HPI of 50.56, Ahmad ibn Yusuf is the 4th most famous Iraqi Mathematician. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Abu Ja'far Ahmad ibn Yusuf ibn Ibrahim ibn Tammam al-Siddiq Al-Baghdadi (Arabic: أبو جعفر أحمد بن يوسف بن ابراهيم بن تمام الصديق البغدادي; 835–912), known in the West by his Latinized name Hametus, was a Muslim Arab mathematician, like his father Yusuf ibn Ibrahim (Arabic: يوسف بن ابراهيم الصدَيق البغدادي).
Pantheon has 4 people classified as mathematicians born between 746 and 980. Of these 4, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased mathematicians include Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī, Abu Mansur al-Baghdadi, and Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī. As of April 2022, 3 new mathematicians have been added to Pantheon including Abu Mansur al-Baghdadi, Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī, and Ahmad ibn Yusuf.
Deceased Mathematicians
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Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī
746 - 806
HPI: 56.91
Abu Mansur al-Baghdadi
980 - 1037
HPI: 52.01
Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī
HPI: 50.83
Ahmad ibn Yusuf
835 - 912
HPI: 50.56
Newly Added Mathematicians (2022)
Go to all RankingsAbu Mansur al-Baghdadi
980 - 1037
HPI: 52.01
Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī
HPI: 50.83
Ahmad ibn Yusuf
835 - 912
HPI: 50.56
