The Most Famous
MATHEMATICIANS from Latvia
This page contains a list of the greatest Latvian Mathematicians. The pantheon dataset contains 1,004 Mathematicians, 2 of which were born in Latvia. This makes Latvia the birth place of the 41st most number of Mathematicians behind Slovakia, and Estonia.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Latvian Mathematicians of all time. This list of famous Latvian Mathematicians is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Eliyahu Rips (1948 - 2024)
With an HPI of 48.42, Eliyahu Rips is the most famous Latvian Mathematician. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages on wikipedia.
Eliyahu Rips (Hebrew: אליהו ריפס; Russian: Илья Рипс; Latvian: Iļja Ripss; 12 December 1948 – 19 July 2024) was an Israeli mathematician of Latvian origin known for his research in geometric group theory. He became known to the general public following his co-authoring a paper on what is popularly known as Bible code, the supposed coded messaging in the Hebrew text of the Torah.
2. Daina Taimiņa (b. 1954)
With an HPI of 43.54, Daina Taimiņa is the 2nd most famous Latvian Mathematician. Her biography has been translated into 27 different languages.
Daina Taimiņa (born August 19, 1954) is a Latvian mathematician, retired adjunct associate professor of mathematics at Cornell University, known for developing a way of modeling hyperbolic geometry with crocheted objects.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Latvian mathematicians born between 1948 and 1954. Of these 2, 1 (50.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Latvian mathematicians include Daina Taimiņa. The most famous deceased Latvian mathematicians include Eliyahu Rips.
