STATISTICIANS

Pantheon has 8 people classified as statisticians born between 1702 and 1928. Of these 8, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased statisticians include Francis Galton, Thomas Bayes, and Karl Pearson.

Deceased Statisticians

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  Francis Galton

  1822 - 1911

  HPI: 69.13

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  Thomas Bayes

  1702 - 1761

  HPI: 64.10

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  Karl Pearson

  1857 - 1936

  HPI: 62.87

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  Ronald Fisher

  1890 - 1962

  HPI: 62.10

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  Jerzy Neyman

  1894 - 1981

  HPI: 54.46

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  C. R. Rao

  1920 - 2023

  HPI: 53.35

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  Joseph Kruskal

  1928 - 2010

  HPI: 45.45

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  Gertrude Mary Cox

  1900 - 1978

  HPI: 40.51

Most statisticians were born in United Kingdom (4), United States (2), and Moldova (1). By city, the most common birth places were London (2), Birmingham (1), and Islington (1).The most common death places of statisticians were United States (4), United Kingdom (3), and Australia (1). By city, these were Haslemere (1), Royal Tunbridge Wells (1), and Coldharbour, Surrey (1).

The earliest biographies classified as statisticians in Pantheon are Karl Pearson, Francis Galton, and Thomas Bayes.  The concentration of statisticians was largest during the Newspaper Era, which lasted from 1700 to 1899. Some birth or death locations for earlier statisticians are unknown, which may account for timeline differences below.