Occupation
STATISTICIANS
With 9 biographies, Statisticians are the 95th most common occupation in Pantheon, behind Poker Players, Rugby Players, and Magicians.
Pantheon has 9 people classified as statisticians born between 1702 and 1928. Of these 9, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased statisticians include Francis Galton, Pafnuty Chebyshev, and Karl Pearson.
Deceased Statisticians
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Francis Galton
1822 - 1911
HPI: 69.85
Pafnuty Chebyshev
1821 - 1894
HPI: 64.82
Karl Pearson
1857 - 1936
HPI: 62.90
Thomas Bayes
1702 - 1761
HPI: 62.84
Ronald Fisher
1890 - 1962
HPI: 61.46
Jerzy Neyman
1894 - 1981
HPI: 52.78
C. R. Rao
1920 - 2023
HPI: 44.40
Joseph Kruskal
1928 - 2010
HPI: 41.89
Gertrude Mary Cox
1900 - 1978
HPI: 39.37
Most statisticians were born in United Kingdom (4), United States (2), and Russia (1). By city, the most common birth places were London (2), Birmingham (1), and Zhukovsky District, Kaluga Oblast (1).The most common death places of statisticians were United States (4), United Kingdom (3), and Russia (1). By city, these were Haslemere (1), Saint Petersburg (1), and Coldharbour, Surrey (1).
The earliest biographies classified as statisticians in Pantheon are Francis Galton, Pafnuty Chebyshev, 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.
Which Statisticians were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 9 most globally memorable Statisticians since 1700.
Statisticians are found within the Science & Technology domain which also includes Biologists, Mathematicians, Physicists, Astronomers, and Chemists.
