MATHEMATICIAN
Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani
940 - 998
Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani
Abū al-Wafāʾ Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā ibn Ismāʿīl ibn al-ʿAbbās al-Būzjānī or Abū al-Wafā Būzhjānī (Persian: ابو الوفا بوژگانی, Arabic: ابو الوفا بوزجانی; 10 June 940 – 15 July 998) was a Persian mathematician and astronomer who worked in Baghdad. He made important innovations in spherical trigonometry, and his work on arithmetic for businessmen contains the first instance of using negative numbers in a medieval Islamic text. He is also credited with compiling the tables of sines and tangents at 15' intervals. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani has received more than 103,085 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani is the 61st most popular mathematician (down from 56th in 2019), the 57th most popular biography from Iran (down from 51st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Iranian Mathematician.
Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani was a mathematician and astronomer who was most famous for his tables of trigonometric functions.
Memorability Metrics
100k
Page Views (PV)
68.86
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
48
Languages Editions (L)
9.39
Effective Languages (L*)
2.52
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among MATHEMATICIANS
Among mathematicians, Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani ranks 61 out of 1,004. Before him are Norbert Wiener, Claude Shannon, Gaspard Monge, Al-Battani, Émilie du Châtelet, and August Ferdinand Möbius. After him are Hermann Minkowski, Bhāskara II, Urbain Le Verrier, Simon Stevin, Friedrich Bessel, and Abraham de Moivre.
Most Popular Mathematicians in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsNorbert Wiener
1894 - 1964
HPI: 69.47
Rank: 55
Claude Shannon
1916 - 2001
HPI: 69.38
Rank: 56
Gaspard Monge
1746 - 1818
HPI: 69.37
Rank: 57
Al-Battani
858 - 929
HPI: 69.33
Rank: 58
Émilie du Châtelet
1706 - 1749
HPI: 68.96
Rank: 59
August Ferdinand Möbius
1790 - 1868
HPI: 68.90
Rank: 60
Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani
940 - 998
HPI: 68.86
Rank: 61
Hermann Minkowski
1864 - 1909
HPI: 68.82
Rank: 62
Bhāskara II
1114 - 1185
HPI: 68.81
Rank: 63
Urbain Le Verrier
1811 - 1877
HPI: 68.81
Rank: 64
Simon Stevin
1548 - 1620
HPI: 68.80
Rank: 65
Friedrich Bessel
1784 - 1846
HPI: 68.69
Rank: 66
Abraham de Moivre
1667 - 1754
HPI: 68.59
Rank: 67
Contemporaries
Among people born in 940, Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani ranks 3. Before him are Hugh Capet, and Ferdowsi. After him are Mieszko I of Poland, Géza, Grand Prince of the Hungarians, Eadwig, Leopold I, Margrave of Austria, Doubravka of Bohemia, Baldwin III, Count of Flanders, Abu-Mahmud Khojandi, Abū Sahl al-Qūhī, and Henry III, Duke of Bavaria. Among people deceased in 998, Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani ranks 1. After him are Sigfried, Count of the Ardennes, Koppány, and Sisinnius II of Constantinople.
Others Born in 940
Go to all RankingsHugh Capet
POLITICIAN
940 - 996
HPI: 76.03
Rank: 1
Ferdowsi
WRITER
940 - 1020
HPI: 72.03
Rank: 2
Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani
MATHEMATICIAN
940 - 998
HPI: 68.86
Rank: 3
Mieszko I of Poland
POLITICIAN
940 - 992
HPI: 66.42
Rank: 4
Géza, Grand Prince of the Hungarians
POLITICIAN
940 - 997
HPI: 64.22
Rank: 5
Eadwig
POLITICIAN
940 - 959
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 6
Leopold I, Margrave of Austria
POLITICIAN
940 - 994
HPI: 62.60
Rank: 7
Doubravka of Bohemia
POLITICIAN
940 - 977
HPI: 58.73
Rank: 8
Baldwin III, Count of Flanders
POLITICIAN
940 - 962
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 9
Abu-Mahmud Khojandi
ASTRONOMER
940 - 1000
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 10
Abū Sahl al-Qūhī
MATHEMATICIAN
940 - 1000
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 11
Henry III, Duke of Bavaria
POLITICIAN
940 - 989
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 12
Others Deceased in 998
Go to all RankingsAbu al-Wafa' Buzjani
MATHEMATICIAN
940 - 998
HPI: 68.86
Rank: 1
Sigfried, Count of the Ardennes
POLITICIAN
919 - 998
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 2
Koppány
POLITICIAN
950 - 998
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 3
Sisinnius II of Constantinople
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
HPI: 43.15
Rank: 4
In Iran
Among people born in Iran, Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani ranks 57 out of 631. Before him are Doris Lessing (1919), Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary (1932), Yazdegerd III (624), Shirin Ebadi (1947), Ghazan (1271), and Astyages (-700). After him are Báb (1819), Attar of Nishapur (1145), Moshe Katsav (1945), Cyaxares (-700), Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (1934), and Masoud Barzani (1946).
Others born in Iran
Go to all RankingsDoris Lessing
WRITER
1919 - 2013
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 51
Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary
COMPANION
1932 - 2001
HPI: 69.36
Rank: 52
Yazdegerd III
POLITICIAN
624 - 652
HPI: 69.29
Rank: 53
Shirin Ebadi
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1947 - Present
HPI: 69.04
Rank: 54
Ghazan
POLITICIAN
1271 - 1304
HPI: 68.93
Rank: 55
Astyages
POLITICIAN
700 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 68.87
Rank: 56
Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani
MATHEMATICIAN
940 - 998
HPI: 68.86
Rank: 57
Báb
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1819 - 1850
HPI: 68.54
Rank: 58
Attar of Nishapur
WRITER
1145 - 1220
HPI: 68.49
Rank: 59
Moshe Katsav
POLITICIAN
1945 - Present
HPI: 68.45
Rank: 60
Cyaxares
POLITICIAN
700 BC - 584 BC
HPI: 68.43
Rank: 61
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
POLITICIAN
1934 - 2017
HPI: 68.38
Rank: 62
Masoud Barzani
POLITICIAN
1946 - Present
HPI: 67.89
Rank: 63
Among MATHEMATICIANS In Iran
Among mathematicians born in Iran, Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani ranks 2. Before him are Omar Khayyam (1048). After him are Abu Nasr Mansur (960), Al-Khazini (1077), Al-Karaji (953), Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi (1236), Abū Sahl al-Qūhī (940), Sharaf al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī (1135), Maryam Mirzakhani (1977), Athir al-Din al-Abhari (1200), Kamāl al-Dīn al-Fārisī (1265), and Al-Mahani (820).
Omar Khayyam
1048 - 1131
HPI: 83.47
Rank: 1
Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani
940 - 998
HPI: 68.86
Rank: 2
Abu Nasr Mansur
960 - 1036
HPI: 60.52
Rank: 3
Al-Khazini
1077 - 1155
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 4
Al-Karaji
953 - 1029
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 5
Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi
1236 - 1311
HPI: 60.17
Rank: 6
Abū Sahl al-Qūhī
940 - 1000
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 7
Sharaf al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī
1135 - 1213
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 8
Maryam Mirzakhani
1977 - 2017
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 9
Athir al-Din al-Abhari
1200 - 1264
HPI: 53.57
Rank: 10
Kamāl al-Dīn al-Fārisī
1265 - 1318
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 11
Al-Mahani
820 - 880
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 12