1815 - 1852
Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (née Byron; 10 December 1815 – 27 November 1852) was an English mathematician and writer, chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage's proposed mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine. She was the first to recognise that the machine had applications beyond pure calculation. Ada Byron was the only legitimate child of poet Lord Byron and reformer Anne Isabella Milbanke. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ada Lovelace has received more than 11,563,547 page views. Her biography is available in 100 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 98 in 2019). Ada Lovelace is the 37th most popular mathematician (up from 38th in 2019), the 148th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 152nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular British Mathematician.
Ada Lovelace is most famous for her work on Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine. She is credited with being the first computer programmer.
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Among mathematicians, Ada Lovelace ranks 37 out of 823. Before her are Augustin-Louis Cauchy, Georg Cantor, Gerolamo Cardano, George Boole, Kurt Gödel, and Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet. After her are Gottlob Frege, Niels Henrik Abel, Apollonius of Perga, Archytas, Johann Bernoulli, and Emmy Noether.
1789 - 1857
HPI: 74.05
Rank: 31
1845 - 1918
HPI: 74.00
Rank: 32
1501 - 1576
HPI: 73.52
Rank: 33
1815 - 1864
HPI: 73.05
Rank: 34
1906 - 1978
HPI: 72.89
Rank: 35
1805 - 1859
HPI: 72.67
Rank: 36
1815 - 1852
HPI: 72.54
Rank: 37
1848 - 1925
HPI: 72.19
Rank: 38
1802 - 1829
HPI: 72.08
Rank: 39
262 BC - 190 BC
HPI: 72.03
Rank: 40
428 BC - 347 BC
HPI: 71.47
Rank: 41
1667 - 1748
HPI: 71.44
Rank: 42
1882 - 1935
HPI: 71.39
Rank: 43
Among people born in 1815, Ada Lovelace ranks 4. Before her are Otto von Bismarck, John Bosco, and George Boole. After her are Karl Weierstrass, Otto of Greece, Adolph Menzel, Thomas Couture, Johann Jakob Bachofen, Louis-Jules Trochu, Julia Margaret Cameron, and Ildefons Cerdà. Among people deceased in 1852, Ada Lovelace ranks 4. Before her are Louis Braille, Nikolai Gogol, and Friedrich Fröbel. After her are Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Henry Clay, Auguste de Marmont, Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Johan Gadolin, Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, Karl Bryullov, and Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden.
1815 - 1898
HPI: 86.51
Rank: 1
1815 - 1888
HPI: 75.20
Rank: 2
1815 - 1864
HPI: 73.05
Rank: 3
1815 - 1852
HPI: 72.54
Rank: 4
1815 - 1897
HPI: 69.37
Rank: 5
1815 - 1867
HPI: 66.67
Rank: 6
1815 - 1905
HPI: 64.08
Rank: 7
1815 - 1879
HPI: 62.51
Rank: 8
1815 - 1887
HPI: 61.89
Rank: 9
1815 - 1896
HPI: 61.74
Rank: 10
1815 - 1879
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 11
1815 - 1876
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 12
1809 - 1852
HPI: 78.84
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1809 - 1852
HPI: 77.86
Rank: 2
1782 - 1852
HPI: 73.34
Rank: 3
1815 - 1852
HPI: 72.54
Rank: 4
1769 - 1852
HPI: 70.65
Rank: 5
1777 - 1852
HPI: 68.10
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1774 - 1852
HPI: 67.19
Rank: 7
1778 - 1852
HPI: 65.86
Rank: 8
1760 - 1852
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 9
1778 - 1852
HPI: 61.69
Rank: 10
1799 - 1852
HPI: 61.38
Rank: 11
1790 - 1852
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 12
Among people born in United Kingdom, Ada Lovelace ranks 148 out of 7,765. Before her are John, King of England (1166), Alfred Russel Wallace (1823), Charlie Watts (1941), George Harrison (1943), Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom (1857), and George IV of the United Kingdom (1762). After her are Catherine Parr (1512), Ian Fleming (1908), Alfred Marshall (1842), John Logie Baird (1888), Henry IV of England (1367), and Thomas Young (1773).
1166 - 1216
HPI: 72.81
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1823 - 1913
HPI: 72.76
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1941 - 2021
HPI: 72.71
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1943 - 2001
HPI: 72.70
Rank: 145
1857 - 1944
HPI: 72.67
Rank: 146
1762 - 1830
HPI: 72.55
Rank: 147
1815 - 1852
HPI: 72.54
Rank: 148
1512 - 1548
HPI: 72.50
Rank: 149
1908 - 1964
HPI: 72.50
Rank: 150
1842 - 1924
HPI: 72.50
Rank: 151
1888 - 1946
HPI: 72.45
Rank: 152
1367 - 1413
HPI: 72.44
Rank: 153
1773 - 1829
HPI: 72.42
Rank: 154
Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Ada Lovelace ranks 4. Before her are Bertrand Russell (1872), John Napier (1550), and George Boole (1815). After her are Alfred North Whitehead (1861), Joan Clarke (1917), Thomas Harriot (1560), John Couch Adams (1819), John Wallis (1616), G. H. Hardy (1877), Isaac Barrow (1631), and Andrew Wiles (1953).
1872 - 1970
HPI: 79.79
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1550 - 1617
HPI: 74.14
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1815 - 1864
HPI: 73.05
Rank: 3
1815 - 1852
HPI: 72.54
Rank: 4
1861 - 1947
HPI: 68.32
Rank: 5
1917 - 1996
HPI: 65.81
Rank: 6
1560 - 1621
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 7
1819 - 1892
HPI: 64.59
Rank: 8
1616 - 1703
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 9
1877 - 1947
HPI: 64.24
Rank: 10
1631 - 1677
HPI: 63.97
Rank: 11
1953 - Present
HPI: 62.70
Rank: 12