1928 - 2014
Alexander Grothendieck (; German pronunciation: [ˌalɛˈksandɐ ˈɡʁoːtn̩ˌdiːk] ; French: [ɡʁɔtɛndik]; 28 March 1928 – 13 November 2014) was a German-born mathematician who became the leading figure in the creation of modern algebraic geometry. His research extended the scope of the field and added elements of commutative algebra, homological algebra, sheaf theory, and category theory to its foundations, while his so-called "relative" perspective led to revolutionary advances in many areas of pure mathematics. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander Grothendieck has received more than 1,391,121 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Alexander Grothendieck is the 79th most popular mathematician (up from 97th in 2019), the 410th most popular biography from Germany (up from 521st in 2019) and the 12th most popular German Mathematician.
Grothendieck is most famous for his work in algebraic geometry, specifically the development of the theory of schemes.
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Among mathematicians, Alexander Grothendieck ranks 79 out of 823. Before him are Urbain Le Verrier, Giuseppe Peano, Andrey Kolmogorov, Richard Dedekind, Augustus De Morgan, and Regiomontanus. After him are Ctesibius, Friedrich Bessel, Pappus of Alexandria, Johann Heinrich Lambert, Felix Klein, and Bonaventura Cavalieri.
1811 - 1877
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 73
1858 - 1932
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 74
1903 - 1987
HPI: 67.41
Rank: 75
1831 - 1916
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 76
1806 - 1871
HPI: 67.17
Rank: 77
1436 - 1476
HPI: 67.06
Rank: 78
1928 - 2014
HPI: 67.05
Rank: 79
284 BC - 221 BC
HPI: 67.01
Rank: 80
1784 - 1846
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 81
290 - 350
HPI: 66.98
Rank: 82
1728 - 1777
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 83
1849 - 1925
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 84
1598 - 1647
HPI: 66.56
Rank: 85
Among people born in 1928, Alexander Grothendieck ranks 26. Before him are Shirley Temple, Roger Vadim, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Alvin Toffler, Friedensreich Hundertwasser, and Agnès Varda. After him are Karlheinz Stockhausen, Kim Yong-nam, Elie Wiesel, George Peppard, James Coburn, and Queen Fabiola of Belgium. Among people deceased in 2014, Alexander Grothendieck ranks 18. Before him are Luis Aragonés, Shirley Temple, Maximilian Schell, Jacques Le Goff, Harold Ramis, and Richard Attenborough. After him are Paco de Lucía, Lauren Bacall, Nadine Gordimer, Richard Kiel, Queen Fabiola of Belgium, and Gary Becker.
1928 - 2014
HPI: 68.12
Rank: 20
1928 - 2000
HPI: 68.04
Rank: 21
1928 - Present
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 22
1928 - 2016
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 23
1928 - 2000
HPI: 67.80
Rank: 24
1928 - 2019
HPI: 67.31
Rank: 25
1928 - 2014
HPI: 67.05
Rank: 26
1928 - 2007
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 27
1928 - Present
HPI: 66.70
Rank: 28
1928 - 2016
HPI: 66.64
Rank: 29
1928 - 1994
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 30
1928 - 2002
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 31
1928 - 2014
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 32
1938 - 2014
HPI: 68.52
Rank: 12
1928 - 2014
HPI: 68.12
Rank: 13
1930 - 2014
HPI: 68.01
Rank: 14
1924 - 2014
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 15
1944 - 2014
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 16
1923 - 2014
HPI: 67.12
Rank: 17
1928 - 2014
HPI: 67.05
Rank: 18
1947 - 2014
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 19
1924 - 2014
HPI: 66.94
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1923 - 2014
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 21
1939 - 2014
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 22
1928 - 2014
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 23
1930 - 2014
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 24
Among people born in Germany, Alexander Grothendieck ranks 410 out of 6,142. Before him are Carol I of Romania (1839), J. Hans D. Jensen (1907), Dietrich von Choltitz (1894), Gerda Taro (1910), Maria Amalia of Saxony (1724), and Regiomontanus (1436). After him are Louis II, Prince of Monaco (1870), Christian V of Denmark (1646), Erwin Panofsky (1892), Lothar Matthäus (1961), Friedrich Bessel (1784), and Julius von Mayer (1814).
1839 - 1914
HPI: 67.15
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1907 - 1973
HPI: 67.14
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1894 - 1966
HPI: 67.13
Rank: 406
1910 - 1937
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 407
1724 - 1760
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 408
1436 - 1476
HPI: 67.06
Rank: 409
1928 - 2014
HPI: 67.05
Rank: 410
1870 - 1949
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 411
1646 - 1699
HPI: 67.03
Rank: 412
1892 - 1968
HPI: 67.01
Rank: 413
1961 - Present
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 414
1784 - 1846
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 415
1814 - 1878
HPI: 66.98
Rank: 416
Among mathematicians born in Germany, Alexander Grothendieck ranks 12. Before him are Emmy Noether (1882), Karl Weierstrass (1815), August Ferdinand Möbius (1790), Ludolph van Ceulen (1540), Richard Dedekind (1831), and Regiomontanus (1436). After him are Friedrich Bessel (1784), Felix Klein (1849), Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi (1804), Christopher Clavius (1538), Hermann Weyl (1885), and Ferdinand von Lindemann (1852).
1882 - 1935
HPI: 71.39
Rank: 6
1815 - 1897
HPI: 69.37
Rank: 7
1790 - 1868
HPI: 68.49
Rank: 8
1540 - 1610
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 9
1831 - 1916
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 10
1436 - 1476
HPI: 67.06
Rank: 11
1928 - 2014
HPI: 67.05
Rank: 12
1784 - 1846
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 13
1849 - 1925
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 14
1804 - 1851
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 15
1538 - 1612
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 16
1885 - 1955
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 17
1852 - 1939
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 18