1861 - 1947
Alfred North Whitehead (15 February 1861 – 30 December 1947) was an English mathematician and philosopher. He is best known as the defining figure of the philosophical school known as process philosophy, which today has found application to a wide variety of disciplines, including ecology, theology, education, physics, biology, economics, and psychology, among other areas. In his early career Whitehead wrote primarily on mathematics, logic, and physics. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alfred North Whitehead has received more than 1,218,564 page views. His biography is available in 60 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 58 in 2019). Alfred North Whitehead is the 63rd most popular mathematician (up from 82nd in 2019), the 290th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 331st in 2019) and the 5th most popular British Mathematician.
Alfred North Whitehead is most famous for his work in mathematics and philosophy. He is known for his work in the fields of mathematics, logic, and philosophy. He is best known for his work in the fields of mathematics, logic, and philosophy.
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Among mathematicians, Alfred North Whitehead ranks 63 out of 828. Before him are Marin Mersenne, Karl Weierstrass, Al-Battani, Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani, Willebrord Snellius, and Zhang Heng. After him are Abraham de Moivre, Claude Shannon, Hermann Minkowski, Urbain Le Verrier, August Ferdinand Möbius, and Friedrich Bessel.
1588 - 1648
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Rank: 57
1815 - 1897
HPI: 76.52
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858 - 929
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940 - 998
HPI: 76.26
Rank: 60
1580 - 1626
HPI: 76.01
Rank: 61
78 - 139
HPI: 75.92
Rank: 62
1861 - 1947
HPI: 75.87
Rank: 63
1667 - 1754
HPI: 75.84
Rank: 64
1916 - 2001
HPI: 75.83
Rank: 65
1864 - 1909
HPI: 75.77
Rank: 66
1811 - 1877
HPI: 75.76
Rank: 67
1790 - 1868
HPI: 75.73
Rank: 68
1784 - 1846
HPI: 75.67
Rank: 69
Among people born in 1861, Alfred North Whitehead ranks 12. Before him are Georges Méliès, James Naismith, Ferdinand I of Bulgaria, Victor Horta, Charles Édouard Guillaume, and Erich von Falkenhayn. After him are Robert Bosch, Halford Mackinder, Georgy Lvov, Frederick Gowland Hopkins, Aristide Maillol, and H. H. Holmes. Among people deceased in 1947, Alfred North Whitehead ranks 15. Before him are Christian X of Denmark, Victor Horta, Jozef Tiso, Raoul Wallenberg, Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, and George II of Greece. After him are Ettore Bugatti, G. H. Hardy, Black Dahlia, Anton Denikin, Halford Mackinder, and Karl Mannheim.
1861 - 1938
HPI: 79.74
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1861 - 1939
HPI: 77.80
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1861 - 1948
HPI: 77.49
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1861 - 1947
HPI: 77.19
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1861 - 1938
HPI: 76.40
Rank: 10
1861 - 1922
HPI: 76.13
Rank: 11
1861 - 1947
HPI: 75.87
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1861 - 1942
HPI: 75.82
Rank: 13
1861 - 1947
HPI: 74.66
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1861 - 1925
HPI: 74.49
Rank: 15
1861 - 1947
HPI: 73.48
Rank: 16
1861 - 1944
HPI: 73.41
Rank: 17
1861 - 1896
HPI: 72.79
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1870 - 1947
HPI: 77.81
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1861 - 1947
HPI: 77.19
Rank: 10
1887 - 1947
HPI: 77.07
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1912 - 1947
HPI: 76.94
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1906 - 1947
HPI: 76.77
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1890 - 1947
HPI: 76.51
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1861 - 1947
HPI: 75.87
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1881 - 1947
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1877 - 1947
HPI: 75.51
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1924 - 1947
HPI: 75.07
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1872 - 1947
HPI: 74.67
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1861 - 1947
HPI: 74.66
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1893 - 1947
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Among people born in United Kingdom, Alfred North Whitehead ranks 290 out of 6,924. Before him are John Deacon (1951), Jane Birkin (1946), Timothy Dalton (1946), Harold Macmillan (1894), John Hurt (1940), and Brian Jones (1942). After him are David Lloyd George (1863), Beatrix Potter (1866), Mary of Teck (1867), Caroline Matilda of Great Britain (1751), Thomas Andrews (1873), and Calico Jack (1682).
1951 - Present
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1946 - Present
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1946 - Present
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1894 - 1986
HPI: 75.96
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1940 - 2017
HPI: 75.95
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1942 - 1969
HPI: 75.95
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1861 - 1947
HPI: 75.87
Rank: 290
1863 - 1945
HPI: 75.86
Rank: 291
1866 - 1943
HPI: 75.85
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1867 - 1953
HPI: 75.83
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1751 - 1775
HPI: 75.80
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1873 - 1912
HPI: 75.79
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1682 - 1720
HPI: 75.79
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Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Alfred North Whitehead ranks 5. Before him are Bertrand Russell (1872), John Napier (1550), Ada Lovelace (1815), and George Boole (1815). After him are G. H. Hardy (1877), Isaac Barrow (1631), Thomas Harriot (1560), John Couch Adams (1819), John Wallis (1616), Brook Taylor (1685), and John Horton Conway (1937).
1872 - 1970
HPI: 84.90
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1550 - 1617
HPI: 80.25
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1815 - 1852
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1815 - 1864
HPI: 78.24
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1861 - 1947
HPI: 75.87
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1877 - 1947
HPI: 75.51
Rank: 6
1631 - 1677
HPI: 73.51
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1560 - 1621
HPI: 73.12
Rank: 8
1819 - 1892
HPI: 73.02
Rank: 9
1616 - 1703
HPI: 72.39
Rank: 10
1685 - 1731
HPI: 72.19
Rank: 11
1937 - 2020
HPI: 72.16
Rank: 12