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 1,508,923 page views. His biography is available in 64 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 60 in 2019). Alfred North Whitehead is the 64th most popular mathematician (down from 63rd in 2019), the 296th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 290th 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 64 out of 823. Before him are Brahmagupta, Al-Battani, Marin Mersenne, August Ferdinand Möbius, Simon Stevin, and Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia. After him are Ludolph van Ceulen, Hermann Minkowski, Jacob Bernoulli, Benoit Mandelbrot, Bhāskara II, and Willebrord Snellius.
598 - 670
HPI: 68.55
Rank: 58
858 - 929
HPI: 68.54
Rank: 59
1588 - 1648
HPI: 68.52
Rank: 60
1790 - 1868
HPI: 68.49
Rank: 61
1548 - 1620
HPI: 68.48
Rank: 62
1499 - 1557
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 63
1861 - 1947
HPI: 68.32
Rank: 64
1540 - 1610
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 65
1864 - 1909
HPI: 68.15
Rank: 66
1654 - 1705
HPI: 67.90
Rank: 67
1924 - 2010
HPI: 67.78
Rank: 68
1114 - 1185
HPI: 67.76
Rank: 69
1580 - 1626
HPI: 67.69
Rank: 70
Among people born in 1861, Alfred North Whitehead ranks 12. Before him are Lou Andreas-Salomé, Ferdinand I of Bulgaria, James Naismith, Victor Horta, Erich von Falkenhayn, and Charles Édouard Guillaume. After him are Robert Bosch, Halford Mackinder, Georgy Lvov, Frederick Gowland Hopkins, Aristide Maillol, and Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland. Among people deceased in 1947, Alfred North Whitehead ranks 15. Before him are Christian X of Denmark, Jozef Tiso, Victor Horta, George II of Greece, Raoul Wallenberg, and Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten. After him are Halford Mackinder, Ettore Bugatti, Black Dahlia, Han van Meegeren, Aung San, and Anton Denikin.
1861 - 1937
HPI: 72.62
Rank: 6
1861 - 1948
HPI: 70.75
Rank: 7
1861 - 1939
HPI: 70.68
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1861 - 1947
HPI: 69.73
Rank: 9
1861 - 1922
HPI: 69.24
Rank: 10
1861 - 1938
HPI: 68.46
Rank: 11
1861 - 1947
HPI: 68.32
Rank: 12
1861 - 1942
HPI: 68.04
Rank: 13
1861 - 1947
HPI: 68.04
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1861 - 1925
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 15
1861 - 1947
HPI: 65.66
Rank: 16
1861 - 1944
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 17
1861 - 1951
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 18
1870 - 1947
HPI: 70.61
Rank: 9
1887 - 1947
HPI: 70.26
Rank: 10
1861 - 1947
HPI: 69.73
Rank: 11
1890 - 1947
HPI: 69.50
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1912 - 1947
HPI: 68.89
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1906 - 1947
HPI: 68.77
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1861 - 1947
HPI: 68.32
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1861 - 1947
HPI: 68.04
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1881 - 1947
HPI: 67.95
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1924 - 1947
HPI: 67.82
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1889 - 1947
HPI: 67.07
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1915 - 1947
HPI: 66.65
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1872 - 1947
HPI: 66.55
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Among people born in United Kingdom, Alfred North Whitehead ranks 296 out of 7,765. Before him are Ælla of Northumbria (800), Ritchie Blackmore (1945), Ken Follett (1949), Peter Sellers (1925), Harthacnut (1018), and Harold Macmillan (1894). After him are David Suchet (1946), Thomas Becket (1119), Richard Cromwell (1626), Frederick Sanger (1918), William Henry Bragg (1862), and Tim Berners-Lee (1955).
800 - 867
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1945 - Present
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1949 - Present
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1925 - 1980
HPI: 68.44
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1018 - 1042
HPI: 68.38
Rank: 294
1894 - 1986
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 295
1861 - 1947
HPI: 68.32
Rank: 296
1946 - Present
HPI: 68.32
Rank: 297
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HPI: 68.30
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1626 - 1712
HPI: 68.29
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1918 - 2013
HPI: 68.29
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1862 - 1942
HPI: 68.25
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1955 - Present
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 302
Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Alfred North Whitehead ranks 5. Before him are Bertrand Russell (1872), John Napier (1550), George Boole (1815), and Ada Lovelace (1815). After him are Thomas Harriot (1560), John Couch Adams (1819), John Wallis (1616), G. H. Hardy (1877), Isaac Barrow (1631), Andrew Wiles (1953), and Brook Taylor (1685).
1872 - 1970
HPI: 79.79
Rank: 1
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1815 - 1864
HPI: 73.05
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1815 - 1852
HPI: 72.54
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1861 - 1947
HPI: 68.32
Rank: 5
1560 - 1621
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 6
1819 - 1892
HPI: 64.59
Rank: 7
1616 - 1703
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 8
1877 - 1947
HPI: 64.24
Rank: 9
1631 - 1677
HPI: 63.97
Rank: 10
1953 - Present
HPI: 62.70
Rank: 11
1685 - 1731
HPI: 62.62
Rank: 12