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Aloysius Lilius

1510 - 1576

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Aloysius Lilius (c. 1510 – 1576), also variously referred to as Luigi Lilio or Luigi Giglio, was an Italian physician, astronomer, philosopher and chronologist, and also the "primary author" who provided the proposal that (after modifications) became the basis of the Gregorian Calendar reform of 1582. The crater Lilius on the Moon is named after him, as is the asteroid 2346 Lilio. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aloysius Lilius has received more than 86,083 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Aloysius Lilius is the 134th most popular mathematician (down from 120th in 2019), the 1,013th most popular biography from Italy (down from 901st in 2019) and the 13th most popular Italian Mathematician.

Aloysius Lilius is most famous for his contributions to the creation of the Gregorian calendar.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Aloysius Lilius ranks 134 out of 1,004. Before him are Liu Hui, Étienne Bézout, Colin Maclaurin, Hermann of Reichenau, Lodovico Ferrari, and Jacques Hadamard. After him are Sophus Lie, Mikhail Ostrogradsky, Oliver Heaviside, Ernst Kummer, William Oughtred, and Vincenzo Viviani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1510, Aloysius Lilius ranks 7. Before him are Ambroise Paré, Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence, Mikael Agricola, Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía, Renée of France, and Jacopo Bassano. After him are François Clouet, Gonzalo Pizarro, Gracia Mendes Nasi, Elena Glinskaya, Túpac Huallpa, and Francisco Vázquez de Coronado. Among people deceased in 1576, Aloysius Lilius ranks 5. Before him are Titian, Gerolamo Cardano, Tahmasp I, and Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor. After him are Hans Sachs, Frederick III, Elector Palatine, Isabella de' Medici, Bálint Bakfark, Luis de Requesens y Zúñiga, Bartolomé Carranza, and John Albert I, Duke of Mecklenburg.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Aloysius Lilius ranks 1,013 out of 5,161. Before him are Enrico De Nicola (1877), Bernardino Luini (1475), Cosimo Rosselli (1439), Lodovico Ferrari (1522), Totò (1898), and Lucio Dalla (1943). After him are Luigi Russolo (1885), Publius Cornelius Scipio (-260), Maria Theresa of Savoy (1756), Eleonora Duse (1858), Peter Damian (1007), and Occhiali (1519).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Italy

Among mathematicians born in Italy, Aloysius Lilius ranks 13. Before him are Maria Gaetana Agnesi (1718), Archytas (-428), Philolaus (-470), Giuseppe Peano (1858), Bonaventura Cavalieri (1598), and Lodovico Ferrari (1522). After him are Vincenzo Viviani (1622), Scipione del Ferro (1465), Giambattista della Porta (1535), Rafael Bombelli (1526), Vito Volterra (1860), and Giovanni Ceva (1647).

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