1607 - 1684
Antoine Gombaud, alias Chevalier de Méré, (1607 – 29 December 1684) was a French writer, born in Poitou. Although he was not a nobleman, he adopted the title chevalier (knight) for the character in his dialogues who represented his own views (chevalier de Méré because he was educated at Méré). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Antoine Gombaud has received more than 54,461 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Antoine Gombaud is the 257th most popular mathematician (up from 287th in 2019), the 1,850th most popular biography from France (up from 2,000th in 2019) and the 51st most popular French Mathematician.
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Among mathematicians, Antoine Gombaud ranks 257 out of 823. Before him are Jabir ibn Aflah, William George Horner, Viktor Bunyakovsky, Michael Stifel, Andreas Osiander, and Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī. After him are Abraham Zacuto, Abraham bar Hiyya, Jean-Robert Argand, Eugène Charles Catalan, Sam Loyd, and Gotthold Eisenstein.
1100 - 1150
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 251
1786 - 1837
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 252
1804 - 1889
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 253
1487 - 1567
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 254
1498 - 1552
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 255
746 - 806
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 256
1607 - 1684
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 257
1452 - 1515
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 258
1070 - 1145
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 259
1768 - 1822
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 260
1814 - 1894
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 261
1841 - 1911
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 262
1823 - 1852
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 263
Among people born in 1607, Antoine Gombaud ranks 8. Before him are John Harvard, Madeleine de Scudéry, Jan Lievens, Anna Maria van Schurman, Zhu Yousong, and Infante Carlos of Spain. After him are Wenceslaus Hollar, Paul Gerhardt, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, Nicolas Henri, Duke of Orléans, Antonio Barberini, and Song Si-yeol. Among people deceased in 1684, Antoine Gombaud ranks 10. Before him are Elena Cornaro Piscopia, Nicola Amati, Jan Davidsz. de Heem, Josefa de Óbidos, Anne Gonzaga, and Karl Eusebius, Prince of Liechtenstein. After him are Duchess Marie Elisabeth of Saxony, Johann Rosenmüller, Maria d'Este, Alvise Contarini, Roger Williams, and William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker.
1607 - 1638
HPI: 63.36
Rank: 2
1607 - 1701
HPI: 60.46
Rank: 3
1607 - 1674
HPI: 59.19
Rank: 4
1607 - 1678
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 5
1607 - 1646
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 6
1607 - 1632
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 7
1607 - 1684
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 8
1607 - 1677
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 9
1607 - 1676
HPI: 55.62
Rank: 10
1607 - 1665
HPI: 54.76
Rank: 11
1607 - 1611
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 12
1607 - 1671
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 13
1607 - 1689
HPI: 52.21
Rank: 14
1646 - 1684
HPI: 62.95
Rank: 4
1596 - 1684
HPI: 61.90
Rank: 5
1606 - 1684
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 6
1630 - 1684
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 7
1616 - 1684
HPI: 58.34
Rank: 8
1611 - 1684
HPI: 58.04
Rank: 9
1607 - 1684
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 10
1610 - 1684
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 11
1619 - 1684
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 12
1644 - 1684
HPI: 51.91
Rank: 13
1601 - 1684
HPI: 51.32
Rank: 14
1603 - 1684
HPI: 50.63
Rank: 15
1620 - 1684
HPI: 49.13
Rank: 16
Among people born in France, Antoine Gombaud ranks 1,850 out of 6,011. Before him are Charles de Bourbon (1523), Joan of Valois, Queen of Navarre (1343), John III, Duke of Bavaria (1374), Jacques Mesrine (1936), Louise Élisabeth de Bourbon (1693), and Joseph Meister (1876). After him are Francis Veber (1937), Louis Durey (1888), Aymon, Count of Savoy (1291), Georges Guynemer (1894), Warda Al-Jazairia (1939), and François-Édouard Picot (1786).
1523 - 1590
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 1,844
1343 - 1373
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 1,845
1374 - 1425
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 1,846
1936 - 1979
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 1,847
1693 - 1775
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 1,848
1876 - 1940
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 1,849
1607 - 1684
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 1,850
1937 - Present
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 1,851
1888 - 1979
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 1,852
1291 - 1343
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 1,853
1894 - 1917
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 1,854
1939 - 2012
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 1,855
1786 - 1868
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 1,856
Among mathematicians born in France, Antoine Gombaud ranks 51. Before him are Gilles de Roberval (1602), Henri Cartan (1904), Édouard Roche (1820), Émile Picard (1856), Michel Chasles (1793), and Pierre Varignon (1654). After him are René-Louis Baire (1874), Joseph Bertrand (1822), Guillaume Postel (1510), Oronce Finé (1494), Adhémar Jean Claude Barré de Saint-Venant (1797), and Pierre Alphonse Laurent (1813).
1602 - 1675
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 45
1904 - 2008
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 46
1820 - 1883
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 47
1856 - 1941
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 48
1793 - 1880
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 49
1654 - 1722
HPI: 57.25
Rank: 50
1607 - 1684
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 51
1874 - 1932
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 52
1822 - 1900
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 53
1510 - 1581
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 54
1494 - 1555
HPI: 55.12
Rank: 55
1797 - 1886
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 56
1813 - 1854
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 57