MATHEMATICIAN
Augustin-Louis Cauchy
1789 - 1857
Augustin-Louis Cauchy
Baron Augustin-Louis Cauchy (UK: KOH-shee, KOW-shee, US: koh-SHEE; French: [oɡystɛ̃ lwi koʃi]; 21 August 1789 – 23 May 1857) was a French mathematician, engineer, and physicist. He was one of the first to rigorously state and prove the key theorems of calculus (thereby creating real analysis), pioneered the field complex analysis, and the study of permutation groups in abstract algebra. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Augustin-Louis Cauchy has received more than 980,017 page views. His biography is available in 75 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 72 in 2019). Augustin-Louis Cauchy is the 36th most popular mathematician (down from 31st in 2019), the 215th most popular biography from France (down from 185th in 2019) and the 9th most popular French Mathematician.
Augustin-Louis Cauchy was a French mathematician who is most famous for his contributions to analysis, differential equations, and number theory.
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Effective Languages (L*)
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Among MATHEMATICIANS
Among mathematicians, Augustin-Louis Cauchy ranks 36 out of 1,004. Before him are François Viète, Diophantus, Gerolamo Cardano, Georg Cantor, Ada Lovelace, and Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet. After him are Kurt Gödel, Johann Bernoulli, Emmy Noether, Pope Sylvester II, Gottlob Frege, and George Boole.
Most Popular Mathematicians in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsFrançois Viète
1540 - 1603
HPI: 74.65
Rank: 30
Diophantus
201 - 300
HPI: 74.54
Rank: 31
Gerolamo Cardano
1501 - 1576
HPI: 73.98
Rank: 32
Georg Cantor
1845 - 1918
HPI: 73.65
Rank: 33
Ada Lovelace
1815 - 1852
HPI: 73.60
Rank: 34
Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet
1805 - 1859
HPI: 73.33
Rank: 35
Augustin-Louis Cauchy
1789 - 1857
HPI: 73.20
Rank: 36
Kurt Gödel
1906 - 1978
HPI: 72.93
Rank: 37
Johann Bernoulli
1667 - 1748
HPI: 71.93
Rank: 38
Emmy Noether
1882 - 1935
HPI: 71.70
Rank: 39
Pope Sylvester II
938 - 1003
HPI: 71.66
Rank: 40
Gottlob Frege
1848 - 1925
HPI: 71.50
Rank: 41
George Boole
1815 - 1864
HPI: 71.44
Rank: 42
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1789, Augustin-Louis Cauchy ranks 2. Before him is Georg Ohm. After him are Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt, James Fenimore Cooper, Friedrich List, Stéphanie de Beauharnais, María Isabella of Spain, Horace Vernet, Johann Friedrich Overbeck, Abbas Mirza, Heinrich Schwabe, and Princess Charlotte of Denmark. Among people deceased in 1857, Augustin-Louis Cauchy ranks 2. Before him is Auguste Comte. After him are Carl Czerny, Archduchess Sophie of Austria, Eugène François Vidocq, Alfred de Musset, Dominic Savio, Mikhail Glinka, Eugène Sue, Charles Lucien Bonaparte, Louis-Eugène Cavaignac, and Francis Beaufort.
Others Born in 1789
Go to all RankingsGeorg Ohm
PHYSICIST
1789 - 1854
HPI: 78.54
Rank: 1
Augustin-Louis Cauchy
MATHEMATICIAN
1789 - 1857
HPI: 73.20
Rank: 2
Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt
POLITICIAN
1789 - 1848
HPI: 69.22
Rank: 3
James Fenimore Cooper
WRITER
1789 - 1851
HPI: 69.07
Rank: 4
Friedrich List
ECONOMIST
1789 - 1846
HPI: 65.40
Rank: 5
Stéphanie de Beauharnais
NOBLEMAN
1789 - 1860
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 6
María Isabella of Spain
COMPANION
1789 - 1848
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 7
Horace Vernet
PAINTER
1789 - 1863
HPI: 63.25
Rank: 8
Johann Friedrich Overbeck
PAINTER
1789 - 1869
HPI: 61.62
Rank: 9
Abbas Mirza
POLITICIAN
1789 - 1833
HPI: 59.99
Rank: 10
Heinrich Schwabe
ASTRONOMER
1789 - 1875
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 11
Princess Charlotte of Denmark
NOBLEMAN
1789 - 1864
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 12
Others Deceased in 1857
Go to all RankingsAuguste Comte
PHILOSOPHER
1798 - 1857
HPI: 82.26
Rank: 1
Augustin-Louis Cauchy
MATHEMATICIAN
1789 - 1857
HPI: 73.20
Rank: 2
Carl Czerny
COMPOSER
1791 - 1857
HPI: 70.56
Rank: 3
Archduchess Sophie of Austria
POLITICIAN
1855 - 1857
HPI: 69.93
Rank: 4
Eugène François Vidocq
INSPIRATION
1775 - 1857
HPI: 68.91
Rank: 5
Alfred de Musset
WRITER
1810 - 1857
HPI: 68.26
Rank: 6
Dominic Savio
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1842 - 1857
HPI: 67.98
Rank: 7
Mikhail Glinka
COMPOSER
1804 - 1857
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 8
Eugène Sue
WRITER
1804 - 1857
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 9
Charles Lucien Bonaparte
BIOLOGIST
1803 - 1857
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 10
Louis-Eugène Cavaignac
POLITICIAN
1802 - 1857
HPI: 62.86
Rank: 11
Francis Beaufort
GEOLOGIST
1774 - 1857
HPI: 62.38
Rank: 12
In France
Among people born in France, Augustin-Louis Cauchy ranks 215 out of 6,770. Before him are Margaret of Valois (1553), Charles IV of France (1294), François-René de Chateaubriand (1768), Prince Eugene of Savoy (1663), Pope Clement IV (1190), and Pope Urban IV (1185). After him are Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan (1611), André Breton (1896), Gilles Deleuze (1925), Pope Innocent VI (1282), Gustave Le Bon (1841), and Hortense de Beauharnais (1783).
Others born in France
Go to all RankingsMargaret of Valois
NOBLEMAN
1553 - 1615
HPI: 73.43
Rank: 209
Charles IV of France
POLITICIAN
1294 - 1328
HPI: 73.40
Rank: 210
François-René de Chateaubriand
WRITER
1768 - 1848
HPI: 73.40
Rank: 211
Prince Eugene of Savoy
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1663 - 1736
HPI: 73.35
Rank: 212
Pope Clement IV
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1190 - 1268
HPI: 73.31
Rank: 213
Pope Urban IV
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1185 - 1264
HPI: 73.22
Rank: 214
Augustin-Louis Cauchy
MATHEMATICIAN
1789 - 1857
HPI: 73.20
Rank: 215
Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1611 - 1673
HPI: 73.19
Rank: 216
André Breton
WRITER
1896 - 1966
HPI: 73.13
Rank: 217
Gilles Deleuze
PHILOSOPHER
1925 - 1995
HPI: 73.10
Rank: 218
Pope Innocent VI
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1282 - 1362
HPI: 73.06
Rank: 219
Gustave Le Bon
PSYCHOLOGIST
1841 - 1931
HPI: 73.06
Rank: 220
Hortense de Beauharnais
COMPANION
1783 - 1837
HPI: 73.06
Rank: 221
Among MATHEMATICIANS In France
Among mathematicians born in France, Augustin-Louis Cauchy ranks 9. Before him are Pierre-Simon Laplace (1749), Henri Poincaré (1854), Joseph Fourier (1768), Jean le Rond d'Alembert (1717), Évariste Galois (1811), and François Viète (1540). After him are Pope Sylvester II (938), Sophie Germain (1776), Marin Mersenne (1588), Gaspard Monge (1746), Émilie du Châtelet (1706), and Urbain Le Verrier (1811).
Pierre-Simon Laplace
1749 - 1827
HPI: 77.23
Rank: 3
Henri Poincaré
1854 - 1912
HPI: 75.85
Rank: 4
Joseph Fourier
1768 - 1830
HPI: 75.81
Rank: 5
Jean le Rond d'Alembert
1717 - 1783
HPI: 75.67
Rank: 6
Évariste Galois
1811 - 1832
HPI: 74.98
Rank: 7
François Viète
1540 - 1603
HPI: 74.65
Rank: 8
Augustin-Louis Cauchy
1789 - 1857
HPI: 73.20
Rank: 9
Pope Sylvester II
938 - 1003
HPI: 71.66
Rank: 10
Sophie Germain
1776 - 1831
HPI: 70.30
Rank: 11
Marin Mersenne
1588 - 1648
HPI: 69.70
Rank: 12
Gaspard Monge
1746 - 1818
HPI: 69.37
Rank: 13
Émilie du Châtelet
1706 - 1749
HPI: 68.96
Rank: 14
Urbain Le Verrier
1811 - 1877
HPI: 68.81
Rank: 15