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Benedetto Castelli

1578 - 1643

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Benedetto Castelli (1578 – 9 April 1643), born Antonio Castelli, was an Italian mathematician. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Benedetto Castelli has received more than 127,244 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Benedetto Castelli is the 399th most popular mathematician (up from 511th in 2019), the 2,415th most popular biography from Italy (up from 2,774th in 2019) and the 35th most popular Italian Mathematician.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Benedetto Castelli ranks 399 out of 1,004. Before him are Raymond Smullyan, Qin Jiushao, Campanus of Novara, Lars Hörmander, Pierre Alphonse Laurent, and Richard Hamming. After him are Adhémar Jean Claude Barré de Saint-Venant, Enrico Betti, Richard S. Hamilton, Hans Freudenthal, Bhāskara I, and Philippe de La Hire.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1578, Benedetto Castelli ranks 11. Before him are Francesco Albani, Adam Elsheimer, Fede Galizia, Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg, Charles d'Albert, duc de Luynes, and Agostino Tassi. After him are Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari, John Webster, and Countess Catharina Belgica of Nassau. Among people deceased in 1643, Benedetto Castelli ranks 10. Before him are Girolamo Frescobaldi, Sophia Brahe, Paul Guldin, François Duquesnoy, Hendrik Brouwer, and Giovanni Baglione. After him are Jean du Vergier de Hauranne, Herman Wrangel, Tawaraya Sōtatsu, Marco da Gagliano, Frang Bardhi, and Countess Palatine Anna Maria of Neuburg.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Benedetto Castelli ranks 2,415 out of 5,161. Before him are Franco Cristaldi (1924), Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Corculum (-206), Guido Crepax (1933), Philistus (-430), Peppino di Capri (1939), and Prince Emmanuel, Duke of Vendôme (1872). After him are Pietro Riario (1447), Enrico Betti (1823), Massimo d'Azeglio (1798), Agostino Depretis (1813), Alessandro Blasetti (1900), and Pietro Lando (1462).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Italy

Among mathematicians born in Italy, Benedetto Castelli ranks 35. Before him are Ignazio Danti (1536), Ernesto Cesàro (1859), Ostilio Ricci (1540), Plato Tiburtinus (1110), Eugenio Beltrami (1835), and Campanus of Novara (1210). After him are Enrico Betti (1823), Guido Fubini (1879), Luigi Cremona (1830), Giovanni Antonio Magini (1555), Francesco Maurolico (1494), and Daniele Barbaro (1513).

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