MATHEMATICIAN

Bernhard Riemann

1826 - 1866

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Georg Friedrich Bernhard Riemann (German: [ˈɡeːɔʁk ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈbɛʁnhaʁt ˈʁiːman] ; 17 September 1826 – 20 July 1866) was a German mathematician who made profound contributions to analysis, number theory, and differential geometry. In the field of real analysis, he is mostly known for the first rigorous formulation of the integral, the Riemann integral, and his work on Fourier series. His contributions to complex analysis include most notably the introduction of Riemann surfaces, breaking new ground in a natural, geometric treatment of complex analysis. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bernhard Riemann has received more than 1,654,682 page views. His biography is available in 100 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 97 in 2019). Bernhard Riemann is the 11th most popular mathematician (up from 12th in 2019), the 41st most popular biography from Germany (up from 45th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular German Mathematician.

Bernhard Riemann is most famous for his contributions to mathematics, including the Riemann integral, the Riemann-Roch theorem, and the Riemann hypothesis.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Bernhard Riemann ranks 11 out of 1,004. Before him are Euclid, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Leonhard Euler, Omar Khayyam, Al-Biruni, and Hypatia. After him are Bertrand Russell, Fibonacci, Pierre de Fermat, Niels Henrik Abel, Pierre-Simon Laplace, and David Hilbert.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1826, Bernhard Riemann ranks 1. After him are Carlo Collodi, Eugénie de Montijo, Charles XV of Sweden, Gustave Moreau, Wilhelm Liebknecht, Ludwig Minkus, Stanislao Cannizzaro, Frederic Edwin Church, Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden, Danilo I, Prince of Montenegro, and Alexander Afanasyev. Among people deceased in 1866, Bernhard Riemann ranks 1. After him are Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily, George Everest, Miguel I of Portugal, Karl Ludwig Hencke, Tokugawa Iemochi, William Whewell, Hermann Goldschmidt, Chief Seattle, Philipp Franz von Siebold, Adolph Diesterweg, and Friedrich Rückert.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Bernhard Riemann ranks 41 out of 7,253. Before him are Heinrich Himmler (1900), Angela Merkel (1954), Thomas Mann (1875), Erwin Rommel (1891), Robert Koch (1843), and Hermann Göring (1893). After him are Werner Heisenberg (1901), Alexander von Humboldt (1769), Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (912), Pope Benedict XVI (1927), Karl Benz (1844), and Marlene Dietrich (1901).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Germany

Among mathematicians born in Germany, Bernhard Riemann ranks 3. Before him are Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777), and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646). After him are Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet (1805), Emmy Noether (1882), Gottlob Frege (1848), Karl Weierstrass (1815), August Ferdinand Möbius (1790), Friedrich Bessel (1784), Ludolph van Ceulen (1540), Richard Dedekind (1831), and Alexander Grothendieck (1928).

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