1114 - 1185
Bhāskara (c. 1114–1185) also known as Bhāskarācārya ("Bhāskara, the teacher"), and as Bhāskara II to avoid confusion with Bhāskara I, was an Indian mathematician and astronomer. He was born in Bijapur in Karnataka.Born in a Deshastha Brahmin family of scholars, mathematicians and astronomers, Bhaskara was the leader of a cosmic observatory at Ujjain, the main mathematical centre of ancient India. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bhāskara II has received more than 1,061,161 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Bhāskara II is the 81st most popular mathematician (down from 75th in 2019), the 40th most popular biography from India and the 3rd most popular Indian Mathematician.
Bhāskara II is most famous for his text, Siddhānta Shiromani. It is a commentary on the Brahma Sutras, one of the most important texts in Vedanta philosophy.
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Among mathematicians, Bhāskara II ranks 81 out of 828. Before him are Andrey Kolmogorov, Johann Heinrich Lambert, Benoit Mandelbrot, Jacob Bernoulli, Katherine Johnson, and Regiomontanus. After him are Ctesibius, Giuseppe Peano, Pappus of Alexandria, Felix Klein, Adrien-Marie Legendre, and Christian Goldbach.
1903 - 1987
HPI: 75.38
Rank: 75
1728 - 1777
HPI: 75.35
Rank: 76
1924 - 2010
HPI: 75.35
Rank: 77
1654 - 1705
HPI: 75.25
Rank: 78
1918 - 2020
HPI: 75.16
Rank: 79
1436 - 1476
HPI: 75.10
Rank: 80
1114 - 1185
HPI: 75.08
Rank: 81
284 BC - 221 BC
HPI: 75.04
Rank: 82
1858 - 1932
HPI: 74.98
Rank: 83
290 - 350
HPI: 74.78
Rank: 84
1849 - 1925
HPI: 74.60
Rank: 85
1752 - 1833
HPI: 74.53
Rank: 86
1690 - 1764
HPI: 74.31
Rank: 87
Among people born in 1114, Bhāskara II ranks 1. After him are Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona, Gerard of Cremona, Otto of Freising, Berenguer Ramon, Count of Provence, Dirk VI, Count of Holland, and Rainald of Dassel. Among people deceased in 1185, Bhāskara II ranks 7. Before him are Baldwin IV of Jerusalem, Afonso I of Portugal, Pope Lucius III, Chrétien de Troyes, Andronikos I Komnenos, and Ibn Tufail. After him are Emperor Antoku, Richeza of Poland, Queen of Castile, Agnes of Courtenay, John Kinnamos, Beatrice of Rethel, and Manuel Komnenos.
1114 - 1185
HPI: 75.08
Rank: 1
1114 - 1162
HPI: 71.14
Rank: 2
1114 - 1187
HPI: 70.36
Rank: 3
1114 - 1158
HPI: 70.17
Rank: 4
1114 - 1144
HPI: 63.93
Rank: 5
1114 - 1157
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 6
1114 - 1167
HPI: 62.25
Rank: 7
1161 - 1185
HPI: 80.81
Rank: 1
1109 - 1185
HPI: 77.90
Rank: 2
1110 - 1185
HPI: 77.33
Rank: 3
1135 - 1185
HPI: 77.29
Rank: 4
1118 - 1185
HPI: 76.22
Rank: 5
1110 - 1185
HPI: 75.45
Rank: 6
1114 - 1185
HPI: 75.08
Rank: 7
1178 - 1185
HPI: 69.49
Rank: 8
1140 - 1185
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 9
1133 - 1185
HPI: 66.05
Rank: 10
1143 - 1185
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 11
1130 - 1185
HPI: 64.26
Rank: 12
1143 - 1185
HPI: 62.97
Rank: 13
Among people born in India, Bhāskara II ranks 40 out of 1,227. Before him are Aishwarya Rai (1973), Jahangir (1569), Amartya Sen (1933), William Makepeace Thackeray (1811), Aryabhata (476), and Swami Vivekananda (1863). After him are Tulsidas (1532), Valmiki (-80), Julie Christie (1940), Sariputta (-568), Vallabhbhai Patel (1875), and Sita (null).
1973 - Present
HPI: 75.71
Rank: 34
1569 - 1627
HPI: 75.70
Rank: 35
1933 - Present
HPI: 75.68
Rank: 36
1811 - 1863
HPI: 75.27
Rank: 37
476 - 550
HPI: 75.17
Rank: 38
1863 - 1902
HPI: 75.13
Rank: 39
1114 - 1185
HPI: 75.08
Rank: 40
1532 - 1623
HPI: 74.76
Rank: 41
80 BC - 2 BC
HPI: 74.70
Rank: 42
1940 - Present
HPI: 74.59
Rank: 43
568 BC - 484 BC
HPI: 74.56
Rank: 44
1875 - 1950
HPI: 74.55
Rank: 45
HPI: 74.33
Rank: 46
Among mathematicians born in India, Bhāskara II ranks 3. Before him are Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887) and Brahmagupta (598). After him are Augustus De Morgan (1806), S. R. Ranganathan (1892), Madhava of Sangamagrama (1350), Jai Singh II (1688), Bhāskara I (600), Nilakantha Somayaji (1444), D. R. Kaprekar (1905), S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan (1940), and J. H. C. Whitehead (1904).
1887 - 1920
HPI: 82.47
Rank: 1
598 - 670
HPI: 76.76
Rank: 2
1114 - 1185
HPI: 75.08
Rank: 3
1806 - 1871
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 4
1892 - 1972
HPI: 68.32
Rank: 5
1350 - 1425
HPI: 63.77
Rank: 6
1688 - 1743
HPI: 61.81
Rank: 7
600 - 680
HPI: 61.22
Rank: 8
1444 - 1544
HPI: 58.50
Rank: 9
1905 - 1986
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 10
1940 - Present
HPI: 56.03
Rank: 11
1904 - 1960
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 12