1114 - 1185
Bhāskara II (c. 1114–1185), also known as Bhāskarāchārya ("Bhāskara, the teacher"), and as Bhāskara II to avoid confusion with Bhāskara I, was an Indian mathematician, astronomer and inventor. From verses in his main work, Siddhāṁta Śiromaṇī (सिद्धांतशिरोमणी), it can be inferred that he was born in 1114 in Vijjadavida (Vijjalavida) and living in the Satpuda mountain ranges of Western Ghats, believed to be the town of Patana in Chalisgaon, located in present-day Khandesh region of Maharashtra by scholars. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bhāskara II has received more than 1,750,837 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 53 in 2019). Bhāskara II is the 69th most popular mathematician (up from 81st in 2019), the 45th most popular biography from India (down from 40th in 2019) 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 69 out of 823. Before him are Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia, Alfred North Whitehead, Ludolph van Ceulen, Hermann Minkowski, Jacob Bernoulli, and Benoit Mandelbrot. After him are Willebrord Snellius, Zhang Heng, Katherine Johnson, Urbain Le Verrier, Giuseppe Peano, and Andrey Kolmogorov.
1499 - 1557
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 63
1861 - 1947
HPI: 68.32
Rank: 64
1540 - 1610
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 65
1864 - 1909
HPI: 68.15
Rank: 66
1654 - 1705
HPI: 67.90
Rank: 67
1924 - 2010
HPI: 67.78
Rank: 68
1114 - 1185
HPI: 67.76
Rank: 69
1580 - 1626
HPI: 67.69
Rank: 70
78 - 139
HPI: 67.60
Rank: 71
1918 - 2020
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 72
1811 - 1877
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 73
1858 - 1932
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 74
1903 - 1987
HPI: 67.41
Rank: 75
Among people born in 1114, Bhāskara II ranks 1. After him are Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona, Otto of Freising, Gerard of Cremona, Berenguer Ramon, Count of Provence, Dirk VI, Count of Holland, and Rainald of Dassel. Among people deceased in 1185, Bhāskara II ranks 5. Before him are Baldwin IV of Jerusalem, Pope Lucius III, Afonso I of Portugal, and Chrétien de Troyes. After him are Andronikos I Komnenos, Ibn Tufail, Emperor Antoku, Agnes of Courtenay, Richeza of Poland, Queen of Castile, John Kinnamos, and Beatrice of Rethel.
1114 - 1185
HPI: 67.76
Rank: 1
1114 - 1162
HPI: 63.02
Rank: 2
1114 - 1158
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 3
1114 - 1187
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 4
1114 - 1144
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 5
1114 - 1157
HPI: 51.68
Rank: 6
1114 - 1167
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 7
1161 - 1185
HPI: 76.62
Rank: 1
1110 - 1185
HPI: 72.89
Rank: 2
1109 - 1185
HPI: 71.55
Rank: 3
1135 - 1185
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 4
1114 - 1185
HPI: 67.76
Rank: 5
1118 - 1185
HPI: 67.67
Rank: 6
1110 - 1185
HPI: 67.40
Rank: 7
1178 - 1185
HPI: 61.07
Rank: 8
1133 - 1185
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 9
1140 - 1185
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 10
1143 - 1185
HPI: 55.73
Rank: 11
1130 - 1185
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 12
Among people born in India, Bhāskara II ranks 45 out of 1,493. Before him are Jahangir (1569), Brahmagupta (598), Tulsidas (1532), Sariputta (-568), Aishwarya Rai (1973), and C. V. Raman (1888). After him are Meera (1498), Amir Khusrow (1253), Mohammed Nadir Shah (1883), Harsha (590), Tipu Sultan (1750), and Augustus De Morgan (1806).
1569 - 1627
HPI: 68.69
Rank: 39
598 - 670
HPI: 68.55
Rank: 40
1532 - 1623
HPI: 68.26
Rank: 41
568 BC - 484 BC
HPI: 68.12
Rank: 42
1973 - Present
HPI: 68.07
Rank: 43
1888 - 1970
HPI: 67.89
Rank: 44
1114 - 1185
HPI: 67.76
Rank: 45
1498 - 1546
HPI: 67.74
Rank: 46
1253 - 1325
HPI: 67.67
Rank: 47
1883 - 1933
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 48
590 - 647
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 49
1750 - 1799
HPI: 67.18
Rank: 50
1806 - 1871
HPI: 67.17
Rank: 51
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), Bhāskara I (600), Jai Singh II (1688), Nilakantha Somayaji (1444), Sulochana Gadgil (1944), D. R. Kaprekar (1905), and S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan (1940).
1887 - 1920
HPI: 74.93
Rank: 1
598 - 670
HPI: 68.55
Rank: 2
1114 - 1185
HPI: 67.76
Rank: 3
1806 - 1871
HPI: 67.17
Rank: 4
1892 - 1972
HPI: 58.87
Rank: 5
1350 - 1425
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 6
600 - 680
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 7
1688 - 1743
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 8
1444 - 1544
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 9
1944 - Present
HPI: 47.50
Rank: 10
1905 - 1986
HPI: 47.25
Rank: 11
1940 - Present
HPI: 43.42
Rank: 12