MATHEMATICIAN

Charles Dupin

1784 - 1873

Photo of Charles Dupin

Icon of person Charles Dupin

Baron Pierre Charles François Dupin (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ ʃaʁl fʁɑ̃swa dypɛ̃]; 6 October 1784, Varzy, Nièvre – 18 January 1873, Paris, France) was a French Catholic mathematician, engineer, economist and politician, particularly known for work in the field of mathematics, where the Dupin cyclide and Dupin indicatrix are named after him; and for his work in the field of statistical and thematic mapping. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Dupin has received more than 51,389 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Charles Dupin is the 652nd most popular mathematician (down from 626th in 2019), the 4,036th most popular biography from France (down from 3,812th in 2019) and the 89th most popular French Mathematician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 51k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.63

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Charles Dupin ranks 652 out of 1,004. Before him are Kātyāyana, Abu'l-Hasan al-Uqlidisi, Johann Karl Burckhardt, Efim Zelmanov, Fritz Noether, and Grégoire de Saint-Vincent. After him are Jacobus Golius, Thomas Digges, Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac, Jerzy Różycki, Johann Schreck, and Nicolas Fuss.

Most Popular Mathematicians in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1784, Charles Dupin ranks 43. Before him are Bagyidaw, Archduke Louis of Austria, Louise Lehzen, Leopoldo Nobili, Christopher Hansteen, and Joseph Bové. After him are José Tadeo Monagas, Nicaise Auguste Desvaux, José María Pérez de Urdininea, Juan Mora Fernández, William Yarrell, and Leigh Hunt. Among people deceased in 1873, Charles Dupin ranks 55. Before him are Gheorghe Bibescu, Francis Marrash, Georg Amadeus Carl Friedrich Naumann, Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda, Mykhailo Maksymovych, and Christopher Hansteen. After him are Eugène Flachat, Salmon P. Chase, Albert Joseph Goblet d'Alviella, Stanislas Julien, Semen Hulak-Artemovsky, and Odilon Barrot.

Others Born in 1784

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1873

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In France

Among people born in France, Charles Dupin ranks 4,036 out of 6,770. Before him are Gaston Billotte (1875), Frédéric Kanouté (1977), Hortense Schneider (1833), Victor Laloux (1850), Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset (1709), and Patrick Devedjian (1944). After him are Saïd Taghmaoui (1973), Émile Duclaux (1840), Ernest Labrousse (1895), Bernard Genghini (1958), Victor Lanoux (1936), and Jean-Baptiste Marchand (1863).

Others born in France

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among MATHEMATICIANS In France

Among mathematicians born in France, Charles Dupin ranks 89. Before him are Jacques Herbrand (1908), Henri Brocard (1845), Joseph Valentin Boussinesq (1842), Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat (1923), Joseph Diez Gergonne (1771), and Jacques Pelletier du Mans (1517). After him are Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac (1581), Arnaud Denjoy (1884), Pierre-Louis Lions (1956), Serge Lang (1927), Sylvestre François Lacroix (1765), and Edmond Laguerre (1834).

French born Mathematicians

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous