1839 - 1914
Charles Sanders Peirce ( PURSS; September 10, 1839 – April 19, 1914) was an American scientist, mathematician, logician, and philosopher who is sometimes known as "the father of pragmatism". According to philosopher Paul Weiss, Peirce was "the most original and versatile of America's philosophers and America's greatest logician". Bertrand Russell wrote "he was one of the most original minds of the later nineteenth century and certainly the greatest American thinker ever". Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Sanders Peirce has received more than 1,692,302 page views. His biography is available in 61 different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Sanders Peirce is the 44th most popular mathematician (down from 39th in 2019), the 225th most popular biography from United States (down from 194th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular American Mathematician.
Charles Sanders Peirce is most famous for his work in semiotics, which is the study of signs and symbols and their use or interpretation. He is also well known for his work in logic, mathematics, and philosophy.
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Among mathematicians, Charles Sanders Peirce ranks 44 out of 823. Before him are Gottlob Frege, Niels Henrik Abel, Apollonius of Perga, Archytas, Johann Bernoulli, and Emmy Noether. After him are Eudoxus of Cnidus, Sophie Germain, Claude Shannon, Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Norbert Wiener, and Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet.
1848 - 1925
HPI: 72.19
Rank: 38
1802 - 1829
HPI: 72.08
Rank: 39
262 BC - 190 BC
HPI: 72.03
Rank: 40
428 BC - 347 BC
HPI: 71.47
Rank: 41
1667 - 1748
HPI: 71.44
Rank: 42
1882 - 1935
HPI: 71.39
Rank: 43
1839 - 1914
HPI: 70.93
Rank: 44
408 BC - 355 BC
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 45
1776 - 1831
HPI: 70.32
Rank: 46
1916 - 2001
HPI: 69.89
Rank: 47
1718 - 1799
HPI: 69.69
Rank: 48
1894 - 1964
HPI: 69.52
Rank: 49
1819 - 1903
HPI: 69.48
Rank: 50
Among people born in 1839, Charles Sanders Peirce ranks 6. Before him are Paul Cézanne, John D. Rockefeller, Modest Mussorgsky, Sully Prudhomme, and Alfred Sisley. After him are Carol I of Romania, George Armstrong Custer, Josiah Willard Gibbs, Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria, Josephine Cochrane, and Nikolay Przhevalsky. Among people deceased in 1914, Charles Sanders Peirce ranks 5. Before him are Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, Pope Pius X, Charles Albert Gobat, and Bertha von Suttner. After him are Frédéric Mistral, George Westinghouse, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, Paul Heyse, Carol I of Romania, August Weismann, and Jean Jaurès.
1839 - 1906
HPI: 82.12
Rank: 1
1839 - 1937
HPI: 77.60
Rank: 2
1839 - 1881
HPI: 76.35
Rank: 3
1839 - 1907
HPI: 75.84
Rank: 4
1839 - 1899
HPI: 73.99
Rank: 5
1839 - 1914
HPI: 70.93
Rank: 6
1839 - 1914
HPI: 67.15
Rank: 7
1839 - 1876
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 8
1839 - 1903
HPI: 65.84
Rank: 9
1839 - 1909
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 10
1839 - 1913
HPI: 64.67
Rank: 11
1839 - 1888
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 12
1863 - 1914
HPI: 79.42
Rank: 1
1835 - 1914
HPI: 77.50
Rank: 2
1843 - 1914
HPI: 71.32
Rank: 3
1843 - 1914
HPI: 71.07
Rank: 4
1839 - 1914
HPI: 70.93
Rank: 5
1830 - 1914
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 6
1846 - 1914
HPI: 70.02
Rank: 7
1868 - 1914
HPI: 69.74
Rank: 8
1830 - 1914
HPI: 69.55
Rank: 9
1839 - 1914
HPI: 67.15
Rank: 10
1834 - 1914
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 11
1859 - 1914
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 12
Among people born in United States, Charles Sanders Peirce ranks 225 out of 18,182. Before him are Walt Whitman (1819), John Travolta (1954), Tim Cook (1960), Andrew Jackson (1767), Robert Wadlow (1918), and Patti Smith (1946). After him are Tommy Lee Jones (1946), Orson Welles (1915), Colonel Sanders (1890), Cameron Diaz (1972), Michael Jordan (1963), and Spencer Tracy (1900).
1819 - 1892
HPI: 71.08
Rank: 219
1954 - Present
HPI: 71.04
Rank: 220
1960 - Present
HPI: 70.98
Rank: 221
1767 - 1845
HPI: 70.98
Rank: 222
1918 - 1940
HPI: 70.93
Rank: 223
1946 - Present
HPI: 70.93
Rank: 224
1839 - 1914
HPI: 70.93
Rank: 225
1946 - Present
HPI: 70.92
Rank: 226
1915 - 1985
HPI: 70.88
Rank: 227
1890 - 1980
HPI: 70.87
Rank: 228
1972 - Present
HPI: 70.83
Rank: 229
1963 - Present
HPI: 70.83
Rank: 230
1900 - 1967
HPI: 70.83
Rank: 231
Among mathematicians born in United States, Charles Sanders Peirce ranks 2. Before him are John Forbes Nash Jr. (1928). After him are Claude Shannon (1916), Norbert Wiener (1894), Katherine Johnson (1918), Edward Norton Lorenz (1917), Herbert A. Hauptman (1917), Mary Jackson (1921), Alonzo Church (1903), Lloyd Shapley (1923), Sam Loyd (1841), and Karen Uhlenbeck (1942).
1928 - 2015
HPI: 78.62
Rank: 1
1839 - 1914
HPI: 70.93
Rank: 2
1916 - 2001
HPI: 69.89
Rank: 3
1894 - 1964
HPI: 69.52
Rank: 4
1918 - 2020
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 5
1917 - 2008
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 6
1917 - 2011
HPI: 62.43
Rank: 7
1921 - 2005
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 8
1903 - 1995
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 9
1923 - 2016
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 10
1841 - 1911
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 11
1942 - Present
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 12