1933 - 1996
Chen Jingrun (Chinese: 陳景潤; 22 May 1933 – 19 March 1996), also known as Jing-Run Chen, was a Chinese mathematician who made significant contributions to number theory, including Chen's theorem and the Chen prime. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chen Jingrun has received more than 135,792 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Chen Jingrun is the 562nd most popular mathematician (down from 523rd in 2019), the 761st most popular biography from China (down from 669th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Chinese Mathematician.
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Among mathematicians, Chen Jingrun ranks 562 out of 823. Before him are Theodosius of Bithynia, Johann Radon, Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter, Max August Zorn, Cahit Arf, and Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac. After him are Jean-Marie Duhamel, Dai Zhen, Beppo Levi, Benjamin Peirce, Karol Borsuk, and Jean Frédéric Frenet.
160 BC - 100 BC
HPI: 49.71
Rank: 556
1887 - 1956
HPI: 49.71
Rank: 557
1907 - 2003
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 558
1906 - 1993
HPI: 49.64
Rank: 559
1910 - 1997
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 560
1581 - 1638
HPI: 49.60
Rank: 561
1933 - 1996
HPI: 49.56
Rank: 562
1797 - 1872
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 563
1724 - 1777
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 564
1875 - 1961
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 565
1809 - 1880
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 566
1905 - 1982
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 567
1816 - 1900
HPI: 49.48
Rank: 568
Among people born in 1933, Chen Jingrun ranks 246. Before him are Jean-Pierre Mocky, Toshi Ichiyanagi, Dianne Feinstein, Kerstin Ekman, Henry Darrow, and Helmuth Rilling. After him are C. Odumegwu Ojukwu, Brad Harris, Ercole Baldini, Javier Lozano Barragán, Jean Becker, and William Smith. Among people deceased in 1996, Chen Jingrun ranks 161. Before him are Andrey Lukanov, Edmund Muskie, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Stanko Todorov, Ljuba Welitsch, and Imre Kovács. After him are Danilo Alvim, Laurens van der Post, Alger Hiss, Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Mikael Tariverdiev, and Juan Hohberg.
1933 - 2019
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 240
1933 - 2022
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 241
1933 - 2023
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 242
1933 - Present
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 243
1933 - 2021
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 244
1933 - Present
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 245
1933 - 1996
HPI: 49.56
Rank: 246
1933 - 2011
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 247
1933 - 2017
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 248
1933 - 2022
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 249
1933 - 2022
HPI: 49.34
Rank: 250
1933 - Present
HPI: 49.30
Rank: 251
1933 - 2021
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 252
1938 - 1996
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 155
1914 - 1996
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 156
1928 - 1996
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 157
1920 - 1996
HPI: 49.68
Rank: 158
1913 - 1996
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 159
1921 - 1996
HPI: 49.61
Rank: 160
1933 - 1996
HPI: 49.56
Rank: 161
1920 - 1996
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 162
1906 - 1996
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 163
1904 - 1996
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 164
1928 - 1996
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 165
1931 - 1996
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 166
1926 - 1996
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 167
Among people born in China, Chen Jingrun ranks 761 out of 1,392. Before him are Harry Wu (1937), Henry Luce (1898), Gordon Liu (1951), Chen Hongshou (1598), Li Zhaoxing (1940), and Wu Ma (1942). After him are Chen Qimei (1878), Li Ning (1963), Dai Zhen (1724), Qiao Shi (1924), Xiao Hong (1911), and Xu Xiangqian (1901).
1937 - 2016
HPI: 49.78
Rank: 755
1898 - 1967
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 756
1951 - Present
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 757
1598 - 1652
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 758
1940 - Present
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 759
1942 - 2014
HPI: 49.71
Rank: 760
1933 - 1996
HPI: 49.56
Rank: 761
1878 - 1916
HPI: 49.55
Rank: 762
1963 - Present
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 763
1724 - 1777
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 764
1924 - 2015
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 765
1911 - 1942
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 766
1901 - 1990
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 767
Among mathematicians born in China, Chen Jingrun ranks 14. Before him are Guo Shoujing (1231), Yi Xing (683), Shing-Tung Yau (1949), Yang Hui (1238), Zhu Shijie (1249), and Qin Jiushao (1201). After him are Dai Zhen (1724), Yitang Zhang (1955), and Wu Wenjun (1919).
1231 - 1316
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 8
683 - 727
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 9
1949 - Present
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 10
1238 - 1298
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 11
1249 - 1314
HPI: 53.46
Rank: 12
1201 - 1261
HPI: 52.84
Rank: 13
1933 - 1996
HPI: 49.56
Rank: 14
1724 - 1777
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 15
1955 - Present
HPI: 45.47
Rank: 16
1919 - 2017
HPI: 44.07
Rank: 17