1538 - 1612
Christopher Clavius, (25 March 1538 – 6 February 1612) was a Jesuit German mathematician, head of mathematicians at the Collegio Romano, and astronomer who was a member of the Vatican commission that accepted the proposed calendar invented by Aloysius Lilius, that is known as the Gregorian calendar. Clavius would later write defences and an explanation of the reformed calendar, including an emphatic acknowledgement of Lilius' work. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Christopher Clavius has received more than 173,167 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Christopher Clavius is the 116th most popular mathematician (down from 103rd in 2019), the 675th most popular biography from Germany (down from 557th in 2019) and the 16th most popular German Mathematician.
Christopher Clavius is most famous for his work on the Gregorian calendar.
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Among mathematicians, Christopher Clavius ranks 116 out of 823. Before him are Girard Desargues, Isaac Barrow, Theon of Alexandria, Charles Hermite, Grigori Perelman, and Josef Stefan. After him are Hermann Weyl, Leonid Kantorovich, Émile Borel, Aloysius Lilius, Edward Norton Lorenz, and Ferdinand von Lindemann.
1591 - 1661
HPI: 64.06
Rank: 110
1631 - 1677
HPI: 63.97
Rank: 111
335 - 405
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 112
1822 - 1901
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 113
1966 - Present
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 114
1835 - 1893
HPI: 63.64
Rank: 115
1538 - 1612
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 116
1885 - 1955
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 117
1912 - 1986
HPI: 63.44
Rank: 118
1871 - 1956
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 119
1510 - 1576
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 120
1917 - 2008
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 121
1852 - 1939
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 122
Among people born in 1538, Christopher Clavius ranks 2. Before him is Charles Borromeo. After him are Caesar Baronius, Diane de France, Guglielmo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Maeda Toshiie, Matija Gubec, Louis of Nassau, Infanta Maria of Guimarães, Giovanni Battista Guarini, Hōjō Ujimasa, and Ashikaga Yoshihide. Among people deceased in 1612, Christopher Clavius ranks 5. Before him are Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, Sasaki Kojirō, Vasili IV of Russia, and Giovanni Gabrieli. After him are Vincenzo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Federico Barocci, Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, Karin Månsdotter, Anne Catherine of Brandenburg, Francesco IV Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, and Jodocus Hondius.
1538 - 1584
HPI: 72.55
Rank: 1
1538 - 1612
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 2
1538 - 1607
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 3
1538 - 1619
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 4
1538 - 1587
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 5
1538 - 1599
HPI: 58.75
Rank: 6
1538 - 1573
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 7
1538 - 1574
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 8
1538 - 1577
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 9
1538 - 1612
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 10
1538 - 1590
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 11
1538 - 1568
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 12
1552 - 1612
HPI: 76.31
Rank: 1
1583 - 1612
HPI: 71.66
Rank: 2
1552 - 1612
HPI: 70.92
Rank: 3
1557 - 1612
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 4
1538 - 1612
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 5
1562 - 1612
HPI: 62.65
Rank: 6
1535 - 1612
HPI: 61.12
Rank: 7
1594 - 1612
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 8
1550 - 1612
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 9
1575 - 1612
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 10
1586 - 1612
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 11
1563 - 1612
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 12
Among people born in Germany, Christopher Clavius ranks 675 out of 6,142. Before him are George, King of Saxony (1832), Gustav Heinemann (1899), Ingeborg of Denmark, Queen of France (1174), Ludwig Stumpfegger (1910), Nikolaus Harnoncourt (1929), and Otto Ernst Remer (1912). After him are Gertrude the Great (1256), Frederick Augustus II of Saxony (1797), Georg Elser (1903), Markus Wolf (1923), Wilhelm Bittrich (1894), and Hermann Müller (1876).
1832 - 1904
HPI: 63.64
Rank: 669
1899 - 1976
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Rank: 670
1174 - 1237
HPI: 63.63
Rank: 671
1910 - 1945
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 672
1929 - 2016
HPI: 63.60
Rank: 673
1912 - 1997
HPI: 63.60
Rank: 674
1538 - 1612
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 675
1256 - 1302
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 676
1797 - 1854
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 677
1903 - 1945
HPI: 63.57
Rank: 678
1923 - 2006
HPI: 63.57
Rank: 679
1894 - 1979
HPI: 63.56
Rank: 680
1876 - 1931
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 681
Among mathematicians born in Germany, Christopher Clavius ranks 16. Before him are Richard Dedekind (1831), Regiomontanus (1436), Alexander Grothendieck (1928), Friedrich Bessel (1784), Felix Klein (1849), and Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi (1804). After him are Hermann Weyl (1885), Ferdinand von Lindemann (1852), Robert Aumann (1930), Johannes Trithemius (1462), Ernst Zermelo (1871), and Hermann of Reichenau (1013).
1831 - 1916
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 10
1436 - 1476
HPI: 67.06
Rank: 11
1928 - 2014
HPI: 67.05
Rank: 12
1784 - 1846
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 13
1849 - 1925
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 14
1804 - 1851
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 15
1538 - 1612
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 16
1885 - 1955
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 17
1852 - 1939
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 18
1930 - Present
HPI: 61.89
Rank: 19
1462 - 1516
HPI: 61.88
Rank: 20
1871 - 1953
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 21
1013 - 1054
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 22