1581 - 1638
Claude Gaspar Bachet Sieur de Méziriac (9 October 1581 – 26 February 1638) was a French mathematician and poet born in Bourg-en-Bresse, at that time belonging to Duchy of Savoy. He wrote Problèmes plaisans et délectables qui se font par les nombres, Les éléments arithmétiques, and a Latin translation of the Arithmetica of Diophantus (the very translation where Fermat wrote a margin note about Fermat's Last Theorem). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac has received more than 41,705 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac is the 561st most popular mathematician (down from 339th in 2019), the 3,554th most popular biography from France (down from 2,378th in 2019) and the 84th most popular French Mathematician.
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Among mathematicians, Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac ranks 561 out of 823. Before him are Evgraf Fedorov, Theodosius of Bithynia, Johann Radon, Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter, Max August Zorn, and Cahit Arf. After him are Chen Jingrun, Jean-Marie Duhamel, Dai Zhen, Beppo Levi, Benjamin Peirce, and Karol Borsuk.
1853 - 1919
HPI: 49.72
Rank: 555
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
Among people born in 1581, Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac ranks 15. Before him are Hendrik Brouwer, Juan Ruiz de Alarcón, Hedwig of Denmark, Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Jean du Vergier de Hauranne, and Christian, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth. After him is Edmund Gunter. Among people deceased in 1638, Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac ranks 20. Before him are Hercules Seghers, Johann Heinrich Alsted, Barbara Longhi, George Frederick, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Joachim Wtewael, and John Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach. After him are Frederick I, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, Gabriello Chiabrera, Paulus Moreelse, and John Wilbye.
1581 - 1643
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 9
1581 - 1639
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 10
1581 - 1641
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 11
1581 - 1647
HPI: 51.90
Rank: 12
1581 - 1643
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 13
1581 - 1655
HPI: 50.52
Rank: 14
1581 - 1638
HPI: 49.60
Rank: 15
1581 - 1626
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 16
1589 - 1638
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 14
1588 - 1638
HPI: 54.93
Rank: 15
1552 - 1638
HPI: 52.77
Rank: 16
1573 - 1638
HPI: 51.81
Rank: 17
1566 - 1638
HPI: 51.56
Rank: 18
1566 - 1638
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 19
1581 - 1638
HPI: 49.60
Rank: 20
1585 - 1638
HPI: 49.40
Rank: 21
1552 - 1638
HPI: 47.92
Rank: 22
1571 - 1638
HPI: 47.40
Rank: 23
1574 - 1638
HPI: 42.94
Rank: 24
Among people born in France, Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac ranks 3,554 out of 6,011. Before him are Gaucelm Faidit (1170), Victor Laloux (1850), Princess Eugénie of Greece and Denmark (1910), Maxime Rodinson (1915), Yvonne Loriod (1924), and Coline Serreau (1947). After him are Bernard Heuvelmans (1916), Frédéric Mitterrand (1947), Bernard-Marie Koltès (1948), Hélène Grimaud (1969), Dominique Wilkins (1960), and Jules Bianchi (1989).
1170 - 1202
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 3,548
1850 - 1937
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 3,549
1910 - 1989
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 3,550
1915 - 2004
HPI: 49.61
Rank: 3,551
1924 - 2010
HPI: 49.60
Rank: 3,552
1947 - Present
HPI: 49.60
Rank: 3,553
1581 - 1638
HPI: 49.60
Rank: 3,554
1916 - 2001
HPI: 49.59
Rank: 3,555
1947 - Present
HPI: 49.59
Rank: 3,556
1948 - 1989
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 3,557
1969 - Present
HPI: 49.57
Rank: 3,558
1960 - Present
HPI: 49.57
Rank: 3,559
1989 - 2015
HPI: 49.56
Rank: 3,560
Among mathematicians born in France, Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac ranks 84. Before him are Louis Bachelier (1870), Jacques Ozanam (1640), René de Saussure (1868), Serge Lang (1927), Joseph Valentin Boussinesq (1842), and Sylvestre François Lacroix (1765). After him are Jean-Marie Duhamel (1797), Jean Frédéric Frenet (1816), Jacques Pelletier du Mans (1517), Charles Julien Brianchon (1783), Pierre Raymond de Montmort (1678), and Jean-Étienne Montucla (1725).
1870 - 1946
HPI: 50.89
Rank: 78
1640 - 1718
HPI: 50.85
Rank: 79
1868 - 1943
HPI: 50.30
Rank: 80
1927 - 2005
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 81
1842 - 1929
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 82
1765 - 1843
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 83
1581 - 1638
HPI: 49.60
Rank: 84
1797 - 1872
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 85
1816 - 1900
HPI: 49.48
Rank: 86
1517 - 1583
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 87
1783 - 1864
HPI: 49.15
Rank: 88
1678 - 1719
HPI: 49.04
Rank: 89
1725 - 1799
HPI: 48.73
Rank: 90