280 BC - 221 BC
Conon of Samos (Greek: Κόνων ὁ Σάμιος, Konōn ho Samios; c. 280 – c. 220 BC) was a Greek astronomer and mathematician. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Conon of Samos has received more than 74,637 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Conon of Samos is the 169th most popular mathematician (up from 192nd in 2019), the 245th most popular biography from Greece (up from 272nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Greek Mathematician.
Conon of Samos was a Greek mathematician and astronomer who lived in the 4th century BC. He is most famous for his discovery of the conic sections, which are curves that can be obtained by cutting a cone.
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Among mathematicians, Conon of Samos ranks 169 out of 823. Before him are Rafael Bombelli, Jost Bürgi, Jean Gaston Darboux, Wacław Sierpiński, Zu Chongzhi, and Colin Maclaurin. After him are André Weil, Wang Chong, René Thom, Pierre Bouguer, Vito Volterra, and George Pólya.
1526 - 1573
HPI: 60.79
Rank: 163
1552 - 1632
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 164
1842 - 1917
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 165
1882 - 1969
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 166
429 - 500
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 167
1698 - 1746
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 168
280 BC - 221 BC
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 169
1906 - 1998
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 170
27 - 97
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 171
1923 - 2002
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 172
1698 - 1758
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 173
1860 - 1940
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 174
1887 - 1985
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 175
Among people born in 280 BC, Conon of Samos ranks 6. Before him are Li Si, Han Fei, Livius Andronicus, Philo of Byzantium, and Arsaces I of Parthia. After him are Pyrrhus II of Epirus, Nicomedes, and Ariamnes of Cappadocia. Among people deceased in 221 BC, Conon of Samos ranks 5. Before him are Hasdrubal Barca, Ctesibius, Berenice II of Egypt, and Hasdrubal the Fair. After him are Antigonus III Doson and Lucius Caecilius Metellus.
280 BC - 208 BC
HPI: 69.34
Rank: 1
280 BC - 232 BC
HPI: 69.21
Rank: 2
280 BC - 200 BC
HPI: 67.20
Rank: 3
280 BC - 220 BC
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 4
280 BC - 217 BC
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 5
280 BC - 221 BC
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 6
280 BC - 234 BC
HPI: 52.84
Rank: 7
280 BC - 210 BC
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 8
280 BC - 260 BC
HPI: 47.08
Rank: 9
300 BC - 221 BC
HPI: 68.40
Rank: 1
284 BC - 221 BC
HPI: 67.01
Rank: 2
267 BC - 221 BC
HPI: 62.84
Rank: 3
270 BC - 221 BC
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 4
280 BC - 221 BC
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 5
263 BC - 221 BC
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 6
290 BC - 221 BC
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 7
Among people born in Greece, Conon of Samos ranks 245 out of 936. Before him are Caranus of Macedon (-900), Theodore Stratelates (281), Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark (1914), Leochares (-400), Saturnin (300), and Julia Livilla (18). After him are Gazi Husrev-beg (1480), Theodoros Kolokotronis (1770), George Maniakes (998), Lycurgus of Athens (-390), Hypereides (-390), and Alcamenes (-500).
900 BC - 800 BC
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 239
281 - 319
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 240
1914 - 2001
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 241
400 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 242
300 - 300
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 243
18 - 42
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 244
280 BC - 221 BC
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 245
1480 - 1541
HPI: 60.44
Rank: 246
1770 - 1843
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 247
998 - 1043
HPI: 60.39
Rank: 248
390 BC - 324 BC
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 249
390 BC - 322 BC
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 250
500 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 251
Among mathematicians born in Greece, Conon of Samos ranks 3. Before him are Hippocrates of Chios (-470) and Meton of Athens (-500). After him are Theaetetus (-417), Menaechmus (-375), Aristyllus (-400), Diocles (-240), Dinostratus (-390), Geminus (null), Cahit Arf (1910), and Demetrios Christodoulou (1951).
470 BC - 410 BC
HPI: 64.66
Rank: 1
500 BC - Present
HPI: 64.10
Rank: 2
280 BC - 221 BC
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 3
417 BC - 369 BC
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 4
375 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 5
400 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 55.40
Rank: 6
240 BC - 180 BC
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 7
390 BC - 320 BC
HPI: 52.38
Rank: 8
HPI: 51.71
Rank: 9
1910 - 1997
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 10
1951 - Present
HPI: 41.40
Rank: 11