Mathematician

Diederik Korteweg

Dutch mathematician (*1848 – †1941)

1848 - 1941

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Diederik Korteweg

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Diederik Korteweg is the 871st most popular mathematician (down from 599th in 2024), the 897th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 615th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Dutch Mathematician.

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Diederik Korteweg shares a March 31 birthday with René Descartes, Joseph Haydn, and Al Gore.

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Among Mathematicians

Among mathematicians, Diederik Korteweg ranks 871 out of 1,004. Before him are Cédric Villani, Raoul Bott, Robert Daniel Carmichael, Marston Morse, Cornelius Lanczos, and Roger Apéry. After him are Shinichi Mochizuki, Suzan Kahramaner, Tom M. Apostol, Wilhelm Wirtinger, Walther von Dyck, and Michael Aschbacher.

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HPI: 53.58
Rank: 871
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HPI: 53.56
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HPI: 53.54
Rank: 876
Michael Aschbacher
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HPI: 53.50
Rank: 877

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1848, Diederik Korteweg ranks 110. Before him are Bernard Bosanquet, George Romanes, Raimundo Fernández-Villaverde, Amos Burn, Eliodoro Villazón, and Matthew Webb. After him are Surendranath Banerjee, Joel Chandler Harris, Albert Parsons, W. G. Grace, James Whitbread Lee Glaisher, and Ivan Yakovlev. Among people deceased in 1941, Diederik Korteweg ranks 196. Before him are Élie Blanchard, Konstantinos Miliotis-Komninos, John Stanley Plaskett, Matt McGrath, Kei Okami, and Helmut Hamann. After him are Ibrahim Tuqan, Simon Guggenheim, Cecilio Báez, Hamilton Harty, Franz von Werra, and Ruby Laffoon.

Others Born in 1848

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Bernard Bosanquet
PHILOSOPHER
1848 - 1923
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 104
George Romanes
BIOLOGIST
1848 - 1894
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 105
Raimundo Fernández-Villaverde
POLITICIAN
1848 - 1905
HPI: 53.93
Rank: 106
Amos Burn
CHESS PLAYER
1848 - 1925
HPI: 53.65
Rank: 107
Eliodoro Villazón
POLITICIAN
1848 - 1939
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 108
Matthew Webb
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1848 - 1883
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 109
Diederik Korteweg
MATHEMATICIAN
1848 - 1941
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 110
Surendranath Banerjee
POLITICIAN
1848 - 1925
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 111
Joel Chandler Harris
WRITER
1848 - 1908
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 112
Albert Parsons
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1848 - 1887
HPI: 53.04
Rank: 113
W. G. Grace
CRICKETER
1848 - 1915
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 114
James Whitbread Lee Glaisher
MATHEMATICIAN
1848 - 1928
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 115
Ivan Yakovlev
LINGUIST
1848 - 1930
HPI: 52.36
Rank: 116

Others Deceased in 1941

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Élie Blanchard
WRITER
1881 - 1941
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 190
Konstantinos Miliotis-Komninos
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1874 - 1941
HPI: 54.15
Rank: 191
John Stanley Plaskett
ASTRONOMER
1865 - 1941
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 192
Matt McGrath
ATHLETE
1875 - 1941
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 193
Kei Okami
PHYSICIAN
1859 - 1941
HPI: 53.75
Rank: 194
Helmut Hamann
ATHLETE
1912 - 1941
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 195
Diederik Korteweg
MATHEMATICIAN
1848 - 1941
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 196
Ibrahim Tuqan
WRITER
1905 - 1941
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 197
Simon Guggenheim
POLITICIAN
1867 - 1941
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 198
Cecilio Báez
POLITICIAN
1862 - 1941
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 199
Hamilton Harty
COMPOSER
1879 - 1941
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 200
Franz von Werra
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1914 - 1941
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 201
Ruby Laffoon
POLITICIAN
1869 - 1941
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 202