MATHEMATICIAN

Ernst Zermelo

1871 - 1953

Photo of Ernst Zermelo

Icon of person Ernst Zermelo

Ernst Friedrich Ferdinand Zermelo (, German: [tsɛɐ̯ˈmeːlo]; 27 July 1871 – 21 May 1953) was a German logician and mathematician, whose work has major implications for the foundations of mathematics. He is known for his role in developing Zermelo–Fraenkel axiomatic set theory and his proof of the well-ordering theorem. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ernst Zermelo has received more than 269,409 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia. Ernst Zermelo is the 179th most popular mathematician (down from 158th in 2019), the 1,130th most popular biography from Germany (down from 987th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular German Mathematician.

Ernst Zermelo was a mathematician who is most famous for his work in set theory and the Zermelo-Fraenkel axioms.

Memorability Metrics

  • 270k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Ernst Zermelo ranks 179 out of 1,004. Before him are Marcel Grossmann, Jost Bürgi, Jean-Pierre Serre, Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, Édouard Lucas, and Conon of Samos. After him are Leo Perutz, Rafael Bombelli, Ibn Yunus, James Gregory, Menaechmus, and Vito Volterra.

Most Popular Mathematicians in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1871, Ernst Zermelo ranks 30. Before him are Stjepan Radić, Émile Borel, Maurice Garin, William Stern, Cordell Hull, and Leonid Andreyev. After him are Walter Bradford Cannon, Nicolae Iorga, Princess Hélène of Orléans, Lyonel Feininger, Willem Mengelberg, and Gerardo Machado. Among people deceased in 1953, Ernst Zermelo ranks 26. Before him are Erich Mendelsohn, Richard Walther Darré, Hugo Sperrle, Eduard Künneke, Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick, and Dylan Thomas. After him are Lionel Logue, Vsevolod Pudovkin, Wilhelm Stuckart, Richard von Mises, Hans Reichenbach, and Otto Meissner.

Others Born in 1871

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1953

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ernst Zermelo ranks 1,130 out of 7,253. Before him are Engelbert Kaempfer (1651), Christian Albert, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1641), Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1696), Bruno the Great (925), Severinus of Noricum (410), and Christoph Scheiner (1575). After him are August von Kotzebue (1761), Wilhelm Groener (1867), Max Hoffmann (1869), Johannes Frießner (1892), Elisabeth of the Palatinate (1618), and Lucian Freud (1922).

Others born in Germany

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among MATHEMATICIANS In Germany

Among mathematicians born in Germany, Ernst Zermelo ranks 23. Before him are Hermann Weyl (1885), Ferdinand von Lindemann (1852), Hermann of Reichenau (1013), Andrew Wiles (1953), Johannes Trithemius (1462), and Robert Aumann (1930). After him are Ferdinand Georg Frobenius (1849), Constantin Carathéodory (1873), Thomas Abbt (1738), Maria Reiche (1903), Eduard Heine (1821), and Edmund Landau (1877).

German born Mathematicians

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous