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Farkas Bolyai

1775 - 1856

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Farkas Bolyai (Hungarian: [ˈfɒrkɒʃ ˈboːjɒi]; 9 February 1775 – 20 November 1856; also known as Wolfgang Bolyai in Germany) was a Hungarian mathematician, mainly known for his work in geometry. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Farkas Bolyai has received more than 72,200 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Farkas Bolyai is the 245th most popular mathematician (up from 256th in 2019), the 103rd most popular biography from Romania (up from 105th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Romanian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Farkas Bolyai ranks 245 out of 823. Before him are Eduard Heine, Joseph Petzval, Alfred Korzybski, Leo Perutz, Ibn al-Shatir, and George Atwood. After him are Israel Gelfand, Simon Newcomb, Pierre Varignon, Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Thomas Simpson, and Jabir ibn Aflah.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1775, Farkas Bolyai ranks 18. Before him are Georg Friedrich Grotefend, Étienne-Louis Malus, Adam Albert von Neipperg, François-Adrien Boieldieu, Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle, and Matthew Lewis. After him are Bernhard Crusell, Manuel García, Camillo Borghese, 6th Prince of Sulmona, Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, Teréz Brunszvik, and Antoni Radziwiłł. Among people deceased in 1856, Farkas Bolyai ranks 15. Before him are Ľudovít Štúr, Étienne Cabet, Florestan I, Prince of Monaco, Manuela Sáenz, 11th Dalai Lama, and Théodore Chassériau. After him are Princess Elisabeth of Savoy, Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall, Princess Pauline of Württemberg, Said bin Sultan, Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov, and Augustin Thierry.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Farkas Bolyai ranks 103 out of 665. Before him are Károly Kerényi (1897), Artur Phleps (1881), Endre Ady (1877), Michael Cretu (1957), Ion Luca Caragiale (1852), and Christopher Báthory (1530). After him are Serge Moscovici (1925), Ion Gheorghe Maurer (1902), Andrew Báthory (1563), Sergiu Nicolaescu (1930), Serge Klarsfeld (1935), and Ivan Patzaichin (1949).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Romania

Among mathematicians born in Romania, Farkas Bolyai ranks 3. Before him are János Bolyai (1802) and Zoia Ceaușescu (1949). After him are Abraham Wald (1902), Ion Ghica (1816), Ion Barbu (1895), Spiru Haret (1851), Grigore Moisil (1906), and Solomon Marcus (1925).

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